- The Red Scarf by Kate Furnivall (2008): China, Communism, Historical Fiction, Russia
- BearTown: A Novel by Fredrik Backman (2017): Small Town, Sweden, Hockey, Coming of Age, Scandal, Contemporary Fiction
- Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family & Culture in Crisis by J. Vance: "Personal & sociological look at problems facing America's white working class."
- Beer Money: A Memoir of Privilege & Loss by Frances Stroh (2017): Detroit Memoir
- The Dry: A Novel by Jane Harper (2017): Australia, Crime, Drought, Murder, Mystery, Thriller
- The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty (2013): 1920s, Historical Fiction, Kansas, Louise Brooks, New York City, Adoption
- Learning to Swim: A Novel by Sara J. Henry (2011): Kidnapping, Vermont, Mystery, Canada, Suspense, Thriller
- Swimming with Elephants: My Unexpected Pilgrimage from Physician to Healer: NonFiction, Read this one as an ebook free for patrons of the CIDL --under Online Resourses on the library's home page, select Hoopla. (Hoopla is my favorite library database - you are entitled to 5 downloads a month, there is never a hold list, what you see is available now -- choices include: eBooks, audio books, music, movies, television shows, comics).
- What are you reading? Perhaps it will be The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood: our next discussion book for Thursday, January 4th, 2018.