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Book Discussion Group

UMC Santa Cruz

Books read by the UMC Santa Cruz Book Discussion Group
Arranged alphabetically by Title

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Accordion Crimes Annie Proulx
All New People Bill Bryson
All Over but the Shoutin' Rick Bragg
Amazing Grace Kathleen Norris
Angela’s Ashes McCort
Angle of Repose Stegner
Arranged Marriage Chitra Banerjie Divakaruni
Art of Racing in the Rain, The Garth Stein
Babette’s Feast Dinesen
Back Roads Tawni O’Dell
Back When We Were Grown Up Anne Tyler
Bel Canto Ann Patchett
Bird by Bird Anne Lamott
Birds of Prey Wilbur Smith
Blink Malcolm Gladwell
Burial Brothers Simon Mayles
Burr Gore Vidal
Call Me Anna Patty Duke
Catcher in the Rye, The J. D. Salinger
Celestine Prophecy, The Redfield
Childhoods End Arthur Clark
Cider House Rules John Irving
Circle of Friends Maeve Binchy
Cold Mountain Charles Frazier
Cold Sassy Tree Olive Ann Burns
Colony, The John Tayman
Color of Water, The James McBride
Confederacy of Dunces, A John Kennedy Toole
Confederates in the Attic Tony Horwitz
Confessions of Madam Psyche, The Dorothy Bryant
Creed For the Third Millenium, A McCullough
Crossing To Safety Stegner
Cry the Beloved Country Alan Paton
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, The Mark Haddon
Daddy Danielle Steele
Dante Club, The Matthew Pearl
Daughter of Fortune Isabel Allende
Dave Barry Turns 50 Dave Barry
Dead Zone, The Steven King
Devil In the White City, The Erik Larson
Devil and Daniel Silverman, The Theodore Roszak
Disobedience Jane Hamilton
Distant Land of My Father, The Bo Caldwell
Distinguished Guest, The Sue Miller
Don't Stop the Carnival Hermon Wouk
Downtown Ann Rivers Dissons
Dreams from My Father Barak Obama
East of Eden Steinbeck
East of the Mountains David Guterson
East Wind, Rain Caroline Paul
Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert
Echo Maker, The Richard Powers
English Patient, The Michael Ondaatje
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Robbins
Fallen Man, The Tony Hillerman
Family Ian Frazier
Female Intelligence Jane Heller
Film Club, The David Gilmour
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate Alexander McCall Smith
Fire in the Mind Joseph Campbell
Fire in the Mine, A S. R. Larsen
Fires of Spring James Michener
Fountainhead Ayn Rand
Gift From the Sea Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Girl Meets God Lauren Winner
Glass Lake Maeve Binchy
God of Small Things Arundhati Roy
Great Divorce, The C. S. Lewis
Greatest Generation, The Tom Brokaw
Greetings from Somewhere Else Monica McInerney
Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer
Haj, The Leon Uris
Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls
Half Moon Street Anne Perry
Hammer of Eden, The Ken Follett
Handling Sin Michael Malone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone J. K. Rowling
Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, A Dave Eggers
Heat Bill Buford
Help, The Kathryn Stockett
Here On Earth Alice Hoffman
Hideaway Dean Koontz
His Excellency, George Washington Joseph Ellis
Horse Whisperer, the Nicholas Evans
Hundred Secret Senses, The Amy Tan
I Heard the Owl Call My Name Margaret Craven
I, Rhoda Manning Go Hunting with My Daddy Ellen Gilchrist
If Only It Were True Marc Levy
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Rebecca Skloot
In the Lake of the Woods Tim O’Brien
Imperfectionists, The Tom Rachman
Invisible Man Ralph Ellison
Jewel Bret Lott
Journey To The East Hesse
Judges, The Elie Wieel
Keeping Faith Jodi Picoult
Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain
Kite Runner, The Khaled Hosseini
Lacuna, The Barbara Kingsolver
Lamb Christopher Moore
Last Day, The Glen Kleir
Last Jihad, The Joel Rosenberg
Last Train to Memphis Peter Guralnick
Life of PI Yann Martel
Light in August William Faulkner
Lonesome Gods, The Louis L'Amour
Loop, The Joe Coomer
Love in the Time of Cholera Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Lovely Bones, The Alice Sebold
Magic Kimberly Cates
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Helen Simonson
Man in the High Castle, The Philip K. Dick
Map of the World, A Jane Hamilton
Medusa & The Snail, The Lewis Thomas
Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden
Men to Match My Mountains Irving Stone
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress Rhoda Janzen
Mexico James Michener
Milagro Beanfield War, The Nichols
Morgan’s Run Colleen McCullough
My Sister's Keeper Jodi Picoult
Mysterious Stranger, The Mark Twain
Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro
Night Country, etc., The Eiseley
No Rooms of their Own Ida Rae Egli
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, The Alexander McCall Smith
Notes From a Small Island Bill Bryson
Oh, Pioneers Cather
On the Rez Ian Frazier
One L Scott Turow
Other Family, The Joanna Trollope
Ordinary Wolves Seth Kantner
Our Lady of the Lost and Found C. Schoemperlen
Outliers Malcolm Gladwell
Patchwork Planet, A Anne Tyler
Patience of a Saint Andrew m. Greely
Paula Isabel Allende
Perfect Storm, The Junger
Pillars of the Earth, The Follett
Plan B, Further Thoughts on Faith Ann Lamott
Player Piano Kurt Vonnegut
Pope Joan Donna Woolfolk Cross
Postman, The David Brin
Power of One Bryce Courtenay
Prayer for Owen Meany John Irving
Professor and the Madman, The Simon Winchester
Razors Edge, The Sommerset Maughn
Reading Lolita in Tehran Azar Nafisi
Recessional James Michener
Red Tent, The Anita Diamant
Redbird Christmas, A Fannie Flagg
Rein of Gold Villasenor
Remarkable Creatures Tracy Chevalier
River God Wilbur Smith
Robber Bride, The Margaret Atwood
Room With A View, A E. M. Forster
Roses are Red James Patterson
Runaway Jury John Grisham
Running From Safety Richard Bach
Russka Rutherford
Saint Maybe Anne Tyler
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt Beth Hoffman
Second Glance Jodi Picoult
Secret Life of Bees, The Sue Monk Kidd
Seven Minutes, The Irving Wallace
Seventh Son Orson Scott Card
Shadow Divers Robert Kurson
Shipping News, The Anne Proulx
Shoeless Joe W.P. Kinsella
Shimbumi Trevanian
Snow Falling on Cedars Guterson
Song of Solomon Morrison
Source, The James Michener
Space James Michener
Space Bewteen Us, The Thrity Umrigar
Stepphenwolf Herman Hesse
Stone Diaries, The Carol Shields
Stones From the River Ursula Hegi
Stranger in a Strange Land Heinland
Striptease Karl Hiaason
Stuff - Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things Randy O. Frost and Gail Steketee
Summer We Got Saved, The Pat Cunninghan Devoto
Tales from Margaritaville Buffett
Teammates: A Portrait of Friendship, The David Halberstam
Tenderness of Wolves, The Stef Penney
Testament, The John Grisham
Time to Run, A Barbara Boxer
Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson
To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee
Traveling Mercies Ann Lamott
Tropic of Orange Karen Tei Yamashita
Under the Banner of Heaven Jon Krakauer
Unless Carol Shields
Up Island Anne Rivers Siddons
Walk Through the Fire, A Marcia Muller
Way of the Peaceful Warrior Dan Millman
Water for Elephants Sara Gruen
Where Are the Children Mary Higgins Clark
Wicked Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, The Gregory McGuire
Widow for One Year, A John Irving
Winter Moon Dean Koontz