Summer Reading Ideas

Looking for something to read this summer? You might want to try one of the selections chosen by the Moravia Book Club.

Current Selections:
Nothing Daunted, by Dorothy Wickenden
Rose Tattoo, by Tennessee Williams
Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley
Team of Rivals, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Prodigal Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver
The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot
Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom, by Catherine Clinton
We’re Just Like You, Only Prettier – Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle, by Celia Rivenbark
Tortilla Curtain, by T.C. Boyle
Continue reading for prior season's selections
2010-2011
Life on the Mississippi, by Mark Twain
Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories, by Jean Shepherd
The Autobiography of Mark Twain, by Mark Twain
The Help, by Kathleen Scokett
Assassination Vacation, by Sarah Vowell
Empire of the Summer Moon, by Quanah Parker
The Rise and Fall of the Comanches, by S. Gwyne
Somewhere Inside, by Laura and Lisa Ling
Once More with Feeling, by Harry Kurhitz
The Sisters Rosenswieg, by Wendy Wasserstein
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, by Bill Bryson
Don’t Sleep There are Snakes, by Daniel Everett

2009-2010
Promise of the Wolves, by Dorothy Hearst
My Life in France, by Julia Childs
Reliable Wife, by Robert Goolrick
Two Years Before the Mast Richard, by Henry Dana
Forgotten Allies: The Oneida Indians & the American Revolution, by Glatthaar & Martin
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer
Rogue Aviator, by Ace Abbott
Spinning Into Butter, by Rebecca Gilman
The Optimist’s Daughter, by Eudora Welty

2008-2009
The Feminine Mystique, by Betty Freidan
Path Between the Seas, by David McCullough
The Appeal, by John Grisham
Front Row at the White House, by Helen Thomas
An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser
Ike: An American Hero, by Michael Korda
Exact Revenge, by Tim Green
Bridge of Sighs, by Richard Russo
The Horse Boy, by Rupert Isaacson