Book group votes for best books of 2021

 We read fewer books in 2021, just six all up:

The Dictionary of Lost Words, Pip Williams
Rodham, Curtis Sittenfeld
The Dead, James Joyce    
Bruny, Heather Rose        
The Secret Scripture, Sebastian Barry     
The Transit of Venus, Shirley Hazzard         
 

Here's how we rated them. Our top 3 for best book of 2021:

1. The Secret Scripture. 2. The Transit of Venus. 3. The Dead and Rodham (tied)

Off to a good start, reading for 2021

 We already have our first two books for 2021:

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams to be discussed this January and Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld for March, 2021

Book list for 2020

Despite months of Covid 19 restrictions, we still managed to read eight books this year.

For several months we had our meetings online via Zoom. Thankfully we could eventually resume face to face.

The list of books read for 2020 is:

The Weekend, Charlotte Wood        
Bel Canto, Ann Patchett    
Ordinary People, Sally Rooney    
Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
The Used World, Haven Kimmel
Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie    
Paris in the Present Tense,  Mark Helprin     
Pachinko, Min Jin Lee      

Votes for best book of 2020:
1. Americanah, 2. The Weekend, 3. Normal People, 4 Pachinko

Book for January 2020

The first book in the new year will be: The Weekend by Charlotte Wood.

Best books of 2019

During 2019 we read:

Home Fire, Kamila Shamsie                
Ordinary Grace, William Kent Krueger               
Educated, Tara Westover    
The Arsonist, Chloe Hooper       
My Brilliant Friend Elena Ferrante                      
A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles   
Nineteen eighty four, George Orwell        

Votes for best book of 2019: 1. A Gentleman in Moscow 2. Home Fire, 3. Educated

January's book 2019

Our first book for 2019 is Pat's choice: Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie.

Best books for 2018

In 2018 we read six books.

Poum and Alexandre, Catherine Saint Phalle    
Standard Deviation, Katherine Heiny       
Exit West, Mohsin Hamid        
Butterfly on a Pin, Alannah Hill        
Extinctions, Josephine Wilson       
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Gail Honeyman

We voted on the top books for the year and the first three were:
1. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine. 2. Exit West 3 Extinctions.