UCI Libraries Book Club
Past Book List and Discussion Leaders:
Wild, by Cheryl Strayed
Clara and Mr. Tiffany, by Susan Freeland
Dreams of Joy, by Lisa See
The Charming Quirks of Others, by Alexander McCall Smith
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett. Led by Pam Nichols
Elephant's Journey, by Jose Saramago
What is the What, by David Edgars
Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock, by David Margolick
The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford
The Paris Wife, by Paula McLain
The Hare with Amber Eyes, by Edmund De Waal
Molakai, by Oswald Bushnell
Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand
Tales from My Hard Drive, by Megan Karasch
The City of Thieves, by David Benioff
Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese
Mr. Pip, by Lloyd Jones
Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen.
The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein.
The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery. Member led.
The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, led by member Penny Wetton.
Signora da Vinci, by Robin Maxwell, led by Virginia Allison, Arts Librarian.
Infidel, by Ayann Hirsi Ali
Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan
Olive Kitteredge, by Elizabeth Strout. Led by John Novak, Research Librarian for English.
Gonzalez and Daughter Trucking Co., by Maria Amparo Escandon
The Glass Palace, by Amitav Ghosh
December, by Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop. The author will join us by phone in Langson Library room 110
The Signal, by Ron Carlson. Led by the author, who is also the Director of the Writing Programs at UCI, in Langson Library room 570.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian, by Sherman Alexie. Led by Brian Williams, UCI LibrarianLiars and Saints
Liars and Saints, by Maile Meloy. Led by the author.
Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen, Screenplay by Emma Thompson. Led by Deb Sunday, Associate University Librarian
Small Island: A Novel, by Andrea Levy. Group discussion.
The Reader, by Bernhard Schlink
Ladies of Liberty, by Cokie Roberts. Led by Alice Fah, UCI Professor of History.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows.
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East, by Sandy Tolan.
The Distant Land of My Father, by Bo Caldwell.
Led by the author by phone.
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, by Bill Bryson.
The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer.
The Shadow Catcher, by Marianne Wiggins.
The Zookeeper's Wife, by Diane Ackerman.
Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson.
Group discussion.
Ines of My Soul, by Isabel Allende.
Led by Julie Sully.
Love and War in California, by Oakley Hall.
Led by Susan Jarratt, UCI Professor of Comparative Literature.
The Cure, by Varley O'Connor.
Led by the author via teleconference.
Suite Francaise, by Irene Nemirovsky.
Led by Doreen Hamburger.
Five Skies, by Ron Carlson.
Luncheon of the Boating Party, by Susan Vreeland.
Led by the author via teleconference.
Still Water Saints, by Alex Espinosa. Led by the author.
My Antonia, by Willa Cather.
Jackie Dooley, UCI Head of Special Collections & Archives.
The Wonder Years, by Geraldine Brooks.
The Hallelujah Side, by Rhoda Huffey.
Rhoda Huffey, author.
A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini
March, by Geraldine Brooks.
Glee Gerde, Book Club Member.
The Last Town on Earth, by Thomas Mullen.
Julie Sully, UCI Libraries.
The Arc of Justice, by Kevin Boyle.
Kathryn Kjaer, UCI Librarian.
The Mammoth Cheese, by Sheri Holman.
The Tortilla Curtain, by T. C. Boyle.
Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
Julie Sully, UCI Libraries.
Seeing, By Jose Saramago.
Obasan, by Joy Kogawa.
Mitsuye Yamada, poet and author.
Broken for You, by Stephanie Kallos.
Linda Blasko, Book Club Member.
The Hungry Tide, by Amitav Ghosh.
Bill Maurer, Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, by Lisa See.
Christina Wood, Research Librarian.
Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides.
The Other Boleyn Girl, by Philappa Gregory.
Jackie Dooley, UCI Head of Special Collections & Archives.
Jesus of Nazareth: King of the Jews, by Paula Fredriksen.
Richard Frank, UCI Professor Emeritus, Classics and History.
The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger.
Marge Brannon, UCI Libraries
A Million Little Pieces, by James Frey.
Marge Brannon, UCI Libraries.
The Roman Revolution, by Sir Robert Syme.
Regeneration, by Pat Barker.
Myron Simon, UCI Professor Emeritus, English.
Motherless Brooklyn, by Jonathan Lethem.
John Novack, UCI Research Librarian.
A Day Late and a Dollar Short, by Terry McMillan.
Pauline Manaka, UCI Research Librarian.
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water, by Michael Dorris.
Gabriele Schwab, UCI Professor of English and Comparative Literature.
The Tapestries: A Novel, by Kien Nguyen.
Quan Tran, Asian American Studies.
The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri.
Beheroze Schroff, Asian American Studies.
Life on the Outside, by Jennifer Gonnerman.
Jennifer Sumner, UCI Graduate Student Criminology Dept.
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini.
Michelle Latiolais, UCI Creative Writing Program.
Fox Girl, by Nora Okja Keller
Shirley Lind, Book Club Member.
Forever, by Pete Hamill.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, by Mark Haddon.
Nicole Gage, UCI Asst. Researcher, Cognitive Science.
In America, by Susan Sontag.
Aria, by Susan Segal.
Susan Segal, author.
Pompeii, by Robert Harriss.
Margaret Miles, UCI Professor of Art History.
The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver.
Laura Mitchell, UCI Professor of History.
The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown.
Susan Klein, UCI Professor and Director of Religious Studies.
Marrying Mozart the Novel, by Stephanie Cowell.
Liza Vick, UCI Music Librarian.
The Piano Tuner, by Daniel Mason.
Jackie Dooley, Head, UCI Special Collections/Archives
The Corrections, by Jonathan Franzen.
The Three Junes, by Julia Glass.
Bill Landis, UCI Manuscripts Librarian.
The Emperor of Ocean Park, by Stephen L. Carter.
Carole Bailey, Book Club member.
Funny in Farsi, by Firoozeh Dumas.
Firoozeh Dumas, author.
Atonement, by Ian McEwan.
John Novak, UCI English Librarian.
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, by Alexander McCall Smith.
Ed Schell, UCI Professor Emertitus, English & Comparative Literature.
Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold.
Michelle Latiolais, UC Director, Creative Writing Program.
Princess, A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudia Arabia, by Jean Sasson.
Woman at Point Zero, by Nawal El Saadawi.
The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy.
Susan Jarratt, UCI Professor of English & Comparative Literature.
One Thousand White Women, by Jim Fergus.
Tanis Thorne, UCI Native American Studies.
Daughter of Fortune, by Isabelle Allende.
Cathy Palmer, UCI Head, Education & Outreach.
Falling Leaves, by Adeline Yen Mah.
Christina Woo, UCI Research Librarian.
