Our
Reading History
The Contemporary
Fiction Book Club has been meeting monthly to discuss new fiction
since June 1996. This is our reading list, so far.
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
1996
| June |
 |
A Dead Man in Deptford
Anthony Burgess |
| July |
 |
The Matisse Stories
A.S. Byatt |
| August |
 |
Arranged Marriage: Stories
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni |
| September |
 |
A Prayer for Owen Meany
John Irving |
| October |
 |
Of Love and Other Demons
Gabriel Garcia Marquez |
| November |
 |
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Roddy Doyle |
| December |
 |
Icefields
Thomas Wharton |
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
1997
| January |
 |
Winter Birds
Jim Grimsley |
| February |
 |
The House on the Lagoon
Rosario Ferre |
| March |
 |
Postcards
E. Annie Proulx |
| April |
 |
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water
Michael Dorris |
| May |
 |
Skipped Parts
Tim Sandlin |
| June |
 |
The Raven
Peter Landesman |
| July |
 |
Birdsong
Sebastian Faulks |
| August |
 |
The Giant'sHouse
Elizabeth McCracken |
| September |
 |
Bread Givers
Anzia Yezierska |
| October |
 |
The Sparrow
Mary Doria Russell |
| November |
 |
Alice in Bed
Cathleen Schine |
| December |
 |
The Hide
Barry Unsworth |
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
1998
| January |
 |
The God of Small Things
Arundhati
Roy |
| February |
 |
Ramses, Vol. 1: The Son of Light
Chistian Jacq |
| March |
 |
The Insult
Rupert Thomson |
| April |
 |
Alias Grace
Margaret Atwood |
| May |
 |
Children of God
Mary Doria Russell |
| June |
 |
Reality and Dreams
Muriel Spark |
| July |
 |
Offshore
Penelope Fitzgerald |
| August |
 |
A Private View
Anita Brookner |
| September |
 |
The New York Trilogy
Paul Auster |
| October |
 |
Afterwards
Anne Berriault |
| November |
 |
The Rest of the Earth
William Henderson |
| December |
 |
Einstein's Dreams
Alan Lightman |
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
1999
| January |
 |
Was It Something I Said?
Valerie Block |
| February |
 |
Don Casmurro
Joaquim Maria Machedo de Assis |
| March |
 |
Dance Night
Dawn Powell |
| April |
 |
An Instance of the Fingerpost
Iain Pears |
| May |
 |
Memoirs of a Geisha
Arthur Golden |
| June |
 |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky |
| July |
 |
The Treatment
Daniel Menaker |
| August |
 |
Geek Love
Katherine Dunn |
| September |
 |
Charming Billy
Alice McDermott |
| October |
 |
The Colour of Blood
Brian Moore |
| November |
 |
Cavedweller
Dorothy Allison |
| December |
 |
Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling |
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
2000
| January |
|
The Illusionist
Dinitia Smith |
| February |
 |
The Paperboy
Pete Dexter |
| March |
 |
Eucalyptus
Murray Bail |
| April |
 |
Mama Day
Gloria Naylor |
| May |
 |
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Louis DeBernieres |
| June |
 |
The Magician's Assistant
Ann
Patchett |
| July |
 |
Zabelle
Nancy Kricorian |
| August |
 |
Stygo
Laura Hendrie |
| September |
 |
Letters From Yellowstone
Diane Smith |
| October |
 |
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
Wayne Johnston |
| November |
 |
The Sixteen Pleasures
Robert Hellenga |
| December |
 |
Plainsong
Kent Haruf |
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
2001
| January |
 |
The Hours
Michael Cunningham |
| February |
 |
Motherless Brooklyn
Jonathon Lethem |
| March |
 |
Lamb in Love
Carrie Brown |
| April |
 |
The Jade Peony
Wayson Choy |
| May |
 |
Foreign Affairs
Allison Lurie |
| June |
 |
Waiting
Ha Jin |
| July |
 |
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Tracy Chevalier |
| August |
 |
Girl in Hyacinth Blue
Susan Vreeland |
| September |
 |
Gringos
Charles Portis |
| October |
|
Kaaterskill Falls
Allegra Goodman |
| November |
 |
The Lost Legends of New Jersey
Fredrick
Reiken |
| December |
 |
Shopgirl
Steve Martin |
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
2002
| January |
 |
The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood |
| February |
 |
The Family Orchard
Nomi Eve |
| March |
 |
Crooked River Burning
Mark Winegardner |
| April |
 |
When We Were Orphans
Kazuo Ishiguro |
| May |
 |
The Brothers K
David James Duncan |
| June |
 |
These Granite Islands
Sarah
Stonich |
| July |
 |
The Unburied
Charles Palliser |
| August |
 |
The Hiding Place
Trezza Azzoppardi |
| September |
 |
A Very Long Engagement
Sebastien Japrisot |
| October |
 |
Bel Canto
Ann Patchett |
| November |
 |
Wild Decembers
Edna O'Brien |
| December |
 |
Lying Awake
Mark Salzman |
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
2003
| January |
 |
Empire Falls
Richard Russo |
| February |
 |
Mariette in Ectasy
Ron Hansen |
| March |
 |
Ella Minnow Pea
Mark Dunn |
| April |
 |
Ways of Dying
Zakes Mda |
| May |
 |
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamtress
Dai Sijie |
| June |
 |
Atonement
Ian McEwan |
| July |
 |
Tepper Isn't Going Out
Calvin Trillin |
| August |
 |
Three Junes
Julia Glass
|
| September |
 |
Snow Country
Yasunari Kawabata |
| October |
 |
Eva Moves the Furniture
Margot Livesey |
| November |
 |
Life of Pi
Yann Martel |
| December |
 |
The Whale Rider
Witi Ihimaera |
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
2004
| January |
 |
Caramelo
Sandra Cisneros |
| February |
 |
Death of Vishnu
Manil Suri |
| March |
 |
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Cory Doctorow |
| April |
 |
The Dark Room
Rachel Seiffert |
| May |
 |
Shadow Baby
Alison McGhee |
| June |
 |
The Fall
Simon Mawer |
| July |
 |
Star of the Sea
Joseph O'Connor |
| August |
 |
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini |
| September |
 |
Liars & Saints
Maile Meloy |
| October |
 |
Nina:Adolescence
Amy Hassinger |
| November |
 |
A Palestine Affair
Jonathon Wilson |
| December |
 |
Ten Little Indians
Sherman Alexie |
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
2005
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
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