Inspiration

My mom forwarded this list of some book club's books read.
I *heart* book lists.

1999
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant Anne Tyler
Stones from the River Ursula Hegi

2000
Bless Me, Ultima Rudolfo Anaya
The Bean Trees Barbara Kingsolver
Mutant Message Down Under Marlo Morgan
O Pioneers! Willa Cather
Snow in August Peter Hamill
Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner
Vanished Arizona Martha Summerhayes
The Giver Lois Lowry
Rebecca Daphne DuMaurier
The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee

2001
Jewel Brett Lott
The Shipping News Annie Proulx
The Red Tent Anita Diamant
Falling Leaves Adeline Yen Mah
These is My Words Nancy Turner
Time and Again Jack Finney
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Rebecca Wells
Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte
Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom
Corelli’s Mandolin Louis de Bernieres
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith
Cold Sassy Tree Olive Ann Burns

2002
Gift from the Sea Ann Morrow Lindbergh
The Gold of Exodus Howard Blum
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
The Wheel of Life Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
Crossing to Safety William Stegner
Stolen Lives – Twenty Years in a Desert Prison Malika Oufkir
The Shell Seekers Rosamunde Pilcher
The Testament John Grisham
Snow Falling on Cedars David Guterson
King Lear William Shakespeare
A Thousand Acres Jane Smiley
Skipping Christmas John Grisham

2003
The Great Divorce C.S. Lewis
I Capture the Castle Dodie Smith
Empire Falls Richard Russo
Ladder of Years Anne Tyler
The Good Earth Pearl Buck
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou
The Kitchen God’s Wife Amy Tan
New Moon Rising Eugenia Price
East of Eden John Steinbeck
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
Peace Like a River Leif Enger
The Christmas Train David Baldecci

2004
Back When We Were Grownups Anne Tyler
Good Harbor Anita Diamant
Cry, the Beloved Country Alan Paton
The DaVinci Code Dan Brown
Cold Mountain Charles Frazier
Life of Pi Yann Martel
A Passage to India E.M. Forester
The Master Butchers Singing Club Louise Erdrich
Hadassah Tommy Tenny
Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy
The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood

2005
A Skeleton in God’s Closet Paul Maier
The Stone Diaries Carol Shields
Standing in the Rainbow Fannie Flagg
Your Oasis on Flame Lake Lorna Landvik
Death Comes to the Archbishop Willa Cather
East of the Mountain David Guterson
Run with the Horsemen Ferrol Sams
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons Lorna Landvik
The Kite Runner Khaled Hasseini
Joy Luck Club Amy Tan
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
Patti Jane’s House of Curl Lorna Landvik

2006
A Year by the Sea Joan Anderson
1776 David McCullough
Light on Snow Anita Shreve
Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden
Sarah’s Quilt Nancy Turner
The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood
An Unfinished Life Mark Spragg
The Other Boleyn Girl Philippa Gregory
The Bonesetter’s Daughter Amy Tan
The Road from Coorain Jill Ker Conway
A Patchword Planet Anne Tyler
Their Eyes were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston

2007
My Latest Grievance Elinor Lipman
Welcome to the Great Mysterious Lorna Landvik
Digging to America Anne Tyler
The Painted Drum Louise Erdrich
The Thirteenth Tale Diane Setterfield
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter Kim Edwards
Going Back to Bisbee Richard Shelton
The Whisper of the River Ferrol Sams
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Carston McCullers
Tales of a Female Nomad Rita Gelman
Water for Elephants Sara Gruen
The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls

2008
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Lisa See
The Amateur Marriage Anne Tyler
The Woman in White Wilkie Collins
The Memory of Running Ron McLarty
A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini
People of the Book Geraldine Brooks
Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortensen
The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri
Out of Africa Isaac Dinisen
Little Women Louisa May Alcott
March Geraldine Brooks
Christmas Carol Charles Dickens

2009
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Dai Sijie
Five Quarters of the Orange Joanne Harris
The Shack William P. Young
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle David Wroblewski
Bel Canto Ann Patchett
Sarah’s Key Tatiana DeRosnay
Born on a Blue Day Daniel Tammet
The Devil in the White City Erik Larson
Loving Frank Nancy Horan
My Sister’s Keeper Jodi Picoult
Run Ann Patchett