The Book Group meets at the Clubhouse on the first non-holiday Monday of the month at 10:30 AM, September to June. Everyone is welcome to come, join the lively discussion, and then suggest good books for additional reading. We love new members!
AWC Book Group Reading List
2026-2027
September 14- No More Tears – the Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson by Gardiner Harris – Kristie
October 5- It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah – Carole
November 2 – All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringely – Joan
December 7 –Theo of Golden by Allen Levi – Laura
January 4, 2027 – Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan – Audrey/Laura
February 1 – The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey – Karen
March 1 – 18 Tiny Deaths – The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics by Bruce Goldfarb – Lori
April 5 – A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith – Nancy
May 3 – The Correspondent by Virginia Evans – Lucy
June 7 – End of season get-together- next season’s reveal/refreshments
Bonus SUMMER read – Mona’s Eyes by Thomas Schlesser – August, date TBD
2025-2026
September 8 – Thereby Hangs a Tail: A Chet and Bernie Mystery by Spencer Quinn – Lori
October 6 – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald – Laura
November 3 – The Frozen River by Ariel Lawton – Kristie
December 1 – Horse by Geraldine Brooks — Carol W,
January 5 – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Sloot – Karen
February 2 – An Unfinished Love Story by Doris Kearns Goodwin – Audrey
March 2 The Gold Coast by Nelson DeMille – Lucy
April 6 – The Wide, Wide Sea by Hampton Sides – Nancy
May 4 – The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali – Joan M.
June 1 – End of season get-together – next season’s reveal and refreshments
Bonus Read – The Last Chairlift by John Irving – August, date TBD
Other Suggested Books
More Days at the Morisake Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
James by Percival Everett
Wise Gals: The Spies who Built the CIA by Nathalai Holt
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni
The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood
2024 – 2025
September 9 – Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell (Kristie}
October 7 – The Thin Woman by Dorothy Cannell (Carole P.)
November 4 – The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson (Lucy)
December 2 – Finding Margaret Fuller by Allison Pataki (Joan)
January 6 – The First Ladies by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray (Carol W.)
February 3 – The Tender Land by William Kent Krueger (Audrey)
March 3 – Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See (Dianne)
April 7 – Amy Lowell Anew by Carl E. Rollyson (Lori)
May 5 – Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (Nancy)
June 2 – End of Season Get-Together next season’s reveal/refreshments
2023 – 2024
September 11 – Rock, Paper, Scissors by Alice Feeney (Paula)
October 2 – The Library Book by Susan Orlean (Laura)
November 6 – The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michelle Richardson (Dianne)
December 4 – The Number One Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (Carole)
January 8 – 7 1/2 Lessons About the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett (Nancy H)
February 5 – The Thread Collectors by Shauna Edwards & Alyson Richman (Posy)
March 4 – Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond (Joan)
April 1 – The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict (Lucy)
May 6 – The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osam (Lori)
June 3 – Planning for next season
Other Suggested Books
At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon
Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting by Clare Poolet
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult
The Woman in the Window by A.J Finn
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zezinho
Beneath A Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larsen
Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer
Lost Towns of the Swift River Valley by Elena Palladino
The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston & Mario Spezi
The Doctors Blackwell—How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to
Women and Women to Medicine by Janice P. Nimura
Book donations for Toys for Tots sponsored by the Book Group
2022-2023
September 12 – Daughter of The Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan (Paula)
October 3 – Intimacies by Katie Kitamura (Bonnie)
November 7 – The Reef by Edith Wharton (Posy)
December 5 – The Last Garden In England by Julia Kelly (Nancy H.)
January 2 – Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman (Dianne)
February 6 – The Rent Collector by Camron Wright (Sue)
March 6 – Cartwheel by Jennifer Dubois (Brenda)
April 3 – Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak (Lori)
May 1 – City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
June 5 – Planning meeting for next season
Other Suggested Books:
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See (historical fiction)
Darling Girl by Liz Michalski
Four Letters of Love by Niall Williams
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Arctic Fury by Greer Macallister
Dragonfly by Leila Meacham
The Guncle by Steven Rowley
One Damn Thing After Another by Bill Barr
2021- 2022
September 13 – A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell (Dianne)
October 4 – The Girl From the Savoy by Hazel Gaynor (Brenda)
November 1 – Circe by Madeline Miller (Nancy H)
December 6 – My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem (Carol)
January 3 – World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhulumatathil (Lori)
February 7 – The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (Posy)
March 7 – Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton (Sue)
April 4 – The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner (Paula)
May 2 – Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok (Lucy)
June 6 – Planning meeting for next season
2020-2021
September 1 – Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb (Sally)
October 5 – American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins (Carol)
November 2 – A Girl of the Limber Lost by Gene Stratton Porter (Lori)
December 7 – Playing for Pizza by John Grisham (Nancy G)
January 4 – Writers and Lovers by Lily King (Lucy)
February 1 – The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd (Posy)
March 1 – The Dutch House by Ann Patchett (Bonnie)
April 5 – 1984 by George Orwell (Brenda)
May 3 – The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter by Hazel Gaynor (Dianne)
June 7 – Planning Meeting for next season
AWC Book Group Reading List
2019-2020
September 10 – Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
October 7 – The Soul of the Octopus by Sy Montgomery
November 4 – Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
December 2 – Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
January 6 – The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict
February 3 – A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
March 2 – Educated by Tara Westover
April 6 – The Woman’s Hour by Elaine Weiss
May 4 – The Girl from the Train by Irma Joubert
June 1 – Planning meeting for next season
AWC Book Group Reading List – 2018-2019
Sept 10- A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Oct 1 – Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick
Nov 5 – The Great Halifax Explosion by John Bacon
Dec 3 –The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony
Jan 7–My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Bachman
Feb 4–The King is Always Above The People by Daniel Alarcon
Mar 4-The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
April 1- American Nations: A History of The Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodward
May 6–The Life She Was Given by Ellen Marie Wiseman
AWC Book Group Reading List – 2017-2018
September 11, 2017 The Summer Before the War Helen Simonson
October 2, 2017 Georgia: A Novel of Georgia O’Keefe Dawn Tripp
November 6, 2017 Empress Dowager CIXI Jung Chang
December 4, 2017 A Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway
January 8, 2018 A Fine Romance: Falling in Love with the English Countryside Susan Branch
February 5, 2018 The Sisters of Sinai Janet Soskice
March 5, 2018 Madame Tussaud Michelle Moran
April 2, 2018 Captain Alatriste Arturo Perez-Reverte
May 7, 2018 The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead
The Book Group also organizes a collection of new children’s books from all club members during the holidays which are donated to Toys for Tots.