Books

June 2013 – The Dog Stars by Peter Heller

May 2013 – Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple

Apr 2013 – Arcadia by Lauren Groff

Mar 2013 – The Round House by Louise Erdrich

Feb 2013 – Carry the One by Carol Anshaw (video chat)

Feb 2013 – The Other Woman by Hank Phillipi Ryan (road trip to Big Book Club Getaway at Mohegan Sun Casino, CT)

Jan 2013 – Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend by Susan Orlean (video chat)

Dec 2012 – Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante

Nov 2012 – The Tragedy of Arthur by Arthur Phillips

Wed Nov 7 – Chanhassen / Nov  13th – Bryant Lake Bowl with Arthur Phillips video chat / Nov 20th – Amsterdam

 

October 2012 – TWO BOOKS – Pick to read one or both for our author visit with Cheryl Strayed as we cover
Tiny Beautiful Things and Wild.  Strayed will be with us at Amsterdam and we’ll also return to 3x a month with Chanhassen added along with Mpls.

Sept 2012 – The Rules of Civility by Amor Towles. Author will join us at Bryant Lake Bowl on 9/11. We continue with 2nd Tues at BLB in 2012-2013.

Aug 2012 – Ready Player One by Ernest Cline – Mpls and St. Paul

July 2012 – The Sense of Ending by Julian Barnes – Mpls and St. Paul

June 2012 – The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach – Mpls and St. Paul

May 2012 – Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Tue, May 1 – The School II Chanhassen
Tue, May 8 – Aster Cafe – Minneapolis
Tue, May 15 – Amsterdam – St. Paul

April 2012 - The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt

Tue, Apr 3 – The School II Chanhassen

Tue, Apr 10 – Aster Cafe – Minneapolis

Tue, Apr 17 – Amsterdam – St. Paul

March 2012 – Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Tues, Mar 6 – The School II Chanhassen
Tues Mar 13 – Aster Cafe, Mpls
Tues, Mar 20 – Amsterdam Bar and Hall – St. Paul

February 2012 – Swamplandia! by Karen Russell

Feb 7 – The School II – Chanhassen
WEDNESDAY, Feb 15 – Aster Cafe – Minneapolis
WEDNESDAY, Feb 29 – Amsterdam Bar and Hall – St. Paul

January 2012 – Just Kids by Patti Smith

Jan 3- The School II – Chanhassen
Jan 10 – Aster Cafe – Minneapolis
Jan 17 – Amsterdam Bar and Hall – St. Paul

December 2011 – Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

Dec 6 – The School II – Chanhassen
Dec 13 – Aster Cafe – Minneapolis
Dec 20 – Amsterdam Bar – St. Paul

November 2011 – Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger

Nov 1st – The School II – Chanhassen
Nov 8th – Aster Cafe – Minneapolis
Nov 15th – Amsterdam Bar – St. Paul

October 2011 – The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

Oct 4th – The School II – Chanhassen (Our 100th Discussion!)
Oct 11th – Aster Cafe – Mpls

9/29/11 – Room by Emma Donoghue

9/13/11 – The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall

8/9/11 – Room by Emma Donoghue

7/12/11 – HARRY POTTER DAY (all 7 books, with Azkaban being our 100th book) by J.K. Rowling

6/14/11 – The Help by Kathryn Stockett

5/10/11 – A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

4/26/11 – House of Tomorrow by Peter Bognanni (live appearance)

3/29/11 – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

3/24/11 – Monkeewrench by P.J. Tracy

3/8/11 – Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold

2/22/11 – One Day by David Nicholls

2/8/11 – The Adderall Diaries by Stephen Elliott

1/25/11 – The Likeness by Tana French

1/11/11 – The Financial Lives of the Poets by Jess Walter

12/14/10 – Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon

11/23/10 – The Hunger Games Trilogy: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

11/9/10 – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

10/26/10 - If You Lived Here You’d Already Be Home by John Jodzio (live appearance)

10/12/10 – This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper (with video chat)

9/14/10 – Blankets (an illustrated novel) by Craig Thompson

8/24/10 – (note: 4th Tuesday) – Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

7/13/10 – The Magicians by Lev Grossman (video chat)

6/8/10 – The Lost City of Z by David Grann

4/13/10 – Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann (Our 75th Meeting!)

3/23/10 - City of Thieves by David Benioff

3/9/10 – The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

2/23/10 - Ray of the Star by Laird Hunt (video chat)

2/9/10 – Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
(B&B 6th Anniversary)

1/26/10 - The History of Love by Nicole Krauss

1/12/10 – The Road by Cormac McCarthy

12/09 The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti
(video chat with author)