Past Years Monday

Monday - Modern Literature Read in Past Years

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Title	Author	Last Name	Year Read
Deacon King Kong	James	McBride	21-22
The Hate U Give	Angie	Thomas	21-22
Switcheroo	Aaron	Elkins	21-22
East of Eden	John	Steinbeck	21-22
Sold on a Monday	Kristina	McMorris	21-22
The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek	Kim Michele	Richardson	21-22
Monuments Men	Robert	Edsel	21-22
Freckled	T W	Neal	21-22
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration	Isabel	Wilkerson	21-22
Hamnet	Maggie	O'Farrell	21-22
Americanah	Chimamanda Ngozi	Adichie	16-17
Daughter of Fortune	Isabel	Allende	01-02
Zorro	Isabel	Allende	07-08
House of Spirits	Isabel	Allende	89-90
Eva Luna	Isabel	Allende	91-92
Infinite Plan, The	Isabel	Allende	93-94
Bastard out of Carolina	Dorothy	Allison	93-94
Cure for Death by Lightning, The	Gail	Anderson-Dargatz	04-05
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings	Maya	Angelou	75-76
Kane and Abel	Jeffrey	Archer	81-82
Case Histories	Kate	Atkinson	15-16
Behind the Scenes at the Museum	Kate	Atkinson	99-00
Blind Assassin, The	Margaret	Atwood	03-04
Handmaid's Tale	Margaret	Atwood	87-88
Cat's Eye	Margaret	Atwood	91-92
Robber Bride, The	Margaret	Atwood	95-96
Clan of the Cave Bear	Jean	Auel	82-83
Valley of the Horses	Jean	Auel	83-84
Pride and Prejudice	Jane	Austin	12-13
Emma	Jane	Austin	96-97
No One is Here Except All of Us	Ramona	Ausubel	12-13
Man Called Ove, A	Fredrik	Backman	17-18
Eucalyptus	Murray	Bail	00-01
Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing, The	Melissa	Bank	00-01
Voyage of the Narwhal, The	Andrea	Barrett	01-02
Guernsey Literary and Potato Pie Society, The	Mary Ann	Barrows	09-10
City of Thieves	David	Benioff	19-20
Aviator's Wife, The	Melanie	Benjamin	16-17
Circle of Friends	Maeve	Binchy	95-96
Midwives	Chris	Bohjalian	01-02
Before You Know Kindness	Chris	Bohjalian	05-06
Double Bind, The	Chris	Bohjalian	08-09
Behind the Beautiful Forevers	Katherine	Boo	16-17
Tortilla Curtain, The	T.C.	Boyle	10-11
Woman of Substance, A	Barbara Taylor	Bradford	80-81
Hold the Dream	Barbara Taylor	Bradford	86-87
Mists of Avalon, The	Marion Zimmer	Bradley	84-85
Moloka’I	Alan	Brennert	06-07
Female Brain, The	Louann	Brizendine	11-12
Jane Eyre	Charlotte	Bronte	91-92
Nine Parts of Desire	Geraldine	Brooks	07-08
March	Geraldine	Brooks	13-14
Year of Wonder	Geraldine	Brooks	17-18
DaVinci Code, The	Dan	Brown	06-07
Walk in the Woods, A	Bill	Bryson	12-13
One Summer America, 1927	Bill	Bryson	15-16
Painted Girls, The	Cathy Marie	Buchanan	14-15
Best We Could Do, The	Thi	Bui	18-19
Leaving Cold Sassy	Olive Ann	Burns	95-96
Cold Sassy Tree	Olive Ann	Burns
Kindred	Octavia	Butler	19-20
Possession	A.S.	Byatt	92-93
Babel Tower	A.S.	Byatt	97-98
In Cold Blood	Truman	Capote	13-14
Education of Little Tree, The	Forest	Carter	91-92
Wonder Boys: A Novel	Michael	Chabon	13-14
Life and Death in Shanghai	Ninen	Cheng	89-90
Spymistress: A Novel	Jennifer	Chiaverini	16-17
Awakening, The	Kate	Chopin	82-83
Hunt for Red October, The	Tom	Clancy	88-89
Cardinal in the Kremlin	Tom	Clancy	89-90
Shogun	James	Clavell	80-81
Noble House	James	Clavell	81-82
Tai pan	James	Clavell	82-83
Little Bee	Chris	Cleave	11-12
Freedom At Midnight	Larry	Collins	87-88
Prince of Tides	Pat	Conroy	87-88
Camerons, The	Robert	Crichton
Fifth Business	Robertson	Davis	83-84
Corelli’s Mandolin	Louis	De Bernieres	01-02
Fasting, Feasting	Anita	Desai	07-08
Inheritance of Loss, The	Kiran	Desai	08-09
Little Prince, The	Antoine	DeSaintExupery
Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao, The	Junot	Diaz	11-12
Sister of My Heart	Chitra Banerjee	Divakaruni	00-01
All the Light We Cannot See	Anthony	Doerr	15-16
Stones for Ibarra	Harriet	Doerr
Northern Light, A	Jennifer	Donnelly	11-12
Yellow Raft on Blue Water	Michael	Dorris	90-91
Rebecca	Daphne	Du Maurier	18-19
Birth of Venus, The	Sarah	Dunant	07-08
Balthazar	Lawrence	Durrell	86-87
Justine	Lawrence	Durrell
Semi-Attached Couple and the Semi Detached House	Emily	Eden	82-83
Middlemarch	George	Eliot	92-93
And So It Goes	Linda	Ellerby	87-88
Crown of Columbus, The	Michael Dorris and Louise	Erdrich	92-93
Like Water For Chocolate	Laura	Esquivel	93-94
Middlesex; A Novel	Jeffrey	Eugenides	06-07
Horse Whisperer, The	Nicholas	Evans	96-97
Absalom, Absalom	William	Faulkner	83-84
Time and Again	Jack	Finney	95-96
Sister Age	M.F.K.	Fisher	89-90
White Oleander	Janet	Fitch	00-01
Great Gatsby, The	F. Scott	Fitzgerald	84-85
Tender is the Night	F. Scott	Fitzgerald	87-88
Basil and Josephine Stories, The	F. Scott	Fitzgerald
Key to Rebecca	Ken	Follett	80-81
Day After Tomorrow , The	Alan	Folson	95-96
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet	Jamie	Ford	10-11
Passage to India	E.M.	Forster	84-85
Lady's Maid	Margaret	Forster	92-93
Sweetheart Season, The	Karen Jay	Fowler	98-99
Ebony Tower , The	John	Fowles	75-76
French Lieutenant's Woman, The	John	Fowles
Proof	Dick	Francis	87-88
This Is How It Always Is	Laurie	Frankel	18-19
Cold Mountain	Charles	Frazier	98-99
Her Mother's Daughter	Marilyn	French	88-89
Mission to Paris	Alan	Furst	13-14
Cellist of Sarajevo, The	Steven	Galloway	14-15
I Will always Write Back	Martin, Caitlin	Ganda, Alifirenka	18-19
Choice of Heros, A	Mark	Gerzon	86-87
Eat, Pray, Love	Elizabeth	Gilbert	07-08
Southern Family, A	Gail	Godwin	88-89
Memoirs of a Geisha	Arthur	Golden	99-00
Final Payment	Mary	Gordon	81-82
Autobiography of a Face	Lucy	Grealy	15-16
Confessions of Max Tivoli, The	Andrew Sean	Greer	05-06
Time to Kill, A	John	Grisham	92-93
Pelican Brief	John	Grisham	93-94
Water for Elephants	Sara	Gruen	07-08
Ordinary People	Judith	Guest	80-81
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All	Alex	Gurganus	90-91
Snow Falling on Cedars	David	Guterson	99-00
Homegoing	Yaa	Gyasi	18-19
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The	Mark	Haddon	05-06
Woman of Independent Means, A	Elizabeth	Hailey	81-82
Disobedience: A Novel	Jane	Hamilton	06-07
Short History of a Prince, The	Jane	Hamilton	99-00
Thin Man, The	Dashiell	Hammett	16-17
Nightingale, The	Kristin	Hannah	16-17
Chocolat	Joanne	Harris	01-02
Blackberry Wine: A Novel	Joanne	Harris	02-03
Five Quarters of the Orange	Joanne	Harris	10-11
Plainsong	Kent	Haruf	00-01
Great Fire, The	Shirley	Hazzard	04-05
Stones From the River	Ursula	Hegi	97-98
Into the Forest	Jean	Hegland	01-02
Fall of a Sparrow, The	Robert	Hellenga	99-00
Pentimento	Lillian	Hellman	75-76
Dune	Frank	Herbert	75-76
Every Living Thing	James	Herriot	93-94
Seabiscuit	Laura	Hillenbrand	03-04
Ice Queen, The	Alice	Hoffman	05-06
Turtle Moon	Alice	Hoffman	92-93
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine	Gail	Honeyman	20-21
Etta and Otto and Russell and James	Emma	Hooper	17-18
Loving Frank	Nancy	Horan	08-09
Kite Runner, The	Khaled	Hosseini	04-05
Thousand Splendid Suns, A	Khaled	Hosseini	13-14
Cashelmara	Susan	Howatch	88-89
Bone People, The	Keri	Hulme	87-88
Bold Spirit: Helga Estby’s Forgotten Walk	Linda Lawrence	Hunt	09-10
Brave New World	Aldous	Huxley
Hotel New Hampshire, The	John	Irving	83-84
After All These Years	Susan	Isaacs	94-95
Never Let Me Go	Kazuo	Ishiguro	10-11
Prince of West End Avenue, The	Alan	Isler	98-99
To the Bright Edge of the World	Eowyn	Ivey	18-19
Snow Child, The	Eowyn	Ivey	19-20
Portrait of a Lady, The	Henry	James	11-12
Original Sin	P.D.	James	97-98
Heat and Dust	Ruth Prawler	Jhabvala	84-85
News of the World	Paulette	Jiles	17-18
Known World, The	Edward P.	Jones	05-06
Fear of Flying	Erica	Jong	75-76
Dubliners, The	James	Joyce	94-95
My Life As A Gal	Alice	Kahn	89-90
When Breath Becomes Air	Paul	Kalanithi	16-17
Just Cause	John	Katzenbach	92-93
Far Pavilions, The	M.M.	Kaye
Shadow of the Moon	M.M.	Kaye
Secret Life of Bees, The	Sue Monk	Kidd	03-04
Mermaid Chair, The	Sue Monk	Kidd	06-07
Invention of Wings, The	Sue Monk	Kidd	18-19
House	Tracy	Kidder	86-87
Annie John	Jamaica	Kincaid	90-91
Beekeeper’s Apprentice, The	Laurie R.	King	05-06
Prodigal Summer: A Novel	Barbara	Kingsolver	03-04
Lacuna, The	Barbara	Kingsolver	10-11
Poisonwood Bible, The	Barbara	Kingsolver	00-01
Bean Tree, The	Barbara	Kingsolver	90-91
Animal Dreams	Barbara	Kingsolver	93-94
Pigs in Heaven	Barbara	Kingsolver	94-95
High Tide in Tucson	Barbara	Kingsolver	96-97
Tripmaster Monkey	Maxine Hong	Kingston	90-91
Orphan Train	Christina	Kline	15-16
Vintner’s Luck, The	Elizabeth	Knox	00-01
Historian, The	Elizabeth	Kostova	11-12
She’s Come Undone	Wally	Lamb	97-98
Imperfect Birds	Anne	Lamont	16-17
Oh My Stars: A Novel	Lorna	Landvik	13-14
White, The	Deborah	Larsen	15-16
Devil in the White City, The	Erik	Larson	06-07
Thunderstruck	Erik	Larson	17-18
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The	Steig	Larsson	10-11
Women in Love	D.H.	Lawrence	83-84
Left Hand of Darkness	Ursula	Le Guin	83-84
To Kill A Mockingbird	Harper	Lee	09-10
By Its Cover	Donna	Leon	20-21
La Brava	Elmore	Leonard	14-15
Marriages Between Zones 3,4,5	Doris	Lessing	82-83
Gift from the Sea	Anne Morrow	Lindbergh
Cantora: A Novel	Sylvia	Lopez-Medina	04-05
Spring Moon	Bette Bao	Lord	82-83
Scandalous Life, A	Mary	Lovell	08-09
Egg and I, The	Betty	MacDonald	02-03
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West	Gregory	Maguire	09-10
Palace Walls	Naquid	Mahfouz	91-92
Embers	Sandor	Marai	20-21
Daughter of the Forest	Juliet	Marillier	02-03
West With the Night	Beryl	Markham	89-90, 16-17
One Hundred Years of Solitude	Gabriel Garcia	Marquez	75-76
Love in the Time of Cholera	Gabriel Garcia	Marquez	99-00
Chronicle of a Death Foretold	Gabriel Garcia	Marquez
Life of Pi	Yann	Martel	03-04
Piano Tuner, The	Daniel	Mason	03-04
Under the Tuscan Sun	Frances	Mayes	98-99
Year In Provence, A	Peter	Mayle	91-92
Tears of the Giraffe	Alexander	McCall Smith	04-05
Tea Time For the Traditionally Built	Alexander	McCall Smith	17-18
All the Pretty Horses	Cormac	McCarthy	94-95
Out on a Limb	Shirley	McClane	85-86
Thorn Birds, The	Colleen	McCullough
Atonement	Ian	McEwan	03-04
Amsterdam	Ian	McEwan	04-05
Nutshell	Ian	McEwan	17-18
Lonesome Dove	Larry	McMurtrie	88-89
Covenant, The	James	Michener	81-82
Caravans	James	Michener
Centennial	James	Michener
Zelda	Nancy	Milford	86-87
Family Pictures: A Novel	Sue	Miller	03-04
Soul of an Octopus, The	Sy	Montgomery	19-20
Sacre Bleu	Christopher	Moore	18-19
Descent of Woman, The	Elaine	Morgan
Night Circus, The	Erin	Morgenstern	12-13
Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, The	Michael	Morpurgo	13-14
War Horse	Michael	Morpurgo	13-14
Beloved	Toni	Morrison	19-20
Song of Soloman	Toni	Morrison	88-89
Jazz	Toni	Morrison	93-94
Paradise	Toni	Morrison	99-00
Three Cups of Tea	Greg	Mortenson	08-09
Little Scarlet	Walter	Mosley	20-21
Me Before You	Jojo	Moyes	14-15
Tiger's Daughter, The	Bharati	Mukherjee
Too Much Happiness	Alice	Munro	12-13
Last Convertible, The	Anton	Myer	81-82
Reading Lolita in Tehran	Azar	Nafisi	04-05
Ahab’s Wife: Or, The Star-Gazer; A Novel	Sena Jeter	Naslund	06-07
Suite Francaise	Irene	Nemirovsky	08-09
Neither Wolf Nor Dog	Kent	Nerburn	20-21
Eight, The	Katherine	Neville	89-90
Displaced, The	Viet Thanh	Nguyen	18-19
Time Traveler’s Wife, The	Audrey	Niffenegger	09-10
Implosion Conspiracy, The	Louis	Nizer
Born a Crime	Trevor	North	19-20
Tiger's Wife, The	Tea	Obreht	14-15
Inland	Tea	Obreht	20-21
Down by the River	Edna	O'Brien	07-08
My Dream of You	Nuala	O'Faolain	02-03
Anil's Ghost	Michael	Ondaatje	02-03
English Patient, The	Michael	Ondaatje	96-97
Long Days Journey Into Night, A	Eugene	O'Neil	84-85
Buddha in the Attic, The	Julie	Otsuka	16-17
Hanna Eisfelder Grunwald	Reinhard	Otto	15-16
How to Make An American Quilt: A Novel	Whitney	Otto	92-93
Snow	Orhan	Pamuk	05-06
Bel Canto	Ann	Patchett	04-05
Run: A Novel	Ann	Patchett	09-10
State of Wonder	Ann	Patchett	12-13
Truth and Beauty	Ann	Patchett	15-16
Commonwealth	Ann	Patchett	17-18
Face of a Stranger, The	Anne	Perry	93-94
Dangerous Mourning, A	Anne	Perry	94-95
Defend and Betray	Anne	Perry	94-95
Sudden Fearful Death, A	Anne	Perry	95-96
Gone to Soldiers	Marge	Piercy	97-98
Shell Seekers, The	Rosamunde	Pilcher	90-91
Bell Jar, The	Sylvia	Plath
Omnivore’s Dilemma, The	Michael	Pollan	09-10
Botany of Desire, The	Michael	Pollan	19-20
My Name is Asher Lev	Chaim	Potok	83-84
Lucifer's Hammer	L. Niven and J.	Pournelle	81-82
In the Memory of the Forest	Charles	Powers	98-99
Close Range: Wyoming Stories	Annie	Proulx	09-10
Accordion Crimes	Annie	Proulx	14-15
Vilvaldi’s Virgins	Barbara	Quick	08-09
Rise and Shine	Anna	Quindlen	07-08
Object Lessons	Anna	Quindlen	00-01
Alice Network, The	Kate	Quinn	19-20
Gracious Plenty, A	Sheri	Reynolds	99-00
Wide Sargasso Sea	Jean	Rhys	91-92
Interview with the Vampire	Anne	Rice	94-95
Cry To Heaven	Anne	Rice	95-96
Gulp	Mary	Roach	14-15
Skinny Legs and All	Tom	Robbins	95-96
Housekeeping	Marilynne	Robinson	88-89
God of Small Things, The	Arundhati	Roy	98-99
A Woman Is No Man	Etaf	Rum	20-21
Sparrow, The	Mary Doria	Russell	01-02
Thread of Grace, A	Mary Doria	Russell	06-07
Dreamers of the Day	Mary Doria	Russell	10-11
Empire Falls	Richard	Russo	02-03
Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood	Benjamin Alire	Saenz	06-07
Contact	Carl	Sagan	99-00
And the Ladies of the Club	Helen Mooven	Santmyer
Woman's Reality	Anne Wilson	Schaef	86-87
Reader, The	Bernhard	Schlink	05-06
Lovely Bones, The	Alice	Sebold	04-05
Island of Sea Women, The	Lisa	See	20-21
Beautiful Boy	David	Sheff	09-10
Tweak	Nic	Sheff	09-10
Sands of Time	Sidney	Sheldon	90-91
Frankenstein	Mary	Shelley	91-92
Stone Diaries	Carol	Shields	95-96
Stream, The	A.R.	Silverberry	14-15
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The	Rebecca	Skloot	11-12
Thousand Acres, A	Jane	Smiley	93-94
Moo	Jane	Smiley	96-97
Rose	Martin Cruz	Smith	02-03
White Teeth	Zadie	Smith	12-13
Letters from Yellowstone	Diane	Smith	00-01
When I Say No I Feel Guilty	Manuel	Smith	75-76
Gorky Park	Martin Cruz	Smith	81-82
Galileo’s Daughter	Dava	Sobel	01-02
Donkey Baby	Sonia	Song	08-09
Map of Love, The	Ahdaf	Soueif	13-14
Light Between Oceans, The	M.L.	Stedman	14-15
Angle of Repose	Wallace	Stegner	01-02
Crossing to Safety	Wallace	Stegner	11-12
Art of Racing in the Rain, The	Garth	Stein	12-13
Grapes of Wrath, The	John	Steinbeck	02-03
Help, The	Kathryn	Stockett	11-12
Agony and The Ecstasy, The	Irving	Stone	83-84
Depths of Glory	Irving	Stone	90-91
Olive Kitteridge	Elizabeth	Stout	10-11
Sophie's Choice	William	Styron	82-83
Joy Luck Club	Amy	Tan	90-91
Kitchen God's Wife, The	Amy	Tan	92-93
Walden	Henry David	Thoreau
Children of the Stone	Sandy	Tolan	17-18
Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe, The	Lilly	Tomlin	87-88
Confederacy of Dunces, A	John Kennedy	Toole	87-88
Gentleman in Moscow, A	Amor	Towles	18-19
Shibumi		Trevanian	82-83
Book of Salt, The	Monique	Truong	12-13
Harvest Home	Thomas	Tryon
Night of Many Dreams	Gail	Tsukiyama	08-09
Samurai’s Garden, The	Gail	Tsukiyama	98-99
Presumed Innocents	Scott	Turow	88-89
Back When We Were Grownups	Anne	Tyler	02-03
Celestial Navigator	Anne	Tyler	86-87
Accidental Tourist	Anne	Tyler	89-90
Ladder of Years	Anne	Tyler	96-97
Rabbitt is Rich	John	Updike	82-83
Redemption	Leon	Uris	98-99
Trinity	Leon	Uris	85-86 97-98
Cutting For Stone	Abraham	Verghese	10-11
Chariots of the Gods?	Erich	Von Daniken
Sacajawea	Anna Lee	Waldo
Winter Wheat	Mildred	Walker	97-98
Color Purple, The	Alice	Walker
Glass Castle, The	Jeannette	Walls	07-08
Lying Game, The	Ruth	Ware	19-20
Lying Game, The	Ruth	Ware	20-21
Divine Secrets of the Ya -Ya Sisterhood	Rebecca	Wells	98-99
Living is Easy, The	Dorothy	West	96-97
Wedding, The	Dorothy	West	96-97
Once and Future King, The	T.H.	White	83-84
Mama Makes Up Her Mind	Bailey	White	94-95
John Dollar	Marianne	Wiggins	91-92
Bridge of San Luis Rey, The	Thornton	Wilder	13-14
Passage	Connie	Willis	03-04
Bonfires of the Vanities	Tom	Wolfe	88-89
Ashes in the Wind	Kathleen	Woodiwiss
Orlando	Virginia	Woolf	97-98
Marjorie Morningstar	Hermann	Wouk	15-16
Winds of War	Hermann	Wouk	82-83
War and Remembrance	Hermann	Wouk	83-84
Ginger Tree	Oswald	Wynd	92-93
Only Children	Rafael	Yglesias	89-90
Kitchen	Banana	Yoshimoto	93-94
Shadow of the Wind, The	Carlos Ruiz	Zafon	05-06
Book Thief, The	Markus	Zusak	09-10