Coeur d' Alene Book Club

Hello Coeur d'Alene Book Clubbers!

Let’s gather each month for great literature, fellowship, food & wine. This book club is open to anyone who loves to read or simply enjoys a thoughtful conversation in a relaxed, welcoming setting.

We’ll start with 30 minutes of casual mingling over wine and appetizers, followed by an hour of discussion centered on this month’s selected read. Attendees will also get to vote on the following month’s book choice.

How do we decide what we’re reading each month?
I’m so glad you asked… because you get to help choose!

When you RSVP for the book club, you’ll be invited to share a book recommendation for an upcoming read. From all the thoughtful suggestions, I’ll narrow the list down to three standout picks based on reviews, popularity, broad appeal, and genre variety.

At our monthly gathering, you’ll read a brief synopsis of each selection and cast your vote for what we’ll read next month. Choosing our books together keeps things fresh, avoids falling into a rut, and adds a little excitement to each meeting.

Our club also gets together sporadically for social events. Want to host one? Please reach out.

We’ve read all kinds of stories along the way, so be sure to take a peek at our past picks below!

2026

• January: Beartown by Fredrik Backman
• February: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

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2025

• January: The Cider House Rules by John Irving
• February: All The Broken Places by John Boyne
• March: The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
• April: Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn & When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
• May: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• June: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong & Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
• July: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
• August: The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods
• September: Apeirogon by Colum McCann
• October: The Only One Left by Riley Sager
• November: The Princess Bride by William Goldman
• December: When The Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzen

2024

• January: The Measure by Nikki Erlick
• February: Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
• March: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
• April: Fresh Water for Flowers by Valerie Perrin
• May: Circe by Madeline Miller
• June: There There by Tommy Orange
• July: Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake
• August: The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
• September: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows & Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
• October: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
• November: Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher
• December: Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva

2023

• January: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
• February: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
• March: A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson
• April: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
• May: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
• June: Upstream by Mary Oliver & The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
• July: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
• August: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams & Less by Andrew Sean Greer
• September: The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
• October: The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
• November: The Giver by Lois Lowry
• December: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

2022

• January: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• February: Spirits of the Columbia: a Novel by JJ Courchaine of Spokane Valley
• March: The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War by John O'Donohue
• April: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
• May: The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
• June: The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab
• July: The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson
• August: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
• September: Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
• October: Dracula by Bram Stoker
• November: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
• December: Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf

2021

• June: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (OUR FIRST BOOK IN THE CLUB!)
• July: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
• August: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
• September: American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
• October: Lanny by Max Porter & And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
• November: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
• December: The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey