The St. Louis Alumnae Club Book Discussion Group meets on the first Thursday of the month at 6PM. We will be meeting via Zoom until further notice.
All members are welcome to attend, even if you haven’t read the book. For more information, contact Lucia Oswald: luciacampbelloswald@gmail.com
2025-2026 Titles:
August 7. The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
September 4 The Spy and the Traitor by Ben MacIntyre
October 2. James by Percival Everett
November 6. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
December 4. The Women by Kristen Hannah
January 8. The Boys of Riverside by Thomas Fuller
February 5. The Frozen River by Ariel Lawson
March 5. Homecoming by Kate Morton
April 2. Long Island by Colm Toibin
May 7. Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray
June 4. The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough
July 9. Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers
August 4. The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone
September 3. Grey Matters by Theodore Schwartz
October 1. The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Rober Dugoni
November 5. The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
December 3. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
2024-2025 Titles:
November 7: Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson
December 5: The Waters by Bonnie Jo Campbell
January 2, 2025: Miss Morgan Book Brigade by Janet Skeslien Charles
February 6: Krakatoa by Simon Winchester
March 6: After Annie by Anna Quindlen
April 3: The Wager by David Grann
May 1: Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
June 5: Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
July 10: March by Geraldine Brook
August 7: The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
September 4: The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
October 2: James by Perceval Evert
November 6: Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
December 4: The Women by Kristin Hannah
2023-2024 Titles:
Oct 5: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Nov 2: Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
Dec. 7: Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis
Jan 4, 2024: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Feb 1: The Maid by Nita Prose
Mar 7: Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Apr 4: Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
May 2: Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman
June 6: Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
July 11: Horse by Geraldine Brooks
Aug 1: The Great Bridge by David McCullough
Sept 5: Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner
Oct 3: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
2022-2023 Titles:
July 7: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Aug 4: The Woman They Could not Silence by Kate Moore
Sep 1: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Oct 6: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Nov 3: This is Happiness by Nail Williams
Nov. 3: The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki
Dec. 1: West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
Jan 5, 2023: Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
Feb 2: The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Mar 2: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Apr 6: This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
May 4: Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
June 1: The Thursday Morning Club by Richard Osman
July 6: The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
Aug 3: La Rose by Louise Erdrich
Sept 7: Clementine by Sonia Purnell
Oct 5: West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
- “The Girl with the Louding Voice” by Abi Dare
- “Origin” by Dan Brown
- “Lady in Waiting” by Anne Clenconner
- “Lost Roses” by Martha Hall Kelly
- “Maybe You Should Talk to Someone” by Lori Gottlieb
- “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain” by George Saunders
- “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig
- “The Paris Library” by Janet Skeslien Charles
- “The Rose Code” by Kate Quinn
- “Rising Tide” by John M. Berry
- “American Dirt” by Jeannie Cummins
- “The Night Watchman” by Louis Edrich
- “A Women of No Importance” by Sonia Purnell
- “Homegoing” by Yaa Gyasi
- “The Silent Patient” by Alex Michaelides
- “Woman in the Window” by A.J. Finn
- “The Poisonwood Bible” by Barbara Kingsolver
- “Britt-Marie Was Here” by Fredrick Backman
- “The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat” by Edward Kelsey Moore
- “Woman in the Window” by A.J. Finn
- Glory over Everything: Beyond the Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
- A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
- Dead Wake by Erik Larson
- Saving Sophie by Ronald H. Balson
- Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
- Dreams of Joy by Lisa See
- A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
- The Lifeboat By Charlotte Rogan
- Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall
- Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
- Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
- Mary Coin by Marisa Silvver
- The Rosie Project by Graeme C Simison
- The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro
- The Aviators Wife by Melanie Benjamin
- The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
- Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
- The Island by Victoria Hislop
- The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon
- The Obituary Writer by Ann Hood
- River of Doubt by Candice Millard
The past and current books look great. Sorry I missed your Sept book club merting.