Please note that the ratings given to the books are purely the subjective opinion of the Penticton Public Library Book Club members. These are not meant as definitive recommendations or critiques
Title | Author (Publication Year) | Rating |
The Abortion Caravan | Karin Wells (2020) | TBD |
All the Birds in the Sky | Charlie Jane Anders (2016) | 5.8 / 10 |
Becoming** | Michelle Obama (2018) | 7.9 / 10 |
Before we were yours** | Lisa Wingate (2017) | 7.7 / 10 |
Behind the Beautiful Forevers** | Katherine Boo (2014) | 6.6 / 10 |
Birdie | Tracey Lindberg (2015) | 7.1 / 10 |
The Black Count | Tom Reiss (2012) | 7.4 / 10 |
The Break | Katherena Vermette (2016) | 7.1 / 10 |
The Cellist of Sarajevo | Steven Galloway (2008) | 8.8 / 10 |
Chasing Smoke | Aaron Williams (2017) | 6.9 / 10 |
Caste: Origins of our Discontents** | Isabel Wilkerson (2020) | TBD |
The Child Finder** | Rene Denfeld (2017) | 7.2 / 10 |
The Clockmaker’s Daughter** | Kate Morton (2018) | 6.0 / 10 |
Do not say we have Nothing | Madeleine Thien (2016) | 6.8 / 10 |
The Dutch House** | Ann Pachett (2019) | TBD |
Educated | Tara Westover (2018) | 7.2 / 10 |
Fifteen Dogs | Andre Alexis (2015) | 6.5 / 10 |
Five Star Billionaire | Tash Aw (2013) | 6 / 10 |
The Gardens of Consolation | Parisa Reza (2017) | 7.1 / 10 |
The Glass Universe | Dava Sobel (2016) | 6.4 / 10 |
The Great Alone** | Kristin Hannah (2017) | 7.9 / 10 |
Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death | Lillian Faderman (2018) | 6.9 / 10 |
The Haunting of Vancouver Island | Shanon Sinn (2017) | 6.6 / 10 |
Hidden Figures** | Margot Lee Shetterly (2016) | 6.4 / 10 |
The High Mountains of Portugal** | Yann Martel (2016) | 7.3 /10 |
Hillbilly Elegy** | J.D. Vance (2016) | 6.0 / 10 |
Homegoing: A Novel** | Yaa Gyasi (2016) | 7.3 / 10 |
A House in the Sky** | Amanda Lindhout & Sarah Corbett (2013) | 7.4 / 10 |
How to be a Tudor | Ruth Goodman (2015) | 5.8 / 10 |
The Immortalists** | Chloe Benjamin (2018) | TBD |
The Inheritance** | Dani Shapiro (2019) | TBD |
Inner Life of Animals | Peter Wohlleben (2016) | 5.7 / 10 |
The Library Book** | Susan Orlean (2018) | 7.6 / 10 |
Little Fires Everywhere** | Celest Ng (2017) | 7.4 / 10 |
Love and Death in Burgundy | Susan C. Shea (2017) | 4.8 / 10 |
Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know | Colm Toibin (2018) | 4.7 / 10 |
Midnight in Chernobyl** | Adam Higginbotham (2019) | TBD |
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes** | Brad Ricca (2017) | 7.2 / 10 |
News of the World** | Paulette Jiles (2016) | 8.0 / 10 |
The Nightingale | Kristin Hannah (2015) | 9.4 / 10 |
Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan | Ruth Gilligan (2016) | 7.9 / 10 |
Patient H.M. | Luke Dittrich (2016) | 6.1 / 10 |
The Pearl that Broke its Shell** | Nadia Hashimi (2014) | 7.3 / 10 |
Purity** | Jonathan Franzen (2015) | 5.1 / 10 |
Rabbit Foot Bill | Helen Humphreys (2020) | TBD |
Rage Against the Dying | Becky Masterman (2012) | 6.7 / 10 |
Rebent Sinner | Ivan Coyote (2019) | TBD |
Road Trip Rwanda | Will Ferguson (2015) | 7.3 / 10 |
Saturday Night Ghost Club | Craig Davidson (2018) | TBD |
Stranger: A Novel | David Bergen (2016) | 6.3 / 10 |
The Summer Before the War** | Helen Simonson (2016) | 6.6 / 10 |
Swimming Lessons** | Claire Fuller (2017) | 7.9 / 10 |
Swing Time** | Zadie Smith (2016) | 4.4 / 10 |
The Trespasser** | Tana French (2016) | 6.1 / 10 |
Truly Madly Guilty** | Liane Moriarty (2016) | 6.8 / 10 |
The Vanishing Half** | Brit Bennett (2020) | TBD |
Warlight** | Michael Ondaatje (2018) | 7.6 / 10 |
When Breath Becomes Air** | Paul Kalanithi (2016) | 7.3 / 10 |