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This list is still subject to change slightly depending on availability, but this is just about it. I give you our 2017 reading list. Drumroll, please!

January 11, 2017 – The Last Policeman by Ben Winters
February 8, 2017 – Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
March 8, 2017 – The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
April 12, 2017 – Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
May 10, 2017 – Ms. Marvel (1) by G. Willow Wilson
June 14, 2017 – I Hate the Internet by Jarett Kobek
July 12, 2017 – The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
August 9, 2017 – Multiple Choice by Alejandro Zambra
September 13, 2017 – Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin
October 11, 2017 – The City and the City by China Mieville
November 8, 2017 – All my Darling Daughters by Fumi Yoshinaga
December 13, 2017 – Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

If you have any major reservations, questions, or last-minute requests, fire away!

I should point out that Seven Brief Lessons in Physics and The Stars My Destination were both unavailable from our vendor, so I would not be able to acquire them. Other suggestions missed the boat largely due to my surprisingly stringent self-imposed genre requirements and a desire to reuse books that are already collected by the library. I could do book talks forever.

Looks good. Several I've been wanting to read and the couple I've read already should make for good discussion. Thanks.

Only one I've read before--looking forward to it!

Well, I'm mourning the non-availability of Seven Brief Lessons...
I feel like I should buy several copies and donate them to Schlafly just so we can read it together! Kenny -- is it stupid B & T that can't supply it, and if so, SLPL should change vendors!
The list looks interesting, and I loved Shadow of the Wind when Anne and I read it a few yrs ago.

Aight, Beyond Magenta is unavailable. I need a replacement. It should be a banned book, since it takes place in September. A replacement that deals with transgender interests would be fine. I'm also considering a classic sci-fi title like 1984 or Brave New World. I'm probably deciding today, so give me tips ASAP!

You know Slaughterhouse Five is one of my faves...

Read that for my first book club when I started leading in, what, 2010? Been a while. Probably not, but thank you!

I'm going to be churlish and vote against 1984 or Brave New World -- can't we consider every other year for old-hat everyone's- read-'em sci fic classics? Must be something else banned that we all aren't so over-familiar with.
Too bad we already read the Ancillary trilogy with its lovely no-gender theme. I'll be back if I have a brainstorm.

Or we could move July to Sept and do Sci-Fi July!

I thought I read somewhere you said "Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out " was unavailable. If that's true, I'm disappointed. I was eager to read that and Wolfner Library has it! If you are still looking for a replacement, I would like to suggest Ken Follett’s The Third Twin. Have a good day!

I may yet bend to Lucy's ardent plea against the old stuff. How about The House of the Spirits by Allende? Miseducation of Cameron Post by Danforth? Probably not House of the Spirits if I'm already doing Shadow of the Wind. Miseducation of Cameron Post is a good topic.

Habibi is another that goes on the list of things I wish we could do. Vendor doesn't have it in paperback. And did I seriously choose hardly any Sci-Fi books to do for July? I'll swap the Mieville title to July - it's kinda close.

Just looked up "Miseducation..." -- seems a good choice.

Thankfully Wolfner library has The Miseducation of Cameron Post! Looks interesting!

I think I will go with I am Malala.

Hi Kenny! Wolfner Library has "I am Malala." I look forward to reading it.

Can you post the list and dates once finalized? Gotta input!

Certainly - waiting for word back from the top.

The Final List:

January 11, 2017 – The Last Policeman by Ben Winters*
February 8, 2017 – Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari*
March 8, 2017 – The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender*
April 12, 2017 – Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
May 10, 2017 – Ms. Marvel (1) by G. Willow Wilson
June 14, 2017 – I Hate the Internet by Jarett Kobek
July 12, 2017 – The City and the City by China Mieville
August 9, 2017 – Multiple Choice by Alejandro Zambra
September 13, 2017 – I am Malala by Malala Yousefzeh
October 11, 2017 – The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon*
November 8, 2017 – All my Darling Daughters by Fumi Yoshinaga
December 13, 2017 – Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly