AAUWPETALUMA.COM
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Public Policy
    • Branch Policies
    • Bylaws
    • Payment Request Form
    • Presidents
  • Meetings & Events
    • Sections
    • AAUW Funds
    • Community Projects
    • Work Smart
    • Photo Galleries
  • Newsletter
    • Past Newsletters
  • Join
  • Links
  • Contact Us
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Public Policy
    • Branch Policies
    • Bylaws
    • Payment Request Form
    • Presidents
  • Meetings & Events
    • Sections
    • AAUW Funds
    • Community Projects
    • Work Smart
    • Photo Galleries
  • Newsletter
    • Past Newsletters
  • Join
  • Links
  • Contact Us
Search
Picture

Monday - Modern Literature Read in Past Years

For the current year's list, go here
To search for a book or author, try using the FIND function on your browser.

 

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

 

Copyright © 2003
Petaluma Branch
American Association of University Women
All rights reserved
Web Design by Ray Hendess

 

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Public Policy
    • Branch Policies
    • Bylaws
    • Payment Request Form
    • Presidents
  • Meetings & Events
    • Sections
    • AAUW Funds
    • Community Projects
    • Work Smart
    • Photo Galleries
  • Newsletter
    • Past Newsletters
  • Join
  • Links
  • Contact Us