Official 2024 International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Reading Nation Books of the Month
January Book of the Month:
“Lady Tan’s Circle of Women: A Novel” by Lisa See
January International Book of the Month:
“Once And For All: Book Two: Winds of Fire Series” by Anju Gattani
January Bonus Book Club Selections:
Friday, February 9, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. Central Standard Time I will be doing a Zoom meeting featuring our 2024 February Book of the Month Authors as follows to listen, learn, then join the conversation at:
Kathy L. Murphy is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84559332444?pwd=K0ZOYVRCZ0dTUlI5WnFjOG1ZVW5JQT09
Meeting ID: 845 5933 2444
Passcode: 451978
February Book of the Month:
“Where You End: A Novel” by Abbott Kahler
February International Book of the Month:
“8 Rules of Love” by Jay Shetty
“The Magic of Longevity” by Antoniana Duridanova
February Bonus Book Club Selections:
“Beyond Betrayal: A Novel by Bette Lee Crosby
“Hotel Cuba: A Novel” by Aaron Hamburger
“The Stars Don’t Lie” by Boo Walker
March Book of the Month:
“The Invisible Hour: A Novel” by Alice Hoffman
March International Book of the Month:
“Farewell To The Little Coffeeshop of Kabul: A Novel” by Deborah Rodriguez
March Bonus Book Club Selections:
“It All Comes Back to You” by Beth Duke
“Leopard Lady: A Life in Verse” by Valerie Nieman
“Fairhope Anthology: Life Love and a Little Magic” –Fairhope Writers Group
April Book of the Month:
“Under A Gilded Moon: A Novel” by Joy Jordan-Lake
April International Book of the Month:
“Angel Falls: A Novel” by Kathryn Casey
April Bonus Book Club Selections:
“Behind the Lens” by Jeanée Sacken
“Double Exposure” by Jeannée Sacken
“Rules of Thirds” by Jeannée Sacken
May Book of the Month:
“Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI” by David Grann
May International Book of the Month:
“Emilienne: The most sought -after woman in Paris and star of the FOLIES BERGERE” by Pamela Binnings Ewen
May Bonus Book Club Selections:
“Chino and the Dance of the Butterfly: A Memoir” by Dana Tai Soon Burgess
“Lunchladies Bought My Prom Dress: A Memoir” by Heather Ream
“Stone Arabia: A Novel” by Dana Spiotta
June Book of the Month:
“Hang The Moon” by Jeannette Walls
June International Book of the Month:
“Always Orchid” by Carol Van Den Hende
June Bonus Book Club Selections:
“I Should Have Said Something” by Kim Boykin
“Howdy Hollywood!: Music, Movie Stars, and Mischief from Texas to Tinseltown” by Peggy Lauren Lohr
July Book of the Month:
“The Kudzu Queen” by Mimi Herman
July International Book of the Month:
“The Paper Daughters of Chinatown” by Heather B. Moore and Allison Hong Merrill
July Bonus Book Club Selections:
“The Idiot” by Elif Batuman
“The Salvage Yard: Collected Stories” by Christopher Cook
August Book of the Month:
“The Echo of Old Books: A Novel” by Barbara Davis
August International Book of the Month:
“The Perfumist of Paris: A Novel” by Alka Joshi
“The Book of Everlasting Things: A Novel” by Anchal Malhotra
August Bonus Book Club Selections:
“About the Carleton Sisters: A Novel” by Dian Greenwood
“The Beautiful One Has Come“by Suzanne Kamata
“Upper Bohemia: A Memoir” by Hayden Herrera
September Book of the Month:
“This isn’t Going to End Well: The True Story of a Man I Thought I New” by Daniel Wallace
September International Book of the Month:
“The Covenant of Water” by Abraham Verghese
“The Florentine Poet” by William Bernhardt
September Bonus Book Club Selections:
“The Majestic Leo Marvel” by R. J. Lee
“The Secret Life of Sunflowers” by Marta Molnar
October Book of the Month:
“The Caretaker: A Novel” by Ron Rash
October International Book of the Month:
“The Lost Daughters of Ukraine” by Erin Litteken
October Bonus Book Club Selections:
“Mr. Texas: A Novel” by Lawrence Wright (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize)
“Nobody Needs to Know” by Pidgeon Pagonis
“The Literary Undoing of Victoria Swann” by Virginia Pye
November Book of the Month:
“The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: A Novel” by James McBride
November International Book of the Month:
“The Daughters of Madurai: A Novel” by Rajasree Variyar
“Loot: A Novel” by Tania James
November Bonus Book Club Selections:
“The Brisling Code” by J. L. Oakley
“The Language of Birds: A Novel” by Anita Barrows
“Tom Lake: A Novel” by Ann Patchett
December Book of the Month:
“Who loves You Best: A Novel” by Marilyn Simon Rothstein
December International Book of the Month:
“Scent of Blue Lotus” by Jennifer Mueller
December Bonus Book Club Selections:
“How to Write Compelling Stories from Family History” by Annette Gendler
“Jumping Over the Shadow: A Memoir” by Annette Gendler
“Natalie and the Nazi Soldiers” by Annette Gendler