Crown Point
Book Group

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2025

Wish by Barbara O'Connor

Olivetti by Allie Millington

​The Gratitude Diaries: How A Year Looking on the Bright Side Transformed my Life by Janice Kaplan

How to Stitch and American Dream: A story of Family Faith and the Power of Giving by Jenny Down, founder Missouri Star Quilt Company

Echos of Forgotten Places by Helen F. Wand
Wild Rescues" A paramedic's Extreme Adventures in Yosemite, Yellowstone and Grand Teton by Kevin Grange

The Maid by Nita Prose
Astoria John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jeffersons's Lost Pacific Empire
The Story of Wealth, Ambition and Survival by Peter Stark

The Source by James Michener

The Lemon Tree : An Arab, a Jew and the heart of the Middle East by Sandy Tolan  

How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor

One Last Joy Ride by Dean Hughes

The 7 1/2 deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Wild is the Witch by Rachel Griffin
Faking Christmas by Cindy Steel

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2024

The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner

All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook by Leslie Connor

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins 

Remarkable Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives

 by Caitlin Alifirenka

Dear Dana by Amy Weinland Daughters

The Best Cook in the World by Rick Bragg

All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

Mrs. Kennedy and Me by Clint Hill

My Lucky Life in and Out of Showbiz by Dick Van Dyke

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men 

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2023

The Book Jumper by Mechthild Gläser

Insignificant Events in Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling

Let Love Have the Last Word by Common

Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin

Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

The Healing of Natalie Curtis by Jane Kirkpatrick

The Recipe Box by Viola Shipman

The Summer Kitchen by Lisa Wingate

The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya

Teacher: Two Years in the Mississippi Delta by Michael Copperman

The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 by Jim DeFede

The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun

The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die by April Henry

Christmas Bells by Jennifer Chiaverini

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2022

Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Duma

The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates

March-My Name Is Tani . . . and I Believe in Miracles: The Amazing True Story of One Boy’s Journey from Refugee to Chess Champion by Tanitoluwa Adewumi

Small Steps: The Year I Got Polioby Peg Kehret 

The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

24:6 The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week by Tiffany Shalin 

The Power of Fun by Catherine Price

At Home: A Short History of Private Life  by Bill Bryson

Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story by Hyeonseo Lee

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies by Caitlin Doughty

The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul by Eleanor Herman 

The Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb

 

2021

The Light Between Us: Stories From Heaven, Lessons for the Living by Laura Lynne Jackson

The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

Frontier Grit: The Unlikely True Stories of Daring Pioneer Women

by Mariannee Monson

The Many Worlds of Albie Bright by Christopher Edge (YA)

Come November by Katrin Van Dam

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

Wild Life: Dispatches from a Childhood of Baboons and Button-Downs by Keena Roberts

Memories Before and After the Sound of Music: An Autobiography

by Agathe von Trapp

The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner

Sun, Moon, Earth: The History of Solar Eclipses, from Omens of Doom to Einstein and Exoplanets by Tyler Nordgren
The Wonder of Lost Causes by Nick Trout

 

2020

The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain and/or

Becoming by Michelle Obama

The Personal History of Rachel DuPree by Ann Weisgarber

A Town Like Alice by Nevile Shute

Find the Good: Unexpected Life Lessons from a Small-Town Obituary Writer
by Heather Lende

Windswept (The Mapweaver Chronicles #1) by Kaitlin Bellamy
My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok 

Truman by David McCullough

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood 
by Trevor Noah

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (middles school/juvenile)

Winter Sky by Chris Stewart

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​2019

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

The List by Patricia Forde (YA book)

The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls 

The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (YA book)

A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich

Caroline: Little House, Revisited by Sarah Miller

One Second After by William R. Forstchen

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

One Good Thing About America by Ruth Freeman (YA book)

Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

Educated by Tara Westover

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiere

 

2018

Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Tatum

Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal           by Conor Grennan 

Refugee by Alan Gratz (YA book)

Tisha-The Story of A Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness by Robert Specht

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

The Ancient One by T.A. Barron  (YA book)

a book by Brené Brown
Oddkins: A Fable for All Ages by Dean Koontz

The 13th Gift by Joanne Huist Smith

 

2017

The Island by Victoria Hislop

Moloka'i by Alan Brennert

The Day The Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers (juvenile)

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond 

A Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron

The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster by Tim Crothers

The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times by Jennifer Worth

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck (book 1 of five in YA series)

A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner 

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

a book by Sheri Dew

The Christmas Chronicles: The Legend of Santa Claus by Tim Slover

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2016

Younger Next Year for Women by Chris Crowley
Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin 

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (Young Adult book)
Where Lilacs Still Bloom by Jane Kirkpatrick
with an optional field trip to the lilac gardens in Woodland, WA
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi Hwang
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War 
by Karen Abbott 
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Cate DiCamillo (juvenile book)
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi  (YA book)
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
Coraline by Neil Gaiman (YA book)
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach
A Shiloh Christmas by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

2015
Dad is Fat by Jim Gaffigan
autobiography/biography about Rosa Parks
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
Growing Up Duggar: It's All About Relationships by Jana, Jill, Jessa 

and Jinger Duggar
All Together in One Place by Jane Kirkpatrick
The Daughter's Walk: A Novel by Jane Kirkpatrick
A Light in the Wilderness by Jane Kirkpatrick
The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer (YA book)
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen (YA book)
Stiff by Mary Roach
Christmas stories, books and thoughts were shared

2014
The Rent Collector by Camron Wright
Counting Stars by Michele Holmes
The Walk by Richard Paul Evans
Heaven is Here by Stephanie Nielson
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Happiness Key by Emilie  Richards
Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice
of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown by Eric Blehm
Exodus by Leon Uris
Wonder by R.J. Palacio (juvenile book)
Cleaning House: A Mom's 12-Month Experiment to Rid Her Home
of Youth Entitlement by Kay Wills Wyma
The Christmas Train by David Baldacci

2013
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafsi
The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Lives by Katie Couric
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie King
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Stowe 

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Dragon's Milk by Susan Fletcher (YA book)
Lemon Tart by Josi Kilpack
Empire by Orson Scott Card
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman
The Seventeen Second Miracle by Jason F. Wright and/or
The Other Wise Man by Henry Van Dyke

2012
ABC Murders–A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (YA book)
Star Girl by Jerry Spinelli (YA book)
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian American 
by Linda Hunt
Mrs. Mike by Benedict and Nancy Freedman

Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
The Last Newspaper Boy in America by Sue Corbett (YA book) and/or 

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins  (YA book)
The Christmas Chronicles: The Legend of Santa Claus by Tim Slover
 

2011
The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt (YA book)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

The Road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and/or 
The Mansion by Henry Van Dyke

2010
A Sweetness to the Soul by Jane Kirkpatrick
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
and Annie Barrows
Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas
Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom
Christy by Catherine Marshall  (YA book)
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

2009
Summer of Light by W. Dale Cramer
Goodnight, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian (YA book)
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith  (YA book)
Island of Saints by Andy Andrews
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Hondo and/or Last of the Breed by Louis L'Amour
A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg

2008

Princess Academy by Shannon Hale (YA book)

These is My Words by Nancy Turner

Peter and the Star Catchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (YA book)
Favorite children’s books
A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel 
 

2007

Christmas Jars by Jason F. Wright
Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
One Tough Mother by Gert Boyle, with Kerry Tymchuk
Alice’s Tulips by Sandra Dallas
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
 

2006
At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon
The Preacher's Daughter by Beverly Lewis
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
Petey by Ben Mikaelsen (juvenile book)
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (YA book)