French River Readers
Archive of Books Read
2025
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February: The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman
January: The Signature of All Things - Elizabeth Gilbert
2024
December: Holidays on Ice - David Sedaris
November: Horse - Geraldine Brooks
October: Still Life with Bread Crumbs - Anna Quindlen
September: Miss Benson’s Beetle - Rachel Joyce
August: Calypso - David Sedaris
July: I Found You - Lisa Jewell
June: The Book Woman’s Daughter - Kim Michele Richardson
May: Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania - Erik Larson
April: Kindred - Octavia E. Butler
March: A Dog’s Purpose - W. Bruce Cameron
February: Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell
January: Deep Storm - Lincoln Child
2023
December: The Christmas Sweater - Glenn Beck
November: The Nightengale - Kristin Hannah
October: The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - Lilian Jackson Braun
September: The 100 Years of Lenni and Margot - Marianne Cronin
August: The Book of Lost Friends - Lisa Wingate
July: David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
June: Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver
May: The Girl with the Louding Voice - Abu Dare
April: I'll Be Gone in the Dark - Michelle McNamara
March: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness - Arundhati Roy
February: The House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune
January: The Book of Lost Friends - Lisa Wingate
2022
December: Winter Street - Elin Hilderbrand
November: An Irish Country Doctor - Patrick Taylor
October: The Only Woman in the Room - Heather Terrell
September: The Ghost Burglar - Jack Burch
August: The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules - Catherine Anglesea-Sundberg
July: There, Therre - Tommy Orange
June: Defending Jacob - William Stanley
May: Circe - Madeline Miller
April: 18 Tiny Deaths - Bruce Goldfarb
March: A Monstrous Regiment of Women - Laurie R. King
February: The Beekeeper's Apprentice - Laurie R. King
January: What the Eyes Don't See - Mona Hanna-Attisha
2021
December: The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride - Joe Siple
November: Half a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
October: Hidden Figures - Margot Lee Shetterly
September: Where'd You Go, Bernadette? - Maria Semple
August: When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi
July: Murder of a Good Man - Teresa Trent
June: Nomadland - Jessica Bruder
May: The Secret Keeper - Kate Morton
April: Still Llfe - Louise Penny
March: This Tender Land - Wm Kent Krueger
February: Just Mercy - Bryan Stephenson
January: I am Malala - Malala Yousafzai
2020
December: the Best Christmas Pageant Ever - Barbara Robinson
November: Hillbilly Elegy - J.D. Vance
October: A Long Walk to Water - Linda Sue Park
September: Iron Lake - Wm Kent Krueger
August: The Girl in the Spider's Web - David Lagercrantz
July: The Elegance of the Hedgehog - Muriel Barbery
June: The Little Paris Bookshop - Nina George
May: Wild - Cheryl Strayed
April: Penance - David Housewright
March: No Meeting Due to Pandemic -
February: The Gentleman from Moscow - Amor Towles
January: The Woman in the Window - A.J. Finn
2019
December: Hercule Poirot's Christmas - Agatha Christie
November: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek - Kim MIchele Richardson
October: Killers of the Flower Moon - David Grann
September: Doc - Mary Doria Russell
August: Educated - Tara Westover
July: Ahab's Wife - Sena Jeter Naslund
June: The Long Haul - Finn Murphy
May: Memory Man - David Baldacci
April: Angle of Repose - Wallace Stegner
March: The Good Lord Bird - James McBride
February: Grandma Gatewood's Walk - Ben Montgomery
January: After the Floods - Ben Henricksen
2018
December: A Christmas Memory - Truman Capote
November: The Soul of an Octopus - Sy Montgomery
October: The Last Voyageurs - Lorraine Boissoneault
September: Before We Were Yours - Lisa Wingate
August: The Rent Collector - Camron Wright
July: The Wind and the Drum - Katherine Johnson
June: 50 Children - Stephen Pressman
May: The Brightest Sun - Adrienne Benson
April: The Women in the Castle - Jessica Shattuck
March: The Woman in Cabin 10 - Ruth Ware
February: Sea Runners - Ivan Doig
January: Out of the Easy - Ruta Sepetys
2017
December: A Season of Angels - Debbie Macomber
November: The Postmistress - Sarah Blake
October: The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead
September: The Boys in the Boat - Daniel James Brown
August: The Alchemist - Paul Coelho
July: Locally Laid - Lucie Amundsen
June: Wonder - R.J. Palacio
May: The Pearl That Broke Its Shell - Nadia Hashimi
April: The Legacy - Mark Munger
March: Yes, Chef - Marcus Samuelsson
February: The Paris Architect - Charles Belfoure
January: The Secret Chord - Geraldine Brooks
2015
December: Comfort and Joy - Kristin Hannah
November: A Complicated Kindness - Miriam Toews
October: The Master Butcher’s Singing Club - Louise Erdrich
September: The Dance Boots - Linda LeGarde Grover
August: She’s Not There - Jennifer F. Boylan
July: The Necklace - Cheryl Jarvis
June: Modoc - Ralph Helfer
May: Heaven is for Real - Todd Burpo
April: Me Before You - JoJo Moyes
March: Still Life - Louise Penny
February: All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
January: The Afterlife of Billy Fingers - Annie Kagan
2014
December: The Christmas Box - Richard Paul Evans
November: Ordinary Grace - Wm Kent Kruger
October: Farewell to Manzanar - Jeanne W. Houston
September: The Buddha in the Attic - Julie Otsuka
August: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs
July: The Light Between Oceans - M.L. Stedman
June: Tempting Fate - Jane Green
May: Maisie Dobbs - Jacqueline Winspear
April: The Cellist of Sarajevo - Steven Galloway
March: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand - Helen Simonson
February: The Orphan Train - Christina Baker Klein
January: The Long-Shining Waters - Danielle Sosin
2013
December: The Christmas Blessing - Donna VanLiere
November: The Zookeeper’s Wife - Diane Ackerman
October: Convergence at Two Harbors - Dennis Herschbach
September: Before I Go to Sleep - S.J. Watson
August: Immoral - Brian Freeman
July: The People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks
June: Odd Thomas - Dean Koontz
May: Clara and Mr. Tiffany - Susan Vreeland
April: Distant Fires - Scott Anderson
March: The Language of Flowers - Vanessa Diffenbaugh
February: The Tale of Halcyon Crane - Wendy Webb
January: Home Front - Kristin Hannah
2012
December: Visions of Sugar Plums - Janet Evanovich
November: The Scent of God - Beryl S Bissell
October: City of Thieves - David Benioff
September: Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
August: The Jester - Patterson/Gross
July: Dive from Clausen’s Pier - Ann Packer
June: Whistling in the Dark - Lesley Kagan
May: The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein
April: The House at Riverton - Kate Morton
March: Yellow Crocus - Laila Ibraham
February: Henry’s Sisters - Cathy Lamb
January: Cutting for Stone - Abraham Verghese
2011
December: Shirley, Goodness and Mercy - Debbie Macomber
November: Moloka’I - Alan Brennert
October: Little Bee - Chris Cleave
September: The School of Essential Ingredients - Erica Buermeister
August: Room - Emma Donoghue
July: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - Alan Bradley
June: Winter Garden - Kristin Hannah
May: The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer
April: The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet - Jamie Ford
March: They Did It with Love - Kate Morgenroth
February: The Forgotten Garden - Kate Morton
January: The Ascent - Ronald Malfi
2010
December: Kringle - Tom Abbott
November: Leaving the World - Douglas Kennedy
October: The Cookbook Collector - Allegra Goodwin
September: The Invention of Hugo Cabret - Brian Selznick
August: The Help - Kathryn Stockett
July: The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
June: Push - Sapphire
May: The Yellow House - Patricia Falvey
April: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larson
March: The Blind Side - Michael Lewis
February: Cold Sassy Tree - Olive Ann Burns
January: Sarah’s Key - Tatiana de Rosnay
2009
December: ‘Tis the Season - Lorna Landvik
November: Good Grief - Lolly Winston
October: Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
September: The Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffeneger
August: Fearless Fourteen - Janet Evanovich
July: The 13 th Tale - Diane Setterfield
June: Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafron
May: Still Alice - Lisa Genova
April: The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis
March: The Shack - Wm Paul Young
February: The Eight - Katherine Neville
January: Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert
2008
December: A Redbird Christmas - Fannie Flagg
November: Red Knife - Wm Kent Kruger
October: The Divide - Nicholas Evans
September: Women of the Silk - Gail Tsukiyama
August: Keeping the House - Ellen Baker
July: The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
June: Book of choice - Nevada Barr
May: The Whistling Season - Ivan Doig
April: Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson
March: Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister - Gregory Maguire
February: My Sister’s Keeper - Jodi Picoult
January: Nickeled and Dimed - Barbara Ehrenreich
2007
DDecember: A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
November: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith
October: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver
September: The Elegant Gathering of White Snows - Kris Radish
August: The Box Children - Sharon Wyse
July: Inside the Kingdom - Carmen bin Laden
June: The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan
May: The Life of Pi - Yann Martel
April: Memory Keeper’s Daughter - Kim Edwards
March: Bread Alone - Judith R Hendricks
February: The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls
January: Eat Cake - Jeanne Ray
2006
December: The Giver - Lois Lowry
November: Will to Murder - John DeSanto
October: Camel Club - David Baldacci
September: Five Quarters of the Orange - Joanne Harris
August: The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
July: Widow for One Year - John Irving
June: Pope Joan - Donna W Cross
May: The Mermaid Chair - Sue Monk Kidd
April: Purgatory Ridge - Wm Kent Kruger
March: Amateur Marriage - Anne Tyler
February: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
January: In the Lake of the Woods - Tim O’Brien
2005
December: The Christmas Train - David Baldacci
November: The Quilter’s Apprentice - Jennifer Chiaverini
October: The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell
September: Plainsong - Kent Haruf
August: The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
July: The Lady and the Unicorn - Tracy Chevalier
June: Wonder When You’ll Miss Me - Amanda Davis
May: Tulip Fever - Deborah Moggach
April: Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
March: Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
February: Peace Like a River - Leif Enger
January: Reading Lolita in Tehran - Azar Nafisi
2004
December: Skipping Christmas - John Grisham
November: The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse - Louise Erdrich
October: The Red Tent - Anita Diamant
September: No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander M Smith
August: The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson
July: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullers
June: Living History - Hillary R Clinton
May: Angry Housewives Eating Bonbons - Lorna Landvik
April: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
March: The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom
February: Superior Death - Nevada Barr
January: None ~ Planning
