I host a book club that we like to call The Third Thursday Book Club because yes, we meet on the third Thursday! (Though we've recently had conflicts with Thursdays and have changed our name to: The Third Thursday Book Club Now Meeting on Wednesdays!) This May 2022, we'll be celebrating our 18th year anniversary!
Here's a list of what we've read since the club's creation. If I've blogged about our discussion, I'll link to that in case you are interested.
2004
May: The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
June: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Oct: The Color of Water by James McBride
Nov: The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Dec: Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
2005
Jan: Armadale by Wilkie Collins
Feb: At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon
Mar: Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Apr: A Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman
May: Emma by Jane Austen
Sept: Harry Potter and biography of choice
Oct: Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel
Nov: Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Dec: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
2006
Jan: Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Feb. The Peacegiver by James L. Ferrell
Mar: Plain and Simple by Sue Bender
Apr: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
May: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Sept: Whisperings and Shattered by C.K. Bailey
Oct: Charms for the Easy Life by Kaye Gibbons
Nov: A Girl Named Zippy Haven Kimmel
Dec: P.G. Wodehouse books on Jeeves and his adventures
2007
Jan: The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
Feb: The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Mar: The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Apr: The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All by Allan Gurganus
May: Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
September: all three Stephenie Meyer books and Harry Potter #7
October: Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
November: Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell
December: Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
2008
Jan: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Feb: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Mar: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Apr: 1776 by David McCoullough
May: Blessings by Anna Quindlin
September: Jodi Picoult books and Bill Bryson books
October: The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
November: Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
December: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2009
January: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
February: The Princess and the Hound by Mette Ivie Harrison
March: Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
April: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
May: Janette Rallison books
September: Lady Emily Ashton series by Tasha Alexander
October: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
November: The Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
December: Walking Across Egypt by Clyde Edgerton
2010
January: North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
February: Fairy Tale month (Beastly by Alex Flinn, Beauty by Robin McKinley, Zel by Donna Jo Napoli and Golden by Cameron Dokey)
March: Rebecca by Daphne duMaurier
April: Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
May: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
September: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins and The Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner
October: Matched by Ally Condie
November: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
December: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
2011
January: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
February: 84 Charring Cross Road by Helene Hanff
March: These Is My Words by Nancy Farmer
April: Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
May: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
September: Middlemarch by George Eliot
October: Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
November: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
December: The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
2012
January: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
February: Atonement by Ian McEwan
March: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
April: Watership Down by Richard Adams
May: Precious Bane by Mary Webb
June: About a Boy by Nick Hornby
August: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
September: The Handmaid's Tale by Margret Atwood
October: The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
November: Mrs. Mike by Benedict Freedman
December: Unwind by Neal Shusterman
2013
January: The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
February: The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
March: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
April: I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
May: 1984 by George Orwell
June: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
July: Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson
August: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
September: The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale
October: Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
November: The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman
December: Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helene Simonson
2014
January: The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
February: The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morten
March: The Countess Below Stairs
April: The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
May: Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
June: The False Princess by Eilis O'Neal
July: fairy tell retelling of your choice
August: The World's Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne
September: Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Speigleman
October: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
November: The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
December: Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
2015
January: Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
February: Persuasion by Jane Austen and For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diane Peterfreund
March: Wonder by R. J. Palacio
April: The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
May: Dune by Frank Herbert
June: Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor
July: Animal Farm by George Orwell
August: Not in the Script by Amy Finnegan and/or Elevated by Elena Johnson
September: Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
October: Dracula by Bram Stoker
November: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
December: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
2016
January: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Dideon
February: Smile by Raina Telgemeier
March: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
April: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenMay: Burning Glass by Kathryn Purdie
June: I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
July: Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
August: One Dead Spy by Nathan Hale
September: Still Alice by Lisa Genova
October: Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
November: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doer
December: A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
2017
January: Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
February: Quiet: The Power of Introverts by Susan Cain
March: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
April: Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
May: Landline by Rainbow Rowell
June: What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
July: Paper Magician by Charlie Holmberg
August: My Lady Jane by Brodi Ashton
September: Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
October: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
November: All the Truth That’s In Me by Julie Berry
December: The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
2018
January: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
February: How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
March: A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman
April: Ross Poldark by Winston Graham
May: Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
June: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
July: The Undomestic Goddess by Sohpie Kinsella
August: Summerlost by Ally Condie
September: The Orphan Keeper by Camron Wright
October: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
November: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
December: And Then There Were None by Agathie Christie
2019
January: Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder
February: The Marriage Bureau by Penrose Halson
March: Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
April: Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
May: Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
June: Ban This Book by Alan Gratz
July: A Room With a View by E.M. Forster
August: The Hollow City by Dan Wells
September: One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus
October: A Darker Shade of magic by V.E. Schwab
November: The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
December: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
2020
January: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
February: Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
March: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
April: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
May: The First Fifteen Lives of Henry August by Claire North
June: Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelJune: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
July: The Undomestic Goddess by Sohpie Kinsella
August: Summerlost by Ally Condie
September: The Orphan Keeper by Camron Wright
October: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
November: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
December: And Then There Were None by Agathie Christie
2019
January: Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder
February: The Marriage Bureau by Penrose Halson
March: Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
April: Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
May: Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
June: Ban This Book by Alan Gratz
July: A Room With a View by E.M. Forster
August: The Hollow City by Dan Wells
September: One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus
October: A Darker Shade of magic by V.E. Schwab
November: The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
December: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
2020
January: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
February: Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
March: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
April: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
May: The First Fifteen Lives of Henry August by Claire North
July: Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
August: Resistance by Jennifer A. Nielsen
September: The Body by Bill Bryson
October: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
November: The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
December: Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
2021
January: Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal
February: The Flat Share by Beth O'Leary
March: The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
April: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
May: Biased by Jennifer L. Eberhardt
June: The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes and The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
July: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah and The Called Us Enemy by George Takei
July: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah and The Called Us Enemy by George Takei
August: Seven Deadly Shadows by Courtney Alameda and others and My Plain Jane by Brodi Ashton and others
September: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
October: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Ocsar Wilde
November: I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
December: Emily of New Moon by L.M Montgomery
2022
January: Keep Moving by Maggie Smith
February: To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
March: Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
April: Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
May: Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth
June: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
July: memoir month!
August: Lines of Courage by Jennifer A. Nielsen
September: The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth
October: Feed by Mira Grant
November: The Maid by Nita Prose
December: In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
2023
January: My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You I'm Sorry by Fredrik Backman
February: The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty
March: The Silence of Bones by June Hur
April: The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe
May: The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
July: Memoir Month
August: My Contrary Mary by Brodie Ashton, Cynthia Hand and Jodi Meadows
September: Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher
October: Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
November: Spare by Prince Harry
December: The Christmas Murder Game by Alexandra Benedict
2024
January: Remarkedly Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
February: Book Lovers by Emily Henry
March: Beartown by Fredrik Backman
April: Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
May: A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
February: Book Lovers by Emily Henry
March: Beartown by Fredrik Backman
April: Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
May: A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
June: Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
July: Memoir Month
August: The Unwedding by Ally Condie
September: Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
October: The Passengers by John Marrs
November: The Art Thief by Michael Finkel
December: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
2025
January: The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth
February: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
March: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
April: The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
May: The Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
