Friends of the Ely Public Library
FRIENDS OF THE ELY PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMUNITY BOOK GROUP
Books Read and Discussed
2012
February Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
March Devil in the White City by Erik Larsen
April We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
May Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Jun The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough
Jul My Antonio by Willa Cather
Aug Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
Sep Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Oct Elizabeth the Queen by Sally Bedell Smith
Nov TBD
Dec Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
2011
January- cancelled
February -A Secret Kept T. deRosnay
March- Cider for Rosie Laurie Lee
April- Cutting for Stone A. Verghese
May- House Bill Bryson
June- Clara and Mr. Tiffany A. Vreeland
July -The King’s Speech -Mark Logue & Peter Conrad
August -Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom- A. Chua
September -"Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
October - "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford
November In The Garden of the Beast Erik Larsen
December Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte
2010
January -The Help -K. Stockett
February -Sarah’s Key -T. deRosnay
March-Little Women -G. Brooks/Alcott
April -Columbine -David Cullen
May -Olive Kitteridge -Elizabeth Strout
June -We, Two -Gillian Gill
July -Year of Wonder -G. Brooks
August -Little Bee
September -The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo -S. Laarson
October -The Girl Who Played With Fire -S. Laarson
November -Stones for Schools -G. Mortenson
December -To Kill A Mockingbird -H. Lee
2009
January- Latehomecomer -Yang
February- Team of Rivals -Goodwin
March -The Nine -Toobin
April -The Shack -Young
May -The Story of Edgar -Sawtelle/ Wroblewski
Hamlet- Shakespeare
June -The Reader -B. Schlink
July- Gilead -M. Robinson
August- Tale of Two Cities -Charles Dickens
September- Invisible Wall -H. Bernstein
October- Home -M. Robinson
November- People of the Book- G. Brooks
December- Cricket on the Hearth -Charles Dickens
2008
January- Dark Tide- Puelo
February- Down From Basswood -Huitila
March- Love in the Time of Cholera- Kundari
April -Mornings on Horseback -McCullough
May- Emma -Jane Austin
June- The Pillars of the Earth- Follett
July- “ “ “
August- Mr. Sammler’s Planet -Bellow
September- Burning Bright -Chevalier
October- A Thousand Splendid Suns -Hosseini
November- The Guernsey -Literary & Schaffer/Barrows
Potato Peel Pie Society
December- The Polar Express -C. Van Allsburg
2007
May- Suite Françoise -Irene Nemeroviski
June -The Memory Keeper’s Daughter- Kim Edwards
July- Water for Elephants -Sara Green
August- Dreams From My Father -Orack Obama
September- Poisonwood Bible -Kingsolver
October- Under the Banner of Heaven- Jon Krakauer
November- Three Cups of Tee- Greg Mortenson
December- A Christmas Carol -Charles Dickens