{"id":929,"date":"2010-04-21T16:14:27","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T16:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hub-dev.bates.edu\/magazine\/?page_id=929"},"modified":"2017-09-06T11:38:49","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T15:38:49","slug":"boston-alumnae-book-club-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/magazine\/back-issues\/y2007\/fall07\/departments\/connections-2\/boston-alumnae-book-club-reading-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Alumnae Book Club reading list"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Boston Alumnae Book Club has discussed more than 60 titles since its founding in November 2000.\u00a0Below are the titles from the last four years. Bolded<\/strong> author names are alumnae or honorary degree recipients.
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\nAngle of Repose<\/em>, Wallace Stegner
\nSeed of Sarah<\/em>, Judith Magyar Isaacson \u201965<\/strong>
\nThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay<\/em>, Michael Chabon
\nHannah\u2019s Daughters<\/em>, Betty Ross
\nEmpire Falls<\/em>, Richard Russo
\nThe Outermost House<\/em>, Henry Beston
\nJohn Adams<\/em>, David McCulloch, L.H.D. \u201906
\n<\/strong>Year of Wonders<\/em>, Geraldine Brooks
\nCreatures of Habit<\/em>, Jill McCorkle
\nThe Secret Life of Bees<\/em>, Sue Monk Kidd
\nThe Three Junes<\/em>, Julia Glass
\nBel Canto<\/em>, Ann Pachett
\nTo Kill a Mockingbird<\/em>, Harper Lee
\nThe Dante Club<\/em>, Matthew Pearl
\nShip Fever<\/em>, Andres Barrett
\nNo Ordinary Time<\/em>, Doris Kearns Goodwin, L.H.D. \u201998<\/strong>
\nMiddlesex<\/em>, Jeffrey Eugenides
\nNo. 1 Ladies\u2019 Detective Agency<\/em>, Alexander McCall Smith
\nWalden<\/em>, Henry David Thoreau
\nThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time<\/em>, Mark Haddon
\nReading Lolita in Tehran<\/em>, Azer Nafisi
\nSecond Glance<\/em>, Jodie Picoult
\nKite Runner<\/em>, Khaled Hosseini
\nA Year by the Sea<\/em>, Joan Andersen
\nMr. Emerson\u2019s Wife<\/em>, Amy Belding Brown \u201969
\n<\/strong>The Other Boleyn Girl<\/em>, Philippa Gregory
\nStar Thrower<\/em>, Loren Eiseley
\nMountains Beyond Mountains<\/em>, Tracy Kidder
\nDevil in the White City<\/em>, Erik Larson
\nThe Time Traveler\u2019s Wife<\/em>, Audrey Niffenegger
\nBlink<\/em>, Malcolm Gladwell
\nSteeplechase<\/em>, Jane Langton
\nThe Big House<\/em>, George Howe Colt
\nAny Bitter Thing<\/em>, Monica Wood
\nTender at the Bone<\/em>, Ruth Reichl
\nRunaway<\/em>, Alice Munro
\nCity of Light<\/em>, Lauren Belfer
\nSnow Flower and the Secret Fan<\/em>, Lisa See
\nThose Who Save Us<\/em>, Jenna Blum
\nSaturday<\/em>, Ian McEwan
\nThe Memory Keeper\u2019s Daughter<\/em>, Kim Edwards
\nOn Beauty<\/em>, Zadie Smith
\nWater for Elephants<\/em>, Sara Gruen
\nChrist Stopped at Eboli<\/em>, Carlo Levi
\nThe Year of Magical Thinking<\/em>, Joan Didion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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