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Reading List 2021

  • January - The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood (8.0)
  • February -  The Other Einstein, by Marie  Benedict (8.7)
  • March -  From the Ashes: My Story of Being Metis, Homeless and Finding My Way, Jesse Thistle (8.2)
  • April -  American  Dirt, by Janine Cummins
  • May -  A History of Loneliness, by John Boyne
  • June -  Unsheltered, by Barbara Kingsolver
  • July - The Forgotten Home Child, by Genevieve Graham


Reading List 2020

  • January - The Music Shop, by Rachel Joyce (7.9)
  • February -  Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson (8.7)
  • March -  Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens (7.8)
  • April -  Middlemarch, by George Eliot
  • May -  A Wedding in December, by Anita Shreve
  • June -  Our Homesick Songs, by Emma Hooper
  • July – TBS
  • August – TBS
  • September – Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel
  • October – Stratford outing to see Wolf Hall

Reading List 2019

  • January - The Painted Girls, by Cathy Marie Buchanan (7.4)
  • February - The Inconvenient Indian, by Thomas King (7.3)
  • March - The Day the Falls Stood Still, by Cathy Marie Buchanan (7.4)
  • May - Red Notice, by Bill Browder (8.8)
  • June  – Fifteen Dogs, by Andre Alexis (7.2)
  • July  –  The Alice Network, by Kate Quinn (7.9)
  • August - Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens (8.8)
  • September - A Gentlemn in Moscow, by Amor Towles (9.0)
  • October –  Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng (6.8)
  • November  – Hillbilly Elegy, by J D Vance (7.9)
  • December – lunch at The Corner Cafe

Reading List 2018

  • January - Trick of the Light by Louise Penny - Louise Penny's seventh and best mystery set in Three Pines. 
  • February  - The Wolf of Sarajevo  - Autobiography - A riveting novel of international suspense from acclaimed author and veteran diplomat Matthew Palmer. 
  • March - The Ghost by Robert Harris - The Ghost is a contemporary political thriller 
  • April - When Breath becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi -This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question "What makes a life worth living?"
  • May - Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout -13 short narratives bound by one character
  • June - The Remains of the Day by Kasuo Ishiguru - A nod to the recent Nobel literature award winner
  • July - His Whole Life by Elizabeth Hay - A moving reflection on an unbreakable mother-son bond 

On the possible list:

  • Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
  • The World at Night by Alan Furst
  • When Breath becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi  (new)
  • The Colour of Water by James McBride
  • Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
  • Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
  • The Damage Done by Hilary Davidson
  • A Train in Winter by Carolyne Moorehead
  • The Virgin Queen's Daughter by Ella March Chase
  • A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
  • Entry Island by Peter May
  • two series by Ann Perry – the Monk series and the Pitt Series


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