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Bite Into A Good Book Archive

2024

  • January - Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
  • February - Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker
  • March - A True Account: Hannah Masury's Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself by Katherine Howe
  • April - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
  • May - A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America and the Woman who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan
  • June - Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
  • July - Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult
  • August - The Secret Life of Sunflowers by Marta Molner
  • September - The Spymistress by Jennifer Chiaverini 
  • October - Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
  • November - The Patron Saint of Second Chances by Christine Simon
  • December - The Art Thief by Michael Finkel

2023

  • January - The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick
  • February - Still Life by Louise Penny
  • March - Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
  • April - Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham
  • May - Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
  • June - Life on the Mississippi by Rinker Buck
  • July - Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
  • August - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
  • September - There There by Tommy Orange
  • October - The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure
  • November - Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
  • December - Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson

2022

  • January - This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
  • February - The House is the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
  • March - Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
  • April - The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
  • May - The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore
  • June - Doc by Mary Doria Russell
  • July - Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach
  • August - Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
  • September - Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
  • October - The Maid by Nita Prose
  • November - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • December - The Rose Code by Kate Quinn

2021

  • January - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
  • February - The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
  • March - Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
  • April - The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
  • May - The Mountains Sing by Phan Qué̂ Mai Nguyẽ̂n
  • June - The Book of Lost Names by Kimberly Harmel
  • July - The Feather Thief by Kirk Johnson
  • August - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
  • September - Jade Dragon Mountain by Elsa Hart
  • October - Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
  • November - The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
  • December - The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg

2020

  • January - Triangle: The Fire that Changed America by Dave Von Drehle
  • February - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
  • March - The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
  • April - Did Not Meet
  • May - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
  • June - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
  • July - Did Not Meet
  • August - The Secret, Book and Scone Society by Ellery Adams
  • September - The Engineer's Wife by Tracey Emerson Wood
  • October - Notorious RBG by Irin Carmon and Shana Snizhnik
  • November - All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
  • December - Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker by Gregory Maguire

2019

  • January - Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
  • February - I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
  • March - Watchers by Dean Koontz
  • April - Taming of the Queen by Philippa Gregory
  • May - Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans: the battle that shaped America’s destiny by Brian Kilmeade
  • June - The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
  • July - The Eighty Dollar Champion by Elizabeth Letts
  • August - The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
  • September - Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
  • October - Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
  • November - Educated by Tara Westover
  • December - The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg

2018

  • January - Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
  • February - Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
  • March - American Fire by Monica Hesse
  • April - The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
  • May - Saint Mazie by Jami Attenberg
  • June - So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell    OR    The True Picture of Emigration by Rebecca Burlend
  • July - Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in the Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum
  • August - Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
  • September - Lost in Shangri-la: a true story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff
  • October - Girl Waits With Gun by Amy Stewart
  • November - Mrs. Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca
  • December - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

2017

  • January - Caldecott and Newbery Winners,
  • February - The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan
  • March - The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope by R. Riley
  • April - Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
  • May - First Women: The Grace and Power of America’s Modern First Ladies by Kate Anderson Brower
  • June - America’s First Daughter: From Monticello to Jefferson’s White House, She Shaped the Legacy of a Nation by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
  • July - The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason
  • August - Everybody’s Food by Richard Risso
  • September - The Reluctant Midwife by Patricia Harman
  • October - Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
  • November - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
  • December - The Fire by Night by Teresa Messineo

2016

  • January - Newbery and Caldecott Award Winners- 1965, 2015
  • February - The Long Walk: The True Story of ta Trek to Freedom by Slavomir Rawicz
  • March - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
  • April - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
  • May - The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin
  • June - Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon
  • July - Imperial Woman by Pearl S. Buck
  • August - 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
  • September - The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom
  • October - Storm of the Century by Al Roker and/or Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson
  • November - The Rosie Project by Graeme C. Simsion
  • December - Once Upon a Christmas by Pearl S. Buck and Christmas Day by Pearl S. Buck

2015

  • January - Newbery and Caldecott Award Winners-1964, 2014
  • February - Patty Jane’s House of Curl by Lorna Landvik
  • March - The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
  • April - The Martian by Andy Weir
  • May - True Sisters by Sandra Dallas
  • June - A Daughter’s Tale: The Memoir of Winston Churchill’s Youngest Child by Mary Soames
  • July - The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
  • August - Back Roads by Tawni O’Dell
  • September - The Glass Blowers by Daphne du Maurier
  • October - Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
  • November - In the Unlikely Event by Judy Bloom
  • December - A New York Christmas by Anne Perry

2014

  • January - A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer
  • February - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
  • March - Newbery and Caldecott winners from 1963 and 2013
  • April - Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland
  • May - Home Front by Kristin Hannah
  • June - One Summer by David Baldacci
  • July - Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
  • August - The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
  • September - George Washington’s Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution by Brian Kilmeade
  • October - Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
  • November - The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
  • December - A Nantucket Christmas by Nancy Thayer
  • and/or - A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy

2013

  • January - The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty
  • February - My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveria
  • March - The Tower, the Zoo and the Tortoise by Julia Stuart
  • April - Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer
  • May - The Butterfly’s Daughter by Mary Alice Monroe
  • June - The Shoemaker’s Wife by Adriana Trigiana
  • August - Mr. Churchill’s Secretary by Susan Ella MacNeal
  • September - The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas
  • October - Where’d You Go, Bernadette? By Maria Semple
  • November - The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat by Edward Kelsey Moore
  • December - An Irish Country Christmas by Patrick Thomas

2012

  • January - Newbery and Caldecott winners from 1961 and 2011
  • February - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
  • March - Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
  • April - Running with the Demon by Jerry Brooks
  • May - The Girls from Ames by Jeffrey Zaslow
  • June - Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
  • July - Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
  • August - Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester
  • September - The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
  • October - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
  • November - The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
  • December - The Christmas Wedding by James Patterson
  • and/or - A Plain and Fancy Christmas by Cynthia Keller

2011

  • January - Newbery and Caldecott winners from 1960 and 2010
  • February - The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
  • March - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
  • April - The Help by Kathryn Stockett
  • May - Down River by John Hart
  • June - Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  • July - Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay
  • August - The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
  • September - The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
  • October - Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Welles
  • November - Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
  • December - Gingerbread Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
  • and/or - A Christmas Blessing by Donna Van Liere
  • and/or - The Autobiography of Santa Claus by Jeff Guinn

2010

  • January - Newbery and Caldecott winners from 1959 and 2009
  • February - The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson
  • March - The Sounds of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart by Mary S. Lovell
  • April - The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
  • May - The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
  • June - The Woods by Harlan Coben
  • July - Morgan’s Run by Colleen McCullough
  • August - Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
  • September - Prayers For Sale by Sandra Dallas
  • October - Beach Music by Pat Conroy
  • November - Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
  • December - What Child is This? What Child is This? By Barbara Cooney
  • and/or - The Christmas Letters by Lee Smith
  • and/or - The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter, the Christmas Miracle Dog by Dave Barry

2009

  • January - Newbery and Caldecott winners from 1958 and 2008
  • February - Team of Rivals by Doris Kerns Goodwin
  • March - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
  • April - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
  • May - Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy
  • June - People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
  • August - The Memory’s Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
  • September - Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
  • October - Dewey: The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched The World by Vicki Myron
  • November - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
  • December - White Christmas Pie by Wanda Brunstetter
  • and/or The Christmas Scrapbook: a Harmony Story by Philip Gulley

2008

  • January - Newbery and Caldecott winners from 1957 and 2007
  • February - The Faith Club by Ranya Idliby
  • March - The Terrorist by John Updike
  • April - King of the Mild Frontier by Chris Crutcher
  • May - Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
  • June - Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
  • July - The Zookeeper’s Wife: a War Story by Diane Ackerman or On a Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
  • August - Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris
  • September - Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Karkauer
  • October - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradury
  • November - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
  • December - The Christmas Train by David Baldacci

2007

  • January - Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Hadden
  • February - The Hornet’s Nest by Jimmy Carter
  • March - Marley and Me by John Grogan
  • April - We Are All Welcome Here by Elizabeth Berg
  • May - O’Pioneers by Willa Cather
  • June - All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
  • July - The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
  • August - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
  • September - The Good Earth by Pearl Buck or Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriett Beecher Stowe
  • October - Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
  • November - The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas
  • December - The Christmas Quilt by Thomas J. Davis

2006

  • January - Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama or Three Weeks with My Brother by Nicolas Sparks
  • February - Evening Glass by Maeve Binchy
  • March - A Year in Province by Peter Mayle
  • April - The Secret Garden by Frances Burnett
  • May - The Known World by Edward P. Jones
  • June - Night by Ellie Wiesel
  • July - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  • August - Travels with Charlie by John Steinbeck
  • September - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
  • October - Pick a favorite book from your childhood and tell why you love it.
  • November - Together We Read-Ordinary Heroes by Scott Turow
  • December - A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg

2005

  • January - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • February - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
  • March - Women’s Buffet - Choose one of the following:
    • No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
    • Red Hat Club by Haywood Smith
    • Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik
  • April - Reading Lolita in Tehran: a Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
  • May - Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
  • June - Shane by Jack Schaefer
  • July - Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
  • August - Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth
  • September - Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
  • October - The Emancipator’s Wife by Barbara Hambly
  • November - A Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
  • December - The Christmas Thief by Carol Higgins Clark