Around the World Reading Selections
Meets @ 12:30pm – 1:30pm on the 3rd Tuesday of every month in the Art Gallery
December 2014 – 1950s-present day – India & United States
Title: The Lowland
Author: Jhumpa Lahiri
Call Number: FIC Lahiri
Publisher: Alfred. A Knopf, 2013
339 pp.
January 2015—20th Century – San Francisco
Title: The Obituary Writer
Author: Hood, Ann
Call Number: FIC Hood
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, 2013
292 pp.
February 2015— 1917-present – United States & WWII Pacific Theater
Title: Unbroken
Author: Hillenbrand, Lara
Call Number: BIO Zamperini
Publisher: Random House, 2010
496 pp.
March 2015—early 19th century – Charleston
Title: The Invention of Wings
Author: Kidd, Sue Monk
Call Number: FIC Kidd
Publisher: Viking Press, 2014
384 pp.
April 2015—present day – Singapore
Title: Crazy Rich Asians
Author: Kwan, Kevin
Call Number: FIC Kwan
Publisher: Doubleday, 2013
403 pp.
May 2015- Depression-era – Minnesota
Title: Orphan Train
Author: Kline, Christina Baker
Call Number: FIC Kline
Publisher: William Morrow, 2013
304 pp.
June 2015—1930s & 1940s – United States
Title: China Dolls
Author: See, Lisa
Call Number: FIC See
Publisher: Random House, 2014
376 pp.
Previous Month’s Selections:
November 2014 – present day – Mingora, Pakistan & England
Title: I Am Malala
Author: Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb
Call Number: 303.625 Y
Publisher: Little, Brown, and Company, 2013
327 pp.
October 2014 – 1924 – New York City
Title: The Other Typist
Author: Suzanne Rindell
Call Number: FIC Rindell
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2013
356 pp.
September 2014 – late 1920s-1970s – USA & Europe
Title: The Aviator’s Wife
Author: Melanie Benjamin
Call Number: FIC Benjamin
Publisher: Delacorte Press, 2013
402 pp.
August 2014 – 1920s – British Kenya
Title: A Spear of Summer Grass
Author: Raybourn, Deanna
Call Number: FIC Raybourn
Publisher: Harlequin MIRA, 2013
384 pp.
July 2014—present day — Tokyo
Title: The Devotion of Suspect X
Author: Keigo Higashino
Call Number: FIC Higashino
Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2011
298 pp.
June 2014—1950s & 1960s – Scotland & Iceland
Title: The Flight of Gemma Hardy
Author: Livesey, Margot
Call Number: FIC Livesey
Publisher: Harper, 2012
447 pp.
May 2014— 1924 – Chicago
Title: The Girls of Murder City
Author: Perry, Douglas
Call Number: 364.152 P
Publisher: Viking, 2010
304 pp.
April 2014—1803 – England
Title: Death Comes to Pemberley
Author: James, P.D.
Call Number: MYS James
Publisher: Knopf, 2011
291 pp.
March 2014—1099 – Jerusalem
Title: Manuscript Found in Accra
Author: Coelho, Paulo
Call Number: FIC Coelho
Publisher: Knopf, 2013
208 pp.
February 2014— 1939-present – Central Europe & Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Title: I Am Forbidden
Author: Markovits, Anouk
Call Number: FIC Markovits
Publisher: Hogarth, 2012
302 pp.
January 2014—1920s – Chicago & Paris, France
Title: The Paris Wife
Author: McLain, Paula
Call Number: FIC McLain
Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2011
320 pp.
December 2013 – Present Day – Walls of Water, North Carolina
Title: The Peach Keeper: A Novel
Author: Sarah Addison Allen
Call Number: FIC Allen
Publisher: Bantam, 2011
273 pp.
November 2013 – early 1900s – Italian Alps, Manhattan, & Minnesota
Title: The Shoemaker’s Wife
Author: Adriana Trigiani
Call Number: FIC Trigiani
Publisher: Harper, 2012
475 pp.
October 2013 – 1859 – Harper’s Ferry, Virginia
Title: Midnight Rising
Author: Tony Horowitz
Call Number: 973.711 H
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co., 2011
365 pp.
September 2013 – 1940 – USA & Europe
Title: The Postmistress
Author: Sarah Blake
Call Number: FIC Blake
Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books, 2010
326 pp.
August 2013 – mid 1800s – Spain & Puerto Rico
Title: Conquistadora
Author: Esmeralda Santiago
Call Number: FIC Santiago
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011
413 pp.
July 2013—1938 — New York City
Title: Rules of Civility
Author: Amor Towles
Call Number: FIC Towles
Publisher: Penguin Books, 2012
352 pp.
June 2013—early 20th C. & Present Day – Kashgar & England
Title: A Lady Cyclist’s Guide to Kashgar
Author: Joinson, Suzanne
Call Number: FIC Joinson
Publisher: Bloomsbury, 2012
374 pp.
May 2013— present day –Nigeria & England
Title: Little Bee
Author: Cleave, Chris
Call Number: FIC Cleave
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2009
271 pp.
April 2013—mid to late 1800s—United States
Title: Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President
Author: Millard, Candice
Call Number: 973.84M
Publisher: Doubleday, 2011
339 pp.
March 2013—70 C.E.— Massada
Title: The Dovekeepers
Author: Hoffman, Alice
Call Number: FIC Hoffman
Publisher: Scribner, 2011
512 pp.
February 2013— 1871-2009—Europe
Title: The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
Author: De Waal, Edmund
Call Number: 736.68 D
Publisher: Picador, 2011
368 pp.
January 2013—Not Too Distant Future—United States
Title: When She Woke
Author: Jordan, Hillary
Call Number: FIC Jordan
Publisher: Algonquin Books, 2011
368 pp.
December 2012 – 20th Century – Former Yugoslavia
Title: The Tiger’s Wife
Author: Obreht, Tea
Call Number: FIC Obreht
Publisher: Random House, 2011
337 pp.
November 2012 – 1660s-1670s – Martha’s Vineyard & Cambridge, MA
Title: Caleb’s Crossing
Author: Brooks, Geraldine
Call Number: FIC Brooks
Publisher: Viking, 2011
306 pp.
October 2012 – Late 1950s – China
Title: Dreams of Joy
Author: See, Lisa
Call Number: FIC See
Publisher: Random House, 2011
354 pp.
September 2012 – Early 20th Century – United States
Title: Loving Frank
Author: Horan, Nancy
Call Number: FIC Horan
Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2007
362 pp.
August 2012— 1930s – Berlin, Germany
Title: In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin
Author: Larson, Erik
Call Number: BIO Dodd
Publisher: Crown, 2011
464 pp.
( A 2011 Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle book)
July 2012—1690s- Andover & Salem, MA
Title: The Heretic’s Daughter
Author: Kent, Kathleen
Call Number: FIC Kent
Publisher: Bay Back Books, 2009
368 pp.
June 2012—Present Day, Windsor Castle, England
Title: The Uncommon Reader
Author: Bennett, Alan
Call Number: FIC Bennett
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007
Description: 128 pp.
May 2012— 1980s – Chicago & Portland
Title: The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
Author: Durrow, Heidi
Call Number: FIC Durrow
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2010
Description: 264 pp.
April 2012— 1960s-1990s—Calcutta & Cambridge, MA
Title: The Namesake
Author: Lahiri, Jhumpa
Call Number: FIC Lahiri
Publisher: Mariner Books, 2004
Description: 291 pp.
March 2012— Present Day—United States
Title: The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
Author: Pollan, Michael
Call Number: 394.12 P
Publisher: Penguin, 2006
Description: 450 pp.
(Community Reads Selection)
February 2012—Late 19th – Early 20th Century- China
Title: Pearl of China
Author: Min, Anchee
Call Number: FIC Min
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA, 2010
Description: 278 pp.
January 2012—Present Day –Edgecomb St. Mary, England
Title: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
Author: Simonson, Helen
Call Number: FIC Simonson
Publisher: Random House, 2010
Description: 368 pp.
December 2011— 1946—Guernsey Island, & London, England
Title: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Author: Shaffer, Mary Ann
Call Number: FIC Shaffer
Publisher: Dial, 2009
Description: 290 p.
November 2011—1980-Present—Laos, Thailand, & St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Title: The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir
Author: Yang, Kao Kalia
Call Number: BIO Yang
Publisher: Thomas Coffee House, 2008
Description: 296 p.
October 2011—Present Day –North Dakota, USA
Title: The Work of Wolves
Author: Meyers, Kent
Call Number: FIC Meyers
Publisher: Mariner Books, 2005
Description: 420 p.
September 2011—Present Day, Cairo, Egypt
Title: The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman’s Journey To Love and Islam
Author: Wilson, G. Willow
Call Number: BIO Wilson
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly, 2010
Description: 320 p.
August 2011— 1920’s & 30’s—Brazil
Title: The Seamstress
Author: de Pontes Peebles, Frances
Call Number: FIC de Pontes Peebles
Publisher: Harper, 2009
Description: 656 p.
July 2011—11th Century—Penal Colony, Sado Island, Japan
Title: Island of Exiles
Author: Parker, I. J.
Call Number: MYS Parker
Publisher: Penguin, 2007
Description: 398 p.
June 2011—1931, Carbon Hill, Alabama, USA
Title: The Well and the Mine
Author: Phillips, Gin
Call Number: FIC Phillips
Publisher: Riverhead Trade, 2009
Description: 304 p
May 2011—— Present Day, Lebanon & Los Angeles, USA
Title: The Night Counter
Author: Yunis, Alia
Call Number: FIC Yunis
Publisher: Crown, 2009
Description: 384 p.
April 2011— 1950—Village of Bishop’s Lacey, England
Title: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Author: Bradley, Alan
Call Number: MYS Bradley
Publisher: Delacourte, 2008
Description: 384 p.
March 2011— 1930’s – 1980’s—Chippewa Reservation, North Dakota, USA
Title: Love Medicine
Author: Erdrich, Louise
Call Number: FIC Erdrich
Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2000
Description: 367 p.
February 2011—1986- Present Day, Sudan, Egypt & the United States
Author: Bok, Francis
Call Number: BIO Bok
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2004
Description: 304 p.
January 2011—1665-1666 –Eyam, Derbyshire, England
Title: Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague
Author: Brooks, Geraldine
Call Number: FIC Brooks
Publisher: Mariner Books, 2005
Description: 420 p.
December 2010–1920’s–Hong Kong & China
Title: The Painted Veil
Author: Maugham, W. Somerset
Call Number: FIC Maugham
Publisher: Vintage Books USA, 2006
November 2010–1871–London, England
Author: Winchester, Simon
Call Number: 423 W
Publisher: Harper Perennial, 1999
October 2010–1962–Mississippi
Title: The Help
Author: Stockett, Kathryn
Call Number: FIC Stockett
Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, 2009
September 2010–2001–Gander, Newfoundland
Title: The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
Author: Defede, Jim
Call Number: 971.8 D
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks, 2003
August 2010–Present Day–Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Title: In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor’s Journey in the Saudi Kingdom
Author: Ahmed, Qanta A.
Call Number: BIO Ahmed
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc., 2008
July 2010–1948 & Present Day– Eastern Norway
Title: Out Stealing Horses: A Novel
Author: Petterson, Per
Call Number: FIC Petterson
Publisher: Picador, 2008
June 2010–1934-Present Day–Japan
Title: The Commoner
Author: Schwartz, John Burnham
Call Number: FIC Schwartz
Publisher: Vintage, 2009
May 2010–1962-Roofing, Minnesota, USA
Title: Peace Like A River
Author: Enger, Leif
Call Number: FIC Enger
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2002
April 2010–1663–Newbury, Massachusetts
Title: The Naked Quaker: True Crimes and Controversies From the Courts of Colonial New England
Author: Rapaport, Diane
Call Number: 364.109 R
Publisher: Commonwealth Editions, 2007
March 2010 — 1918 — Nebraska
Title: My Antonia
Author: Cather, Willa
Call Number: FIC Cather
Publisher: Sourcebooks, 2008
February 2010–1970s-1990s–Kabul, Afghanistan
Title: The Kite Runner
Author: Hosseini, Khaled
Call Number: FIC Hosseini
Publisher: Riverhead Trade, 2004
January 2010–Present Day, Calcutta, India & the Unites States
Title: Sister of My Heart: A Novel
Author: Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee
Call Number: FIC Divakaruni
Publisher: Anchor, 2000
December 2009–Present Day Russia & England
Title: The Road Home
Author: Tremain, Rose
Call Number: FIC Tremain
Publisher: Back Bay Books, 2009
November 2009–Constantinople during the reign of Emperor Justinian I (527-565 AD)
Title: One for Sorrow: A John the Eunuch Mystery
Authors: Mary Reed and Eric Mayer
Call Number: MYS Reed
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press, 2000
October 2009–1930s Hong Kong to Present Day Manchester, England
Author: Tse, Helen
Call Number: BIO Tse
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books, 2008
September 2009–Present Day, Clarence, Minnesota
Title: Spilling Clarence
Author: Ursu, Anne
Call Number: FIC Ursu
Publisher: Hyperion, 2003
August 2009–Present day southern United States of America
Title: Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
Author: Horwitz, Tony
Call Number: 973.7 H
Publisher: Vintage, 1999
July 2009–1931 & present day United States of America
Title: Water for Elephants
Author: Gruen, Sara
Call Number: FIC Gruen
Publisher: Algonquin Books, 2007
June 2009–1940, Madrid, Spain
Title: Winter in Madrid
Author: Sansom, C.J.
Call Number: FIC Sansom
Publisher: Viking, 2008
May 2009–1880, Paris, France
Title: Luncheon of the Boating Party
Author: Vreeland, Susan
Call Number: FIC Vreeland
Publisher: Harper Collins, 2001
April 2009–1915, Ontario, Canada
Title: Three Day Road
Author: Boyden, Joseph
Call Number: FIC Boyden
Pulisher: Viking, 2005
March 2009–Present Day, Caribbean Island of Dominica
Title: Unburnable
Author: John, Marie-Elena
Call Number: FIC John
Publisher: Amistead, 2006
February 2009–Present Day, Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Title: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Author: Haddon, Mark
Call Number: FIC Haddon
Publisher: Doubleday, 2003
January 2009–1918, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Title: The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar
Author: Alexander, Robert
Call Number: FIC Alexander
Publisher: Viking, 2003
Olean Public Library 
Hello, my name is Stephen Braley and I have written “They Never Really Leave.” I live in Rew, Pennsylvania and would very much appreciate your consideration of my book to share with your book club. It’s available on Amazon as well as the Hallmark Store in the mini plaza on the way to the Bradford Walmart. It is also available as a Kindle e-book on Amazon.com.
A romance story, my book is filled with humor, suspense and drama. After an unfortunate first meeting James Ball, a US sailor, and Mary Bauer, a waitress at the Chesapeake Crab House, are instantly attracted to one another, although Mary has sworn off dating military men because of some bad experiences in her past. Jimmy (James) is smitten with her beauty, she’s a gorgeous redhead with a ravishing body.
Jimmy pursues Mary not willing to take her “no’s” for an answer and eventually they date, fall in love and marry. But Jimmy is scheduled to ship out of port soon. They make the most of their time together before he leaves. When his ship reaches its destination, off the coast of Vietnam, disaster strikes and WWII ordinances and jet fuel are exploding on the flight deck, engulfing the ship with blazing fires and destruction. What follows are a series of twists-and-turns that make the pages fly by as you read.
I believe you would find my work entertaining and gripping. Please consider it for review with your book club.
Thanks so much,
Stephen M. Braley
ritas_kid2000@yahoo.com