193. Paul Murray, Bee Sting, Jan 26, 2023 (Mandana's, Picker Karen)
192. Claire Louise Bennet, Checkout 19, Dec 1st, 2023 (Michele's, Picker Anna)
191. Sonia Purnell, A Woman of No Importance by Sonia, Oct 20, 2023 (Sabina's, Picker: Sabina)
190. Alain Mabanckou, Broken Glass , Sept 8, 2023 (Karen's, Picker Mandana)
189. Tsering Yangzom Lama, We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies, July 28, 2023 (Kelleen's, Picker: Kelleen)
188. Sean Michaels, Us Conductors, June 9, 2023 (Anna's, Picker: Atousa)
187. Pico Iyer, The Half Known Life, May 13, 2023 (Atousa's, Picker: Karen)
186. Annie Ernaux, Years, Apr 14, 2023, (Kelleen's, Picker: Michele)
185. Phan Que Mai Nguyen, The Mountains Sing , March 2nd, 2023 (Mandana's, Picker: Arianna)
184. Lisa Halliday, Asymmetry, Jan 21, 2023 (Kelleen's, Picker Anna)
183. Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness”, Dec 4, 2022 (Cristina's, Picker Sabina)
182. Valerie Perrin, Fresh Waters for Flowers, Oct 22, 2022 (Anna's, Picker: Mandana)
181. Jumbha Lahiri, Namesake, Sept 14, 2022 (Karen's, Picker: collective decision!)
180. Jumbha Lahiri, Whereabouts, June 14, 2022 (Michele's, Picker: Atousa )
179. Abdulrazak Gurnah, Gravel Heart, May 13, 2022 (Sabina's, Picker: Kelleen)
178. Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing, April 15, 2022 (Michele's, Karen, Picker: Karen)
177. Paul Scott, Nowhere People, March 4, 2022 (Arianna's, Picker: Michele)
176. Kjell Westö, The Wednesday Club, Jan 21, 2022 (Zoom, Picker Arianna)
175. Olga Tokarczuk, Flights, Dec 3, 2021 (Atousa's, Picker: Arianna)
174. Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Project, Oct 29, 2021, (Mandana's, Picker: Cristina)
173. Sarah Moss, Summerwater, Sept 24, 2021, (Cristina's, Picker:Anna)
172. Bernardine Evaristo, Girl,Woman, Other. Aug 27, 2021. (Michele's, Picker: Sabina)
171. Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing, July 4, 2021, (Kelleen's, Picker: Mandana)
170. Gabrielle Zevin, The storied life of A.J Fikry, June 6, 2021, (Zoom, Picker: Atousa)
169. Keath Fraser, Charity, May 9, 2021 (Zoom, Picker: Kelleen)
168. Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow, April 11, 2021 (Zoom, Picker: Michele)
167. Colum McCann, Aperiogon, Jan 31?, 2020, (Zoom, Picker Cristina)
166. Kevin Wilson, Nothing to See Here, Dec 27, 2020, (Zoom, Picker Anna)
165. Ann Patchett, Bel Canto, Nov 22, 2020 (Zoom, Picker: Arianna)
164. Sayaka Mrata, Convenience Store Woman, Oct 18, 2020 (Host: Kelleen's Park, Picker: Alla)
163. Vivek Shraya, I'm Afraid of Men, Sept 20, 2020, (Host: Michele's backyard, Picker Sabina)
162. Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens, A brief History of Human Kind, July 4, 2020, (Host: Kelleen's backyard, Picker Mandana)
161. Kate Atkinson, Big Sky, May 30, 2020 (Zoom, Picker Atousa)
160. Michael Christie, Greenwood , May 3, 2020 (Zoom, Picker Kelleen)
159: Vigdis Hjorth, Will and Testament, Mar 13, 2020 (Host: Sabina; Picker: Michele)
158. Haruki Murakami, Men Without Women, Jan 24, 2020 (Host Cristina, Picker: Cristina)
157: Wayson Choy, The Jade Peony, Dec 6, 2019 (Host: Kelleen, Picker: Anna)
156: Tahir Shah, The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca, Oct 25, 2019 (Host: Michele. Picker: Arianna)
155. Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird – Some Instructions on Writing and Life, Sep 20, 2019 (Host: Arianna, Picker: Sabina)
154: J. Ryan Stradal, Kitchens of the Great Midwest, Aug 15, 2019 (Host: Mandana. Picker: Alla)
153: Hisham Matar, The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land in Between, July 12, 2019 (Host: Atousa. Picker: Mandana)
152: Aja Gabel, The Ensemble: A Novel, June 14, 2019 (Host: Alla. Picker: Atousa),
151: Esi Edugyan, Washington Black, May 10, 2019 (Host: Anna. Picker: Kelleen)
150: Claire Tomalin, A Life of My Own, April 5, 2019 (Host: Sabina. Picker: Michele)
149: Michael Ondaatje, Warlight, March 1, 2019 (Host: Cristina. Picker: Cristina)
148: Rachel Cusk: Outline, Jan 18, 2019 (Host: Kelleen, Picker: Anna)
147: Erri de Luca: Three Horses: A Novel, Dec 13, 2018 (Host: Arianna, Picker: Arianna)
146: Fredrik Backman, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry Nov 17, 2018 (Host: Michele, Picker: Sabina)
145: Andrew Sean Greer, Less Oct 12, 2018 (Host: Mandana, Picker: Alla)
144. James Mcbride, The Colour of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to his White Mother , Sept 7, 2018 (Host: Sabina, Picker: Mandana)
143: Mark Sarvas, Memento Park: A Novel 27 July 2018 (Host: Atousa, Picker: Atousa)
142: Ursula le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness 8 June 2018 (Host: Alla, Picker: Kelleen)
141: Ursula le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness 3 May 2018 (Host: Anna, Picker: Kelleen)
140: Kazuo Ishiguro, Buried Giant 6 Apr 2018 (Host: Atousa, Picker: Michele)
139: Arianna Dagnino, The Afrikaner 9 Mar 2018 (Host: Kelleen, Picker: Michele)
138: Michael Downing, Perfect Agreement 19 Jan 2018 (Host: Arianna, Picker: Anna)
137. Domencio Starnone, Ties, 7 Dec 2017 (Host: Michele, Picker: Arianna)
136: Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, 17 Nov 17 (Host: Mandana. Picker: Sabina)
135: Arkady Strugatsky & Boris Strugatsky, The Dead Mountaineer's Inn, 13 Oct 17 (Host: Sabina. Picker: Alla)
134: Julian Baggini, The edge of reason: A rational skeptic in an irrational world, 15 Sept 17 (Host: Anna. Picker: Mandana)
133. Lauren Groff: Arcadia, 28 July 17 (Host: Alla. Picker: Atousa)
132: Andre Alexis: Fifteen Dogs, 15 June 17 (Host: Atousa, Picker: Kelleen)
131: Smith, Sadie: Swing Time, 26 May 17 (Host: Cristina, Picker: Cristina)
130: Vance, J.D.: Hillbilly Elegy, 21 Apr 17 (Host: Kelleen, Picker: Michele)
129: Lawson, Jennifer: Let's Pretend This Never Happened: (A Mostly True Memoir), 31 Mar 17 (Host: Michele, Picker: Mandana)
128: Anderson-Dargatz, Gail: The Spawning Grounds, 24 Feb 17 (Host: Mandana, Picker: Alla)
127. Lowell, Catherine: The Madwoman Upstairs, 13 Jan 17 (Host: Cristina, Picker: Fluevogita)
126. George, Nina: The Little Paris Bookshop, 2 Dec 16 (Host: Anna, Picker: Atousa)
125. Huggan, Isabel: Belonging: Home Away from Home, 4 Nov 16 (Host: Kelleen, Picker: Anna)
124. Jamison, Leslie: The Gin Closet, 30 Sep 16 (Host: Sabina, Picker: Kelleen)
123. Martel, Yan: The High Mountains of Portugal, 29 August 16 (Host: Atousa, Picker: Cristina)
122. Thuy, Kim: Ru, 29 July 16 (Host: Alla, Picker: Michele)
121 Hawkins, Paula: The Girl on the Train, 24 Jun 16 (Host: Michele, Picker: Alla)
120. King, Thomas: The Inconvenient Indian, 26 May 16 (Host: Mandana, Picker: Mandana)
119. Stegner, Wallace: The Spectator Bird, 29 April 16 (Host: Cristina. Picker: Ruby)
118. Ngozi, Chimananda: Purple Hibiscus, 1 April 16 (Host: Ruby, Picker: Fluevogita)
117. Hoffman, David: The Oligarchs: Wealth and Power in the New Russia. 26 Feb 16 (Host: Michele, Picker: Michele)
116. Lively, Penelope: The Photograph, 08 Jan 16 (Host: Kelleen, Picker: Atousa)
115. Warren, Diane: Cool Water (aka Juliet in August), 20 Nov 15 (Host: Fluevogita, Picker: Kelleen)
114. Ferrante, Elena: My Brilliant Friend, 30 Oct 15 (Host: Atousa, Picker: Cristina)
113. Moriarty, Laura: The Chaperone, 25 Sep 15 (Host: Mandana, Picker: Alla)
112. Boo, Katherine: Behind the Beautiful Forevers, 28 Aug15 (Host: Michele, Picker: Mandana)
111. McEwan, Ian: The Children Act, 22 May15 (Host: Cristina, Picker: Ruby)
110. Gawande, Atul: Being Mortal, 10 April 15 (Host: Fluevogita, Picker: Fluevogita)
109. Galgut, Damon: Arctic Summer, 13 Mar 15 (Host: Atousa, Picker: Michele)
108. Steinke, Darcey: Sister Golden Hair, 13 Feb 15 (Host: Michele, Picker: Atousa)
107. Keenan, Thomas: Technocreep, 17 Jan 15 (Host: Mandana, Picker: Mandana)
106. Angelou, Maya: Letters to My Daugher, 21 Nov 14 (Host: Ruby, Picker: Alla)
105. Mukherjee, Neel: The Lives of Others, 1 Nov 14 (Host: Fluevogita, Picker: Cristina)
104. Meck, Su: I Forgot to Remember, 27 September 14 (Host: Alla, Picker: Fluevogita)
103. Jonasson, Jonas: The 100-year-old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, 29 August 14 (Host: Atousa, Picker: Ruby)
102, Pountney, Christine: Sweet Jesus, 18 July 14 (Host: Michele, Picker: Atousa)
101. Whelan, Diane: Basecamp: 40 days on Everest, 3 June 14 (Host: Anna, Picker: Mandana)
100. Fergusson, Will: 419, 25 Apr 14 (Host: Mandana, Picker: Kelleen)
99. Frayne, Jill: Starting Out in the Afternoon, 28 Mar 14 (Host: Ruby, Picker: Anna)
98. Ozeki, Ruth: A Tale for the Time Being, 28 Feb 14 (Host: MIchele, Picker: Fluevogita)
_____10th Anniversary Celebration at Bel Cafe at Hawksworth, 10 Jan 14______
97. Banville, John: The Sea, 5 Dec 13 (Host: Cristina, Picker: Ruby)
96. Koch, Herman: The Dinner, 8 Nov 13 (Host: Atousa, Picker: Cristina)
95. Peacock, Molly: Paper Garden, 4 Oct 13 (Host: Mandana, Picker: Atousa)
94. Didion, Joan: Democracy, 16 Aug 13 (Host: Michele, Picker: Mandana)
93. Wong, Jan: Out of the Blue, 19 Jul 13 (Host: Kelleen, Picker: Michele)
92. Miller, Walter M. Jr: A Canticle for Leibowitz, 21 Jun 13 (Host: Fluevogita, Picker: Kelleen)
91, Roach, Mary: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, 24 May 13 (Host: Anna, Picker: Ruby)
90. White, Patrick: Tree of Man, 12 Apr 13 (Host: Ruby, Picker: Anna)
89. Hough, Robert: The Last Confession of Mabel Start, 8 Mar 13 (Host: Alla, Picker: Fluevogita)
88. Voltaire: Candide, 1 Feb 13 (Host: Atousa, Picker: Mandana)
87. Ondaatje, Michael: Cat's Table, 11 Jan 13 (Host: Cristina, Picker: Kelleen)
86. Otsuka, Julie: Buddha in the Attic, 14 Dec 12 (Host: MIchele, Picker: Michele)
85. Guppy, Shusha: The Blindfold Horse, 8 Nov 12 (Host: Mandana, Picker: Atousa)
84. Joyce, Rachel: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, 12 Oct 12 (Host: Kelleen, Picker: Cristina)
83. Barnes, Julian: The Sense of an Ending, 7 Sep 12 (Host: Mandana, Picker: Ruby)
82. McEwan, Ian: Black Dogs, 30 July 12 (Host: Fluevogita, Picker: Anna)
81. Goldberg, Myla: Wickett's Remedy, 22 June 12 (Host: Atousa, Picker: Fluevogita)
80. Petterson, Per: Out Stealing Horses, 18 May 12 (Host: Kelleen, Picker: Mandana)
79. Toews, Miriam: A Complicated Kindness, 27 April 12 (Host: Ruby, Picker: Kelleen)
78. Demick, Barbara: Nothing to Envy, 23 Feb 12 (Host: Anna, Picker: Atousa)
77. Rachman, Tom: The Imperfectionists, 17 Feb 12 (Host: Michele, Picker: Cristina)
76. Hill, Lawrence: The Book of Negroes, 13 Jan 12 (Host: Fluevogita, Picker: Michele)
75. Ondaatje, Michael: Running in the Family, 2 Dec 11 (Host: Cristina, Picker: Ruby)
74. Gordiner, Nadine: Loot and Other Stories, 28 Oct 11 (Host: Mandana, Picker: Anna)
73. Moore, Christopher: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, 16 Sep 11 (Host: Kelleen, Picker: Fluevogita)
72. Wroblewski, David: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, 12 Aug 11 (Host: Karen, Picker: Karen)
71. Skibsrud, Johanna: The Sentimentalist, 03 June 11 (Host: Michele, Picker: Mandana)
70. Gowda, Shilpi S: Secret Daughter, 13 May 11 (Host: Mandana, Picker: Cristina)
69. Foulds, Adam: The Quickening Maze, 15 Apr 11 (Host: Atousa, Picker: Michele)
68. Jacobson, Howard: The Finkler Question, 18 Mar 11 (Host: Fluevogita, Picker: Ruby)
67. Hedayat, Sadegh: The Blind Owl, 25 Feb 11 (Host: Michele, Picker: Atousa)
66. Welty, Eudora: The Optimist's Daughter, 21 Jan 11 (Host: Cristina, Picker: Anna)
65. Lahiri, Jhumpa: The Namesake, 17 Dec 10 (Host: Karen, Picker: Fluevogita)
64. O'Neill, Jamie: At Swim, Two boys, 19 Nov 10 (Host: Ruby, Picker: Karen)
63. de Beauvoir, Simone: When Things of the Spirit Come First, 15 Oct 10 (Host: Kelleen, Picker: Mandana)
62. Tsiolkas, Christos: The Slap, 10 September 10 (Host: Atousa, Picker: Cristina)
61. Gibson, William: Pattern Recognition, 5 August 10 (Host: Mandana, Picker: Ruby)
60. Roy, Arundhati: The God of Small Things, 30 June 10 (Host: Anna, Picker: Michele)
59. Woolf, Virginia: Mrs. Dalloway, 26 May 10 (Host: Michele, Picker: Alla)
58. Mayle, Peter: Acquired Tastes, 30 April 10 (Host: Cristina, Picker: Atousa)
57. Walls, Jeannette: The Glass Castle, 12 March 10 (Host: Alla, Picker: Anna)
56. Gallant, Mavis: Home Truths, 5 February 10 (Host: Kelleen, Picker: Kelleen)
55. McCann, Colum: Let the Great World Spin, 16 December 09 (Host: Michele, Picker: Karen)
54. Böll, Heinrich: The Bread of those Early Years, 20 November 09 (Host: Mandana, Picker: Mandana)
53. Ogawa, Yoko: The Housekeeper and the Professor, 16 October 09 (Host: Cristina, Picker: Cristina)
52. Murdoch, Iris: A Fairly Honourable Defeat, 18 September 09 (Host: Karen, Picker: Ruby)
51. Percy, Walker: The Moviegoer, 24 July 09 (Host: Ruby, Picker: Karen)
50. Haddon, Mark: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, 22 May 09 (Host: Michele, Picker: Atousa)
49. Lawrence, D.H.: Lady Chatterley’s Lover, 17 Apr 09 (Host: Alla, Picker: Anna)
48. Stegner, Wallace: Crossing to Safety, 13 Mar 09 (Host: Kelleeen, Picker: Kelleen)
47. Capote, Truman: Breakfast at Tiffany’s, 31 Jan 09 (Host: Atousa, Picker: Alla)
46. Seth, Vikram: An Equal Music, 17 Oct 08 (Host: Anna, Picker: Ruby)
45. Saviano, Roberto: Gomorrah, 12 Sep 08 (Host: Karen, Picker: Cristina)
44. Weinreb, Michael: The Games of Kings, Aug 08 (Host: Alla, Picker: Karen)
43. Goodall, Jane: Through a Window, 27 Jun 08 (Host: Atoussa, Picker: Michele)
42. Bellow, Saul: Ravelstein, 20 May 08 (Host: Ruby, Picker: Michele)
41. Penny, Louise: The Cruellest Month, 25 Apr 08 (Host: Cristina, Picker: Atoussa)
40. Atkinson, Kate: Behind the scenes at the museum, 07 Mar 08 (Host: Michele, Picker: Anna)
39. Friedan, Betty: The Feminine Mystique, 08 Feb 08 (Host: Michele, Picker: Kelleen)
38. Llosa, Mario Vargas: Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, 12 Jan 08 (Host: Kelleen, Picker: Alla)
37. Kawabata, Yasunari: The Master of Go, 07 Dec 07 (Host: Ruby, Picker: Ruby)
36. Gawande, Atul: Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance, 02 Nov 07 (Host: Anna, Picker: Cristina)
35. Smith & MacKinnon: The Hundred Mile Diet, AND Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma, 28 Sep 07 (Host: Alla)
34. Pamuk, Orhan: Snow, 28 Aug 07 (Host: Mandana)
33. Egan, Jennifer: The Keep, 26 June 07 (Host: Michele)
32. Ishiguro, Kazuo: When we were orphans, 1 June 07 (Host: Kelleen)
31. Matar, Hisham: In The Country of Men, 4 May 07 (Host: Michele)
30. Kingsolver, Barbara: Small Wonder, 16 Mar 07 (Host: Karen)
29. Amin Malouf and Russell Harris: Samarkand, 16 Feb 07 (Host: Mandana)
28. Desai, Kiran: The Inheritance of Lost, 12 Jan 07, (Host:Linda)
27. Hollinghurst, Alan: The Line of Beauty, 1 Dec 06 (Host: Michele)
26. Boyle, TC: Road to Wellville, 27 Oct 06 (Host: Kelleen)
25. Sacks, Oliver: Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood,
24. Caputo, Philip: Acts of Faith, 20 July 06 (Host: Mandana)
23. Roth, Philip: The Human Stain, 9 June 06 (Host: Atousa)
22. Doerr, Harriet: Stones of Ibarra, 5 May 06 (Host: Karen) 22 Sep 06
21. Maugham, Somerset: The Moon and Sixpence, 24 March 06 (Host: Michele)
20. Mann, Thomas: Death in Venice and Seven Other Stories, 24 February 06 (Host: Alla)
19. Green, Graham: Our Man in Havana, 26 January 05 (Host: Michele)
18. Munro, Alice: The Lives of Girls and Women, 8 December 05 (Host: Mandana)
17. Lee, Chang-rae: Native Speaker (Host: Karen)
16. Oz, Amos: A Tale of Love and Darkness (Host: Cristina)
15. Itani, Frances: Deafening, 11 August 05 (Host: Kelleen)
14. Nafisi, Azar: Reading Lolita in Tehran, 23 June 05 (Host: Mandana)
13. Murakami, Haruki: The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, 24 May 05 (Host: Alla)
12. Nabokov, Vladimir: Pnin, 26 April 05 (Host: Cristina)
11. Levi, Primo: The Periodic Table, 15 Mar 05 (Host: Ruby)
10. Franzen, Jonathan: The Corrections, 21 Feb 05 (Host: Kelleen)
09. Margaret, Atwood: Oryx and Crake, 17 Jan 05 (Host: Mandana)
08. Faulkner, William: The Sound and the Fury, AND Gray: The Life of William Faulkner (Host: Lucrecia)
07. Murdoch, Iris: The Sea, The Sea, 18 October 2004 (Host: Alla)
06. Yalom, Irvin: When Nietzsche Wept, 3 Aug 2004 (Host: Cristina)
05. Martel, Yann: Life of Pi, 7 Jun 2004 (Host: Ruby)
04. Park, Jacqueline: The Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi, 19 Apr 2004 (Host: Kelleen)
03. Coetzee, J. M.: Waiting for the Barbarians, 1 Mar 2004 (Host: Krista)
02. Bulgakov, Mikail: The Master and Margarita, 2 Feb 2004 (Host: Fritz)
01. Chevalier, Tracy: The Virgin Blue, 5 Jan 2004 (Host: Michele)