Reading List

Below is a List of the Books I read this Year.  I am an Amazon Affiliate so if you click on a link and purchase, I will get a small referral kickback.  Thanks in advance if you go that route!

(I have only just figured out the links - will work on getting photos and reviews as I go along!)

2024

March

 The Bartender's Tale by Ivan Doig

Between Earth and Sky by Amanda Skenandore

A Well Behaved Woman by Theresa Fowler

Midwife's Revolt by Jodi Baynard

Book! by Jason Hendrickson

Bounce Back by Travis Mills

The Wishing Bridge by Viola Shipman

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens


 

February

The Light Between Oceans by ML Stedman

Glass House by Louise Penny 

The Porcelain Maker by Sarah Freethy

Where'd You Go Bernadette? by Maria Semple

The Lost Van Gogh by Jonathan Santlofer

The World We Found by Thrity Umrigar

A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Bachman

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian

Zen Happiness by Jon Muth

Time to Make Art by Jeff Mack

The Life and Lies of Charles Dickens by Helena Kelly

I Don't Want to Read This Book Aloud by Max Greenfield

When We Had Wings by Ariel Lawhon

The 100 Years of Margot and Lenni by Marianne Cronin

 

January

The Last Love Note by Emma Grey

Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

Indigo Isle by TJ Lowe

Wonder by RJ Palacio

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

The Nurse's Secret by Amanda Skenandore

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

The Upstairs Girl by Stacey Lee

The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore

Calling Me Home by Julie Kibler

Weird by Olga Khazan

The Last Mona Lisa by Jonathan Santlofer

 

2023

December

 Escape to Florence by Kat Devreaux

The Presidnet's Wife by Tracy Enerson Wood

Forest Bathing by Qing Li

Women are the Fiercest Creatures by Andrea Dunlop

The Night Flowers by Sara Herchenroether

 A Walk in the Woods by Joseph Parent

 A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny

Kala by Colin Walsh 

The Last Masterpiece by Laura Morelli

Bookshop Cinderella by Laura Lee Ghurke

We are Not Free by Tracy Chee

The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore


November

The Peace Tree from Hiroshoma by Sandra Moore

Take What You Need by Idra Novey

A Walk in the Woods by Nikke Grimes

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

The Wager by David Grann

The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny

The Last Lifeboat by Hazel Gaynor

On Second Thought by Kristan Higgins

Madeline Finn and the Blessing of the Animals by Lisa Papp

The Best Man by Kristan Higgins

The Book Club Hotel by Sarah Morgan

Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See

The Bombay Prince by Sijata Massey

 

October

The Dress Diary by Kate Strasdin 

The Little Italian Hotel by Phaedra Patrick

The Indiscreet Princess by Georgie Blalock

The edelweiss Pirates by Dirk Reinhardt

 Nevertheless we persisted by Amy Klobachar

Bombay Monsoon by James W Ziskin

It starts With Us by Colleen Hoover

The Brightest Star by Gail Tsukiyama

The Moon the Stars and Madame Burova by Ruth Hogan

Easy Crafts for the Insane by Kelly Williams Brown

Spare by Prince Harry 

Strong Female Character by Fern Brady


September

Meredith Alone by Claire Alexander

It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

The Midnight News by Jo Baker

Watch Me Disappear by Ross Armstrong

I am a Meadow Mermaid by Kallie George

The Happiness Plan by Susan Mallery

Border Crossing by Sneed B Collard

Masala Chai Fast and Slow by Rajani LaRocca

Meowloween by Diane Muldrow

How to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwich in 17 Steps by Bambi Edlund

BeeBimBop by Linda Sue Park

A Line in the Sand by Kevin Powers

Moving the Millers' Minnie Moore Mine Mansions by Dave Eggars

The Glass Chateau by Stephen P Kiernan

Demon Coppehead by Barbara Kingsolver

Christmas at Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop by Jenny Colgan 

The Happiness Plan by Susan Mallery

 Mrs. Plansky's Revenge by Spencer Quinn

 

August

 A Family Affair by Robyn Carr

The Air Raid Book Club by Annie Lyons

Central Park West by James Comey

And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

Good Night, Irene by Luis Albert Correa

The Dutch Orphan by Ellen Keith

Welcome to Rosie Hopkins Sweet Shop of Dreams by Jenny Colgan

Code Name Sapphire by Pam Jenoff

The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth

The Secrets of Ashmore Castle by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

In the Night Garden by Carin Berger

The Forest Keeper by Rina Singh

The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard

The Affairs of Ashmore Castle by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

The Ingenue by Rachel Kapelke-Dale

 Lapidarium by Hettie judah

July

The Socialite's Guide to Murder by SK Golden

While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams 

Bleeding Heart Yard by Elly Griffiths

The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett

How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny

Fireflies and Family Ties by Rachel Hanna

Madame Restell by Jennifer Wright

A Little Ray of Sunshine by Kristan Higgins

Sweet Tea & Honey Bees by Rachel Hanna 

The Secret Book Of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Hnery

Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer

My Magnolia Summer by Dorothea Benton Frank

Dogs by Lita Judge

The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill


June

The Librarian of Burned Books by Brianna Lebuskes

Sweet Tea Sunrise by Rachel Hanna

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

How do you spell unfair? by Carole Boston Weatherford

The It Girl by Ruth Ware

Big Tree by Brian Selznick

Madly Deeply by Alan Rickman

The Mostly True Story about Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley

The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth

The Call of the Wrens by Jenni L Walsh

The Cuban Heiress by Chanel Cleeton

The Perfumist of Paris by Alka Joshi

Two Wars and a Wedding by Lauren Willig

Defending Alice by Richard Stratton

 

May

The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict

The Challenge by Danielle Steel

Woo Hoo!  You're Doing Great! by Sandra Boynton

The Book Womn's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson

The Book Spy by Alan Hlad

Through the Fairy Door by Gabby Dawnay

The House Swap by Yvette Clark

Angels of the Resistance by Noelle Salazar

Her Hidden Genius by Marie Benedict

The Earl and the Pharoah by the Countess of Carnarvon

The Beach House by Rachel Hanna

The Homecoming by Kate Morton

The Boardwalk Bookshop by Susan Mallery

The Glass Ocean by Beatriz Williams

Sunsets and Second Chances by Rachel Hanna

The Lioness of Boston by Emily Franklin

Sweet Tea B&B by Rachel Hanna

The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth

 

April

 Caroline by Sarah Miller

Not Our Kind by Kitty Zeldis

The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel

The Mitford Affair by Marie benedict

The Shadow Wife by Diane Chamberlain

The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hildebrand

What Happened to the Bennets by Lisa Scottoline

Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan

The Long Flight Home by Alan Hlad

The Literary Cat by Judith Robinson

Outside Amelia's Window by Caroline Nastro

The Art Thief by Noah Charney

 The Night Travellers by Armando Lucas Correa

March

 As Long As the Lemon Tree Grows by Zoulfa Katouh

Where the Wandering Ends by Yvette Manessis Corporon

La Historia de Jamestown by Eric Braun

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

For Those Who Are Lost by Julia Bryan Thomas 

Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe by Jenny Colgan

Under a Gilded Moon by Joy Jordan-Lake

The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain

Goldenrod by Maggie Smith

Cradles of the Reich by Jennifer Coburn

Beautiful by Danielle Steel

Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers

The Bodies in the Library by Marty Wingate

The museum of Lost Art by Noah Charney


February

 Welcome to the School by The Sea by Jenny Colgan

Before and After by Julie Christie

The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights by Kitty Zeldis

a Lady's Guide to Fortune Hunting by Sophie Irwin

Maggie Smith by Michael Coveney

Marmee by Sarah Miller

The Bachelor and the Bride by Sarah M Eden

 

January

 A Bend of Light by Joy Jordan-Lake

Mother Daughter Traitor Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal

The Friend by Sigrid Nunez

500 Miles From You by Jenny Colgan

Russka - the Novel of Russia by Edward Rutherfurd

The Light We Carry by Michele obama

Ana Cultiva Manzanas by Monica Wellington

The Fossil Hunter by Tea Cooper

The Friendship List by Susan Mallery

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Chosen by Chaim Potok

The Lindbergh Nanny by Mariah Fredericks

Poisson Un Poisson Deux by Dr Seuss

The Stolen Book of Evelyn Aubrey by Serena Burdick

 

2022

December

 Flying Angels by Danielle Steel

The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny

The 12-Hour Art Expert by Noah Charney

The Founding by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Because I could Not Stop For Death by Amanda Flower

Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe by Jenny Colgan

The Orphans of Mersea House by Marty Wingate

Lethal Tides by Catherine Musemeche

The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling

You Don't Know What War is by Yeva Skalietska

Beyond the Wand by Tom Felton

 

November

 The Bird Feeder by Andrew Larsen

The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer

Wherever the Wind Takes Us by Kelly Harms

Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult

The Making of Her by Bernadette Jiwa

The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan

Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
Henner's Lydia by Marguerite de Angeli

Beach House Summer by Sarah Morgan

Secrets of Ashmore Castle by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

The book Haters book Club by Gretchen Anthony

Oil Painting Step by Step by Noel Gregory

The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian

The Younger Next Year Back Book by Chris Crowley

She Made Herself a Home by Rachel van Kluyve

The Summer Getaway by Susan Mallery

Sisters of Night and Fog by Erika Robuck

The Stepsisters by Susan Mallery

Sunrise by the sea by Jenny Colgan

Wing Walkers by Taylor Brown

Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman

The Kingdoms of Savannah by George Dawes Green

 

October

If the Creek Don't Rise by Leah Weiss

 The Resistance Girl by Mandy Robothom

The Hundred Waters by Laura Acompara

Andy Griffith's Manteo by John Railey

All About Acrylics by Oliver Lohr

The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by JK Rowling

My Itty Bitty Bio Amanda Gorman by Eyrn Briscoe

Change Sings by Amanda Gorman

Miss Aldridge Regrets by Louise Hare

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

The School for German Brides by Aimie K Runyon

The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson 

The Seamstress of New Orleans by Diane McPhail

A Little Ferry Tale by Chad Otis

The Thread Collectors by Shauna Edwards

An Island Wedding by Jenny Colgan

 

September

 Caroline Moonset by Matt Goldman

The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club by Gil McNeil

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling 

On a Night of a Thousand Stars by Andrea Yaryura Clark

The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven by Nathaniel Ian Miller

The Messy Lives of Book People by Phaedra Patrick

St. Francis Society for Wayward Pets by Annie England Noblin

The Stories behind the Stories by Danielle Higley

Dog Love by Katelyn Ward

The Illustrated Guide to Dyslexia and its Amazing people by Kate Power

Creepy Crayon by Aaron Reynolds 

Fellowship Point by Alice Elliot Dark

The Heart of Summer by Felicity Hayes McCoy

A Trick of the Light by Louise Penney

The Whiskey Sea by Ann Howard Creel

The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St Clair

The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave


August

Christmas at the Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

Lost and Found in Paris by Lian Dolan

The Secret Life of Squirrels by Nancy Rose

Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny 

Payment in Blood by Elizabeth George 

No Land to Light on by Yara Zgheib

 Out of the Clear Blue Sky by Kristan Higgins  

Angels of the Pacific by Elisa Hooper

Verity by Colleen Hoover

Christmas at the Island Hotel Jenny Colgan

The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben

 

 July 

Never by Ken Follett

The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny

We Were The Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter

Hold the Dream by Barbara Taylor Bradford

The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor

The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk

Little Souls by Sandra Dallas

 

June

 Violeta by Isabel Allende

The Shell Collector by Nancy Naigle

A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny

Orphans of the Storm by Celia Imrie

The Hard Way Home by Jeanne Grainger

Summer at the Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgin

 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling

The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani

Listen to the Language of the Trees by Tera Kelley

Christmas on the Island by Jenny Colgan

800 Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

The Katha Chest by Radhia Chowdhury

Dumpling Day by Meera Sriram

Nour's Secret Library by Wafa Tournowska

Sweet Tea and Secrets by Nancy Naigle


May

The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny

The Spanish Daughter by Lorena Hughes

The Inheritance by Joann Ross

The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis

On The Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn

The Widows by Jess Montgomery

Normal People by Sally Rooney

The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly

The Wise Women by Gina Sorell

The Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George

The 4 Habits of a Joy-Filled Marriage by Marcus Werner

A Woman of Substance by Barbara Taylor Bradford

The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn

The Sweeney Sisters by Lian Dolan

Endless beach by Jenny Colgin

Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgin

 

April

Dead Cold by Louise Penny 

Fox Crossing by Melinda Metz

The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn

The Cafe by The Sea by Jenny Colgan

The Correspondents by Judith Mackrell

The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel

Harry Potter - The Prisoner of Azkhaban by JK Rowling

Apples Never Fall by Liane Mariarty

The Emerald Horizon by Jeanne Grainger

The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis

Home Front by Kristin Hannah

The Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede

The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb

Doggies by Sandra Boynton

Beyond the Lavender Fields by Arlem Hawks

 

March

The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

It's in His Kiss by Julia Quinn

The Transatlantic book Club by Felicity Hayes-Mccoy

The French Gift by Kirsty Manning

Out Of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez

Feels Like Family by Sherryl Woods

What Happened to You? Bruce D Perry

The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan

The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan

The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis

The Star and the Shamrock by Jean Grainger

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

 

February

The Clockmaker's Daughter  by Kate Morton

Women in Sunlight by Frances Mayes

Month of Borrowed Dreams by Felicity Hayes-McCoy

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Petys

A Slice of Heaven by Sherryl Woods

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Still Life by Louise Penny

The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan

Man of Honor by Barbara Taylor Bradford 

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Portrait of Loyalty by Roseanna M White

The Last Dance of the Debutante by Julia Kelley


January

Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes

Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell

Island Queen by Vanessa Riley

The Bloom Girls by A J Pine

The Silent boy by Lois Lowery

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Love Next Door by Helena Hunting

Bluebird by Sharon Cameron

Harry Potter and the Sorcerors Stone by JK Rowling

Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn

A Single Thread by Tracey Chevalier 

Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling


 

2021

December

Half Finished by Lorraine Snelling 

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarity 

A Holly Jolly Diwali by Sonya Lalli

The Bookseller's Secret by Michelle Gable

Wildwood Whispers by Willa Reece

Black Ballerinas by Misty Copeland

Adrift by Heidi Stemple

Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros by Shel Silverstein

Jan Brett's The Nutcracker by Jan Brett

Crowbar by Jean Craighead George

Rose Code by Kate Quinn

Hungry Hearts by Jennifer Rudolph Walsh

A Virgin River Christmas by Robyn Carr

The Key to Everything by Valerie Fraser Leusse

 

November

Sisters In Arms by Kaia Alderson

Complications by Danielle Steel

The Shape of Mercy by Susan Meissner

 The Children's Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin

Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner

The Warsaw Orphan by Kelly Rimmer 

The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

The Clover Girls by Viola Shipman

My Little Golden Book about Betty White by Deborah Hopkinson

Just a Thought by Jason Gruhl

We're All in the Same Boat by Barney Saltzberg

The Barking Ballad by Julie Paschkis

The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams


October

Daughter of the Reich by Louise Fein 

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett 

The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi

The Book Club by Mary Alice Monroe

The Bestseller by Olivia Goldsmith

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

The Forgotten home Child by Genevieve Graham

Women Who Run With Wolves Clarissa pinkola Estes 

The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman

The Paper Girl of Paris by Jordyn Taylor

Time is a Flower by Julie Morstad

Stealing Home by Sherryl Woods

Daddy's Girls by Danielle Steel

The Year of Our Love by Caterina Bonvicini

Carolina Booty by T Lynn Ocean

The Transatlantic Book Club by Felicity Hayes-McCoy

The Woman with the Blue Star by Pam Jenoff

Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter

What Can You Do With a Rock? by Pat Zietlow Miller

 

September

The Eagle's Claw by Jeff Shaara

A Woman of Intelligence by Karin Tanabe

Your Brain is Always Listening by Daniel Amen

The Prayer Box by Lisa Wingate

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by VE Schwab

Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman

The Titanic Sisters by Patrica Falvey

The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen

Summer of No Attachments by Lori Foster

The Four Seasons by Mary Alice Monroe

When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn

A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny 

The Distant Hours by Kate Morton

Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michelle Richardson

 

August

Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera

Before the Crown by Flora Harding

The Girl from Venice by Martin Cruz Smith

Mistletoe Matchmaker by Felicity Hayes-McCoy

A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramee

The Nature of Fragile Things by Sarah Meissner

Haven Point by Virginia Hume

The Sunflower Girl by Rosana Chiofalo

Fly Away by Kristin Hannah

The German Girl by Armando Lucas Correa

The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi

Let's Visit Maui by Lisa Manzione

Hummingbird Lane by Carolyn Brown

 

July

 The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd 

Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald

Ladies of the House by Lauren Edmondson

The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray

The Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowen


June

Summer in the Garden Cafe by Felicity Hayes-McCoy

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 

Us by David Nicholls

Sloth & Squirrel in a Pickle by Cathey Ballou Mealey

The Burning by Tim Madigan & Hillary Beard

Glamour Girls by Marty Wingate

Whispering Rock by Robyn Carr

Bedtime for Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel

Faraway Things by Dave Eggers

Eternal by Lisa Scottoline

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

May

The Sun Sister by Lucinda Riley

Bad Cat by Nicola Byrne

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

Dangerous Women by Hope Adams

A Castaway in Cornwall by Julie Klassen

To Sir Phillip With Love by Julia Quinn

China Dolls by Lisa See

Churchill's Secret Messenger by Alan Hlad

The Affair by Danielle Steel

The Book Charmer by Karen Hawkins

Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult

 

April

28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand

The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict 

An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn

True Colors by Kristin Hannah

The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown

Pirate Stew by Neil Gaiman

Meet Me in Bombay by Jenny Ashcroft

Chatter by Ethan Kross

When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal

Romancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

Off the Wild Coast of Brittany by Juliet Blackwell

Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah

I am not a dog toy by Ethan T Berlin

We Became Jaguars by Dave Eggers and Woodrow White

Small Victories by Anne Lamott

 

March 

 The Most English Princess by Clare McHugh

Keep the Home Fires Burning by S. Block

Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan

The Moon Sister by Lucinda Riley

Stitches by Anne Lamott

Simply Living Well by Julia Watkins

The Duke and I by Julia Quinn

Brothers of Auschwitz by Malka Adler

The Library at the Edge of the World by Felicity Hayes-McCoy

City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Viscount who Loved me by Julia Quinn

The Woman in the Window by A.J.Finn

Something Worth Doing by Jane Kirkpatrick

 

February

 The Most Beautiful Thing by Kao Kalia Yang

Angel by Barbara Taylor Bradford

Arctic Fury by Greer McAllister

 The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel

Virgin River by Robyn Carr

Barack before Obama by David Katz

 The Friendship List by Susan Mallery

Friendship Album 1933 by Frances O'Roarke Dowell

Shelter Mountain by Robyn Carr

In An Instant by Suzanne Redfearn

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell 

Aunt Jane of Kentucky by Eliza Calvert Hall

Keep Moving by Maggie Smith

January

The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate 

No Reading Allowed by Raj Haldar

 I am the Storm by Jane Yolen

The ALL-Together Quilt by Lizzie Rockwell

The Pearl Sister by Lucinda Riley

Smithsonian Makers Workshop

The Beach Club by Elin Hildebrand

Virgin River by Robyn Carr

 

2020
 

December

 The Shadow Sister by Lucinda Riley

Clara The (Mostly) True Story of the Rhinoceros Who Dazzled Kings, etc  By Emily Arnold McCully

Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

The Royal Governess by Wendy Holden

Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty 

The Christmas Sisters by Sarah Morgan

Book of Lost Names by Kristin harmel

The Archer by Paulo Coelho


November

The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes by Diane Chamberlain

Royal by Danielle Steel  

Column of Fire by Ken Follett 

On Eagle Cove by Jane Yolen

October

The Song of the Jade Lily by Kirsty Manning

The Black Swan of Paris by Karen Robards 

Sisi by Allison Pataki

The Storm Sister by Lucinda Riley

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

September
The Queen's Fortune by Allison Pataki
The Lost Jewels by Kirsty Manning 

Night Sleep Death The Stars by Joyce Carol Oates

Her Mother's Shadow by Diane Chamberlain

The Engineer's Wife by Tracy Enerson Wood

First in Line by Kate Anderson Brower

One Perfect Summer by Brenda Novak



August
The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner
A Bookshop in Berlin by Francoise Frenkel
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Between Sisters by Kristin Hannah
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
To Wake the Giant by Jeff Shaara
The Heirloom Garden by Viola Shipman
The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

July
Mrs. Lincoln's Sisters by Jennifer Chiavrini
Old Lovegood Girls by Gail Godwin
The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian
Kiss River by Diane Chamberlain
Nightbooks by J A White
Clock Dance by Anne Tyler
How to Make a House a Home by Ariel Kaye
The Wedding Dress by Danielle Steel
Zak George's Guide to a Well-Behaved Dog by Zak George

June
Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron
Big Lies in a Small Town Diane Chamberlain
Tiny Little Things  Dear Sugar

May
The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
Fighting for Space by Amy Shira Teitel
One Summer in Paris by Sarah Morgan
One Summer by David Baldacci
Someday is not a day in the week by Sam Horn

April
Lateral Cooking by Niki Segnit
Whispers of War by Julia Kelly
The Shadow of Vesuvius by Tasha Alexander
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
The Secret Guests by Benjamin Black

March
On a Snow Melting Day by Buffy Silverman
I Want More  Dagmar Geisler
Stars of Alabama by Sean Dietrich
The Little Bookshop on the Seine by Rebecca Raisin
Year One by Nora Roberts
The Girls with No Names by Serena Burdick
The Country Guesthouse by Robyn Carr
The Collagen Diet by Josh Axe
Westering Women by Sandra Dallas
You CAN Have it All by Romi Neustadt
The Align Method by Aaron Alexander

February

I Will Always Be Your Bunny by Frances Gilbert
When I Found Grandma by Saumiya Balasubramanim
Ready To Fly by Lea Lyon & A. LaFaye
A Ride to Remember by Sharon Langley & Amy Nathan
The Book Thief by Markus Zusack
The Big Tiny by Dee Williams
Lady Clementine by Marie Benedict
Dancing Shoes by Noel Streatfield
It's all too much by Peter Walsh
The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
World Without End by Ken Follett

January

The Sound of the Hours by Karen Campbell
Across a Broken Shore by Amy Trueblood
No Stopping Us Now by Gail Collins
There was an old woman who lived in a book by Jomike Tejido
The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper
To Capture What we Cannot Keep by Beatrice Colin
Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd



2019

December

The Accidentals by  Minrose Gwin
The Well-Loved Dog by Tamar Gellar
The Christmas Boutique by Jennifer Chiaverini
The Well-Loved Dog by Tamar Gellar
It Went without saying by James, Joyce and Jamie Chupka
Positive Dog Training by Pamela Dennison
We are Artists by Kari Herbert

November

It Sucks to be Normal by Jonathan Mooney
Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts
The Long Flight Home by Alan Hlad
The Dog Whisperer by Paul Owen
Rescue Me! by Lisa Tenzin-Dolma


October

The Reckoning by John Grisham
 Home for Erring and Outcast Girls by Julie Kibler
The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
Through the Window by Barb Rosenstock
The Other's Gold by Elizabeth Ames
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
Just Ask by Sonja Soto-Mayor

September

The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner
Mistress of the Ritz by Melanie Benjamin
Rules for Visiting by Jessica Francis Kane
The Daughter's Tale by Armando Lucas Correa
Transcription by Kate Atkinson
The Chelsea Girls by Fiona Davis
Dragonfly by Leila Meacham
The Unbreakables by Lisa Barr

August

Runaway Midwife by Patricia Harman
The Minimalist Home by Joshua Becker
Becoming by Michelle Obama
City of Endless Night by Preston & Child
The Road to Grantchester by James Runcie
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey


July

Montauk by Nicola Harrison
Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini
Look for Me by Lisa Gardner
Don't Label Me by Irshad Manji
Family Ties by Danielle Steel
Grandma's Best Full-Size Quilt Blocks by Carol Field Dahlstrom

June

Home Again by Kristin Hannah
Grumpy Duck by Joyce Dunbar
The Huntress by Kate Quinn
Mermaids Fast Asleep by Kate Riding
No Place Like Home by Ronojoy Ghosh
Outer Order Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin
After Anna by Lisa Scottoline
Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly
The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis
 Hummingbird by Nicola Davies
We Must Be Brave by Frances Liardat
Distant Shores by Kristin Hannah


May

The Wife by Alafair Burke
The Reluctant Midwife by Patricia Harman
Eyes of the Innocent by Brad Parks
Diana Dances by Luciano Lozano
Just Like My Brother by Gianna Marino
Carl and the Meaning of Life by Deborah Freedman
The Ragged Edge of Night  by Olivia Hawker
Comfort and Joy by Kristin Hannah
The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain
The Rain Watcher by Tatiana de Rosnay
American Duchess by  Karen Harper
Beyond the Point by Claire Gibson

April

The Girls of Mischief Bay by Susan Mallery
A Baker's Year by Tara Jensen
The Bear, The Dog, The Piano and the Fiddle by David Litchfield
I Love You as Big as the World by David Van Buren
In the Quiet Noisy Woods by Michael J Rosen
Not Your Nest by Gideon Sterer
You are my Happy by Hoda Kotb
Ernestine's Milky Way by Kerry Madden
Madeline Finn and the Shelter Dog by Lisa Papp
Just Like Rube Goldberg by Sarah Aronson
Dragons are Real! by Holly Hatam
The Panda Problem by Deborah Underwood
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
The Fork, The Witch, and the Worm by Christopher Paolini
The Light over London by Julia Kelly
The Chickens are Coming by Barbara Samuels
I Hate My Cats by Davide Cali
The Crayon Man by Natasha Biebow
The Inbetween Days by Eva Woods

March

A Week in Winter by Marcia Willett
The French Gardener by Santa Montefiore
P is for Pterodactyl by Raj Haldar
The Kitten and the Night Watchman by John Sullivan
The Book in the Book in the Book by Julian Baer
My Heart by Corinna Luyken
Feel Better Fast by Daniel Amen
The Midwife of Hope River by Patricia Harman
Kat Kong by Dave Pilkey
Night Train Night Train by Robert Burleigh
Fantastic Beasts Crimes of Grindewald Movie Magic by Jody Revenson
Once In Every Life by Kristin Hannah
Craftfulness by Rosemary Davidson and Arzu Tahsin
Summer Island by Kristin Hannah
The Rooster Bar by John Grisham
The Only WOman in the Room by Marie Benedict

February

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Killers Flower Moon by David Grann
Thomas Jefferson and the Mammoth Hunt By Carrie Clickard
A Light of Her Own by Carrie Callaghan

January

The Court Dancer by Kyung-Sook Shin
In Another Time by Caroline Leech
Unclaimed Baggage by Jen Doll
Art and How it Works by DK Publishing
Harold Loves His Woolly Hat by Vern Kousky
The Wall in the Middle of the Book by Jon Agee
The Hole Story of the Doughnut by Pat Miller
Small Walt and Mo the Tow by Elizabeth Verdick
 The Very Fluffy Kitty, Papillon by A N Kang


2018

December

The Little Shop of Found Things by Paula Brackston
Someday a Bird Will Poop On You by Sue Salvi
Matters of the Heart by Danielle Steel
Grandmother's Dreamcatcher by Becky Ray McCain
Chicken Wants a Nap by Tracy Marchini
I am Not a Fox by Karina Wolf
Winter is Here by Kevin Henkes
Quilts in the Attic by Karen S Musgrave
Beaneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan
Poe Won't Go by Kelly DiPucchio
Try a Little Kindness by Henry Cole
Quiet by Yomie DePaola
The Secret of the Irish Castle by Santa Montefiore

November

The Girl in the Castle by Santa Montefiore
War Brides by Helen Bryan
The Daughters of Ireland by Santa Montefiore
The Tailypo  by Joanna Galdone
Holes in the Sky by Patricia Polacco
Did You Eat the Parakeet? by Mark Iacolina
Pipsqueaks, Slowpokes  Stinkers by Melissa Stewart
Merry Christmas, Little Elliot! by Mike Curato
Rashad's Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr by Lisa Bullard
Mouse's Christmas Gift by Mindy Baker
One Wave at a Time by Holly Thompson
Raspberry Danish Murder by Joanna Fluke
When the Men Were Gone by Marjorie Herrera Lewis
Cuddly Critters for Little Geniuses by Susan Patterson
Mapping Sam by Joyce Hesselberth
Sylvia's Bookshop by Robert Burleigh
Walk Your Dog by Elizabeth Stevens Omlor
How to Be a Good Creature by Sy Montgomery
Gone So Long by Andre Dubus III


October

The Sweetness of Forgetting by Kristin Harmel
Duck & Goose Honk, Quack Boo by Tad Hills
Hannah's Tall Order by Linda Vander Heyden
Grandmother's Visit by Betty Quan
Mama Dug a Little Den by Jennifer Ward
The Affair by Alicia Clifford
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Reunion by Hannah Pittard
Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
The Forgetting Time by Sharon Guskin
Mary, Who Wrote Frankenstein by Linda Bailey
The Girls in The Garden by Lisa Jewell
Chomp Goes the Alligator by Matthew Van Fleet
Dear Dinosaur by Chae Strathie
How to Knit a Monster by Annemarie van Haeringen
Pete the Cat 12 Groovy Days of Christmas by James Dean
The Wheels on the Uh-Oh by Sue Tarsky
There's a Hole in the Log on the Bottom of the Lake by Loren Long
A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea by  Michael Black
Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini

September

The Scraps Book by Lois Ehlert
Pharoah Key by Douglas Preston
The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis
Moo, Baa, La La La by Sandra Boynton
Stop, Go, Yes, No by Michael Twohy
Summer on the River by Marcia Willett
Eat Dirt by Josh Axe

August



Court of Lions by Jane Johnson
It Wasn't Me! by Lucy Barnard
What Will Fat Cat Sit On? by Jan Thomas
The Room on Rue Amelie by Kristin Harmel
Be Our Guest! by Gary Malin
The Lost Vintage by Ann Mah
The Optimistic Decade by Heather Abel
Higher Loyalty by James Comey
Great Dog by Davide Cali
Waking Up in Winter by Cheryl Richardson


July



1984 by George Orwell
Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
A Clash of Kings by George R R Martin
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle


June

Fairy Spell by Marc Tyler Nobleman
Tell Me More by Kelly Corrigan
The Royal We by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan
Hope Harbor by Irene Hannon


May


The Quilts of Gee's Bend by Susan Goldman Rubin
Where We Belong by Lynn Austin
Gutbliss by Robynne Chutkan
The Throwaway Children by Diney Custoloe
Dangerous Crossing by Rachel Rhys
The Baker's Secret by Stephen P Kiernan
Nantucket Sisters by Nancy Thayer
The River House by Carla Neggers
Food Pharmacy by Lina Aurell & Mia Chase


April


Les Parisiennes by Anne Sebba
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
I, Eliza Hamilton by Susan Holloway Scott
The Secret, Book and Scone Society by Ellery Adams
I am Loved by Nikki Giovanni
The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict

March

One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
Carnegie's Maid by Marie Benedict
Remodelista The Organized Home by Julie Carlson & Margot Guralnick
White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht
The Microbiome Solution by Robynne Chutkan
Food  What the Heck Should I Eat?  Mark Hyman
The Yellow Kayak by Nina Laden
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey


February


Vengeance edited by Lee Child
Plant Paradox by Steven Gundry
No Rest for the Dead edited by Andrew Gulli
Fools and Mortals by Bernard Cornwell
The Address by Fiona Davis
Lagom by Linnea Dunne


January

What Unites Us by Dan Rather
Songs of the Humpback Whale by Jodi Picoult
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
100 Things I Love to do with you by Amy Schwarz
Puritan Girl Mohawk Girl by John Demos
This is Not a Valentine by Carter Higgins

2017 - 107 books

December 2017
Swing Time by Zadie Smith
The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Anderson
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
Wild Things by Bruce Handy
A Small Blue Whale by Beth Ferry
The Mistletoe Secret by Richard Paul Evans
The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak

November 2017

Being Dead is No Excuse by Gayden Metcalfe
The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
 I Want to be in a Scary Story by Sean Taylor
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

October 2017

Puss In Boots by Charles Perrault
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
Hedgehugs Autumn Hide-and-seek by Steve Wilson
See Me by Nicholas Sparks
Sister of Mine by Sabra Waldfogel


September 2017
Hidden Figures by Margot Shutterly
Same Beach Next Year by Dorothea Benton Frank
Fall Down 7 Times Get up 8 by Naoki Higashida
The Story of Barbie by Cindy Egan
The October List by Jeffery Deaver
Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian
Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King
Ban This Book by Alan Gratz
Beautiful Oops! by Barney Saltzberg
Artist to Artist by Eric Carle


August 2017
The Frozen Hours by Jeff Shaara
The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
The Lilac Girls by Martha Hall kelley
Saints for All Occasions by J Courtney Sullivan

July 2017
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
Holes by Louis Sachar
The Lending Zoo by Frank Asch
A Place to Read by Leigh Hodgkinson
Twenty Yawns by Jane Smiley
I Hear a Pickle by Rachel Isidora
Deliver Us From Evil by David Baldacci
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
They All Saw a Cat by Brenden Wenzel
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park



June 2017

 A Different Sun by Elaine Neil Orr
Goodbye Things by Fumio Sasaki
Catawampus Cat by Jason Carter Eaton
The Three Little Pugs and the Big Bad Cat by Beckie Davies
There's a Pest in the Garden by Jan Thomas
Betrayed by Lisa Scottoline
Escape From Warsaw by Ian Serraillier

May 2017

Rejected Princesses by Jason Porath
Border Child by Michel Stone
The Book That Made Me by Judith Ridge
True Blue by David Baldacci
Miss You by Kate Eberlen
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
The Book No One Ever Read by Cornelia Funke
Lilly & Fin A Mermaid's Tale by Cornelia Funke

April 2017

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
Keep Quiet by Lisa Scottoline
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
MamaSaurus by Stephan Lomp
Wondrous Encounters by Rihcard Rohr

March 2017

Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton
Lift by Kelly Corrigan
Accused by Lisa Scottoline
The American Quilt by Roderick Kiracofe
Alexander Hamilton by Monica Kulling
Eat Move Sleep by Tom Rath
A Good Place to Hide by Peter Grose
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
The Boy on Fairfield St by Kathleen Krull
My Many colored Days by Dr Seuss
You're Only Old Once by Dr Seuss
Hooray for Diffendorfer Day by Dr Seuss
Seuss-isms by Dr Seuss
29 Gifts by Cami Walker
First Family by David Baldacci
Inherit the Bones by Emily Littlejohn
Flowers for Sarajevo by John McCutcheon
Oh, the Places You'll Go by Dr Seuss
St. Patrick's Day Murder by Leslie Meier



February 2017

The Grain Brain Whole Life Plan by David Permutter MD
The Tales of Beedle the bard by JK Rowling
Divine Justice by David Baldacci
The Cellar by Minette Walters
 


January 2017

The Listener by Rachael Basch

The Woman at the Light by Joanna Brady

Christmas Days by Jeanette Winterson

Dashing Through the Snow by Debbie Macomber

Christmas at Ladybug Farm by Donna Ball

Childhood Disrupted by Donna Jackson Nakazawa

The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by JK Rowling




2016 goal 100 read 104
2015 goal 100  read 92
2014  goal 100  read 120
2013 goal 100 read 100
2012 goal 100 read 107

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