Suggestions

Here are books that have been suggested and/or mentioned at previous gatherings.

Book lists from prior years:

Each spreadsheet includes tabs for the books suggested and those selected:

• 2025-2026

• 2024-2025

• 2023-2024

• 2022-2023

• 2021-2022

• 2020-2021 

Books suggested for 2019-2020 that were not selected:

• Afterlife of Kenzaburo Tsuruda, The by Lombardo, Elisabeth Wilkins (Oct 2018)

• Bluest Eye, The by Morrison, Toni (Jun 1970)

• Dandelion Wine by Bradbury, Ray (1957)

• Immortalists, The by Benjamin, Chloe (Jan 2018)

• Infidel by Hirsi Ali, Ayaan (Feb 2007)

• Kindred by Butler, Octavia (Sep 1988)

• Lilac Girls by Kelly, Martha Hall (Apr 2016)

• Milkman by Burns, Anna (Dec 2018)

• New Negro, The by Locke, Alain (1925)

• One Second After by Forstchen, William R. (Mar 2009)

• Paris Was the Place by Conley, Susan (Aug 2013)

• Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, The by Zevin, Gabrielle (Apr 2014)

• Story of Arthur Truluv, The by Berg, Elizabeth (Jul 2017)

• Things That Keep Us Here, The by Buckley, Carla (Feb 2010)

• Water Will Come, The: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World by Goodell, Jeff (Oct 2017)

• When She Woke by Jordan, Hillary (Oct 2011)

• Where the Crawdads Sing by Owens, Delia (Aug 2018)

Books suggested for 2018-2019 that were not selected:

• Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan (May 2017)

• The Dry by Jane Harper (Jan 2017)

• Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin (Jan 2017)

• Less by Andrew Sean Greer (Jul 2017)

• The Miniature Wife: and Other Stories by Manuel Gonzales (Jan 2013)

• Raven Black by Anne Cleeves (Jan 2006)

• Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley (Jan 1818)

• Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life by Edward O. Wilson (Mar 2016)

• The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult (Feb 2013)

• The Ex by John Lutz (Jun 1996)

Books mentioned at July 2018 gathering:

• White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg

• Paris in the Present Tense by Mark Helprin

• Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S. C. Gwynne

• Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

• Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

• Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

• Moby Dick by Herman Melville

• Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

• The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

• Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

Books mentioned at May 2018 gathering:

• The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel 

• The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

• The Obituary Writer by Ann Hood

• What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty 

• Books by Louise Penny

• Saints for All Occasions by J. Courtney Sullivan

• The Engagements by J. Courtney Sullivan

• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

• Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

• Make Trouble by Cecile Richards

• The Boat People by Sharon Bala

Books mentioned at March 2018 gathering:

• The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

• The Circle by Dave Eggers

• Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving

• Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

• A Midwife's Tale by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

• Midwives by Chris Bohjalian

Books mentioned at 9/26/17 gathering:

• Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me by Bill Hayes

• Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

• The Things That Keep Us Here by Carla Buckley

• A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 

• Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

• State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

• Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks 

• The Boston Castrato by Colin W. Sargent

Books mentioned at recent gatherings 8/30/17:

• Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson

• Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

• The Things That Keep Us Here by Carla Buckley

• Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert Sapolsky

• The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan

• Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

• Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

• Unknown Caller by Debra Spark

• Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly

• The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel

• The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

Books mentioned at 5/24/17 gathering:

• The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff

• The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

• Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

• Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

• Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance

• Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

• The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel

• Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout

• My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Frederik Backman

• Britt-Marie Was Here by Frederik Backman

• Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me by Bill Hayes

• Polar Wives: The Remarkable Women Behind the World's Most Daring Explorers by Kari Herbert

• A Long Way Home: A Boy's Incredible Journey from India to Australia and Back Again by Saroo Brierley 

• Breathe: A Memoir of Motherhood, Grief, and Family Conflict by Kelly Kittel

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

• A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

• The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust by Edith H. Beer & Susan Dworkin

• The Stars are Fire by Anita Shreve 

• A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline

• The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman

 Books mentioned at 8/31/15 gathering:

• Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

• Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

• Jane Eyre  by Charlotte Bronte

• All The King's Men by Robert Penn Warren

• All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriott

• Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

• We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates

• Pet Sematary by Stephen King

• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

• Author Jo Nesbo - Harry Hole series

• Pigs Can't Swim by Helen Peppe

• Growing Up by Russell Baker

• Author Oliver Sacks

• The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson

• A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins

• Blue Highways: A Journey into America by William Least Heat-Moon

• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

• The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski

• Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates

• The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan

• My Antonia by Willa Cather

• Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

• Author Amy Tan

• The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by Anne-Marie O'Connor

• Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne

Things mentioned at 7/21/15 gathering:

Themes - potential themes for book discussions 

• Maine memoirs 

• Unreliable narrators 

• Revisiting classics 

• Re-read seminal book (our pick for September) 

Books & authors: 

• Kate Braesteup (Maine author):  Here If You Need Me (we read 2010) and Anchor and Flares (new book) (both memoirs) 

• When We Were the Kennedy's by Monica Wood (memoir) (Maine author) (we read early 2015) 

• Elizabeth Strout (Maine author) 

• Faith of My Fathers by John McCain (memoir) 

• All the King Men by Robert Penn Warren (fiction) 

• What It Takes: The Way to the White House by Richard Ben Cramer (non-fiction) 

• The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt (non-fiction) 

• American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodard (non-fiction; Maine author) (we read 2012) 

• Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (fiction) (our pick for October) 

• Oregon Trail: A New American Journey by Rinker Buck (non-fiction) 

• Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl (non-fiction) 

• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (fiction) 

• Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison (fiction) 

• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (non-fiction) 

• James Baldwin (author) 

• Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin (non-fiction) 

• Siddhartha by Herman Hesse (fiction) 

• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Persig (non-fiction) 

Websites & podcasts: 

• Kirkus Reviews (website) 

• Book Riot (website & podcast) 

• Books on the Nightstand (website & podcast) 

• Slate Political Gabfest (podcast) 

• Slate Whistlestop (podcast

TV & movies:

• Undercover Boss (Netflix streaming) 

• Rita (Netflix streaming) 

• Lilyhammer (Netflix streaming)

• Wallander (with Kenneth Branaugh) or Wallander (Swedish) 

• Mad Men

• Transparent (Amazon Prime) 

• Catastrophe (Amazon Prime) 

• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix streaming) 

• House of Cards (with Kevin Spacey) or House of Cards (British version) (both Netflix streaming) 

• Black Mirror (Netflix streaming) 

• Humans

• Orphan Black (BBC America) 

• Foyle's War (Netflix streaming) 

• Poldark (PBS 2015) 

• Running Wild with Bear Grylls (NBC) 

• Broadchurch

• The Crimson Field

• Last Tango in Halifax (PBS) (Netflix streaming) 

• Game of Thrones (HBO) 

• Hit & Miss (Netflix streaming) 

• After the Wedding (movie) 

Books mentioned at 6/23/15 gathering (not necessarily as next book suggestion):

• Father of the Rain by Lily King (fiction)

• Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (fiction)

• Museum of Extraordinary Things by Ann Hoffman (fiction)

• The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown (non-fiction)

• The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (fiction)

• Room by Emma Donoghue (fiction)

• Finding Amy: A True Story of Murder in Maine by Capt. Joseph K. Loughlin and Kate Clark Flora (non-fiction)

• The Goldfinch: A Novel by Donna Tartt (fiction)

• The Martian by Andy Weir (fiction)

• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (fiction)

• Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (fiction)

• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (fiction)

• Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger (fiction)

• The New Sun by Taro Yashima (non-fiction)

• The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin (fiction)

• A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes (fiction)

• Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton (fiction)

Books mentioned at 5/19/15 gathering: 

• The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (fiction)

• The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown (non-fiction)

• Finding Amy: A True Story of Murder in Maine by Capt. Joseph K. Loughlin and Kate Clark Flora (non-fiction)

• The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman (historical fiction)

• The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (fiction)

• Room by Emma Donoghue (fiction)

• The Goldfinch: A Novel by Donna Tartt (fiction)

• A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life by Brian Grazer and Charles Fishman (non-fiction)

Other books mentioned but not necessarily suggested:

• A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (fiction)

• Into the Wild and Into Thin Air by John Krakauer (non-fiction)

• The Tipping Point and Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (non-fiction)

• The Negotiator:  A Memoir by George Mitchell (non-fiction)

Books mentioned at 10/27/14 gathering (including those Kim sent via email):

• The Great Santini by Pat Conroy

• Finding Beauty in a Broken World by Terry Tempest Williams

• 1914 by Jean Echenoz

• A Very Long Engagement by Sebastian Japrisot 

• Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff

• The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel & Bret Witter

• When We Were the Kennedys by Monica Wood

• Euphoria by Lily King (not yet available in paperback)

• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Books mentioned at 8/26/14 gathering:

• Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett (fiction)

• Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy (non-fiction)

• Euphoria by Lily King (not yet available in paperback)

• The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Luiz Zafon

• The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman

• All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

• The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes

• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

• The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas

• Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks

Books mentioned at 7/21/14 gathering:

• Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett (fiction)

• Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy (non-fiction)

• A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance - Portrait of an Age by William Manchester (non-fiction)

• Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi (paperback available March 2015)

• The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton 

• When We Were the Kennedys by Monica Wood

• Euphoria by Lily King (not yet available in paperback)

• Composing a Life by Mary Catherine Bateson

• A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

Books mentioned at 6/10/14 gathering:

• Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett (fiction)

• Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy (non-fiction)

• Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David von Drehl (non-fiction)

• Among Schoolchildren by Tracy Kidder (or other non-fiction by same author)

Other books mentioned but not necessary suggested:

• A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance - Portrait of an Age by William Manchester (non-fiction)

• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (fiction)

• The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough (fiction - first in a series)

• My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey by Jill Bolte Taylor (and see her wonderful TED talk about it) 

Books suggested at 1/27/14 gathering:

• The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson (paperback)

• The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton (paperback coming Sep 2014)

• Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani (paperback)

• The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan (paperback)

• The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (paperback coming Jan 2015)

• Canada by Richard Ford (paperback)

• The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman (paperback)

• General suggestion of books on World War I

Books suggested at 1/29/13 gathering:

• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

• The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

• Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery

• The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad

• The Paris Wife by Paula McLaine

There were a lot of other books mentioned (especially children and young adult books!) but I only wrote down the ones suggested for a group read. 

Books (& movies/TV) mentioned at 12/11/12 gathering:

Books:

• "A" is for Alibi by Sue Grafton

• Straight Man by Richard Russo

• World Without End by Ken Follett

• Fifty Shades of Gray by E.L. James

• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

• Peyton Place by Grace Metalious

• Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence

• Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody

• The Key is Under the Flowerpot by Ann Allen Brahms

• Fall of Giants by Ken Follett

• The Great Santini by Pat Conroy

• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

• Running Ransom Road by Caleb Daniloff

• Bringing Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

• Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

• Life of Pi by Jann Martel

• The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

• The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg

• A Series of Unfortunate Events (series) by Lemony Snicket

• The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan

• James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

Movies/TV:

• Cloud Atlas (2012)

• The Sessions (2012)

• Les Miserable (2012)

• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

• Stoning of Soraya M. (2008)

• World Without End (miniseries) (2012)

• Downton Abbey (2010) 

• Crash (2004) 

• Adopt a Sailor (2008)

Books mentioned at 11/13/12 gathering:

• A Wilderness of Error: The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald by Errol Morris (Sep 4, 2012)

• Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks

• The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker (Jan 31, 2012)

• The Language of Flowers: A Novel by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (Apr 3, 2012) (again)

Movies mentioned:

• Anonymous Starring Rhys Ifans and Joely Richardson (2012)

• The Great Santini Starring Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, Michael O'Keefe, et al. (1999)

Books mentioned at 10/9/12 gathering:

• Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok

• The Things That Keep Us Here by Carla Buckley

• The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

• The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown

• The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan

• O Pioneers by Willa Cather

... related (very loosely!) to our discussion of Out Stealing Horses (which is set in Norway ... which is next to Sweden ... which got us onto Bergman films):

• Lutheran Air Lines (youtube.com - although it's really just an audio track)

• The Seventh Seal (movie by Ingmar Bergman)

• The Dove (Bergman spoof)

... and, of course, a video about Joyce's tub that she got from build.com. 

Books mentioned at 8/29/12 gathering:

• The Things That Keep Us Here by Carla Buckley

• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

• I Feel Bad about My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron

• Fall of Giants by Ken Follett

• One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus

• When the Emperor Was Divine by Julia Otsuka

• The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom

• Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson

• The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh ... Note: There were several books with this title so I hope I got the right one

• A Respectable Trade by Philippa Gregory

• The House Behind the Cedars by Charles W. Chesnutt

• Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok

• Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

• The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng  ... Note: This book is about Malaysia during WWI, but in the discussion last night when the title came up people mentioned it being about Vietnam after the war there.  So there must be another book with a similar title to this one.  

And here are some of the topics that came up related to our guest last night, Pam Shelton:

• Botswana Book Project - founded by Pam

• Botswana Adventure - Pam's blog about her time in Botswana

• Books for Africa

• Books by Alexander McCall Smith

• Better World Books

Books mentioned at 7/19/12 gathering:

• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

• Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver

• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

• Books by Erik Larson:  The Devil in the White City, In The Garden of Beasts

• In Defense of Women by Nancy Gertner

• Render Unto Rome: The Secret Life of Money in the Catholic Church by Jason Berry

• Disquiet by Julia Leigh

• One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

• The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown

• The Land Girls by Angela Huth

• Game of Thrones (series) by George R.R. Martin

• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

• Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious by Timothy D. Wilson

• The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt

• American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North American by Colin Woodard

• In response to Kim's question about non-fiction adventure books: 

  • Man-Eaters of Kumaon by Jim Corbett

  • The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant

  • Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

  • Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

  • Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft by Thor Heyerdahl

  • The Lost City of Z: A Deadly Tale of Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann

  • Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read 

Books mentioned at 6/5/12 gathering:

• Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James

• A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

• The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson

• Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk

• The Kitchen House by Kathleen Frisson

• This Life is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone by Melissa Coleman

• 11/22/63 by Stephen King

• Beginner's Grace: Bringing Prayer to Life by Kate Braestrup

• Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

• O Pioneers by Willa Cather

• My Antonia by Willa Cather (also check out George Guidall's audiobook version)

• American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodard (out in paperback Sep 2012)

• National Park mystery series by Nevada Barr (1st book = Track of the Cat)

Books mentioned at 4/25/12 gathering:

• The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins

• The Evil & The Innocent by Bill Diamond (local author)

• Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James

• Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult

• Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland

• When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson

• Standing at the Scratch Line by Guy Johnson

• Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz

• Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

• The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

• Midwives by Chris Bohjalian

• A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Books mentioned at 3/14/12 gathering:

• The Hunger Games trilogy (The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay) by Suzanne Collins

• Three Junes by Julia Glass

• Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland

Books mentioned at 12/5/11 gathering:

• Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

• The Hunger Games trilogy (Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay) by Suzanne Collins

• The Dragon's Tooth by N. D. Wilson

Books mentioned at 10/13/11 gathering:

• The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

• Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

• something by or about Ted Hughes

Books mentioned at 8/30/11 gathering:

• The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

• plus a general suggestion of something political

 Books mentioned at 7/19/11 gathering:

• The Keep by Jennifer Egan

• A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

• Room by Emma Donoghue

 Books mentioned at 6/28/11 gathering:

• Room by Emma Donoghue

• A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

• Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

• A Widow's Story by Joyce Carol Oates

• The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

• This Life is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone by Melissa Coleman

• War by Sebastian Junger