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Past Reads
The Portsmouth Book Group reads a wide variety of books. Here is a list of our previous selections. Please join us on the first Monday of the month for our next discussion!
2017
| Month | Book Title & Author |
|---|---|
| January |
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson |
| February | The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison |
| March | The Fireman by Joe Hill |
| April | The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney |
| May | My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman |
| June | Commonwealth by Ann Patchett |
| July | The Finest Hours by Michael Tougias |
| August | A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman |
| September |
The Humans by Matt Haig |
| October | George Washington’s Secret Six by Brian Kilmeade |
| November |
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas |
| December |
General Planning and Discussion |
2016
| Month | Book Title & Author |
|---|---|
| January | Planning Meeting |
| February | To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee |
| March | House Rules by Jodi Picoult |
| April | The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman |
| May | Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff |
| June | Dead Wake by Erik Larson |
| July | Travels with Charlie by John Steinbeck |
| August | Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn |
| September | Shine, Shine, Shine by Lydia Netzer |
| October | H is for Hawk by Helen McDonald |
| November | Breaking the Code by Karen Fisher-Alaniz |
| December | Planning and General Discussion |
2015
| Month | Book Title & Author |
|---|---|
| January | Planning and General Discussion |
| February | Gray Mountain by John Grisham |
| March | Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn |
| April | The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters |
| May | Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury |
| June | The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd |
| July | A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens |
| August | Mr. Penumbra’s 24-hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan |
| September | The Martian by Andy Weir |
| October | The President and the Assassin by Scott Miller |
| November | The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins |
| December | All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr |
2014
| Month | Book Title & Author |
|---|---|
| January | Planning and General Discussion |
| February | Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden |
| March | The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver |
| April | The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman |
| May | Sycamore Row by John Grisham |
| June | In the Woods by Tana French |
| July | The Dog Stars by Peter Heller |
| August | The White Lie by Andrea Gillies |
| September | The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt |
| October | Ahab’s Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund |
| November | The Monuments Men by Robert Edsel |
| December | The Hot Zone by Richard Preston |
2013
| Month | Book Title & Author |
|---|---|
| January | Planning Meeting |
| February | 11/22/63 by Stephen King |
| March | Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantel |
| April | And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie |
| May | Bring Up the Bodies by Hillary Mantel |
| June | For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway |
| July | The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| August | Defending Jacob by William Landay |
| September | The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan |
| October | The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde |
| November | Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by John Meacham |
| December | The Christmas Train by David Baldacci |
2012
| Month | Book Title & Author |
|---|---|
| January | The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder |
| February | The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield |
| March | Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
| April | Life of Pi by Yann Martel |
| May | State of Wonder by Ann Patchett |
| June | The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins |
| July | The People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks |
| August | Catching Fire & Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins |
| September | The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd |
| October | The Stonecutter by Camilla Lackberg |
| November | The Devil’s Star by Jo Nesbo |
| December | The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho |
2011
| Month | Book Title & Author |
|---|---|
| January | No Meeting |
| February | East of Eden by John Steinbeck |
| March | Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card |
| April | Shopgirl & An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin |
| May | Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand |
| June | True Grit by Charles Portis |
| July | Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai |
| August | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot |
| September | The Sea by John Banville |
| October | Bel Canto by Ann Patchett |
| November | Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese |
| December | The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows |
2010
| Month | Book Title & Author |
|---|---|
| March | Organizational Meeting |
| April | The Book Thief by Markus Zusak |
| May | The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood |
| June | A Prayer for Owen Meanie by John Irving |
| July | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon |
| August | I’m a Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson |
| September | The Maltese Falcon by Dashiel Hammett |
| October | Saturday by Ian McEwan |
| November | The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen |
| December | A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines |