The past selections covered a wide variety of topics and are listed here to lend the flavor of the SIG so far (along with links for purchasing in various versions from Amazon):
May 14 (2012) | The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) | |
| June 11 | Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 by Charles Murray (Hardcover) (Kindle) | |
| July 9 | Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain (Hardcover) (Kindle) | |
| Aug. 13 | The Tiger’s Wife by Tia Obreht (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) | |
| Sep. 10 | Wild by Cheryl Strayed (Hardcover) (Kindle) (Audio CD Edition) | |
| Oct. 8 | Canada by Richard Ford (Hardcover) (Paperback – large print) (Kindle) | |
| Nov. 12 | Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) | |
| Dec. 10 | Mission to Paris by Alan Furst (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) | |
| Jan. 14 (2013) | Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand (Hardcover) (Paperback – large print) (Kindle) | |
| Feb. 11 | The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowlin (Hardcover) (Kindle) (Paperback unavailable at present) | |
| Mar. 11 | The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt (Paperback) (Hardcover) (Kindle) | |
| Apr. 8 | The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes (Paperback) (Hardcover) (Kindle) | |
| May 13 | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Paperback) (Hardcover) (Kindle) | |
| June 10 | Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (Paperback) (Hardcover) (Kindle) | |
| July 8 | Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo (Paperback) (Hardcover) (Kindle) | |
| Aug. 12 | The Black Box by Michael Connelly (Paperback) (Hardcover) (Kindle) | |
| Sep. 9 | Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell (Paperback) (Hardcover) (Kindle) | |
| Oct. 14 | The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce (Paperback) (Hardcover) (Kindle) | |
| Nov. 11 | Bossypants by Tina Fey (Paperback) (Library Binding) (Kindle) | |
| Dec. 9 | The Infernoby Dan Brown (Paperback) (Hardcover) (Kindle) | |
| Jan. (2014) | The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan (Paperback) (Hardcover) (Kindle) | |
| Feb. | Defending Jacob by William Landry (Paperback) (Hardcover) (Kindle) | |
| March | Thieves of Book Row by Travis McDade (Hardcover) (Kindle) | |
| April | The Jasmine Trade by Denise Hamilton (Hardcover) (Kindle) (Paperback) | |
| May | Thank You for Your Service by David Finkel (Hardcover) (Kindle) | |
| June | The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Hardcover) (Kindle) | |
| July | Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Woman’s Prison by Piper Kerman (Hardcover) (Kindle) (Paperback) | |
| Aug. | The Ex-Pats by Chris Pavone (Hardcover) (Kindle) (Paperback) (Audio CD) | |
| Oct. | A Fighting Chance by Elizabeth Warren (Hardcover) (Kindle) (Paperback) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| Nov. | Orphan Train: A Novel by Christina Baker Kline (Hardcover) (Kindle) (Paperback) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Ed.) | |
| Dec. | The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold Berlin… by Daniel James Brown (Hardcover) (Kindle) (Paperback) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| January (2015) | The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (Hardcover) (Kindle) (Paperback) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| Feb | The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| March | Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| April | No book this month | |
| May | Ghettoside by Jill Leovy (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| June | Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| July | Being Mortal: What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| August | Sycamore Row by John Grisham (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| September | No book this month | |
| October | The Wright Brothers by David McCullough (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| November | The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| December | In Defense of a Liberal Education by Fareed Zakaria(Hardcover) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) (Paperback – not available til 2016) | |
| January (2016) | Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg (Hardcover) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) (Paperback available May 2016) | |
| February | A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| March | Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| April | The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| May | The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| June | The Immortal Irishman by Timothy Egan (Hardcover) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) (Paperback not available) | |
| July | A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| August | Rain: A Natural and Cultural History by Cynthia Barnett (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| September | A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding by Jackie Copleton (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) (Hardcover not available) | |
| October | No book this month | |
| November | Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger (Hardcover) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) (Paperback not available) | |
| December | Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| January (2017) | Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance (Hardcover) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) (Paperback not available) | |
| February | I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| March | I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up For Education…by Malala Yousafzai (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| April | The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| May | Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audible Audio Edition) (no audio CD available for this selection) | |
| June | The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| July | Lab Girl by Hope Jahren (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audible Audio Edition) (no audio CD available for this selection) | |
| August | No book this month | |
| September | The Leavers by Lisa Ko (Hardcover) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) (Paperback not available) | |
| October | Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandburg & Adam Grant (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| November | The Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| December | Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| January (2018) | Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| February | Forty Autumns: A Family’s Story of Courage and Survival…by Nina Willner (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| March | The Dry by Jane Harper (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| April | Pandora’s Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong by Paul A. Offit (Hardcover) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) (Paperback not available) | |
| May | The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| June | No book this month | |
| July | Brain Rules for Aging Wellby John Medina(Hardcover) (Kindle) (Audible Audio Edition) (Audio CD & paperback not available) | |
| August | The Bomb Maker by Thomas Perry (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| September | Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| October | The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| November | The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| December | The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| January (2019) | Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| February | A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles(Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| March | 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| April | Happiness by Aminatta Forna (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audible Audio Edition) (Audio CD not available) | |
| May | The Library Book by Susan Orlean (Hardcover) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) (Paperback available Oct. 1) | |
| June | Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD available April 30) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| July | Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| August | The Huntress by Kate Quinn (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| September | No book this month | |
| October | Jefferson’s Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America by Catherine Kerrison (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| November | The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| December | Thirst: A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World by Scott Harrison (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audible Audio Edition) (Audio CD not available) | |
| January (2020) | The Fox by Frederick Forsythe (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| February | No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us by Rachel Louise Snyder (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| March | The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| April | Postponed til May | |
| May | A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audible Audio Edition) (Audio CD not available) | |
| June | Uniform Justice by Donna Leon (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| July | The Yellow House by Sarah Broom (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| August | A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabelle Allende (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| September | The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Deborah Blum (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audible Audio Edition) (Audio CD not available) | |
| October | Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| November | Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| December | A Minute to Midnight by David Baldacci (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audible Audio Edition) (Audio CD) | |
| January (2021) | Sunny Days: The Children’s Television Revolution That Changed America by David Kamp (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| February | Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audible Audio Edition) (Audio CD not available) | |
| March | The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Dierdre Mask (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| April | The Searcher by Tana French (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audible Audio Edition) (Audio CD not available) | |
| May | The Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans; A Story of Love and War by Catherine Grace Katz (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| June | All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audible Audio Edition) (Audio CD not available) | |
| July | Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World by Fareed Zakaria (Hardcover) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) (Paperback available October 2021) | |
| August | The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| September | Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz (Hardcover) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) (Paperback available January 2022) | |
| October | The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) | |
| November | Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder (Hardcover) (Paperback) (Kindle) (Audio CD) (Audible Audio Edition) |