Page Turners: Past Selections

Page Turners began in the summer of 1991 when a group of Niguel Shores residents met at the Community Center to form a book club. Currently, Page Turners is divided into three groups: Monday morning, Monday afternoon, and a Thursday group. The three groups get together for a holiday party in December and in June to select the eight books, nonfiction and fiction, that will be read in the coming year.

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PAGE TURNERS: RECENT PAST SELECTIONS2020/2021

AuthorTitle
Choo, YangszeThe Night Tiger
Estes, KelliThe Girl Who Wrote in Silk
Griffin, AnneWhen All is Said
Kondazian, KarenThe Whip
Mistry, RohintonA Fine Balance
Moyes, JojoThe Giver of Stars
Patchett, AnnThe Dutch House
Tyler, AnneRedhead by the Side of the Road
Westover, TaraEducated

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PAGE TURNERS: RECENT PAST SELECTIONS2019/2020

AuthorTitle
Backman, FrederickBear Town
Boyne, JohnA Ladder to the Sky
Gaynor, HazelThe Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter
Irving, JohnA Prayer for Owen Meany
Kingsolver, BarbaraUnsheltered
Orlean, SusanThe Library Book
Owens, DeliaWhere the Crawdads Sing
Quindlen, AnnaStill Life with Bread Crumbs
See, LisaThe Island of Sea Women

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PAGE TURNERS: PAST SELECTIONS

1991/1992 – 2018/2019

 

Author  Title Year
Adichi, Chemamanda N. Americanah 15-16
Adiga, Aravind The White Tiger 09-10
Ahmed, Leil A Border Passage 03-04
Albom, Mitch Tuesdays With Morrie 98-99
Albright, Madeline Prague Winter 13-14
Allende, Isabel House of Spirits 93-94
Angelou, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 93-94
Ansary, Tamim West of Kabul, East of New York 02-03
Anthony, Lawrence The Elephant Whisperer 16-17
Atwood, Margaret Cat’s Eye 02-03
Austen, Jane Emma 96-97
  Persuasion 18-19
Bachman, Frederick A Man Called Ove 16-17
Baker, Russell Growing Up 91-92
  The Good Times 91-92
Barbery, Muriel Elegance of the Hedgehog 10-11
Bennert, Alan Moloka’i 12-13
Barnes, Julian Arthur And George 09-10
  There’s a Country in My Cellar 91-92
  A Sense of an Ending 17-18
Bauby, Jean-Dominique The Diving Bell & the Butterfly 97-98
Benioff, David City of Thieves 15-16
Berendt, John Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil 95-96
Binchey, Maeve Circle of Friends 92-93
  The Lilac Bus 92-93
Bloom, Allen The Closing of the American Mind 91-92
Boyd, William Any Human Heart 17-18
Boyle, T.C. The Tortilla Curtain 01-02
Boyle, Gregory Tattoos on the Heart 11-12
Brady, James The Coldest War: A Memoir of Korea 01-02
Brokaw, Tom The Greatest Generation 00-01
Brooks, Geraldine March 06-07
Buck, Pearl The Good Earth 92-93
Caldwell, Taylor Captains and Kings 17-18
Canin, Ethan Carry Me Across the Water 02-03
Capote, Truman A Christmas Memory 14-15
Carter, Forrest The Education of Little Tree 94-95
Cather, Willa O Pioneers! 93-94
Chevalier, Tracy The Girl with the Pearl Earring 00-01
Chong, Denise The Concubine’s Children 96-97
Conant, Jennet Tuxedo Park 03-04
Conroy, Pat The Water is Wide 05-06
Conway, Jill The Road to Coorain 92-93
  Written By Herself 93-94
Cooper, Alexandra Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness 13-14
Courtenay, Bryce The Power of One 91-92
Dana, Richard Henry Two Years Before the Mast 94-95
Darden, Christopher In Contempt 96-97
Davies, Robertson Fifth Business 95-96
DeBernieres, Louis Corelli’s Mandolin 00-01
Deng,Benson/Alephonsian They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky 06-07
Diamant, Anita The Red Tent 00-01
Dickens, Charles A Tale of Two Cities 09-10
Dillard, Annie An American Childhood 95-96
Doctorow, E.L. Ragtime 97-98
Doerr, Anthony All the Light We Cannot See 15-16
Doig, Ivan The Whistling Season 12-13
Dubus III, Andre House of Sand and Fog 01-02
Dumas, Firoozeh Funny in Farsi 04-05
Dunant, Sarah The Birth of Venus 05-06
Durrell, Gerald My Family and Other Animals 06-07
D’Aprix Sweeney, Cynthia The Nest 16-17
Eire, Carlos Waiting for Snow in Havana 13-14
Ellis, Joseph His Excellency: George Washington 05-06
Ellison, Jan A Small Indiscretion 18-19
Endo, Shusaku Silence 16-17
Eng, Tan Twan The Gift of Rain 10-11
Enger, Leif Peace Like a River 03-04
Esquivel, Laura Like Water for Chocolate 93-94
Eugenides, Jeffrey Middlesex 04-05
Evans, Nicholas The Horse Whisperer 97-98
Fairbairn, Ann Five Smooth Stones 12-13
Fergus, Jim One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd 11-12
Ford, Jamie Hotel On The Corner Of Bitter And Sweet 09-10
Ferber, Edna So Big 14-15
Feynman, Richard Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman 95-96
Fitzgerald, F. Scott Tender Is the Night 98-99
  The Great Gatsby 13-14
Flaubert, Gustave Madame Bovary 05-06
Foer, Jonathan Safran Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close 06-07
Forster, Margaret Ladies’ Maid 93-94
Fox, Michael J. Lucky Man: A Memoir 02-03
Fraser, George Royal Flash 92-93
Frazier, Charles Cold Mountain 98-99
Furnival, Kate The White Pearl 12-13
Galloway, Steven The Cellist of Sarajevo 13-14
Gavalda, Anna Hunting and Gathering 15-16
George, Elizabeth In the Presence of the Enemy 96-97
Goddard, Robert Debt of Dishonor 94-95
Godwin, Gail Father’s Melancholy Daughter 92-93
Golden, Arthur Memoirs of a Geisha 99-00
Goodwin, Doris Kearns Wait Till Next Year 99-00
Grafton, Sue G is for Gumshoe 91-92
Gregory, Philippa The Other Boleyn Girl 04-05
Grisham, John The Testament 99-00
Gross, Leonard Strangers at the Gate 04-05
Gruen, Sara Water for Elephants 07-08
Gruwell, Erin Freedom Writers Diary 00-01
Guterson, David Snow Falling on Cedars 96-97
Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night 04-05
Halberstam, David The Fifties 94-95
Hamill, Pete Snow in August 98-99
Hannah, Kristin The Nightingale 16-17
Harriman, Pamela Life of the Party 98-99
Harris, Joanne Five Quarters of the Orange 02-03
Hearon, Shelby Ella in Bloom 02-03
Hegi, Ursula Stones from the River 95-96
Hemingway, Ernest A Farewell to Arms 03-04
Hessler, Peter River Town 10-11
Hijuelas, Oscar Mr. Ives’ Christmas 97-98
Hillerbrand, Laura Seabiscuit, An American Legend 01-02
Hillebrand, Lauren Unbroken 11-12
Hillerman, Tony Coyote Waits 92-93
  The Blessing Way 92-93
Horowitz, Anthony Magpie Murder 18-19
Hosseini, Khaled The Kite Runner 05-06
Huth, Angela The Wives of the Fishermen 00-01
Indridason, Arnaldur Jar City 07-08
Irving, John A Prayer for Owen Meany 01-02
Jackson, Shirley We Have Always Lived In The Castle 09-10
Ishiguro, Kazuo An Artist of the Floating World 95-96
Jaffrey, Madhur Climbing The Mango Trees 09-10
James, Henry The Turn of the Screw 12-13
  The American 17-18
James, P.D. A Certain Justice 98-99
Jiles, Paulette News of the World 17-18
Kamkwamba, William The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 17-18
Karon, Jan At Home in Mitford 98-99
Kellerman, Faye Prayers for the Dead 00-01
Kidd, Sue Monk The Mermaid Chair 05-06
King, Gilbert The Devil in the Grove 13-14
Kingsolver, Barbara The Poisonwood Bible 99-00
  Flight Behavior 14-15
Klassen, Julie Apothecary’s Daughter 11-12
Landis, Jill Come Spring 93-94
Larson, Erik The Devil in the White City 05-06
  In The Garden on the Beasts 12-13
Lawson, Mary Crow Lake 06-07
Lee, Gus China Boy 91-92
Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird 06-07
  Go Set a Watchman 15-16
Lewis, C.S The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe 99-00
  Voyage of the Dawn Treader 99-00
Lindbergh, Ann Gift from the Sea 93-94
Lindbergh, Reeve Names of the Mountains 93-94
Lively, Penelope Heatwave 99-00
MacLeod, Alistair No Great Mischief 04-05
Mah, Adeline Yen Falling Leaves 98-99
Mahfouz, Naguib Palace Walk 94-95
Mankell, Henning The White Lioness 06-07
Martel, Yann Life of Pi 03-04
Marton, Kati Hidden Power 04-05
Mayle, Peter A Year in Provence 91-92
  Toujours Provence 91-92
Mawer, Simon The Glass Room 14-15
McBride, James The Color of Water 97-98
McCann, Colum Let the Great World Spin 10-11
McCourt, Frank Angela’s Ashes 97-98
McCullers, Carson The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 08-09
McCullough, David The Wright Brothers 17-18
McDermott, Alice Charming Billy 99-00
McEwan, Ian Atonement 03-04
Michener, James The World Is My Home 92-93
Millard, Candice The River Of Doubt 09-10
Miller, Sue Distinguished Guest 95-96
Min, Anchee Pearl of China 11-12
Mitchell, David Black Swan Green 13-14
Morais, Richard The Hundred Foot Journey 14-15
Morgan, Marlo Mutant Message Down Under 01-02
Morrison, Tony Song of Solomon 94-94
Mortensen, Greg Three Cups of Tea 06-07
Mortimer, John Clinging to the Wreckage 99-00
Morton, Kate Forgotten Garden 10-11
Murdoch, Iris The Sea, The Sea 16-17
Nemirovsky, Irene Suite Francaise 07-08
Neville, Katherine A Calculated Risk 01-02
Ng, Celeste Little Fires Everywhere 18-19
Nguyen, Viet Thanh The Sympathizer 17-18
O’Brien, Tim In the Lake of the Woods 08-09
Orwell, George 1984 94-95
Panchett, Ann State of Wonder 11-12
Perry, Anne Face of a Stranger 97-98
Perry, Sarah The Essex Serpent 18-19
Phillips, Kate White Rabbit 96-97
Powell, Dawn My Home Is Far Away 03-04
Proulx, E. Annie The Shipping News 95-96
Purnell, Sonia Clementine (Churchill) 16-17
Pym, Barbara Quartet in Autumn 18-19
Renault, Mary The King Must Die 91-92
  Bull From the Sea 91-92
Rich, Roberta The Midwife of Venice 15-16
Roberts, Cokie Ladies of Liberty 08-09
Rodriguez, Deborah Kabul Beauty School 08-09
Roy, Arundhati The God of Small Things 99-00
Rutherford, Edward Russka 92-93
Sacheri, Eduardo The Secret In their Eyes 16-17
Sapolsky, Robert M. A Primate’s Memoir 02-03
Salinger, J.D. A The Catcher in the Rye 10-11
See, Lisa Snow Flower and Secret Fan 07-08
  The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane 18-19
Shachtman, Tom Rumspringa 07-08
Shafak, Elif The Bastard of Istanbul 08-09
Shreve, Anita The Weight of Water 00-01
Sijie, Dai Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress 03-04
Silver, Marisa Mary Coin 13-14
Simonson, Helen Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand 11-12
  The Summer  Before the War 16-17
Smith, Betty A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 07-08
Smith, Wilbur The River God 07-08
Sotomayor, Sonia My Beloved World 14-15
Soueif, Ahdaf The Map of Love 08-09
Spark, Muriel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 93-94
Stedman, M.L. The Light Between Oceans 13-14
Steinbach, Alice Without Reservations 08-09
Steinbeck, John The Grapes of Wrath 02-03
Steinbeck, John Cannery Row 09-10
Stegner, Wallace The Angle of Repose 95-96
  The Spectator Bird 95-96
  Crossing to Safety 94-95
Steinbach, Alice Without Reservatrions 08-09
Sullivan, Mark Beneath a Scarlet Sky 18-19
Szabo, Magda The Door 18-19
Tan, Amy The Kitchen God’s Wife 91-92
  The Joy Luck Club 91-92
Tolstoy, Leo Anna Karenina 04-05
Towles, Amor Rules of Civility 14-15
  A Gentleman in Moscow 17-18
Toobin, Jeffrey The Nine 08-09
Trillin, Calvin Messages From My Father 96-97
Truman, Margaret Murder at the Pentagon 93-94
  First Ladies 96-97
Tsukiyama, Gail Samurai’s Garden 01-02
Turnbull, Sara Almost French 07-08
Twain, Mark The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 11-12
Tyler, Ann Ladder of Years 97-98
Verghese, Abraham Cutting for Stone 10-11
Villasenor, Victor Rain of Gold 97-98
Viramontes,Helena Maria Under the Feet of Jesus 96-97
Vreeland, Susan Clara and Mr. Tiffany 12-13
Waters, Sarah Fingersmith 15-16
Wells, Rebecca Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood 98-99
Wharton, Edith The Age of Innocence 94-95
Wiggins, Marianne The Evidence of Things Unseen 10-11
Wilkerson, Isabel The Warmth of Other Suns 11-12
Wynd, Oscar The Ginger Tree 00-01
Zieglman, June 97 Orchard: An Edible History 15-16

 

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