May

“A book, too, can be a star, “explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly,” a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.” ― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

2008 - Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World by J Weaver
2009 - The Shack by William P Young
2010 - Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
2011 - Peter Pan by JM Barie
2012 - A Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L’Engle
2013 - The Secret Garden by F.H. Burnett
2014 - The Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum
2015 - Heidi by J Spyri
2016 - A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
2017 - My Antonia by Willa Cather
2018 - The Promise by Chaim Potok
2019 - Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
2020 - Endurance by Scott Kelly
2021 - The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi
Bonus Book: A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny
2022 - Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar
Bonus Book: Glass Houses by Louise Penny
2023 - Moloka’i by Alan Brennert
Bonus book: A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
2024 - Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
Bonus book: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
2025 - Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan
Bonus book - Legacy of the Dead by Charles Todd