Barnstone has started a book group that meets every month on the 3rd Thursday from 10 am to 12 noon.  All are welcome to come and join in on the discussions.  If you can't make the meetings, e-mail your thoughts on the book to email@barnstonegallery.com.  We can then share your thoughts during the meetings.

Upcoming Book

The Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson

January 26 , 10-12n

Past Books

2011

The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar

December 15

The Gin and Chowder Club by Nan Rossiter

November 17

Breakfast With Buddha by Roland Merullo

October 20

Room by Emma Donoghue

September 15

The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff

August 18,

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson

July 21

Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay

June 16

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

May 19

Half Broke Horses: A True Life Novel by Jeannette Walls

April 21

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

March 17

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

February 17

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

January 20

2010

Death in a Prairie House by William Drennen

December 16

So Big by Edna Ferber

November 18

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Steig Larsson

October 21

The Girl Who Played with Fire by Steig Larsson

September 16

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson

August 19

Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell

July 15th

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

June 17th

The Gardner Heist by Ulrich Boser

May 20th

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

April 15th

All in the Mind by Alastair Campbell

March 18th

Roman Fever and Xingu by Edith Wharton (2 Short Stories)

February 18th

The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones

January 21st

2009

The Gathering by Anne Enright

December 17th

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

November 19th

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

October 15th

Same Kind of Different As Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore

September 17th

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

August 20th

Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner

July 16th

Neon Dragon by John Dobbyn

June 18th

The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan

May 21st

The Soloist by Steve Lopez

April 16

The Places in Between by Rory Stewart

March 19

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

by Mary Ann Shaffer & Ann Barrows

February 19

Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

January 15

2008

Embers by Sandor Marai

December 18

White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

November 20

The Shack by William P. Young

October 16

The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

September 18

Loving Frank by Nancy Horan

August 21

Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo

July 17

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff by Christopher Moore

June 19

Whats So Great About America by Dinesh D'Souza

May 15

In America by Susan Sontag

April 17

Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

March 20

When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishguro

January 17

2007

James Tiptree Jr., The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon

by Julie Phillips 

December 20

The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak

November 15

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

October 18

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

September 20

In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

August 16

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

July 19

Theft: A Love Story by Peter Carey

June 21

The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant

May 17