Booked For Lunch Reading List

Meets the Second Thursday of Each Month | 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Leader | Val Champion,

We invite you to bring your lunch and join us!


SPRING 2025

 

January 9 | Cooking for Picasso by Camille Aubray

Set against the breathtaking scenery of the South of France, and featuring an array of both fictional characters and the French Riviera’s most famous historical residents, a touching, delectable, and wise story about love, success, and joie de vivre.


February 13 | Dandelion Summer by Lisa Wingate

As summer comes to Blue Sky Hill, two residents from different worlds journey through a turbulent past, and discover a life-changing friendship and clues to a family secret hidden for a lifetime. Winner of the 2012 Carol Award for Women's Fiction.


March 13 | After Annie by Anna Quindlen

A wise novel about the power of love to transcend loss and the unexpected power of adversity to change us in profound and indelible ways. “[A] quietly revelatory and gently gleaming gem of a book.”—The New York Times Book Review

April 10 | Citizens of London by Lynne Olson

The behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged its wartime alliance with Britain, told from the perspective of three key American players in London. Deeply human, brilliantly researched, and beautifully written.

May 8 | The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history. An NPR Book of the Year.

June 12 | Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See

An immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a brilliant woman physician in 15th-century China, and a captivating story of women helping each other during the Ming dynasty. A New York Times bestseller.