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• Salt Houses

  Alyan, Hala, 1986-

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  Our book for the February 4 discussion. From a dazzling new literary voice, a debut novel about a Palestinian family caught between present and past, between displacement and home ... On the eve of her daughter Alia's wedding, Salma reads…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Legends of the North Cascades

  a Novel

  Evison, Jonathan,

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  Our book for the March 4 discussion. After his wife's death, a man brings his young daughter to live in a cave he has found in the Cascade mountains. Once there, his daughter begins to sense the presence of other people in the cave, a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Martian

  a Novel

  Weir, Andy,

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  Our book for the April 1 discussion. Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Agatha Christie

  An Elusive Woman

  Worsley, Lucy,

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  Our book for the May 6 discussion. Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was "just" an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't? Her life is fascinating for its mysteries and its passions and, as Lucy Worsley…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dark Matter

  a Novel

  Crouch, Blake,

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  Our book for the June 3 discussion. One night after an evening out, Jason Dessen, forty-year-old physics professor living with his wife and son in Chicago, is kidnapped at gunpoint by a masked man, driven to an abandoned industrial site…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

  Honeyman, Gail,

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  Our book for the July 1 discussion. Meet Eleanor Oliphant: she struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she's thinking. That, combined with her unusual appearance (scarred cheek, tendency to wear the same…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Fault in Our Stars

  Green, John, 1977-

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  Our book for the August 5 discussion. Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

  Richardson, Kim Michele,

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  Our book for the September 2 discussion. Cussy Mary Carter is the last of her kind, her skin the color of a blue damselfly in these dusty hills. But that doesn't mean she's got nothing to offer. As a member of the Pack Horse Library…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Confidence Game

  Why We Fall for It... Every Time

  Konnikova, Maria,

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  Our book for the October 7 discussion. Explores the psyches, motives, and methods of con artists to reveal why they are consistently successful, identifying common hallmarks of cons to share additional insights into the relationship…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

  Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope

  Kamkwamba, William, 1987-

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  The book for our November 4 discussion. This immensely engaging tale relates how an enterprising teenager in Malawi builds a windmill from scraps he finds around his village and brings electricity, and a future, to his family.