Basil Readers Book List

(Date discussed) Book title and author (Picked by)

1. (9/28/03) “Hotel of the Saints” by Ursula Hegi

2. (11/9/03) “This Day” by Joni B. Cole

3. (12/14/03) “The Secret Life of Bees” by Sue Monk Kidd

4. (1/25/04) “Otherwise Engaged” by Suzanne Finnamore

5. (3/7/04) “The Persian Pickle Club” by Sandra Dallas

6. (4/18/04) “Blessings” by Anna Quindlen

7. (6/13/04) “Martin Sloane” by Michael Redhill

8. (7/11/04) “Pink Institution” by Selah Saterstrom

9. (8/22/04) “Three Junes” by Julia Glass

10. (10/3/04) “Patty Jane’s House of Curl” by Lorna Landvik

11. (11/14/04) “The Fig Eater” by Jody Shields

12. (1/9/05) “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down” by Anne Fadiman

13. (2/20/05) “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” by Mark Haddon

14. (4/3/05) “A Thousand Days in Venice” by Marlena De Vlasi

15. (5/15/05) “Summer Sisters” by Judy Blume

16. (6/26/05) “My Sister’s Keeper” by Jodi Picoult

17. (8/7/05) “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini

18. (9/18/05) “Year of Wonders” by Geraldine Brooks

19. (10/30/05) “Eventide” by Kent Haruf

20. (12/11/05) “The Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency” by Alexander McCall Smith

21. (1/22/06) “How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents” by Julia Alvarez

22. (3/5/06) “A Million Little Pieces” by James Frey

23. (4/23/06) “The Birth of Venus” by Sarah Dunant

24. (6/11/06) “How I Live Now” by Meg Rosoff

25. (7/16/06) “Reading Lolita in Tehran” by Azar Nafisi

26. (8/28/06) “Goodnight Nobody” by Jennifer Weiner

27. (10/8/06) “The Memory Keepers Daughter” by Kim Edwards

28. (11/19/06) “Marley & Me” by John Grogan

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29. (1/15/07) “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan” by Lisa See

30. (2/25/07) “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls

31. (4/1/07) “Devil in the White City” by Erik Larson

32. (5/20/07) “Finding Laura Buggs” by Stanley Gordon West

33. (7/1/07) “Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim” by David Sedaris

34. (8/12/07) “Suite Francaise” by Irene Nemirovsky

35. (9/23/07) "How to be Lost” by Amanda Eyreward

36. (10/28/07) “Love in the Present Tense” by Catherine Ryan Hyde

37. (12/17/07) “The Ice Queen” by Alice Hoffman

38. (1/27/08) “Come Back” by Claire and Mia Fontaine

39. (3/9/08) “Eat Pray Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert

40. (4/27/08) “Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen

41. (6/9/08) “Empire Falls” by Richard Russo

42. (7/21/08) “Twilight” by Stephanie Meyer

43. (8/24/08) “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee

44. (10/5/08) “The Year of Fog” by Michelle Richmond

45. (11/16/08) “Love Walked In” by Marisa de los Santos (Cassie)

46. (1/11/09) “The View From Mount Joy” by Lorna Landvik (Erin A.)

47. (3/1/09) “Petal Pushers” by Laurie Lindeen (Jess)

48. (4/19/09) “Barefoot” by Elin Hilderbrand (Megan)

49. (5/31/09) “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” by Barbara Kingsolver (Liz)

50. (7/12/09) “The Dud Avocado” by Elaine Dundy (Jill)

51. (8/23/09) “Love the One You’re With” by Emily Giffin (Brie)

52. (10/4/09) “Sarah's Key” by Tatiana de Rosnay (Jamie)

53. (11/22/09) “Home” by Marilynne Robinson (Erin H.)

54. (1/10/10) “Sex, Sleep, Eat, Drink, Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body” by Jennifer

Ackerman (Mandy)

55. (2.21.10) “Push” by Sapphire (Angie)

56. (4.11.10) “Firefly Lane” by Kristin Hannah (Cassie)

57. (5.23.10) “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett (Erin A.)

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