When we met in December, the group went through a list of suggested books to choose which ones we would read in the upcoming months. We chose a number of great books, but here is the entire list (ones chosen for our next reading cycle are highlighted in color):
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
The Sibling Effect: What the Bonds Among Brothers and Sisters Reveal About Us by Jeffrey Kluger
Ghost Ship: The Mysterious True Story of the Mary Celeste and Her Missing Crew by Brian Hicks
Yes, Chef by Marcus Samuelsson
Rocket Girl: The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America’s First Female Rocket Scientist by George D Morgan
Dogtripping: 25 Rescues, 11 Volunteers, and 3 RVs on Our Canine Cross-Country Adventure by David Rosenfelt
The Fishing Fleet: Husband-Hunting in the Raj by Anna De Courcy
The Inheritor’s Powder: A Tale of Arsenic, Murder, and the New Forensic Science by Sandra Hempel
Walden on Wheels: On the Open Road from Debt to Freedom by Ken Ilgunas
Heroes in the Night: Inside the Real Life Superhero Movement by Tea Krulos
The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap: A Memoir of Friendship, Community, and the Uncommon Pleasure of a Good Book by Wendy Welch
The World’s Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette’s, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family by Josh Hanagarne
She Left Me the Gun: My Mother’s Life Before Me by Emma Brockes
The Astaires: Fred & Adele by Kathleen Riley
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
The Artist, The Philosopher, and The Warrior: The Intersecting Lives of Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Borgia and the World They Shaped by Paul Strathern
Cold: Adventures in the World’s Frozen Places by Bill Streever
Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits by Linda Gordon
The Forger’s Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century by Edward Dolnick
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? By Jeanette Winterson
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
After Visiting Friends: A Son’s Story by Michael Hainey
Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin by Jill Lepore
The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter, & Miracles by Bruce Lipton, PhD
Consider the Fork: A History of How we Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach
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