September - The Lonely Polygamist

by Brady Udall

Golden Richards is a polygamist Mormon, with four wives and twenty-eight children. He finds his large family falling apart after the death of one of his daughters, the imminent failure of his construction business, and his fascination with his boss's wife.

June - Supreme Courtship

by Christopher Buckley

After several failed attempts to seek approval for his Supreme Court nominees, President Donald P. Vanderdamp, decides to get even by nominating America's most popular TV judge. Soon, Cartwright finds herself in the middle of a Constitutional crisis, a Presidential campaign, and political and romantic entanglements. A classic Christopher Buckley comedy about Washington, DC.

May - The Art of Racing in the Rain

by Garth Stein

Enzo is different from other dogs, he has educated himself with the goal of returning in his next life as a human. He watches tv extensively, and listens very closely to the words of his master, racecar driver Denny Swift. He he sees that life, like racing, isn't simply about going fast.
It is an uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope.
Garth Stein Website
The Art of Racing in the Rain Video Book Trailer
Interview with Garth Stein

April - Child 44

by Tom Rob Smith

Two seemingly unrelated events in Stalinist Russia,l ead to the tale of the true story of Russian serial killer Andrei Chikatilo, also known as the Rostov Ripper. An officer in the secret police is framed by a colleague for treason and goes on the run with his emotionally estranged wife. After he stumbles upon a series of child killings, he launches his own rogue investigation, even though it means risking his own capture.

March - Rainbows End

by Vernor Vince

Rainbows End is a science fiction novel set in San Diego, California, in 2025, with so many technological advances that the world is undergoing ever-increasing change. Robert Gu,  a recovering Alzheimer's patient, unwittingly becomes part of a conspiracy that intends to use the new technology as a tool to gain world domination.

February - The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane

by Katherine Howe

The author, Katherine Howe, is a descendent of two women that were named as witches during the Salem witch trials, Elizabeth Proctor and Elizabeth Howe. One survied, and  one did not. Harvard graduate student Connie Goodwin is drawn deep into the mysteries of her grandmother's Salem, Mass. house by a yellowing fragment of parchment found with the name of Deliverance Dane written upon it. It leads Connie to a a physick book containing pages with lost knowledge. It leads us through one of the most fascinating and disturbing periods of American history -- the Salem witch trials.
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane

January - While I Was Gone

by Sue Miller

Joey, a veterinarian married for twenty-five years to her minister husband Daniel, has to rethink her old ideas about love, family, and work, when she reconnects with an old housemate from her youth. She experiences the heartbreaking process of growing old and letting go by examining her past and the new life she has made for herself.

December - The Help

by Kathryn Stockett

The book for December takes place in 1962 in Mississippi and the civil rights movement is about to change the lives of three women. It forever changes their town and the way the women, both black and white, aswell as mothers and daughters, view one another.

October - Wednesday Letters

by Jason Wright

An older couple, married for 39 years, pass away on the same night. After their death, their three children find a collection of letters that their father had written to their mother letters ever single Wednesday of their entire married life.

September- Shanghai Girls

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Enjoyed this book, brought back memories of our trip to China last year. Shanghai is as much different today, as I hope, our attitudes!