In 2011 we started the Boneyard Bookworms to bring together readers to engage in meaningful discussion set in a unique environment. 96 books later, we are still going strong, and in 2019 the Bookworms were featured in the American Library Association’s Book Club Reboot: 71 Creative Twists.
We asked our members what they’re reading during this time of quarantine, and here’s how they responded:
Non-Fiction:
Alice Paul: Equality for Women by Christine Lunardini
At Home: A Short Story of Private Life by Bill Bryson
Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague by David K. Randall
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M. Barry
The Library Book by Susan Orlean
The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America’s Enemies by Jason Fagone
Fiction:
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line: A Novel by Deepa Anapparra
Falling Angels: A Novel by Tracy Chevalier
Once Upon a River: A Novel by Diane Setterfield
Started Early, Took my Dog: A Novel (Jackson Brodie Book 4) by Kate Atkinson
The Dutch House: A Novel by Ann Patchett
The Last Chinese Chef: A Novel by Nicole Mones
The Mirror & the Light (Wolf Hall Trilogy Book 3) by Hilary Mantel
The Solitary House: A Novel (Charles Maddox Book 2) by Lynn Shepherd
There There: A Novel by Tommy Orange
Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia
Some All-Time Bookworm Favorites:
Burial Rites: A Novel by Hannah Kent
Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 by Michael Capuzzo
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot