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OG Book Club Books

This book club started in February 2012 and these friends are some of my very favorite people and my original (OG) book clubbers. They have been a dedicated group who have been flexible to all kinds of changes over the years and I am so thankful they have helped keep this going!

Disclaimer: In 2025, I chose to start linking books from Bookshop.org so you can help support the Independent bookstore of your choice. Previously, they were linked to Amazon. My Indie bookstore pick is The Thinking Spot which is a local STEM bookstore. 🤩📚👩‍🔬🛍️

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AUGUST 2025 - Dry by Neal & Jarrod Shusterman (Mel’s Pick)
JULY 2025 - How To Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley (Andi’s Pick)
JUNE 2025 - West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge (Judy’s Pick)
MAY 2025 - When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill (Angie’s Pick)
APRIL 2025 - Saturday Night At The Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal (Katie’s Pick)
MARCH 2025 - There Is No Ethan by Anna Akbari (Tami’s Pick)
FEBRUARY 2025 - The Small & The Mighty by Sharon McMahon (Kelly’s Pick)

DECEMBER 2024/JANUARY 2025 - The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins AND/OR Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
NOVEMBER 2024 - Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
OCTOBER 2024 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
SEPTEMBER 2024 - No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister (Mel’s Pick)
AUGUST 2024 - No book pick this month.
JULY 2024 - How High We Go In The Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu (Andi’s Pick)
JUNE 2024 - The Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas (Katie’s Pick)
MAY 2024 - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (Kelly’s Pick)
APRIL 2024 - Argylle by Elly Conway (Tami’s Pick)
MARCH 2024 - The Hundred Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais (Angie’s Pick)
FEBRUARY 2024 - No book pick this month.

DECEMBER 2023/JANUARY 2024 - Looking For Alaska by John Green AND/OR The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
NOVEMBER 2023 - Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
OCTOBER 2023 - All American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely
SEPTEMBER 2023 - The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
AUGUST 2023 - All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M Johnson
JULY 2023 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
JUNE 2023 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
MAY 2023 - The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson
APRIL 2023 - The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall
MARCH 2023 - The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir
FEBRUARY 2023 - The Sentence by Louise Erdich
JANUARY 2023 - Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin

December 2022 - Twenty-Four Hours In The Life Of A Woman by Stefan Zweig (Austria)
November 2022 - Zuleikha by Guzel Yakhina (Russia, Siberia)
October 2022 - The Good Life Elsewhere by Vladimir Lorchenkov (Moldova)
September 2022 - The Girl With Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee (North Korea)
August 2022 - Half Of A Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria)
July 2022 - Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid (Antigua/Barbados)
June 2022 - Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee AND/OR Born A Crime by Trevor Noah (South Africa)
May 2022 - The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind by William Kamkwamba (Malawi)
April 2022 - Murmur Of Bees by Sofia Segovia (Mexico)
March 2022 - Anxious People by Fredrik Bachman (Sweden)
February 2022 - Out Of Africa by Isak Dinesen (Africa, Denmark)
January 2022 - Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (Cambridge, Seattle, India, Thailand)

December 2021 - Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris
November 2021 - This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
October 2021 - Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
September 2021 - The Haunting Of Brynn Wilder by Wendy Webb
August 2021 - The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
July 2021 - The Radium Girls by Kate Moore
June 2021 - Beach Read by Emily Henry
May 2021 - American Dirt by Jeanine Cummings
April 2021 - Group by Christie Tate
March 2021 - Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
February 2021 - Evicted by Matthew Desmond

December 2020/January 2021 - Untamed by Glennon Doyle
November 2020 - The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
October 2020 - Vacationland by Sarah Stonich
September 2020 - Open Book by Jessica Simpson
August 2020 - Stubborn Archivist by Yara Rodrigues Fowler
July 2020 - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
June 2020 - Maid by Stephanie Land
May 2020 - How To Walk Away by Katherine Center
April 2020 - The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
March 2020 - Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
February 2020 - The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

December 2019/January 2020 - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
November 2019 - The Princess Bride by William Goldman
October 2019 - The Rent Collector by Camron Wright
September 2019 - Educated by Tara Westover
August 2019 - The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger
July 2019 - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
June 2019 - Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
May 2019 - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
April 2019 - The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
March 2019 - Neither Wolf, Nor Dog by Kent Nerburn
February 2019 - The Witness Tree by Amy Pendino

December 2018/January 2019 - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas AND/OR The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
November 2018 - The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
October 2018 - Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
September 2018 - Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
August 2018 - An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
July 2018 - The Good Girl by Mary Kubica
June 2018 - The Book that Matters Most by Ann Hood
May 2018 - A River in Darkness by Masaji Ishikawa
April 2018 - The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland by Rebekah Crane
March 2018 - The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe
February 2018 - The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson

December 2017/January 2018 - I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai AND/OR Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
November 2017 - Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
October 2017 - The Girls by Emma Cline
September 2017 - The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman
August 2017 - Behind Closed Doors by B. A. Paris
July 2017 - Confessions of a Domestic Failure by Bunmi Laditan
June 2017 - Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
May 2017 - New York by Edward Rutherford
April 2017 - Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
March 2017 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
February 2017 - Killing Hemmingway by Arthur Byrne

December 2016/January 2017 - The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
November 2016 - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
October 2016 - Effortless With You by Lizzy Charles
September 2016 - Defending Jacob by William Landay
August 2016 - All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
July 2016 - The Lake House by Kate Morton
June 2016 - The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
May 2016 - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
April 2016 - Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
March 2016 - Term Limits by Vince Flynn
February 2016 - The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

December 2015/January 2016 Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
November 2015 - The One You Love by Paul Pilkington
October 2015 - This Life She’s Chosen by Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum
September 2015 - Exit Strategy by Kelley Armstrong
August 2015 - Night by Elie Wiesel
July 2015 - Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty
June 2015 - The 5th Wave by Rick Yancy
May 2015 - The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
April 2015 - The Silver Star by Jeanette Walls
March 2015 - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
February 2015 - Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

December 2014/January 2015 - ?? (moved across the country in December…so I don’t remember what was read)
November 2014 - Althea and Oliver by Cristina Moracho
October 2014 - Where the Mountain Meets The Moon by Grace Lin
September 2014 - Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me by Mindy Kaling
August 2014 - Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes by Shauna Niequist
July 2014 - To the Moon and Timbuktu: A Trek through the Heart of Africa by Nina Sovich
June 2014 - Choose Your Own Book (And report back)
May 2014 - Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
April 2014 - The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
March 2014 - Maximum Insecurity: A Doctor in the Supermax by William Wright, M.D.
February 2014 - The Storyteller by Jodi Piccoult

December 2013/January 2014 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
November 2013 - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
October 2013 - The Fault in our Stars by John Green
September 2013 - Murder at Spirit Falls by Barbara Deese and Dorothy Olson
August 2013 - Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank: And Other Words of Delicate Southern Wisdom by Celia Rivenbark
July 2013 - The Maze Runner by James Dashner
June 2013 - Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer
May 2013 - The Boy in The Suitcase by Lene Kaaberboel
April 2013 - Wild by Cheryl Strayed
March 2013 - Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape by Jenna Miscavige Hill
February 2013 - On The Island by Tracy Garvis Graves

December 2012/January 2013 - The Paris Wife by Paula Mclain
November 2012 - The Red House by Mark Haddon
October 2012 - One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
September 2012 - Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
August 2012 - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
July 2012 - The Kindness of Stranger by Mike McIntyre
June 2012 - The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
May 2012 - Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
April 2012 - Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim
March 2012 - My Year With Eleanor by Noelle Hancock
February 2012 - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer