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How to Be Perfect by Mike Schur | Jan 18 | 17 zoom |
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin | Feb 22 | 21 zoom |
I Must Betray You by Rupa Sepetys | Mar 22 | 21 Zoom |
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan | Apr 19 | 18 Zoom |
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus | May 18 UG | May 16 Zoom |
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel | Jun 21 Sociable | Jun 22 UG |
Loyalty by Lisa Scottoline | Jul 19 Sociable | Jul 25 UG |
Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid | Aug 16 Sociable | Aug 22 UG |
Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware | Sep 20 | Sep 26 |
Dracula by Bram Stoker | Oct 18 | Oct 24 |
Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs (with author in person) | Nov 15 | |
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann | Dec 20 |
2022
Jan 2022 – Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Feb – The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Mar – Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Apr – Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
May – The Temps by Andrew DeYoung
June – Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
July – The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
Aug – The Maid by Nita Prose
The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman – Sep 21
My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham- Oct 11
Meet Me in the Bathroom by Lizzy Goldman – The Parkway Nov 9 SOLD OUT!
Paper Girls by Brian K Vaughan and Cliff Chiang Nov 29 IRL and 30 video
The 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Dec 15 at Urban Growler, video info to follow
2021
January – Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz – Zoom only through May
January – The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
February – The Stars and the Blackness between Them by Junauda Petrus
February – Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
March – The Chain by Adrian McKinty
March – The Cold Millions by Jess Walter
April – Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks
April – Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
May – Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
May – Writers & Lovers by Lily King – IRL only, first at Local Roots
June – When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole – Wed 6/9 & Thu 6/10 Local Roots
July – Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir – 7/7 & 7/8 Local Roots
August – Luster by Raven Leilani – 8/11 & 8/12 Local Roots
September – Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy – 9/8 & 9/9 Local Roots
October – The Guest List by Lucy Foley – 10/6 Zoom & 10/7 Local Roots
November – Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi 11/10 Zoom
& 11/11 Local Roots (in event room)
December – The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
2020
January – Climate Justice by Mary Robinson
February – The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
March – The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (last in-person meeting before COVID-19 pandemic) April – Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (first “virtual meeting” via Zoom)
May – Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
May – Recursion by Blake Crouch (started a 2nd monthly meeting, also via Zoom)
June – The 71⁄2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
June – The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
July – Circe by Madeline Miller
July – Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
August – Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
August – Educated by Tara Westover
September – The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead.
September – The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
October – We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Berry
October – Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
November – The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
November – The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
December – Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
December – Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
2019
January – Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina
February – Good Omens by Terri Pratchett and Neil Gaiman March – The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
April – Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
May – Born A Crime by Trevor Noah
June – The Nix by Nathan Hill
July – A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
August – Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
September – There There by Tommy Orange
October – Locke & Key, Vol. 1 & 2 by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez
November – My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinken Braithwaite
December – Once Upon A River by Diane Setterfield
2018
January – Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
February – Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
March – Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
April – Bear Town by Fredrik Backman
May – All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
June – The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
July – They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib
August – Vision 1 & 2 by Tom King
September – Dune by Frank Herbert
October – The Passage by Justin Cronin
November – The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
December – Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
2017
January – The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
February – American Gods by Neil Gaiman
March – The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
April – The Sellout by Peter Beatty
May – Locally Laid by Lucie Amundsen
June – Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danier
July – Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
August – Wintering by Peter Gaye
September – Saga Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples
October – The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict
November – Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
December – The Annie Year by Stephanie Wilbur Ash
2016
January – The Circle by Dave Eggers
February – The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
March – Blindness by José Saramago
April – Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
May – The Library of Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
June – A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
July – My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
August – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by John Tiffany and Jack Thome
September – Oreo by Fran Ross
October – The Turner House by Angela Flournoy
November – Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradahl
December – Fates & Furies by Lauren Groff
2015
January – An Untamed State by Roxane Gay
February – The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wicker
March – Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler
April – The Martian by Andy Weir
May – We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
June – The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
July – Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
August – Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher
September – Go Tell A Watchman by Harper Lee
October – The Secret History by Donna Tartt
November – The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
December – How Star Wars Conquered the Universe by Chris Taylor
2014
January – The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
February – Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
March – Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
April – The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien (with MN Hist. Theater play)
May – Lexicon by Max Barry
June – The Dinner by Herman Koch
July – The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
August – The Devil’s Snake Curve by Josh Ostergaard
September – Seconds by Bryan Lee O’Malley
October – The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
November – The Humans by Matt Haig
December – We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
2013
January – Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend by Susan Orlean (author video chat)
February – Carry the One by Carol Anshaw (author video chat)
March – The Round House by Louise Erdrich
April – Arcadia by Lauren Groff
May – Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple
June – The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
July – The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson
August – How Should a Person Be? By Sheila Heti
September – The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
October – Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
November – Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Book Store by Robin Sloan
December – Submergence by J.M. Ledgard
2012
January – Just Kids by Patti Smith
February – Swamplandia! By Karen Russell
March – Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
April – The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
May – Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
June – The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
July – The Sense of Ending by Julian Barnes
August – Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
September – The Rules of Civility by Amor Towles (live appearance)
October – Tiny Beautiful Things or Wild by Cheryl Strayed (live appearance)
November – The Tragedy of Arthur by Arthur Phillips (author video chat)
December – Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante
2011
January – The Financial Lives of Poets by Joss Walter
January – The Likeness by Tana French
February – The Adderall Diaries by Stephen Elliott
February – One Day by David Nicholls
March – Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold
March – Monkeewrench by P.J. Tracy
March – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
April – House of Tomorrow by Peter Bognanni (live appearance)
May – A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
June – The Help by Kathryn Stockett
July – HARRY POTTER DAY (all 7 books, with Azkaban being our 100th book) by J.K. Rowling
August – Room by Emma Donoghue
September – The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall
October – The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
November – Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger
December – Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
2010
January – The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
January – The Road by Cormac McCarthy
February – Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (B&B 6th Anniversary)
February – Ray of the Star by Laird Hunt (author video chat)
March – The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
March – City of Thieves by avid Benioff
April – Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann (our 75th meeting)
May – Big Machine by Victor Lavalle (author video chat)
June – The Lost City of Z by David Grann
July – The Magicians by Lev Grossman (author video chat)
August – Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
September – Blankets (an illustrated novel) by Craig Thompson
October – This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper (author video chat)
October – If You Lived Here You’d Already Be Home by John Jodzio (live appearance)
November – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
November – The Hunger Games Trilogy: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire,
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins December – Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
2009
January – No One Belongs Here More Than You by Mirandy July
February – The Monsters of Templeton by Laura Groff
March – The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin
April – Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
May – Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance—Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! By Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
June – Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
July – Atmospheric Disturbances: A Novel by Rivka Galchen
August – The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
September – The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
October – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
November – Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
December – The Good Thief by Hanna Tinti
2008
January – Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
February – The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
March – Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
April – Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
May – The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
June – The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
July – Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
August – Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
September – Zeroville by Steve Erickson
October – The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
November – The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon
December – Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
2007
January – The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
February – On Beauty by Zadie Smith
March – The People’s Act of Love by James Meek
April – Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
May – Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart
June – Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marissa Pessi
July – Pretty Little Mistakes: A Do-Over Novel by Heather McElhatton
August – Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
September – Theft by Peter Carey
October – Wake Up, Sir! By Jonathan Ames
November – The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
December – Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
2006
January – Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Churk Klosterman
February – Children of God Go Bowling by Shannon Olson
March – The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
April – Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
May – Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
June – The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
July – The Devil in the White City by Eric Larson
August – Confessions of a Memory Eater by Pagan Kennedy
September – Goodbye Lemon by Adam Davies
October – Atonement by Ian McEwan
November – Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk
December – Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
2005
January – Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich
February – Little Children by Tom Perotta
March – The Epicure’s Lament by Kate Christensen
April – Love Monkey by Kyle Smith
May – Natasha by David Bezmozgls
September – The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
October – The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil by George Saunders
November – Wicked by Gregory Maguire
December – Beautiful Stranger: A Memoir of an Obsession with Perfection
by Hope Donahue
2004
February – High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
March – Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Greely
April – Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner
May – The Losers Club by Richard Perez
June – Blue Shoes by Ann Lamont
July – The Kid by Dan Savage
August – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
September – Kissing in Manhattan by David Schickler
October – Dry by Augusten Burroughs
November – Looking Forward to It: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying
and Love the American Electoral Process by Stephen Elliott
December – Liars & Saints by Maile Meloy
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam 4/21/21
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 5/5/21
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus 2/10/21
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman 2/24/21
The Chain by Adrian McGinty 3/10/21
The Cold Millions by Jess Walter 3/24/21
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks 4/7/21
recent past:
Circe by Madeline Miller July 8
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney July 22
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid – TUE, Aug 11
Educated by Tara Westover Aug 26
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead Sep 9
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers Sep 23
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Berry Oct 7
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson – TUE, Oct 20
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Nov 4
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel Nov 18
Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brosser-Akner 12/2/20
Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline 12/16/20
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 1/6/21
Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving 1/21/21
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus 2/10/21
The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving Jan 20, 2021
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz Jan 6, 2021
Ready PLayer TWO by Ernest Cline Dec 16
Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner Dec 2
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel Nov 18
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Nov 4
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson Oct 20
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Berry Oct 7
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers Sep 23
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead Sep 9
Educated by Tara Westover Aug 26
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid Aug 11
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney July 22
Circe by Madeline Miller July 8
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett June 24
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton June 10
Recursion by Blake Crouch 5/27
WATCHMEN – Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons 5/13
The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal 4/29
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 4/15
Mar – The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Feb – The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
(and our 215th book together)
Jan – Climate Justice by Mary Robinson
2019
Jan – Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina
Feb – Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Mar – The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Apr – Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
May – Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Jun – The Nix by Nathan Hill
Jul – A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Aug – There There by Tommy Orange
Sep – Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Oct – Locke & Key Vol 1 and 2 by Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez
Nov – My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Dec – Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
2018-
Dec – Kitchen Confidential (updated deluxe) by Anthony Bourdain (our 200th book together!)
Nov – The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Oct – The Passage by Justin Cronin
Sept – Dune by Frank Herbert
Aug – Vision vol 1-2, by Tom King
July – They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib
Jun – The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (our book #194)
May – Fellow Travelers by Thomas Mallon with MN Opera (5/22)
May – All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
Apr – All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood with MN Opera (4/24)
Apr – Bear Town by Fredrik Backman
past:
Mar – Ready Player One by Ernest Cline at Dangerous Man, special re-read request
Mar – Fool by Christopher Moore with MN Opera (3/12)
Mar – Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Feb – Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (Books & Bars 14th birthday!)
Jan – Dead Man Walking by Sister Helen Prejean with MN Opera (1/23)
Book #186 – Jan – Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
2017
Dec – The Annie Year by Stephanie Wilbur Ash
Nov – Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Oct – Mozart’s Women by Jane Glover with MN Opera
Oct – The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict
Sept – Beautiful Ruins (re-read) by Jess Walter with MN Opera
Sept – Saga Vol 1 & Vol 2 (issues #1-12) by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples
(Sept marks Our 180/181st reads for the book club)
Aug – Wintering by Peter Geye
Jul – Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Jun – Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
May – Locally Laid by Lucie Amundsen
Apr – The Sellout by Paul Beatty
Mar – The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Feb – American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Jan – The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
2016
Dec – Fates & Furies by Lauren Groff
Nov – Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradahl
Oct – The Turner House by Angela Flournoy
Sept – Oreo by Fran Ross
Aug – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne,Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The play will receive its world premiere in London’s West End on July 30, 2016.
July – My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
June – A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
May – The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
Apr – Ancillary Justice By Ann Leckie
Mar – Blindness by José Saramago
Feb – The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
Jan – The Circle by Dave Eggers
2015
Dec – How Star Wars Conquered the Universe – Chris Taylor
Nov – The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman
Oct – The Secret History – Donna Tartt
Sep – Go Set a Watchman – Harper Lee
Aug – Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher
July – Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
June – The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
May – We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Apr – The Martian by Andy Weir
Mar – Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler (our 150th read)
Feb – The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Jan – An Untamed State by Roxane Gay
2014
Dec – We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Nov – The Humans by Matt Haig
Oct – The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
Sept – Seconds by Bryan Lee O’Malley
Aug – The Devil’s Snake Curve by Josh Ostergaard
July – The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
June – The Dinner by Herman Koch
May – Lexicon by Max Barry
April – Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
March – The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
February – Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
January – The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
2013
Dec – Submergence by J.M. Ledgard
Nov – Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Oct – Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Sept – The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Aug – How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti
July – The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson
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)
2012
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
5/11/10 – Big Machine by Victor LaValle (video chat)
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)
Date: November 2009
Book: Beat the Reaper
Author: Josh Bazell
Date: October 2009
Book: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Author: Stieg Larsson
Date: September 2009
Book: The Dud Avocado
Author: Elaine Dundy
Date: August 2009
Book: The Time Traveler’s Wife
Author: Audrey Niffenegger
Date: July 2009
Book: Atmospheric Disturbances: A Novel
Author: Rivka Galchen
Date: June 2009
Book: Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
Author: Mary Roach
Date: May 2009
Book: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance – Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!
Author: Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
Date: April 2009
Book: Kafka on the Shore
Author: Haruki Murakami
Date: March 2009
Book: The Dispossessed
Author: Ursula K. LeGuin
Date: February 2009
Book: The Monsters of Templeton
Author: Lauren Groff
Date: January 2009
Book: No One Belongs Here More Than You
Author: Miranda July
Date: December 2008
Book: Out Stealing Horses
Author: Per Petterson
Date: November 2008
Book: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
Author: Michael Chabon
Date: October 2008
Book: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Author: Junot Diaz
Date: September 2008
Book: Zeroville
Author: Steve Erickson
Date: August 2008
Book: Anansi Boys
Author: Neil Gaiman
Date: July 2008
Book: Lolita
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Date: June 2008
Book: The Raw Shark Texts
Author: Steven Hall
Date: May 2008
Book: The Book Thief
Author: Markus Zusak
Date: April 2008
Book: Then We Came to the End
Author: Joshua Ferris
Date: March 2008
Book: Geek Love
Author: Katherine Dunn
Date: February 2008
Book: The Sparrow
Author: Mary Doria Russell
Date: January 2008
Book: Stumbling on Happiness
Author: Daniel Gilbert
Date: December 2007
Book: Cat’s Cradle
Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Date: November 2007
Book: The Omnivore’s Dilemma
Author: Michael Pollan
Date: October 2007
Book: Wake Up, Sir!
Author: Jonathan Ames
Date: September 2007
Book: Theft
Author: Peter Carey
Date: August 2007
Book: Water for Elephants
Author: Sara Gruen
Date: July 2007
Book: Pretty Little Mistakes: A Do-Over Novel
Author: Heather McElhatton
Date: June 2007
Book: Special Topics in Calamity Physics
Author: Marissa Pessl
Date: May 2007
Book: Absurdistan
Author: Gary Shteyngart
Date: April 2007
Book: Black Swan Green
Author: David Mitchell
Date: March 2007
Book: The People’s Act of Love
Author: James Meek
Date: February 2007
Book: On Beauty
Author: Zadie Smith
Date: January 2007
Book: The Tipping Point
Author: Malcolm Gladwell
Date: December 2006
Book: Case Histories
Author: Kate Atkinson
Date: November 2006
Book: Survivor
Author: Chuck Palahniuk
Date: October 2006
Book: Atonement
Author: Ian McEwan
Date: September 2006
Book: Goodbye Lemon
Author: Adam Davies
Date: August 2006
Book: Confessions of a Memory Eater
Author: Pagan Kennedy
Date: July 2006
Book: The Devil in the White City
Author: Eric Larson
Date: June 2006
Book: The Namesake
Author: Jhumpa Lahiri
Date: May 2006
Book: Never Let Me Go
Author: Kazuo Ishiguro
Date: April 2006
Book: Love in the Time of Cholera
Author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Date: March 2006
Book: The Glass Castle
Author: Jeannette Walls
Date: February 2006
Book: Children of God Go Bowling
Author: Shannon Olson
Date: January 2006
Book: Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
Author: Chuck Klosterman
Date: December 2005
Book: Beautiful Stranger: A Memoir of an Obsession with Perfection
Author: Hope Donahue
Date: November 2005
Book: Wicked
Author: Gregory Maguire
Date: October 2005
Book: The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil
Author: George Saunders
Date: September 2005
Book: The Book of Illusions
Author: Paul Auster
Date: May 2005
Book: Natasha
Author: David Bezmozgis
Date: April 2005
Book: Love Monkey
Author: Kyle Smith
Date: March 2005
Book: The Epicure’s Lament
Author: Kate Christensen
Date: Feb 2005
Book: Little Children
Author: Tom Perotta
Date: Jan 2005
Book: Bringing Down the House
Author: Ben Mezrich
Date: Dec 2004
Book: Liars & Saints
Author: Maile Meloy
Date: Nov 2004
Book: Looking Forward to It : Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the American Electoral Process
Author: Stephen Elliott
Date: Oct 2004
Book: Dry
Author: Augusten Burroughs
Date: Sept 2004
Book: Kissing in Manhattan
Author: David Schickler
Date: Aug 2004
Book: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Author: Mark Haddon
Date: Jul 2004
Book: The Kid
Author: Dan Savage
Date: Jun 2004
Book: Blue Shoes
Author: Ann Lamont
Date: May 2004
Book: The Losers Club
Author: Richard Perez
Date: Apr 2004
Book: Good in Bed
Author: Jennifer Weiner
Date: Feb 2004 (first meeting)
Book: High Fidelity
Author: Nick Hornby
Date: Mar 2004
Book: Autobiography of a Face
Author: Lucy Grealy