Book Club Books: 2001 to 2010

2010-2011

• October: A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby (Gwen’s choice)
• November: The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon (Naomi’s choice)
• December: Petit Bill’s Bistro, 1293 Wellington Street W.
• January: In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant (Caroline’s choice)
• February: The Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda (Ruby’s choice)
• March: No Bookclub
• April: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (Ruby’s choice)
• May: The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Kim’s choice)
• June: Lullaby for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill
• September: Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen

To be tested for next year: The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery and Alison Anderson

2009-2010

• October: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Karen’s choice)
• November: Hunting and Gathering by Anna Gavalda (Christina’s choice)
• December: Dinner @ A'roma Meze, 1335 Wellington Street (Wellington Village)
• January: Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (Gwen’s Choice)
• February: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (Ruby’s Choice)
• March: Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill (Kim’s Choice)   
• April: The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway (Lian's choice)
• May: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Karen and Christine)
• June: Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins (Naomi’s choice)
• September: At Play in the Fields of the Lord by Peter Mattheson (Gloria’s choice)

2008-2009

• Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibbs (Ruby)
• Stone Angel by Margaret Lawrence (Samantha)
• Dinner @ Allium Restaurant, 87 Holland Ave.
• Buddha by Deepak Chopra (Naomi)
• Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (Christine)
• Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Karen)
• The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls (Gwen)
• The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Towes (Gloria)
• The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

2007-2008

• Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
• Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
• Mr. Timothy by Louis Bayard
• Woman of Independent Means by Elizabeth Hailey
• Little Birds: Erotica by Anais Nin
• Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
• Eat, Pray & Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
• A Thousand Spendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

2006-2007

• Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
• Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
• Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
• Brick Lane by Monica Ali
• The Tenth Circle by Jody Picoult
• Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
• Schooling by Heather Mcgowan
• Simple Recipes by Madeleine Thien
• The Birth House by Ami McKay

2005-2006

• Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• The Last Crossing by Guy Vanderhaghe
• Lord of the Barnyard by Tristan Egolf
• Good Grief by Lolly Winston
• A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews
• Dina’s Book by Herborg Wassmo
• Runaway by Alice Munro
• Moon Tiger by Penelope Livel
• Eucalyptus by Murray Bail

2004-2005

• We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
• Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss
• The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-time by Mark Haddon
• The Romantics by Barbara Gowdy
• Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith by Gina B. Nahai
• Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
• One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George
• Blindness by Jose Saramago

2003-2004

Thanks to Gwen for sending the 2003 list!

• Unless by Carol Shields
• Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry
• Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
• Rush Home Road by Lori Lansens
• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
• Accordion Crimes by E. Annie Proulx
• Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
• No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

2002-2003

• missing

2001-2002

• Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
• Cinnamon Gardens  by Shyan Selvadurai
• How to be Good by Nick Hornby
• Anil’s Ghost by Michael Ondaatje 
• Schooling  by Heather McGowan
• Missing March (Anna's)
• Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Random Passage by Bernice Morgan
• Waiting for Time by Bernice Morgan