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Solomonson Branch Book Club

Please see below for a list of current and past book club selections. The Solomonson Branch Book Club was formerly called "A Novel Bunch Book Club."

A Novel Bunch Book Club was established in October 2013 to provide the Norway community with a group in which to discuss books of all types, uniting us in our love of literature. 

Upcoming Selections:

April: "Mutant Message Down Under" by Marlo Morgan
Discuss with us on Thursday, April18 at 2:00 PM!

Past Selections:

2024

March: The Healing of Natalie Curtis by Jane Kirkpatrick
February: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
January: The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

2023
December: Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
November: We Gather Together by Denise Kiernan
October: The Maid by Nita Prose
September: The Firekeeper's Daughter by Angelina Boulley
August: Night of Miracles by Elizabeth Berg. Partner Books: Tomorrow I'll Be Kind by Jessica Hische & The Boy With Flowers in His Hair by Jarvis
July: American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. Partner Book: Borders by Thomas King
June: The Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede. Partner Books: The Big Umbrella by Amy June Bates & Branches of Hope by Ann Magee
May: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
April: The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan
March: The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan
February: Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan 
January: Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan

2022
December: The Lightkeeper's Daughters by Jean E. Pendziwol
November: More Than You Think You Know by Cyndi Perkins
October: The Overstory by Richard Powers
September: Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemme
June: The Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria Russell

2020
March: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
February: An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor
January: Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

2019
December: A Silken Thread by Kim Vogel Sawyer
November: What the Eyes Don't See by Mona Hanna Attisha
October: Take Me With You by Catherine Ryan Hyde
September: The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan
August: Time is a River by Mary Alice Monroe
July: The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
June: Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
May: George, Nicholas, and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I by Miranda Carter
April: The Dry by Jane Harper
March: Astoria: Astor and Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Tale of Ambition and Survival on the Early American Frontier by Peter Stark
February: Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
January: A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd

2018
December: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
November: Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
October: The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande
September: In the Garden of the Beasts by Erik Larson
August: The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne
July: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
June: A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
May: Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
April: Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
March: One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
February: Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
January: East of Eden by John Steinbeck

2017
December: Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
November: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
October: The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
September: Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas
August: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
July: Neverhome by Laird Hunt
June: Neverhome by Laird Hunt
May: Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
April: The Girl in the Glass by Susan Meissner
March: Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
February: Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
January: The Wright Brothers by David McCullough

2016
December: Dead Wake by Erik Larson
November: The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman
October: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
September: Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
August: The People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
July: The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
June: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
May: Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
April: Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani
March: The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
February: South of Superior by Ellen Airgood
January: Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson

2015
December: The Handmaid and the Carpenter by Elizabeth Berg
November: The Violets of March by Sarah Jio
October: Islands by Anne Rivers Siddons
September: To Kill a Mockingbird/Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
August: The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
July: The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
June: All Fall Down by Jennifer Weiner
May: The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
April: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
March: The Likeness by Tana French
February: A Walk Across the Sun by Corban Addison
January: The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg

2014
December: Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg
November: Home Front by Kristin Hannah
October: The Walk by Richard Paul Evans
September: Can't Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg
August: Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
July: The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
June: The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
May: The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin
April: Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
March: Sheen of Silk by Anne Perry
February: The Tale of Halcyon Crane by Wendy Webb
January: Phantom's Crossing by Kathleen Wickman

2013
December: The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom
November: The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani