Books

2020

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

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

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

2011

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

2010

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

2009

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