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ICYMI: Books Published in 2015
- All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
- Dead Wake by Erik Larson
- The Edge of Lost by Kristina McMorris
- First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen
- The Gilded Hour by Sara Donati
- Girl at War by Sara Nović
- The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
- Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center
- The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schiltz
- Inside the O’Briens by Lisa Genova
- Jimmy Bluefeather by Kim Heacox
- Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
- Last Bus to Wisdom by Ivan Doig
- Mademoiselle Chanel by C.W. Gortner
- The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom
- A Memory of Violets by Hazel Gaynor
- My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman
- The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
- Recipes for Love and Murder by Sally Andrew
- The Royal We by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan
- Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner
- Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
- The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
- Tides of Honour by Genevieve Graham
- When the Moon is Low by Nadia Hashimi
- All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
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1 year, 4 months ago
Jen B
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Decades: Books Set in the 1930s
- Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
- Beneath a Starless Sky by Tessa Harris
- The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
- The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl by Renée Rosen
- Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts
- Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland
- The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
- Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
- The Green Mile by Stephen King
- A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams
- In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
- The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton
- Learning to See by Elise Hooper
- Letters Across the Sea by Genevieve Graham
- The Lindbergh Nanny by Mariah Fredericks
- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
- The Miracle Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets by Sarah Miller
- The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict
- The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
- October in the Earth by Olivia Hawker
- Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
- Promise by Minrose Gwin
- Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
- The Saints of Swallow Hill by Donna Everhart
- Sea of Memories by Fiona Valpy
- This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
- Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
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Book Voyage: Books Set on Islands
- Augustown by Kei Miller
- Ayitia by Roxane Gay
- Back on Bonaire by Andrew Jalbert
- Bermuda Blue by Jonathan Cullen
- Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
- The Bungalow by Sarah Jio
- Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
- A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao
- Family Reunion by Nancy Thayer
- Float Plan by Trish Doller
- The God of Good Looks by Breanne Mc Ivor
- The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams
- An Impossible Return by Caroline Laurent
- The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
- Island Queen by Vanessa Riley
- Letters From Cuba by Ruth Behar
- Love & Olives by Jenna Evans Welch
- Meet Me in Paradise by Libby Hubscher
- Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce
- Moloka’i by Alan Brennert
- The Not-Quite States of America by Doug Mac
- One Night on the Island by Josie Silver
- The Price of Paradise by Susana López Rubio
- Stranded by Emily Barr
- That Birthday in Barbados by Inglath Cooper
- ‘Til the Well Runs Dry by Lauren Francis-Sharma
- The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
- Winter in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand
- Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
- You Then, Me Now by Nick Alexander
- Augustown by Kei Miller
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ICYMI: Books Published in 2014
- After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
- Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
- The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
- The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
- Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
- Dollbaby by Laura Lane McNeal
- Euphoria by Lily King
- Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
- A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner
- The Good Girl by Mary Kubica
- I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
- Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
- The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
- Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen
- The Martian by Andy Weir
- The Matchmaker by Elin Hilderbrand
- Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
- One Plus One by Jojo Moyes
- The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi
- The Secret Life of Violet Grant by Beatriz Williams
- The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacobs
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
- The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
- ‘Til the Well Runs Dry by Lauren Francis-Sharma
- To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
- We Are Called to Rise by Laura McBride
- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
- After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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1 year, 8 months ago
Susana
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Decades: Books Set in the 1920s
- The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra
- Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor
- Blind Tiger by Sandra Brown
- A Botanist’s Guide to Parties and Poisons by Kate Khavari
- Broadway Butterfly by Sara DiVello
- Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera
- The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty
- Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham
- The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights by Kitty Zeldis
- The Forty Elephants by Erin Bledsoe
- The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
- In a Field of Blue by Gemma Liviero
- Jazz by Toni Morrison
- Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
- The Letter Tree by Rachel Fordham
- The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
- The Light of Luna Park by Addison Armstrong
- The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis
- The Mayor of Maxwell Street by Avery Cunningham
- The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
- One Summer: America 1927 by Bill Bryson
- The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher
- Passing by Nella Larsen
- The Radium Girls by Kate Moore
- The Second Life of Mirielle West by Amanda Skenandore
- Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
- Time’s Undoing by Cheryl A. Head
- Tisha by Robert Specht
- The Woman’s Hour by Elaine Weiss
- The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra
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Book Voyage: Books Set in Africa
- The Ardent Swarm by Yarmen Manai & Lara Vergnaud
- A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn
- The Bitter Side of Sweet by Tara Sullivan
- Black Dove White Raven by Elizabeth Wein
- Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer
- Chasing Lemurs by Keriann McGoogan
- Dancing in the Glory of Monsters by Jason Stearns
- Dazzling by Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ
- Diamond Boy by Michael Williams
- A Girl is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
- The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya
- Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
- Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
- How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue
- I Will Always Write Back by Caitlin Alifirenka & Martin Ganda with Liz Welch
- Keeping Hope Alive by Dr. Hawa Abdi
- Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
- A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- Lucky Girl by Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu
- The Middle Daughter by Chika Unigwe
- The Missing American by Kwei Quartey
- Nightbloom by Peach Adzo Medie
- No Heaven for Good Boys by Keisha Bush
- The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
- One of Them: My Life Among the Maasai of Kenya by Eti Dayan
- Orange for the Sunsets by Tina Athaide
- The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
- Recipes for Love and Murder by Sally Andrew
- Small Country by Gaël Frye
- The Storyteller of Casablanca by Fiona Valpy
- Unbowed: A Memoir by Wangari Maatha
- What is the What by Dave Eggers
- Whatever You Do, Don’t Run by Peter Allison
- The Ardent Swarm by Yarmen Manai & Lara Vergnaud
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ICYMI: Books Published in 2013
- The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
- Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- And the Mountains Echoes by Khaled Hosseini
- The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin
- The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
- Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
- Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
- Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
- A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams
- The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
- An Inquiry Into Love and Death by Simone St. James
- Last Train to Istanbul by Ayşe Kulin
- Life After Life Kate Atkinson
- The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks
- Necessary Lies by Diane Chamberlain
- Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
- Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
- Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
- The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro
- The Pieces We Keep by Kristina McMorris
- The Promise of Stardust by Priscille Sibley
- Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
- The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
- The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
- The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
- The Time Between by Karen White
- Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall
- Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler
- The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
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1 year, 9 months ago
Jaimette
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Decades: Books Set in the 1900-1910s
- Bluebird by Genevieve Graham
- The Bookbinder by Pip Williams
- Canary Girls by Jennifer Chiaverini
- Dead Wake by Erik Larson
- A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner
- The First Emma by Camille Di Maio
- Gilded Mountain by Kate Manning
- Girl Waits With Gun by Amy Stewart
- The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
- Little Souls by Sandra Dallas
- The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis
- A Memory of Violets by Hazel Gaynor
- The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner
- The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb
- A Night to Remember by Walter Lord
- The Orphan Collector by Ellen Marie Wiseman
- Orphans of the Storm by Celia Imrie
- Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee
- The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
- The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn & Janie Chang
- The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
- The River of Doubt by Candice Millard
- The Saturday Evening Girls Club by Jane Healey
- Scarlet Carnation by Laila Ibrahim
- The Secret Life of Violet Grant by Beatriz Williams
- The Secret Life of Winnie Cox by Sharon Maas
- Silent Came the Monster by Amy Hill Hearth
- Stories from Suffragette City Edited by M.J. Rose & Fiona Davis
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix
- The Way of Beauty by Camille Di Maio
- Where Coyotes Howl by Sandra Dallas
- Bluebird by Genevieve Graham
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Book Voyage: Western Europe
- Beartown by Fredrik Backman
- The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
- Flawless by Scott Andrew Selby & Greg Campbell
- The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
- From Scratch by Tembi Locke
- The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer
- The Girl Behind the Wall by Mandy Robotham
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
- Goodnight, Vienna by Marius Gabriel
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
- The Guest List by Lucy Foley
- Hello, Again by Isabelle Broom
- I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
- Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch
- The Northern Lights Lodge by Julie Caplin
- The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict
- Our Last Days in Barcelona by Chanel Cleeton
- The Paper Girl of Paris by Jordyn Taylor
- The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue
- The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain
- Sally Brady’s Italian Adventure by Christina Lynch
- Spanish Promise by Karen Swan
- The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by Lori Nelson Spielman
- The Storm Sister by Lucinda Riley
- The Switch by Beth O’ Leary
- The Tour by Jean Grainger
- Two Steps Forward by Graeme Simsion & Anne Buist
- The Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowen
- A View Across the Rooftops by Suzanne Kelman
- The Year of Living Danishly by Helen Russell
- Beartown by Fredrik Backman
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1 year, 9 months ago
Stephanie Newhart
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ICYMI: Books Published in 2012
- Before I Met You by Lisa Jewell
- The Bartender’s Tale by Ivan Doig
- Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio
- Calling Me Home by Julie Kibler
- Defending Jacob by William Landay
- Fault in Our Stars by John Green
- The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
- Home Front by Kristin Hannah
- Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
- The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
- A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
- Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
- Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks
- Midwife of Hope River by Patricia Harman
- The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
- Mrs Kennedy & Me by Clint Hill
- Rent Collector by Camron Wright
- Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian
- The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
- Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
- Sweetness of Forgetting by Kristen Harmel
- Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
- Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
- Wild by Cheryl Stayed
- The Witness by Nora Roberts
- Wonder by R.J. Palacio
- The World We Found by Thrity Umrigar
- Before I Met You by Lisa Jewell
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Decades: Books Set in the 1880s-1890s
- The Address by Fiona Davis
- All the Pretty Places by Joy Callaway
- At the Mountain’s Edge by Genevieve Graham
- The Cartographer’s Secret by Tea Cooper
- The Children’s Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin
- Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard
- The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
- The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
- Eighty Days by Matthew Goodman
- The Five by Hallie Rubenhold
- Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang
- The Island of Worthy Boys by Connie Hertzberg Mayo
- The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
- The Mad Girls of New York by Maya Rodale
- The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
- The Nurse’s Secret by Amanda Skenandore
- The Secret Life of Sunflowers by Marta Molnar
- Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
- Two Wars and a Wedding by Lauren Willig
- A Well Behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler
- Whiskey When We’re Dry by John Larison
- The Address by Fiona Davis
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1 year, 10 months ago
Lauren
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Book Voyage: Arctic & Antarctica
- Antarctica: An Intimate Portrait by Gabrielle Walker
- The Arctic Fury by Greer Macallister
- The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
- Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
- A Blizzard of Polar Bears by Alice Henderson
- Braving It by James Campbell
- Chasing the Light by Jesse Blackadder
- The Cruelest Miles by Gay Salisbury
- Dálvi by Laura Galloway
- Endurance by Alfred Lansing
- The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
- How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior
- Ice by Kevin Tinto
- The Ice Star by Christoffer Petersen
- In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides
- Lean Fall Stand by Jon McGregor
- Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton
- My Last Continent by Midge Raymond
- Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
- On Call in the Arctic by Thomas J. Sims
- Northern Lights by Nora Roberts
- Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
- The Sun is a Compass by Caroline Van Hemert
- Tip of the Iceberg by Mark Adams
- Tisha by Robert Specht
- The White Darkness by David Grann
- Winterland by Rae Meadows
- The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
- Antarctica: An Intimate Portrait by Gabrielle Walker
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Read Around the USA
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Lifetime of Reading
Are you participating in the self-paced Lifetime of Reading Challenge? This is the perfect place to discuss your books and anything you've learned from the challenge!
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