GIPL Book Club - 2014 Selections

Reading list from the 2014 GIPL Book Club

Also includes:

  • The Homemaker by Dorothy Canfield-Fisher

Updated September 22, 2025
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Things fall apart
Achebe, Chinua.
Paper Book
"A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world." --Barack Obama "African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe." --Toni Morrison "A...
My year with Eleanor : a memoir
Hancock, Noelle
Paper Book
"I honestly loved this book." --Jim Norton, New York Times bestselling author of I Hate Your Guts "Eleanor taught Noelle that, first and foremost, Courage Takes Practice. Her yearlong quest to face her terrors, great and small, is moving, enriching, and hilarious--we readers...
We were the Mulvaneys
Oates, Joyce Carol
Paper Book
A New York Times Notable Book and a former Oprah Book Club selection. Moving away from the dark tone of her more recent masterpieces, Joyce Carol Oates turns the tale of a family struggling to cope with its fall from grace into a deeply moving and unforgettable account of the vigor of hope and the...
Just what kind of mother are you?
Daly, Paula
Paper Book
Lisa Kallisto--overwhelmed working mother--is the not-so-perfect model of the modern woman. She holds down a busy job running an animal shelter, she cares for three demanding children, and she worries that her marriage isn't getting enough attention. During an impossibly hectic week, Lisa takes...
The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
Winchester, Simon.
Paper Book
Now a major motion picture
Once upon a town : the miracle of the North Platte Canteen
Greene, Bob.
Paper Book
In search of "the best America there ever was," bestselling author and syndicated columnist Bob Greene finds it in a small Nebraska town few people pass through today -- a town where Greene discovers the echoes of the most touching love story imaginable: a love story between a...
The girls of Atomic City : the untold story of the women who helped win World War II
Kiernan, Denise.
Paper Book
The incredible story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in US history. At the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, consuming more electricity than New York City....
The light between oceans : a novel
Stedman, M. L.
Paper Book
The years-long New York Times bestseller and major motion picture from Spielberg's Dreamworks is "irresistible...seductive...with a high concept plot that keeps you riveted from the first page" (O, The Oprah Magazine). After four harrowing years on the Western Front...

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