Book Club

- Adults

Book Club is held on the second Thursday of each month from 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM, in the Community Room.

If you are interested in joining this group, read the book scheduled for that month prior to the meeting date. The upcoming books can be found in the list below or in the bulletin the week of the meeting date. New members are always welcome!

For questions, contact the parish office at 763-425-2210.

Current Year Books

MONTH	BOOK & AUTHOR
January 2025	Lessons in Chemistry By: Bonnie Garmus
February 2025	The Last Bookshop in London By: Madeline Martin
March 2025	Neither Wolf Nor Dog By: Kent Nerburn
April 2025	A Fall of Marigolds By: Susan Meissner
May 2025	The Glassmaker By Tracy Chevalier
June 2025	Olive Kitteridge By: Elizabeth Strout
July 2025	Born A Crime By: Trevor Noah
August 2025	Cane River By: Lalita Tademy
September 2025	The Frozen River By: Ariel Lawlon
October 2025	The Heart Mender By: Andy Andrews
November 2025	The Women By: Kristin Hannah
December 2025	Social Gathering (no book discussion)

Previous Books Read

MONTH	BOOK	AUTHOR	RATING
January 2025	Lessons in Chemistry	Bonnie Garmus	7.7
February 2025	The Last Bookshop in London	Madeline Martin	8.2
March 2025	Neither Wolf Nor Dog	Kent Nerburn	6.5
April 2025	A Fall of Marigolds	Susan Meissner	8.0
May 2025	The Glassmaker	Tracy Chevalier	7.4
June 2025	Olive Kitteridge	Elizabeth Strout	5.8
July 2025	Born A Crime	Trevor Noah	7.2
August 2025	Cane River	Lalita Tademy	8.4
September 2025	The Frozen River	Ariel Lawhon
October 2025	The Heart Mender	Andy Andrews
November 2025	The Women	Kristin Hannah
2024
January 2024	The Latehomecomer	Kao Kalia Yang	8.6
February 2024	Agent Sonya	Ben Macintyre	7.7
March 2024	The Maid	Nita Prose	7.1
April 2024	Carnegie's Maid	Marie Benedict	8.0
May 2024	Peace Like a River	Lief Enger	9.4
June 2024	The Paris Library	Janet Skeslien Charles	8.0
July 2024	A Land More Kind Than Home	Cash Wiley	6.1
August 2024	Dovetails in Tall Grass	Samantha Specks	8.4
September 2024	The Memory Keeper of Kylv	Erin Litteken	8.3
October 2024	The Personal Librarian	Marie Benedict	7.6
November 2024	With God in Russia	Walter J. Ciszek, SJ	8.5
2023
January 2023	The Lincoln Highway	Amor Towles	7.4
February 2023	The Rent Collector	Cameron Wright	8.8
March 2023	The Book of Lost Names	Kristin Harmel	8.7
April 2023	The Orphan Collector	Ellen Marie Wiseman	7.0
May 2023	The Tea Planter's Wife	Dinah Jefferies	7.7
June 2023	The Bonesetter's Daughter	Amy Tan	7.4
July 2023	The Seed Keeper	Diane Wilson	8.4
August 2023	Haunted Ground	Erin Hart	8+
September 2023	Until They Bring the Streetcars Back	Stanley Gordon West	7.4
October 2023	The Other Einstein	Marie Benedict	8.2
November 2023	The Master Butchers Singing Club	Louise Erdich	6.8
2022
January 2022	Someone	Alice McDermott	7.0
February 2022	Ordinary Grace	William Kent Krueger	8.3
March 2022	The Mountains Sing	Phan Que Mai Nguyen	8.9
April 2022	A Woman of No Importance	Sonia Purnell	7.6
May 2022	Finding Hollis	Pauline Kneable Williams	7.3
June 2022	The Nightwatchman	Louise Erdich	7.3
July 2022	Wise Blood	Flannery O'Connor	4.0
August 2022	American Dirt	Jeanine Cummings	8.6
September 2022	The Dutch House	Ann Patchett	5.8
October 2022	Vesper Flights	Helen McDonald	7.6
November 2022	The Four Winds	Kristin Hannah	8.0
2021
January 2021	The Giver of Stars	Jojo Moyes	8.0
February 2021	Night Shade	Pauline Williams	7.6
March 2021	The Last Book of Grail	Charlie Lovett	7.0
April 2021	Hope in the Struggle	Josie R. Johnson	6.0
May 2021	The Walk	Richard Paul Evans	7.0
June 2021	The Family Upstairs	Lisa Jewell	6.5
July 2021	The Florist's Daughter	Patricia Hampt	7.0
August 2021	Washington Black	Esi Edagyam	7.0
September 2021	Still Life	Louise Penney	7.0
October 2021	Just Mercy	Bryan Stevenson	8.0
November 2021	Forever Ours	Janis Amatuzio	7.5
2020
January 2020	Where the Crawdads Sing	Delia Owens	8.0
February 2020	All Hell Broke Loose	William H. Hull	7.0
March 2020	Ordinary Heroes	Scott Turow	7.8
April 2020	Out of the Dust	Karen Hesse	-
May 2020	Turn Here Sweet Corn	Atina Diffley	-
June 2020	Dorie LaValle	Mary Desjarlais	-
August 2020	Beloved World	Sonia Solomayor	9.2
September 2020	A Single Thread	Tracy Chevalier	6.0
October 2020	Locally Laid: How We Built a Plucky, Industry-changing Egg Farm	Lucie B. Amundsen	7.2
November 2020	This Tender Land	William Kent Krueger	8.0
2019
January 2019	Killer Angels	Michael Shaara	8.0
February 2019	Coyote Waits	Tony Hillerman	7.0
March 2019	In the Bohemian Flats	Mary Ellis	7.4
April 2019	Cancelled - Snowstorm		-
May 2019	Britt-Marie was Here	Fredrik Backman	7.2
June 2019	A Redbird Christmas	Fannie Flagg	6.7
July 2019	Saint Training	Elizabeth Fixmer	7.5
August 2019	Brother Cadfael's Penance	Ellis Peters	7.7
September 2019	Early Candleliight	Maud Hart Lovelace	7.4
October 2019	Virgil Wander	Leif Enger	7.0
November 2019	Killers of the Flower Moon The Osage Murders and birth of the FBi	David Grann	6.0
2018
January 2018	Calico Joe	John Grisham	8.0
February 2018	A Gentleman in Moscow	Amor Towles	9.0
March 2018	When Breath Becomes Air	Paul Kalanithi	7.0
April 2018	The Boston Girl	Anita Diamant	7.3
May 2018	Gray Mountain	John Grisham	7.3
June 2018	Brideshead Revisited	Evelyn Waugh	7.0
July 2018	Code Girls	Liza Mundy	8.2
August 2018	One Summer	Bill Bryson	7.8
September 2018	The Kelloggs	Howard Markel	7.0
October 2018	Before We Were Yours	Lisa Wingate	9.1
November 2018	The Cellist of Sarajevo	Steven Galloway	8.0
2017
January 2017	The Nightengale	Kristin Hannah	7.0
February 2017	The Light Between Oceans	M.L. Stedman	7.5
March 2017	The Wright Brothers	David McCullough	-
April 2017	At the Edge of the Orchard	Tracy Chevalier	6.8
May 2017	The Underground Railroad	Celson Whitehead	7.2
June 2017	The Reluctant Saint	Donal Spoto	7.8
July 2017	The Warmth of Other Suns	Isabel Wilkerson	9.5
August 2017	The Girl with a Pearl Earring	Tracy Chevalier	7.8
September 2017	The Worst Hard Time	Timothy Egan	7.6
October 2017	Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant	Anne Tyler	6.1
November 2017	Mornings on Horseback	David McCullough	5.6
2016
September 2016	The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry	Rachel Joyce	7.9
October 2016	America's First Daughter	Stephanie Dray	7.5
November 2016	Everybody Needs to Forgive Somebody	Allen Hunt	7.5