Top 25ish Books of All Time
Rank	Book #	Date	Title	Author	Whose Book	Whose Dinner	Menu	Notes	Rating
1	43	2/22/1992	Mama Day	Naylor, Gloria	Judi	Judi	Pork Roast		8.8
2	197	8/26/2007	Molikai'a	Brennert, Alan	Cathy	Cathy	Tuna and Vegis		8.8
3	33	3/30/1991	All Quiet on the Western Front	Remarque, Erich Maria	Frank	Frank	Saurbraten		8.8
4	175	2/26/2005	The Kite Runner	Hosseini, Khaled	Steve	Steve	Middle Eastern--Chicken Masala		8.8
5	61	10/30/1993	Bastard out of Carolina	Allison, Dorothy	Howard	Judi	Chicken a l*orange		8.6
6	225	6/26/2010	Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet	Ford, Jamie	Farrel	Farrel	Chinese Food and Rhubarb cake		8.6
7	131	7/22/2000	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer*s Stone	Rowling, J.K.	Barb	Barb	Lobster Bisque; Grilled Halibut	Cathy's friend Denise Visited	8.6
8	179	7/9/2005	For the Love Of Robert E Lee	Harper, M. A.	Barb	Barb	Southern Fried Chicken, Corn Bread, Black Eyed Peas	On location at Clear Creek History Park and included tour of park and sitting around a camp fire.	8.5
9	200	11/10/2007	These is My Words	Turner, Nancy E	Frank	Charlie & Sandy Parker	Mexican	200th Book Club! Author attends dinner	8.5
10	32	2/16/1991	Lolita	Nabokov, Vladimir	Ed	Ed	Lamb		8.5
11	217	8/1/2009	The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society	Shaffer, Mary Ann and Barrows, Annie	Paul	Paul	Garden Greens, Potato Peel Pie, Paella, The best damn cheese cake ever!		8.5
12	63	12/11/1993	The Assault	Mulisch, Harry	Leslie	Leslie	Stuffed Tenderloin		8.4
13	147	2/2/2002	The Sparrow	Russell, Mary Doria	Sheryl	Sheryl	Runa Marsala		8.4
14	218	9/5/2009	The Anansi Boys	Gaiman, Neil	Sally	Sally	Caribbean Food		8.4
15	211	12/14/2008	Bel Canto	Pratchett, Ann	Tara	Tara	South American		8.3
16	160	8/23/2003	Life of Pi	Martel, Jann	Farrel	Farrel	Indian food		8.3
17	83	2/3/1996	Pride and Prejudice	Austen, Jane	Barb	Barb	Spaghetti	Cathy*s first meeting	8.2
18	167	4/17/2004	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Chevalier, Tracy	Barb	Barb	turkey		8.2
19	149	5/12/2002	The Good Earth	Buck, Pearl S.	Barb	Barb	teriyaki pork, dirt dessert	Stephanie had a boy!	8.2
20	159	7/19/2003	Jitterbug Perfume	Robbins, Tom	Cathy	Cathy	The Perfect Taco		8.1
21	163	11/15/2003	#1 Ladies Detective Agency	Smith, Alexander McCall	Paul	Paul	African Food		8.1
22	215	4/26/2009	Water for Elephants	Gruen, Sara	Farrel	Farrel	French Onion Chicken		8.1
23	144	11/3/2001	Gates of Fire	Pressfield, Stephan	Michael	Michael	Greek Food		8.1
24	219	10/10/2009	The Stupidest Angel	Moore, Christopher	Frank	Frank			8.1
25	48	7/25/1992	The Plague	Camus, Albert	Leslie	Leslie	?		8.0
26	98	7/12/1997	Slaughterhouse 5	Vonnegut, Kurt	Bill	Bill		Bill*s last meeting	8.0
27	234	06/18/11	The Crystal Cave	Mary Stewart	Barb	Barb	Fried Chicken, asparagus, dates & cheese		8.0
	Worst 10ish Books of All Time
Rank	Book #	Date	Title	Author	Whose Book	Whose Dinner	Menu	Notes	Rating
1	5	7/9/1988	Mrs. Reynolds	Stein, Gertrude	Judi	Judi	Lime & Tequila Chicken		1.1
2	73	2/2/1995	My Mother: Demonology	Acker, Kathy	Howard	Judi	Mexican Food	Tracey and Greg*s Last Meeting Hugh*s First Meeting	1.8
3	7	10/1/1988	Parelandra	Lewis, C. S.	Phil	Leslie	Spaghetti with Pesto	Phils last meeting	2.0
4	62	11/20/1993	Waiting to Exhale	McMillan, Terry	Elaine	Elaine	Greek Food		3.1
5	22	2/17/1990	Tropic of Capricorn	Miller, Henry	Ed	Ed	Sweet and Sour Pork		3.5
6	4	6/18/1988	Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance	Pirsig, Robert	Frank	Frank	Svichkova		3.6
7	3	5/14/1988	Nausea	Sartre, Jean Paul	Elaine	Elaine	Greek Food		3.7
8	11	1/29/1989	Still Life with Woodpecker	Robbins, Tom	Devin	Devin	Lasagna		3.7
9	70	10/1/1994	The Beans of Egypt Maine	Chute, Carolyn	Frank	Frank	Black Bean Soup/Turkey		4.0
10	101	10/25/1997	Hard Laughter	Lamott, Anne	Tracey	Tracey	Olive-stuffed leg of lamb	101st book celebration in Santa Fe	4.0
11	104	2/21/1998	The Male Cross-Dresser Support Group	Janowitz, Tama	Sheryl	Sheryl	Curried Shrimp		4.0