2019/2020

Shown below are the archival book picks for the 2019/2020 season. The discussion date for each book is noted below its title.

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Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs ar...
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Author : Margaret Atwood
Published : 2010-12-10
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN : 9781551994963
Pages : 366
Chosen by : Rachel
Meeting : 2019-09-09 (meeting #32)
The Handmaid’s Tale
2019-09-09 (meeting #32)
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In this, L.R. Wright's first mystery novel, we are introduced to RCMP Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg; and so begins the highly-acclaimed series featuring ...
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Author : L. R. Wright
Published : 2015-07-01
Publisher : Felony & Mayhem
ISBN : 9781937384661
Pages : 252
Chosen by : Wanda
Meeting : 2019-10-08 (meeting #33)
The Suspect
2019-10-08 (meeting #33)
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In this enthralling novel from New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn, two women—a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in Fran...
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Author : Kate Quinn
Published : 2017-06-06
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN : 9780062654205
Pages : 564
Chosen by : Sue
Meeting : 2019-11-04 (meeting #34)
The Alice Network
2019-11-04 (meeting #34)
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Ousep Chacko, journalist and failed novelist, prides himself on being “the last of the real men.” His wife, Mariamma, finds ways to feed her famil...
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Author : Manu Jospeh
Published : 2012-11-01
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
ISBN : 9781443416399
Pages : 352
Chosen by : Tom
Meeting : 2019-12-02 (meeting #35)
The Illicit Happiness of Other People
2019-12-02 (meeting #35)
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Everyone knows a guy like Jared: the burnout kid in high school who sells weed cookies and has a scary mom who’s often wasted and wielding some kind...
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Author : Eden Robinson
Published : 2017-02-07
Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf Canada
ISBN : 9780345810809
Pages : 320
Chosen by : Cayce
Meeting : 2020-01-06 (meeting #36)
Son of a Trickster
2020-01-06 (meeting #36)
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In 1950s Quebec, French and English tolerate each other with precarious civility--much like Maggie Hughes' parents. Maggie's English-speaking father h...
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Author : Joanna Goodman
Published : 2018-04-17
Publisher : HarperCollins Canada
ISBN : 9780062684240
Pages : 384
Chosen by : Cheryl
Meeting : 2020-02-03 (meeting #37)
The Home for Unwanted Girls
2020-02-03 (meeting #37)
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As Commander of the International Space Station, Chris Hadfield captivated the world with stunning photos and commentary from space. Now, in his first...
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Author : Chris Hadfield
Published : 2013-10-29
Publisher : Random House Canada
ISBN : 9780345812728
Pages : 321
Chosen by : Gwen
Meeting : 2020-03-02 (meeting #38)
An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth
2020-03-02 (meeting #38)
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Arthur & George is based on the true story of two men. One is Arthur Conan Doyle, the other is George Edalji, a solicitor from Birmingham. Their n...
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Author : Julian Barnes
Published : 2006-01
Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN : 9780307264664
Pages : 385
Chosen by : Tom
Meeting : 2020-04-06 (meeting #39)
Arthur & George
2020-04-06 (meeting #39)
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“A bold and subversive retelling of the goddess’s story,” this #1 New York Times bestseller is “both epic and intimate in its scope, recasting...
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Author : Madeline Miller
Published : 2018-04-18
Publisher : Little, Brown and Company
ISBN : 9780316556330
Pages : 400
Chosen by : Nikki
Meeting : 2020-05-04 (meeting # 40)
Circe
2020-05-04 (meeting # 40)
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The first book in CWA Gold Dagger Award-winning British espionage series starring a team of MI5 agents united by one common bond: They've screwed up r...
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Author : Mick Herron
Publisher : Soho Press Inc
ISBN : 9781569479018
Pages : 329
Chosen by : Gwen
Meeting : 2020-06-01 (meeting #41)
Slow Horses
2020-06-01 (meeting #41)
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Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surêté du Québec and his team of investigators are called in to the scene of a suspicious death in a rural vi...
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Author : Louise Penny
Published : 2008-09-30
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN : 9781429967235
Pages : 374
Chosen by : Joan
Meeting : 2020-07-06 (meeting #42)
Still Life
2020-07-06 (meeting #42)
Another year around the sun brings us to July as a "free read" month.  This is also the time to come up with some book suggestions for the 2020/2021 ...
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Book Nominations for 2020/2021
2020-08-10 (meeting #43)