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2025
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Jan 9 | Cristina | Juan Rulfo | PEDRO PARAMO |
| Feb 13 | Paula | Noelle Salazar | THE FLIGHT GIRLS |
| Mar 13 | Linda | Robert Dugoni | THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF SAM HELL |
| Apr 10 | Kathy | Marta Molnar | THE SECRET LIFE OF SUNFLOWERS |
| May 8 | Lynn | Susan Thistlethwaite | MALICE |
| June 12 | Catherine | ||
| July 10 | |||
| Aug 14 | Shar | Ruth Reichl | DELICIOUS! |
| Sept 11 | Vicki | ||
| Oct 9 | Beth | Percival Everett | JAMES |
| Nov 13 | Theresa | ||
| Dec 11 | Merrilee |
2024
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Jan 11 | Lynn | Rumaan Alam | LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND |
| Feb 8 | Linda | Ann Napolitano | HELLO BEAUTIFUL |
| Mar 14 | Cristina | Sandy Tolan | THE LEMON TREE |
| Apr 11 | Catherine | James McBride | THE HEAVEN AND EARTH GROCERY STORE |
| June 13 | Vicki | Diane Wilson | THE SEED KEEPER |
| July 11 | Shar | Laura Morelli | THE LAST MASTERPIECE |
| Aug 8 | Beth | Souad Mekhennet | I WAS TOLD TO COME ALONE: MY JOURNEY BEHIND THE LINES OF JIHAD |
| Sept 12 | Paula | Ariel Lawhon | THE FROZEN RIVER |
| Oct 10 | Kathy | Elizabeth Letts | FINDING DOROTHY |
| Nov 14 | Merrilee | Marjan Kamali | THE LION WOMEN OF TEHRAN |
| Dec 12 | Theresa | Lisa See | LADY TAN'S CIRCLE OF WOMEN |
2023
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Jan 12 | Theresa | Bonnie Garmus | LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY |
| Feb 9 | Linda | Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey | SHE SAID |
| Mar 9 | Cristina | Isabel Allende | VIOLETA |
| Apr 13 | Lynn | Sulari Gentill | THE WOMAN IN THE LIBRARY |
| May 11 | Kathy | Patty Dann | THE WRIGHT SISTER |
| June 8 | Paula | Amanda Skenandore | THE SECOND LIFE OF MIRIELLE WEST |
| July 13 | Shar | Geraldine Brooks | HORSE |
| Aug 9 | Beth | Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray | THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN |
| Oct 12 | Catherine | "StoryWorth Q&A" activity (click for Catherine's proposal) | (click for more info about StoryWorth) |
| Nov 9 | Vicki | Shelby Van Pelt | REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES |
| Dec 12 | Merrilee | Lynda Rutledge | WEST WITH GIRAFFES |
2022
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Jan 13 | Zoom | William Kent Krueger | THIS TENDER LAND |
| Feb 10 | Beth | ||
| Mar 10 | Cristina | Elena Ferrante | MY BRILLIANT FRIEND |
| Apr 14 | Kathy | Anthony Doerr | CLOUD CUCKOO LAND |
| May 12 | Paula | Audrey Blake | THE GIRL IN HIS SHADOW |
| June 9 | Marilyn | Kristin Hannah | FIREFLY LANE |
| July 14 | Shar | Nita Prose | THE MAID |
| Aug 11 | Catherine | Nick Trout | DOG GONE, BACK SOON |
| Sept 8 | Linda | Kazuo Ishiguro | KLARA AND THE SUN |
| Oct 13 | Vicki | Billy Porter | UNPROTECTED: A MEMOIR |
| Nov 17 | Lynn | Julie Clark | THE LAST FLIGHT |
| Dec 8 | Merrilee | Pip Williams | THE DICTIONARY OF LOST WORDS |
2021
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Jan 14 | Paula | Erin Morgenstern | THE NIGHT CIRCUS |
| Feb 11 | Beth | Kristin Hannah | THE GREAT ALONE |
| Mar 11 | Cristina | Fernando Aramburu | HOMELAND |
| Apr 15 | Randi | Rhoda Janzen | MENNONITE IN A LITTLE BLACK DRESS |
| May 13 | Vicki R | Hazel Gaynor | A MEMORY OF VIOLETS |
| June 10 | Marilyn | Kristin Harmel | THE BOOK OF LOST NAMES |
| July 8 | Kathy | Janet Skeslien Charles | THE PARIS LIBRARY |
| Aug 12 | Catherine | Julia Quinn | THE VISCOUNT WHO LOVED ME |
| Sept 9 | Shar | Christina Baker Kline | THE EXILES |
| Oct 14 | Lynn | Stacey Abrams | WHILE JUSTICE SLEEPS |
| Nov 11 | Linda | Madeline Miller | CIRCE |
| Dec 9 | Merrilee | Chris Bohjalian | HOUR OF THE WITCH |
2020
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Jan 9 | Kathy | Jojo Moyes | THE GIVER OF STARS |
| Feb 12 | Linda | Christy Lefteri | THE BEEKEEPER OF ALEPPO |
| Mar 12 | Cristina | Leigh Bardugo | NINTH HOUSE |
| Apr 9 | Shar | Lisa See | THE ISLAND OF SEA WOMEN |
| May 14 | Marilyn | Ann Patchett | THE DUTCH HOUSE |
| June 11 | Beth | Alka Joshi | THE HENNA ARTIST |
| July 9 | Paula | Paulette Giles | NEWS OF THE WORLD |
| Aug 13 | Catherine | Alex Michaelides | THE SILENT PATIENT |
| Sept 10 | Vicki R | Julia Phillips | DISAPPEARING EARTH |
| Oct 8 | Lynn | Julia Flynn Siler | THE HOUSE OF MONDAVI: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN AMERICAN WINE DYNASTY |
| Nov 12 | Randi | Brit Bennett | THE VANISHING HALF |
| Dec 10 | Merrilee | Lisa Wingate | THE BOOK OF LOST FRIENDS |
2019
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Jan 10 | Linda | Kate Quinn | THE ALICE NETWORK |
| Feb 14 | Paula | Kate Manning | MY NOTORIOUS LIFE |
| Mar 14 | Randi | Ruth Ware | THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10 |
| Apr 11 | Kathy | Susan Orlean | THE LIBRARY BOOK |
| May 9 | Catherine | Donna Leon | DEATH AT LA FENICE |
| June 13 | Marilyn | Michelle Obama | BECOMING |
| July 11 | Vicky S | John Carreyrou | BAD BLOOD: SECRETS AND LIES IN A SILICON VALLEY STARTUP |
| Aug 8 | Shar | Tara Westover | EDUCATED: A MEMOIR |
| Sept 12 | Lynn | Kate Alcott | THE DRESSMAKER |
| Oct 10 | Vicki R | Margo Catts | AMONG THE LESSER GODS |
| Nov 14 | Merrilee | Muriel Barbery | THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG |
| Dec 12 | Cristina | Delia Owens | WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING |
2018
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Jan 11 | Linda | Celeste Ng | EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU |
| Feb 8 | Paula | Adriana Trigiani | THE SHOEMAKER'S WIFE |
| Mar 8 | Cristina | Ildefonso Falcones | CATHEDRAL OF THE SEA |
| Apr 12 | Kathy | Fredrik Backman | MY GRANDMOTHER ASKED ME TO TELL YOU SHE'S SORRY |
| May 10 | Randi | Jack Mayer | LIFE IN A JAR: THE IRENA SENDLER PROJECT |
| Jun 14 | Marilyn | Martha Hall Kelly | LILAC GIRLS |
| July 12 | Vicki R | Gail Honeyman | ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE |
| Aug 9 | Shar | Saroo Brierley | A LONG WAY HOME (recently reissued as LION) |
| Sep 13 | Lynn | Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie | AMERICA'S FIRST DAUGHTER |
| Oct 11 | Catherine | Dale E. Bredesen, MD | THE END OF ALZHEIMER'S: THE FIRST PROGRAM TO PREVENT AND REVERSE COGNITIVE DECLINE |
| Nov 8 | Vicky S | Matthew Desmond | EVICTED: POVERTY AND PROFIT IN THE AMERICAN CITY |
| Dec 13 | Merrilee | Margaret Atwood | THE HANDMAID'S TALE |
2017
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Jan 12 | Linda | Elie Wiesel | NIGHT |
| Feb 9 | Cristina | Amos Oz | JUDAS |
| Mar 9 | Paula | Gabrielle Zevin | THE STORIED LIFE OF A. J. FIKRY |
| April 13 | Marilyn | Kristin Hannah | THE NIGHTINGALE |
| May 11 | Lynn | Wendy Hornsby | THE COLOR OF LIGHT |
| June 8 | Vicky S | J. D. Vance | HILLBILLY ELEGY: A MEMOIR OF A FAMILY AND CULTURE IN CRISIS |
| July 13 | Kathy | Nancy E. Turner | THESE IS MY WORDS: THE DIARY OF SARAH ANGUS PRINE, 1881-1901 |
| Aug 10 | Randi | Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney | THE NEST |
| Sept 14 | Shar | Amor Towles | A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW |
| Oct 12 | Merrilee | Jackie Copleton | A DICTIONARY OF MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING |
| Nov 9 | Catherine | Viet Thanh Nguyen | THE SYMPATHIZER |
| Dec 14 | Vicky R | Graeme Simsion | THE ROSIE PROJECT |
2016
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Jan 14 | Cristina | Andrea De Carlo | WINDSHIFT |
| Feb 11 | Linda | Jill Leovy | GHETTOSIDE: A TRUE STORY OF MURDER IN AMERICA |
| Mar 10 | Paula | Wendy Mass | A MANGO-SHAPED SPACE |
| Apr 14 | Marilyn | Rachel Joyce | THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY |
| May 12 | Vicki R | Curtis Sittenfeld | SISTERLAND |
| June 9 | Randi | Liane Moriarty | THE HUSBAND'S SECRET |
| July 14 | Kathy | Sharon Creech | WALK TWO MOONS |
| Aug 11 | Catherine | Jeffrey Toobin | THE NINE: INSIDE THE SECRET WORLD OF THE SUPREME COURT |
| Sept 8 | Shar | Isabel Allende | THE JAPANESE LOVER |
| Oct 13 | Vicky S | Fredrik Backman | A MAN CALLED OVE |
| Nov 10 | Lynn | Margot Lee Shetterly | HIDDEN FIGURES: THE AMERICAN DREAM AND THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE BLACK WOMEN MATHEMATICIANS WHO HELPED WIN THE SPACE RACE |
| Dec 8 | Merrilee | Dominic Smith | THE LAST PAINTING OF SARA DE VOS |
2015
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Jan 8 | Cristina | Laura Hillenbrand | UNBROKEN: A WORLD WAR II STORY OF SURVIVAL, RESILIENCE, AND REDEMPTION |
| Feb 12 | Linda | Marisa Silver | MARY COIN |
| Mar 12 | Paula | William Forstchen | ONE SECOND AFTER |
| Apr 14 | Shar | Daniel James Brown | THE BOYS IN THE BOAT |
| May 14 | Vicki R | Paula Hawkins | THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN |
| June 16 | Vicky S | Jojo Moyes | ME BEFORE YOU |
| July 9 | Kathy | Nicholas Sparks | THE LONGEST RIDE |
| Aug 13 | Catherine | Laurie King | JUSTICE HALL |
| Sept 20 | Randi | Anthony Doerr | ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE |
| Oct 8 | Marilyn | Bill Bryson | A WALK IN THE WOODS |
| Nov 12 | Merrilee | <Jennifer Chiaverini | MRS. LINCOLN'S DRESSMAKER |
| Dec 9 | Lynn | Ginny Dye | STORM CLOUDS ROLLING IN |
2014
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Jan 9 | Cristina | Markus Zusak | THE BOOK THIEF |
| Feb 13 | Marilyn | Alan Brennert | PALISADES PARK |
| Mar 13 | Linda | Robin Sloan | MR. PENUMBRA'S 24-HOUR BOOKSTORE |
| Apr 9 | Paula | Truman Capote | IN COLD BLOOD |
| May 8 | Lynn | Heather Webb | BECOMING JOSEPHINE |
| Jun 5 | Catherine | Herman Koch | THE DINNER |
| July 10 | Kathy | Kate Morton | THE FORGOTTEN GARDEN: A NOVEL |
| Aug 14 | Vicki R | Sandra Dallas | TALLGRASS |
| Sep 11 | Shar | Dave Eggers | THE CIRCLE |
| Oct 15 | Vicky S | Susan Abulhawa | MORNINGS IN JENIN |
| Nov 13 | Randi | Rebecca Musser | THE WITNESS WORE RED: THE 19th WIFE WHO BROUGHT POLYGAMOUS CULT LEADERS TO JUSTICE |
| Dec 11 | Merrilee | Jan-Philipp Sendker | THE ART OF HEARING HEARTBEATS |
2013
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Jan 9 | Cristina | Mar�a Due�as | THE TIME IN BETWEEN |
| Feb 13 | Kathy | Maya Angelou | LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER |
| Mar 13 | Linda | Karen Thompson Walker | THE AGE OF MIRACLES |
| April 10 | Shar | Naomi Benaron | RUNNING THE RIFT |
| May 15 | Vicki R | Vanessa Diffenbaugh | THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS |
| June 19 | Randi | Amber Dermont | THE STARBOARD SEA |
| July 10 | Marilyn | F. Scott Fitzgerald | THE GREAT GATSBY |
| Aug 14 | Catherine | Ted Kerasote | MERLE'S DOOR: LESSONS FROM A FREETHINKING DOG |
| Sept 11 | Lynn | Laurie R. King | THE BEEKEEPER'S APPRENTICE |
| Oct 9 | Paula | Mitchell Zuckoff | LOST IN SHANGRI-LA: A TRUE STORY OF SURVIVAL, ADVENTURE, AND THE MOST INCREDIBLE RESCUE MISSION OF WORLD WAR II |
| Nov 13 | Merrilee | Edward P. Jones | THE KNOWN WORLD |
| Dec 11 | Vicky S | Christina Baker Kline | ORPHAN TRAIN |
2012
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Jan 11 | Cristina | Anonymous/Richard Burton translation | Selections from THE ARABIAN NIGHTS: The Story of King Shahryar and His Brother, The Tale of the Bull and the Ass, The Fisherman and the Jinni, The Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince, The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad, The First Kalandar's Tale, The Second Kalandar's Tale, The Third Kalandar's Tale, The Eldest Lady's Tale, The Tale of the Portress, The Tale of the Three Apples, The Tale of Nur Al-Din Ali and His Son Badr Al-Din Hasan, The Tale of Ghanim Bin Ayyub, The Distraught, the Thrall o'Love, The Tale of the First Eunuch, Bukhayt, The Tale of the Second Eunuch, Kafur |
| Feb 8 | Linda | Barbara Demick | NOTHING TO ENVY: ORDINARY LIVES IN NORTH KOREA |
| Mar 14 | Paula | David Baldacci | WISH YOU WELL |
| Apr 11 | Vicki R | Suzanne Collins | THE HUNGER GAMES |
| May 9 | Vicky S | Gayle Tzemach Lemmon | THE DRESSMAKER OF KHAIR KHANA |
| June 13 | Catherine | Jennifer Egan | A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD |
| July 12 | Shar | Debra Dean | THE MADONNAS OF LENINGRAD |
| Aug 8 | Randi | Jeannette Walls | HALF BROKE HORSES |
| Sept 12 | Kathy | Bobbie Ann Mason | THE GIRL IN THE BLUE BERET |
| Oct 10 | Lynn | Joseph Lelyveld | GREAT SOUL: MAHATMA GANDHI AND HIS STRUGGLE WITH INDIA |
| Nov 14 | Merrilee | Alice Hoffman | THE DOVEKEEPERS |
| Dec 12 | Marilyn | Edmund de Waal | THE HARE WITH AMBER EYES |
2011
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Jan 6 | Cristina | Guy de Maupassant | Selections from THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT: The Necklace, The Olive Orchard, Ball of Fat, An Adventure in Paris, Christmas Eve, A New Year's Gift |
| Feb 2 | Linda | Chris Cleave | LITTLE BEE |
| Mar 3 | Marilyn | Abraham Verghese | CUTTING FOR STONE |
| Apr 7 | Shar | Rebecca Skloot | THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS |
| May 5 | Lynn | Charlotte Bronte | JANE EYRE |
| June 2 | Catherine | Annie Proulx | THE SHIPPING NEWS |
| June 30 | Vicky S | Paula McLain | THE PARIS WIFE |
| Aug 10 | Randi | Marina Fiorato | THE GLASSBLOWER OF MURANO |
| Sept 8 | Kathy | Susanna Kearsley | THE WINTER SEA |
| Oct 6 | Paula | Jamie Ford | HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET |
| Nov 3 | Vicki R | Emma Donoghue | ROOM |
| Dec 1 | Merrilee | Helen Simonson | MAJOR PETTIGREW'S LAST STAND |
2010
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Jan 6 | Cristina | Anton Chekhov | THIRTEEN STORIES (find and read): Vanka, The Privy Councilor, A Calamity, At the Mill, The Chameleon, The Siren, Sergeant Prishibeyev, The Culprit, Daydreams, An Encounter, The Letter, The Kiss, At Christmastime |
| Feb 3 | Linda | Amy Bloom | AWAY |
| Mar 3 | Paula | Firoozeh Dumas | LAUGHING WITHOUT AN ACCENT |
| Apr 7 | Marilyn | Nancy Horan | LOVING FRANK |
| May 5 | Vicki R | David Cristofano | THE GIRL SHE USED TO BE |
| Jun 2 | Joan | Kathryn Stockett | THE HELP |
| July 8 | Kathy | Michelle Moran | NEFERTITI |
| Aug 4 | Randi | Alan Brennert | HONOLULU |
| Sep 2 | Shar | Lisa See | SHANGHAI GIRLS |
| Oct 14 | Lynn | Lisa Scottoline | LOOK AGAIN |
| Nov 4 | Vicky S | Stieg Larsson | THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO |
| Dec 16 | Merrilee | Garth Stein | THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN |
2009
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE | |
| Jan 7 | Cristina | Anchee Min | THE LAST EMPRESS | |
| Feb 4 | Linda | Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows | THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY | |
| Mar 4 | Merrilee | Brian Copeland | NOT A GENUINE BLACK MAN: MY LIFE AS AN OUTSIDER | |
| April 1 | Marilyn | Tatiana de Rosnay | SARAH'S KEY | |
| May 6 | Lynn | Leroy Aarons | PRAYERS FOR BOBBY: A MOTHER'S COMING TO TERMS WITH THE SUICIDE OF HER GAY SON |
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| June 3 | Joan | Robert Alexander | THE KITCHEN BOY: A NOVEL OF THE LAST TSAR | |
| July 1 | Vicky S | Michelle Richmond | THE YEAR OF FOG | |
| Aug 5 | Randi | Erik Larson | THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY: MURDER, MAGIC, AND MADNESS AT THE FAIR THAT CHANGED AMERICA |
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| Sept 2 | Paula | Geraldine Brooks | PEOPLE OF THE BOOK | |
| Oct 7 | Kathy | Jill Smolinski | THE NEXT THING ON MY LIST | |
| Nov 4 | Vicki R | Elizabeth Strout | OLIVE KITTERIDGE | |
| Dec 2 | Shar | Canyon Sam | SKY TRAIN: TIBETAN WOMEN ON THE EDGE OF HISTORY |
2008
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Jan 9 | Merrilee | Doris Lessing | THE GOLDEN NOTEBOOK |
| Feb 6 | Linda | Sara Gruen | WATER FOR ELEPHANTS |
| Mar 5 | Shar | Elizabeth Gilbert | EAT, PRAY, LOVE |
| Apr 2 | Vicki R | Irene Nemirovsky | SUITE FRANCAISE |
| May 7 | Cristina | Gunter Grass | THE TIN DRUM |
| June 4 | Joan | Bo Caldwell | THE DISTANT LAND OF MY FATHER |
| July 2 | Marilyn | John Shors | BENEATH A MARBLE SKY |
| Aug 6 | Randi | Bill Bryson | THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID: A MEMOIR |
| Sept 3 | Kathy | Willa Cather | MY ANTONIA |
| Oct 8 | Lynn | Diane Ackerman | THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE: A WAR STORY |
| Nov 5 | Paula | William P. Young | THE SHACK |
| Dec 10 | Vicky S | Barack Obama | DREAMS FROM MY FATHER: A STORY OF RACE AND INHERITANCE |
2007
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Jan 3 | Vicky S | Jeannette Walls | THE GLASS CASTLE |
| Feb 7 | Linda | Nicole Krauss | THE HISTORY OF LOVE |
| Mar 7 | Merrilee | T. C. Boyle | THE TORTILLA CURTAIN |
| Apr 4 | Vicki R | Antwone Q. Fisher | FINDING FISH: A MEMOIR |
| May 2 | Cristina | Kim Edwards | THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER |
| June 5 | Kathy | Jim Stovall | THE ULTIMATE GIFT |
| Jul 11 | Lynn | Agatha Christie | ENDLESS NIGHT |
| Aug 8 | Randi | Gelsey Kirkland with Greg Lawrence | DANCING ON MY GRAVE |
| Sep 5 | Shar | Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin | THREE CUPS OF TEA |
| Oct 3 | Joan | Jodi Picoult | MY SISTER'S KEEPER |
| Nov 7 | Marilyn | Khaled Hosseini | A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS |
| Dec 5 | Paula | Gail Tsukiyama | WOMEN OF THE SILK |
2006
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Jan 4 | Shar | Adeline Yen Mah | FALLING LEAVES |
| Feb 1 | Randi | Lorna Landvik | ANGRY HOUSEWIVES EATING BON BONS |
| Mar 1 | Linda | Anne Garrels | NAKED IN BAGHDAD |
| Apr 5 | Cristina | Carlos Ruiz Zafon | THE SHADOW OF THE WIND |
| May 3 | Paula | Sue Monk Kidd | THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES |
| Jun 6 | Vicky S | Julia Glass | THREE JUNES |
| Aug 2 | Lynn | Elizabeth Noble | THE READING GROUP |
| Sep 6 | Patrice & Vicki | Leif Enger | PEACE LIKE A RIVER |
| Oct 4 | Kathy | Alice Sebold | THE LOVELY BONES |
| Nov 1 | Marilyn | Alan Brennert | MOLOKA'I |
| Dec 6 | Merrilee | Louise Erdrich | THE MASTER BUTCHERS SINGING CLUB |
2005
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE | |
| Jan 6 | Paula | Mark Haddon | THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME | |
| Feb 10 | Vicki R | Augusten Burroughs | RUNNING WITH SCISSORS | |
| Mar 3 | Linda | Jasper Fforde | THE EYRE AFFAIR | |
| April 5 | Cristina | Ghada Karmi | IN SEARCH OF FATIMA: A PALESTINIAN STORY | |
| May 5 | Shar | David Mas Masumoto | EPITAPH FOR A PEACH: FOUR SEASONS ON MY FAMILY FARM | |
| June 2 | Vicky S | Frederick Forsyth | THE PHANTOM OF MANHATTAN | |
| July 14 | Randi | Gregory Maguire | WICKED | |
| Aug 4 | Lynn | Brad McClure | UPS AND DOWNS | |
| Sept 1 | Patrice | Ann Patchett | TRUTH AND BEAUTY: A FRIENDSHIP | |
| Oct 6 | Kathy | Diana Gabaldon | OUTLANDER | |
| Nov 3 | Marilyn | Sarah Turnbull | ALMOST FRENCH: LOVE AND A NEW LIFE IN PARIS | |
| Dec 1 | Merrilee | Sarah Dunant | THE BIRTH OF VENUS |
2004
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Jan 8 | Linda | Tracy Chevalier | GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING |
| Feb 5 | Merrilee | Lewis Perdue | DAUGHTER OF GOD |
| Mar 4 | Paula | Pat Conroy | THE WATER IS WIDE |
| Apr 1 | Vicky S | Jeffrey Eugenides | MIDDLESEX |
| May 6 | Cristina | Sandra Cisneros | CARAMELO |
| June 3 | Marilyn | Azar Nafisi | READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN |
| July 1 | Lynn | Elizabeth Buchan | REVENGE OF THE MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN |
| Aug 5 | Randi | Ben Mezrich | BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE |
| Sept 2 | Shar | Khaled Hosseini | THE KITE RUNNER |
| Oct 7 | Vicki R | Matthew Pearl | THE DANTE CLUB |
| Nov 4 | Patrice | Pearl Buck | THE GOOD EARTH |
| Dec 14 | Kathy | Mitch Albom | THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN> |
2003
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Jan 9 | Linda | Dava Sobel | GALILEO'S DAUGHTER |
| Feb 13 | Rita | Christine Wiltz | THE LAST MADAM: A LIFE IN THE NEW ORLEANS UNDERWORLD |
| Mar 13 | Vicki | Virginia Woolf | MRS. DALLOWAY |
| Apr 10 | Marilyn | Dai Sijie | BALZAC AND THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS |
| May 8 | Merrilee | Bharati Mukherjee | DESIRABLE DAUGHTERS |
| June 5 | Randi | Jill A. Davis | GIRLS' POKER NIGHT |
| Jul 3 | Lynn | Art Rodriguez | EAST SIDE DREAMS |
| Aug 14 | Shar | Alexander McCall Smith | THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY |
| Sep 11 | Cristina | Francisco Jimenez | (1) THE CIRCUIT and (2) BREAKING THROUGH |
| Oct 9 | Vicky | Laura Hillenbrand | SEABISCUIT |
| Nov 13 | Patrice | Barbara Ehrenreich | NICKEL AND DIMED: ON (NOT) GETTING BY IN AMERICA |
| Dec 17 | Kathy | Donna VanLiere | THE CHRISTMAS SHOES |
2002
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Jan 10 | Randi | Jean Sasson | PRINCESS SULTANA'S DAUGHTERS |
| Feb 7 | Sharon | Joanne Harris | CHOCOLAT |
| Mar 7 | Patrice | Julia Alvarez | IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES |
| Apr 11 | Rita | Tananarive Due | THE BLACK ROSE |
| May 9 | Marilyn | Ursula Hegi | STONES FROM THE RIVER |
| Jun 6 | Shar | Dr. Jerri Nielsen | ICE BOUND |
| Jul 11 | Vicki | Patricia Gaffney | THE SAVING GRACES |
| Aug 13 | Lynn | Adair Lara | HOLD ME CLOSE, LET ME GO |
| Sep 12 | Joan | John Steinbeck | THE GRAPES OF WRATH |
| Oct 10 | Merrilee | Steve Kluger | LAST DAYS OF SUMMER |
| Nov 14 | Cristina | Javier Marias | TOMORROW IN THE BATTLE THINK ON ME |
| Dec 12 | (at Max's) | John Grisham | SKIPPING CHRISTMAS |
2001
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE | |
| Jan 11 | Randi | Alicia Appleman-Jurman | ALICIA: MY STORY | |
| Feb 1 | Rita | Penny Mickelbury | ONE MUST WAIT | |
| Mar 8 | Sharon | Cormac McCarthy | ALL THE PRETTY HORSES | |
| April 5 | Moira | John Colapinto | AS NATURE MADE HIM | |
| May 10 | Shar | Andre Dubus III | HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG | |
| June 6 | Rita | Susan Orlean | THE ORCHID THIEF | |
| July 12 | Vicki | Michael Dorris | A YELLOW RAFT IN BLUE WATER | |
| Aug 8 | Lynn | Alice Mattison | THE BOOK BORROWER | |
| Sept 6 | Merrilee | Anita Diamant | THE RED TENT | |
| Oct 11 | Joan | Anita Shreve | THE WEIGHT OF WATER | |
| Nov 1 | Cristina | Paulo Coelho | THE ALCHEMIST | |
| Dec 6 | (at Max's) | Rosamunde Pilcher | WINTER SOLSTICE |
2000
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Jan 12 | Cristina | Jose Saramago | BLINDNESS |
| Feb 9 | Moira | Barbara Kingsolver | THE POISONWOOD BIBLE |
| Mar 8 | Merrilee | Jung Chang | WILD SWANS |
| April 12 | Randi | Jane Hamilton | MAP OF THE WORLD |
| May 10 | Sharon | Frances Mayes | UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN |
| June 14 | Vicki | Frank McCourt | ANGELA'S ASHES |
| July 12 | Shar | J. K. Rowling | HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE |
| Aug 9 | Lynn | Amanda Scott | BORDER FIRE |
| Sept 14 | Cristina | Isabel Allende | DAUGHTER OF FORTUNE |
| Oct 12 | Joan | Michael C. White | A BROTHER'S BLOOD |
| Nov 2 | Merrilee | Forrest Carter | THE EDUCATION OF LITTLE TREE |
| Dec 6 | Robin | Cleveland Amory | THE CAT WHO CAME FOR CHRISTMAS |
1999
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE | Jan 13 | Cristina | Arundhati Roy | THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS |
| Feb 10 | Joan | Jan Karon | AT HOME IN MITFORD |
| Mar 10 | Rita | John Grisham | STREET LAWYER |
| Apr 14 | Shar | Charles Frazier | COLD MOUNTAIN |
| May 12 | Vicki | Chris Bohjalian | MIDWIVES |
| Jun 16 | Sharon | Arthur Golden | MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA |
| Jul 14 | Lynn | Sara Paretsky | GHOST COUNTRY |
| Sep 8 | Cristina | Gabriel Garcia Marquez | LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA |
| Oct 20 | Moira | Helen Fielding | BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY |
| Nov 10 | Randi | Jack Olsen | DOC: THE RAPE OF THE TOWN OF LOVELL |
| Dec 8 | Robin | James Redfield | THE CELESTINE PROPHECY |
1998
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Jan 14 | Sharon | John Irving | A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY |
| Feb 11 | Rita | Jane Smiley | A THOUSAND ACRES |
| Mar 11 | Joan | James McBride | THE COLOR OF WATER |
| Apr 22 | Shar | John Lescroart | THE 13th JUROR |
| May 17 | Lynn | Stephen McCauley | THE EASY WAY OUT |
| Jul 25 | Rene | Berry & Traeder
Maeve Binchy |
GIRLFRIENDS
THE GLASS LAKE |
| Sep 9 | Sharon | Jon Krakauer | INTO THIN AIR |
| Oct 20 | Moira | Anna Quindlen | ONE TRUE THING |
| Nov 18 | Randi | Toni Morrison | BELOVED |
1997
| DATE | HOSTESS | AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Feb 12 | Joan | Isabel Allende | PAULA |
| Mar 12 | Lynn | Wally Lamb | SHE'S COME UNDONE |
| Apr 9 | Randi | David Baldacci | ABSOLUTE POWER |
| May 14 | Shar | Anne Tyler | LADDER OF YEARS |
| Jun 4 | Moira | Lynn Andrews | MEDICINE WOMAN |
| Jul 25 | Rene | Cecile Pineda | LOVE QUEEN OF THE AMAZON |
| Sep 10 | Rene | Walter Mosley | DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS |
| Oct 8 | Cristina | Andrew Morton | DIANA: HER TRUE STORY |
| Nov 12 | Rita | Naguib Mahfouz | THE HARAFISH |
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