Owner David Hunt with local book group, Unabridged.
Town
House Book Discussion Group For Adults
Our book group for 2013 meets the 2nd Sunday of every month at the bookstore (*unless otherwise noted) from 2 to 3:30. For more information
call 630/584-8600.
2013 Book Group
- January 13, Moby Dick – Herman Melville
- February 10, Story of a Marriage – Andrew Sean Greer
- March 10, Boy Kings of Texas – Domingo Martinez
- April 14, Good Earth – Pearl Buck
- *May 19, Carry the One – Carol Anshaw
- June 9, The Yellow Birds – Kevin Powers
- July 14, Redbreast – Jo Nesbo
- August 11, Where’d You Go Bernadette? – Maria Semple
- September 8, Leon and Louise – Alex Capus
- *October 20, Brooklyn – Colm Toibin
- November 10, Behind the Beautiful Forevers – Katherine Boo
- December, Book group does not meet
- January 12, 2014, The Trial – Franz Kafka
2012 Book Group
- January 8, The Lacuna – Barbara Kingsolver
- February 12, The Imperfectionists – Tom Rachman
- March 11, Annie Dunne – Sebastian Barry
- April 15, The Elegance of the Hedgehog – Muriel Barbery
- *May 20, The Warmth of Other Suns – Isabel Wilkerson
- June 10, The Tiger’s Wife – Tea Obreht
- July 8, Look at Me – Jennifer Egan
- August 12, The Art of Fielding – Chad Harbach
- September 9, The Buddha in the Attic – Julie Otsuka
- October 14, Cutting for Stone – Abraham Verghese
- November 11, The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes
- December, Book Group does not meet
- * January 13, 2013, Moby Dick – Herman Melville
2011 Book Group
- January 9, Power of One – Bryce Courtenay
- February 13, Slaughterhouse Five – Kurt Vonnegut
- March 13, Flight – Sherman Alexie
- April 10, A Long Long Time Ago and Essentially True – Brigid Pasulka
- *May 15, Case Histories – Kate Atkinson
- *June, Book Group does not meet
- July 10, A Prayer for Own Meany – John Irving
- August 14, Gilead – Marilyn Robinson
- September 11, Let the Great World Spin – Colum McCann
- *October 16, The World Without Us – Alan Weisman
- November 13, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain
- December, Book Group does not meet
- January 8, 2012, The Lacuna – Barbara Kingsolver
2010 Book Group
- January 10, Forgetfullness - Ward Just
- February 14, Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout
- March 14, Places in Between - Rory Stewart
- April 11, Out Stealing Horses - Per Petterson
- *May 16, Rabbit Run - John Updike
- June, Book Club does not meet
- July 11, The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
- August 8, Dear American Airlines - Jonathan Miles
- *September 19, The Help -, Kathryn Stockett
- *October 17, Infidel - Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- November 14, Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It - Maile Meloy
- December, Book Club does not meet
- January 9 (2011), The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay
2009 Book Group
- January 11, Mr. Pip - Lloyd Jones
- February 8, Unless - Carol Shields
- March 8, Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz
- *April 19, Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan
- *May 18, Maytrees - Annie Dillard
- June, Book Group does not meet
- July 12, What is the What - Dave Eggers
- August 9, Loving Frank - Nancy Horan
- September 13, Reluctant Fundamentalist -Mohsin Hamid
- *October 18, Netherland - Joseph O'Neill
- November 8, Moon and Six Pence - JW. Somerset Maugham
- December, Book Group does not meet
- January 10, 2010, Forgetfulness - Ward Just
2008 Book Group
- January 13, Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky
- February 10, Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates
- March 9, Straight Man - Richard Russo
- April 13, Call Me By Your Name - Andre Aciman
- *May 18, Dive From Clausen’s Pier - Ann Packer
- June, Book Group does not meet
- July 13, Golem - Gustav Meyrink
- August 10, Heat - Bill Buford
- September 14, Birds in Fall - Brad Kessler
- *October 19, The Road - Cormac McCarthy
- November 9, The Tender Bar - JR Moehringer
- December, Book Group does not meet
- January 11, 2009, Mr. Pip - Lloyd Jones (Great Expectations by Charles Dickens suggested as an optional companion read)
2007 Book Group
- January 14, Confederacy of Dunces - John Toole
- February 11, The Kitchen Boy - Robert Alexander
- March 11, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - Jonathan Foer
- April 15, History of Love - Nicole Krauss
- May 20, Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai
- June, Club does not meet
- July 8, Under the Net - Iris Murdoch
- August 12, Isaac's Storm - Erik Larson
- September 9, Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion
- October 21, Emperor's Children - Claire Messud
- November 11, Everyman - Philip Roth
- December, Club does not meet
- January 13 (2008), Suite Francaise - I. Nemirovski
2006 Book Group
- January 8th, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
- February 12, Ravelstein - Saul Bellow
- March 12, True Notebooks - Mark Salzman
- April 9, Bee Season - M. Goldberg
- May 21, Shadow of the Wind - Z Ruiz
- June, Club does not meet
- July 9, Memoirs of Hadrian - M. Yourcenar
- August 13, Rottweiler -Ruth Rendell
- September 10, Saturday - Ian McEwan
- October 8, Tipping Point - M. Gladwell
- November 12, The Great Fire - Shirley Hazzard
- December, Club does not meet
- January 14 (2007), Confederacy of Dunces - John Toole
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