Book Club

Read On.

Looking for a new read? Join Book Club on the third Wednesday of the month. Below shows our current reads for the year, and all years previously.

Book Club Chair Coordinator:

2016 - Present – Candy Bourgeois

2013 - 2015 – Stephanie Gilbert & Candy Bourgeois

2003 - 2012 – Stephanie Gilbert

'*' indicates the author joined HAA of ZTA Book Club for discussion on their book, research, planning and writing process.

2024

January 17 – “The Maid" by Nita Prose
February 21 – “Nora Goes Off Script" by Annabel Managhan
March 20 – “Fourth Wing" by Rebecca Yarros
April 17 – “Angel Falls" by Kathryn Casey
May 15 – “The Secret Life of Sunflowers" by Marta Molnar
June 19 – “I'm Glad My Mom Died" by Jennette McCurdy
July 17 – "The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches" by Sangu Mandanna
August 21 – Share your favorite summer read
September 18 – "Sometime Sisters" by Carolyn Brown
October 16 – “The Housemaid" by Freida McFadden
November 20 – TBD (Electronic vote on the list from August meeting)
December 11 - Book Exchange & 2025 Reading List Reveal (dues-paying members, 2024 participants)

2023

January 18 – “The Invisible Life of Addie Larue" by V.E. Schwab
February 15 – “Hotel Nantucket" by Elin Hilderbrand
March 15 – “Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention-And How to Think Deeply Again" by Johann Hari
April 19 – “The Kaiju Preservation Society" by John Scalzi
May 17 – “Woman on Fire" by Lisa Barr
June 21 – “Jell-O Girls" by Allie Rowbottom
July 19 – "Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar" by Cheryl Strayed
August 16 – Share your favorite summer read
September 20 – "The Fishermen & the Dragon: Fear, Greed, and a Fight for Justice on the Gulf Coast" by Kirk Wallace Johnson
October 18 – “A Good Girl's Guide to Murder" by Holly Jackson
November 15 – "The Last Bookshop in London" by Madeline Martin
December 13 - Reading List Reveal 2024

2022

January 19 – “Midnight Library" by Matt Haig
February 16 – “The House in the Cerulean Sea" by TJ Klune
March 16 – “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI" by David Grann
April 20 – “Murder Al Dente" by Jennifer Hart
May 18 – “The Vanishing Half" by Brit Bennett
June 15 – “Greenlights" by Matthew McConaughey
July 20 – Movie Night to see Where the Crawdads Sing
August 17 – “Klara and the Sun" by Kazuo Ishiguro
September 21 – “The Chanel Sisters" by Judithe Little
October 19 – “Verity" by Colleen Hoover
November 16 – "Lessons in Chemistry" by Bonnie Garmus
December 14 (Tentative Date) - “The Wish" by Nicholas Sparks

2021

January 20 – “The Giver of Stars" by Jojo Moyes
February 17 – “Authenticity Project" by Clare Pooley
March 17 – “The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
April 21 – “Daisy Jones & The Six" by Taylor Jenkins Reid
May 19 – “American Dirt" by Jeanine Cummins
June 16 – “Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir" by Ruth Reichl
July 21 – “Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford" by Clint Hill
August 18 – Share your favorite summer read
September 15 – “The Tattooist of Auschwitz" by Heather Morris
October 20 – “The Silent Patient" by Alex Michaelides
November 17 – “Old Man's War" by John Scalzi

2020

January 15 – “Beneath a Scarlet Sky" by Mark Sullivan
February 19 – “The Bride Test" by Helen Hoang
March 18 – “I'm Not Dying With You Tonight" by Kimberly Jones & Gilly Segal
April 15 – “President Is Missing" by Bill Clinton and James Patterson
May 20 – “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know" by Malcolm Gladwell
June 17 – “High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life" by Tiffany Jenkins
July 15 – “All Fall Down" by Jennifer Weiner
August 19 – Share your favorite summer read
September 16 – “The Only Woman in the Room" by Marie Benedict
October 21 – “Last Time I Lied" by Riley Sager
November 18 – “The Overdue Life of Amy Byler" by Kelly Harms

2019

January 16 – “Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens
February 20 – “Crazy Rich Asians" by Kevin Kwan
March 20 – “Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
April 17 – “Educated: A Memoir" by Tara Westover
May 15 – “Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline
June 19 – “Scrappy Little Nobody" by Anna Kendrick (Audio Book recommended)
July 17 – “Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen" by Sarah Bird
August 21 – Share your favorite summer read
September 18 – “Truly Madly Guilty" by Liane Moriarty
October 16 – “Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy - The Shocking Inside Story" by Ann Rule
November 20 – “A Spark of Light" by Jodi Picoult

2018

January 17 – “Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine” by Gail Honeyman
February 21 – “Emily & Einstein: A Novel of Second Chances” by Linda Francis Lee
March 21 – “Secrets of a Charmed Life” by Susan Meissner
April 18 – “Artemis” by Andy Weir
May 16 – “Kitchen Daughter” by Jael McHenry
June 20 – “Bossypants” by Tina Fey
July 18 – “Before We Were Yours” by Lisa Wingate
August 15 – Share your favorite summer read
September 19 – “What Alice Forgot” by Liane Moriarty
October 17 – “Gift of Fear: Survival Signals that Protect Us from Violence” by Galvin de Becker
November 14 – “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day” by Winifred Watson

2017

“A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik Backman
“When I’m Gone” by Emily Bleeker
“Big Little Lies” by Liane Moriarity
“The Nightingale” by Kristin Hannah
“The Nix” by Nathan Hill
“Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography” by Rob Lowe
“All-Girl Filling Stations Last Reunion” by Fannie Flagg
“The Chemist” by Stephanie Meyer
“Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers” by Mary Roach
“Cyberstorm” by Matthew Mather

2016

“Inheritance” by Natalie Danford
“The Selection” by Kiera Cass
“A House in the Sky” by Amanda Lindhout
“Luckiest Girl Alive” by Jessica Knoll
“Garlic Sapphires - The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise” by Ruth Reichl
“Desolation Row” by Kay Kendall* (Houston author)
“Ship of Fools” by Katherine Anne Porter
“The Promise” by Ann Weisgarber* (Sugar Land author)
“Devil in the White City: A Saga of Magic and Murder at the Fair that Changed America” by Erik Larson
“The Law of Moses” by Amy Harmon

2015

“The Rosie Project” by Graeme Samson
“Redeeming Love” by Francine Rivers
“The Signature of All Things” by Elizabeth Gilbert
“Leaving Time” by Jodie Picoult
“Far From the Madding Crowd” by Thomas Hardy
“Looking for Alaska” by John Greene
“The Language of Flowers” by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
“The Lady of the Rivers” by Philippa Gregory
“The Secret Keeper” by Kate Morton
“Wonder” by RJ Palacio

2014

“The Book Thief” by Markus Zuzak
“The Longest Ride” by Nicholas Sparks
Unpublished work by Thomas Foti* (Houston author)
“The Rosetti Letter” by Christi Phillips
“Cutting for Stone” by Abraham Verges
“Alas, Babylon” by Pat Frank
“Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail” by Cheryl Strayed
“The Quiet Roar of a Hummingbird” by Catherine Gentile
“Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore” by Robin Sloan
“A Dog Named Christmas” by Greg Kinkaid

2013

“The Paris Wife” by Paula McLain
“Saving Gracie” by Terry Lee (Sugar Land author)
“The Host” by Stephenie Meyer
“The Kitchen House” by Kathleen Grissom
“Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn
“Where’d you go Bernadette?” by Maria Semple
“Safe Haven” by Nicholas Sparks
“The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green
“The Art of Hearing Heartbeats” by Jan-Phillip Sender
“The Snow Child” by Eowyn Ivey

2012

“Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand
“A Great and Terrible Beauty” by Libba Bray
“The Girl Who Fell from the Sky” by Heidi W Durrow
“Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness” by Alexandra Fuller
“Moloka'i“ by Allan Brennert
“Aftertaste: A Novel in 5 Courses” by Meredith Mileti
“Wrecker” by Summer Wood*
“Lost December” by Richard Paul Evans

2011

“Night” by Elie Wiesel
“Hotel on the Corner of Bitter & Sweet” by Jamie Ford
“These is my Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901” by Nancy Turner
“Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen: A Novel” by Susan Gregg Gilbmore
“A Dog’s Purpose” by W. Bruce Cameron
“The Wives of Henry Oades” by Joanna Moran
“Room: A Novel” by Emma Donnoghue
“Have a Little Faith: A True Story” by Mitch Albom

2010

“Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist” by Michael J Fox
“Love in the Time of Cholera” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“The Help” by Kathryn Stockett
"Nefertiti: A Novel” by Michelle Moran
“The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
“Marrying the Mistress” by Joanna Trollope
“Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Steig Larson
“The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch

2009

“The Art of Racing in the Rain” by Garth Stein
“Loving Frank” by Nancy Horan
“Vanishing Acts” by Jodi Picoult
“Sarah’s Key” by Tatiana de Rosnay
“The Ride of Our Lives” by Mike Leonard
“The Dante Club” by Matthew Pearl
“Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a Time” by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin
“Christmas Jars” by Jason F. Wright

2008

“Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress” by Dai Sijie
“Atonement: A Novel” by Ian McEwan
“Bring Me Your Saddest Arizona” by Ryan Harty
“Mr. Darcy’s Diary” by Amanda Grange
“Bridge of Sighs” by Richard Russo
“The History of Love: A Novel” by Nicole Krauss
“The Historian” by Elisabeth Kostova
“The Gift: A Novel” by Richard Paul Evans

2007

“The Good The Bad and The Ugly Men I've Dated" by Shane Bolks
“The Grace That Keeps This World: A Novel” by Tom Bailey
“Pope Joan” By Donna Cross
“Memory Keepers Daughter” by Kim Edwards
“In the Company of the Courtesan: A Novel” by Sarah Dunant
“The Tortilla Curtain” by T.C. Boyle
“Cowboys are My Weakness” by Pam Houston
“Weight of Water” by Anita Shreve
“Nordie's at Noon: The Personal Stories of Four Women ‘Too Young’ for Breast Cancer” by Patti Balwanz, Kim Carlos, Jennifer Johnson and Jana Peters
“Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen
“The Book of Bright Ideas” by Sandra Kring
“Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress” by Dai Sijie

2006

“Sons and Lovers” by DH Lawrence
“Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini
“Back When We Were Growups” by Anne Tyler
“Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel” by Lisa See
“D is For DeadBeat” by Sue Grafton
“The Lady and the Unicorn” by Tracy Chevalier
“Everyone Else’s Girl” by Megan Crane
“Screwtape Letters” by CS Lewis
“A Million Little Pieces” by James Frey
“The Memoirs of Helen of Troy: A Novel” by Amanda Elyot
“The Grace That Keeps this World” by Tom Bailey

2005

“Sweet Potato Queens’ Book of Love” by Jill Conner Brown
“Birth of Venus” by Sarah Dunant
“The Liar’s Club – A Memoir” by Mary Karr
“The Last Promise” by Richard Paul Evans
“Eugene Onegin” by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin
“Icy Sparks” by Gwyn Hyman Rubio
“Memoirs of a Geisha” by Arthur Golden
“Empire Falls” by Richard Russo
“The Other Boleyn Girl” by Philippa Gregory
“Shadow of the Wind” by Carlos Ruiz Zafon and Lucia Graves
“The Time Traveler’s Wife” by Audrey Niffenegger

2003 - 2004

HAA of ZTA Book Club picked the book at the meeting each month for the next month.