And a Good Time was Had by All

We have been enjoying talking about books together for five years this month. In that time I have made some great friends and really improved my choices in the books I read! As many of us have said, "If I wasn't reading this for group, I probably wouldn't have chosen to read it." And you all know that we have read some great books together. I wonder which of the books have been your favorites and why? How about sharing your choices here on our blog. Here are the books we've read together in the last five years:

2004

RED TENT by Anita Diamant
DISGRACE by J. M. Coetzee
TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE by Audrey Niffenegger
LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER by James Michael Pratt
FOUTH HAND by John Irving
THE SWEET HEREAFTER by Russell Banks
DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD by Rebecca Wells

2005

PRODIGAL SUMMER by Barbara Kingsolver
BLIND ASSASSIN by Margaret Atwood
THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini
SECRET LIFE OF BEES by Sue Monk Kidd
LESSON BEFORE DYING by Ernest Gaines
PEACE LIKE A RIVER by Leif Enger
JULY HOME TO HARMONY by Phillip Gulley
IF EVER I RETURN, PRETTY PEGGY-O by Sharyn Mccrumb
HANDMAID'S TALE by Margaret Atwood
LUCIA, LUCIA by Adriana Trigiani
NOV THE WINNER by David Baldacci
LOW COUNTRY by Ann Rivers Siddon

2006

NICKLE AND DIMED by Barbara Ehrenreich
THE NAMESAKE by Jhumpa LahirI
TORTILLA CURTAIN by T. Coraghessa Boyle
INSIDE THE KINGDOM by Carmen Bin Laden
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden
INNOCENT BLOOD by P.D. James
ALCHEMIST by Paul Coelho
LAST CROSSING by Guy Vanderhadghe
SONG OF THE HUMPBACK WHALE by Jodi Picoult
PREDATORS, PREY AND OTHER KINFOLK by Dorothy Allred Solomon

2007
HANNAH’S DAUGHTERS by Marianne Fredrik
WICKED by Gregory Maguire
DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY by Erik Larson
A FINE BALANCE by Rohinton Mistry
MEMORY KEEPERS DAUGHTER by Kim Edwards
CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT TIME by Mark Haddon
I STILL MISS MY MAN BUT MY AIM IS GETTING BETTER by Sarah Shankman
BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS Anne Tyler
FELICIA’S JOURNEY William Trevor
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS Sara Gruer
THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS Khaled Hosseini

2008

COLOR OF WATER by James McBride
WHISTLING SEASON by Ivan Doig
ECHO MAKER by Richard Powers
TALLGRASS by Sandra Dallas
BUCK FEVER by Ben Rehder
GARDEN SPELLS by Sarah Addison Allen
SNOWFLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN by Lisa See
THE SUNDAY WIFE by Cassandra King
THREE CUPS OF TEA by Greg Morenson

2009

THE NINE TAILORS by Dorothy L. Sayers
ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART TIME INDIAN by Sherman Alexie
GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY by Mary Ann Shaffer
ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE by Barbara Kingsolver
BEFORE YOU KNOW KINDNESS by Chris Bohjalian
GLASS CASTLE: A MEMOIR by Jeannette Walls
HORSE HEAVEN by Jane Smiley
BOONE’S LICK by Larry McMurtry

2010

AHAB’S WIFE, OR, THE STAR-GAZER: A NOVEL by Sena Jeeter Nasland
BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING by Malcolm Gladwell
PERSIAN PICKLE CLUB by Sandra Dallas
GEOGRAPHY OF BLISS by Eric Weiner
OLIVE KITTERIDGE by Elizabeth Strout
THE PRINCE OF FROGTOWN by Rick Bragg
THE NEXT THING ON MY LIST: A NOVEL by Jill Smolinski
THE SUSPICIONS OF MR. WHICHER by Kate Summerscale

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