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Black Authors Group
Fairfield Area Library-Meets every 3rd Monday at 7:00 p.m.
| January 11 | On Beauty by Zadie Smith |
| February 15 | Some People Some Other Place by J. California Cooper |
| March 15 | Big Girls Don't Cry by Connie Briscoe |
| April 19 | Eva's Man by Gayl Jones |
| May 17 | Going Down South by Bonnie Glover |
| June 21 | I Can't Wait on God by Albert French |
| August 16 | Man Gone Down by Michael Thomas |
| September 20 | Finding Makeba by Alexs Pate |
| October 18 | Diablerie by Walter Mosley |
| November 15 | Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah |
| December 6 | Reader's Choice & Treats |
Mystery Book Group
Sandston Branch Library-Meets select 2nd Thursdays at 7:00 p.m.
| January 14 | Death of a Gossip (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, No. 1) by M.C. Beaton |
| March 11 | The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie |
| May 13 | Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry |
| July 8 | Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs |
| September 9 | She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb |
| October 14 | Murder on a Girls Night Out by Anne George |
Real Stories Nonfiction Group
Tuckahoe Area Library-Meets 3rd Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m.
| April 20 | SuperFreakonomics: global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner |
| May 18 | The Ascent of Money: a financial history of the world by Niall Ferguson |
| June 15 | Big Coal: the dirty secret behind America's energy future by Jeff Goodell |
| July 20 | The Worst Hard Time: the story o those who survived the great American dust bowl by Timothy Egan |
| August 17 | Same Kind of Different As Me by Ron Hall |
| September 21 | The Rape of Europa: the fate of Europe's treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War by Lynn Nicholas |
| October 19 | Skeletons on the Zahara: a true story of survival by Dean King |
| November 16 | China Road: a journey into the future of a rising power by Rob Gifford |
| December 21 | Have a Little Faith: a true story by Mitch Albom |
Nonfiction Group
Twin Hickory Area Library-Meets every 1st Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.
| January 6 | The Best Game Ever by Mark Bowden |
| February 3 | The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team by Wayne Coffey |
| March 3 | A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson |
| April 7 | American Lion by Jon Meacham |
| May 5 | The Lost City of Z by David Grann |
| June 2 | Playing the Enemy by John Carlin |
| July 7 | Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz |
| August 4 | The Monster of Florence by Douglas J. Preston |
| September 1 | The Soloist by Steve Lopez |
| October 6 | Fire by Sebastian Junger |
| November 3 | The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Art Theft by Ulrich Boser |
| December 1 | Secret Soldiers by Phillip Gerard |
Not Just for Kids Group
Tuckahoe Area Library-Meets every 4th Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.
| January 26 | The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman |
| February 23 | Schooled by Gordon Korman |
| March 30 | Feed by M.T. Anderson-ALL HENRICO READS selection |
| April 27 | Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson |
| May 25 | Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse |
| June 22 | Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer |
| July 27 | Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer |
| August 24 | Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac |
| September 28 | Silent to the Bone by E.L. Konigsburg |
| October 26 | Trouble Begins at 8 by Sid Fleischman |
| November 30 | Princess Academy by Shannon Hale |
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Women of Character
Fairfield Area Library-Meets every 1st Thursday at 7:00 p.m.
| January 7 | I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith |
| February 4 | The Color Purple by Alice Walker |
| March 4 | The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by C. Alan Bradley |
| April 1 | Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler |
| May 6 | Incantation by Alice Hoffman |
| June 3 | An Episode of Sparrows by Rumer Goddin |
| July 1 | July's People by Nadine Gordimer |
| August 5 | Summer Break |
| September 2 | Never Change by Elizabeth Berg |
| October 7 | The Red Tent by Anita Diamant |
| November 4 | The House at Riverton by Kate Morton |
| December 2 | A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote |
