Compton Rising Book Club The aptly named “Compton-Rising-Not-Too-Early-on-Saturday-Morning” began in the summer of 2005 two years ago and has grown in enthusiam and participation.The group typically meets on the third Saturday of the month at 10 a.m. and the location alternates between The
6 North Coffee House on Sarah and Laclede Streets in the Central West End and participant’s homes.

Anyone is welcome to join the group for one or more meetings. People are also encouraged to read along with the group even if they are unable to attend. The Book Club’s monthly selections can be found at Left Bank Books on Euclid Avenue.

June 2005 If Grace is True Philip Gulley
               and James Mulholland
July 2005 Betsy Brown Ntozake Shange
August 2005 Prodigal Summer Barbara Kingsolver
September 2005 Three Junes Julia Glass
October 2005 The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri
November 2005 The Great Deliverance Elizabeth George
December 2005 Skipping Christmas John Grisham
January 2006 The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini
February 2006 Dress Your Family in Corduroy
                      and Denim David Sedaris
March 2006 Gilead Marilynne Robinson
April 2006 Reading Lolita in Tehran Azar Nafisi
May 2006 Leaving Atlanta Tayari Jones
June 2006 Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro
July 2006 How to Be Good Nick Hornby
August 2006 The Tortilla Curtain T. Coraghessan Boyle
September 2006 Truth and Beauty Ann Patchett
October 2006 A Year in Provence Peter Mayle
November 2006 The History of Love Nicole Krauss
December 2006 Mixed: My Life in Black and White                         Angela Nissel
January 2007 Memory Keeper's Daughter Kim Edwards
February 2007 Saving Fish from Drowning Amy Tan
March 2007 A Brief History of the Dead
                  Kevin Brockmeier
April 2007 The Memory Keeper’s Daughter Kim Edwards
May 2007 The Glass Castle Jeanette Walls
June 2007 Nickel and Dimed Barbara Ehrenreich
July 2007 Girl with Curious Hair David Foster Wallace