November
The essence of life is change. But what happens to the old ways as we shuffle madly to cater to the latest fashion? Or to meet the dictates of the most recent political turnover? Do we lose the old ways forever? That, in a sentence, is the question asked by Portland author Nicole Mones (pronounced Moan-us), whose novel "The Last Chinese Chef" is the October read for The Spokesman-Review Book Club.
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2002
Oct: Kent Haruf
Nov: David James Duncan
Dec: Tim Egan

2003
Jan: Marilynne Robinson
Feb: Ivan Doig
Mar: Sherman Alexie
Apr: Ursula Hegi
May: Duff Wilson
Jun: Mary Clearman Blew
Jul: Chuck Palahniuk
Aug: Rebecca Wells
Sep: David Guterson
Oct: Linda Lawrence Hunt
Nov: Moritz Thomsen
Dec: Larry Colton

2004
Jan: Jayne Ann Krentz
Feb: Gregory Spatz
Mar: Andrea Vogt
Apr: Jess Walter
May: Debra Magpie Earling
Jun: Ken Kesey
Jul: Kim Barnes
Sep: Mitch Finley
Dec: Jon Krakauer

2005
Jan: Michael Dibdin
Feb: Pete Fromm
Mar: Raymond Carver and Pam Houston
Apr: Natalie Kusz
May: J.A. Jance
Jun: Andrew Vachss
Jul: Charles Johnson
Aug: Jonathan Raban
Sep: David Long
Oct: Carl Hiaasen
Nov: John Keeble
Dec: James Welch

2006
Jan: Robert Clark
Feb: Kathleen Tyau
Mar: Terry Davis
Apr: John Saul
May: Annick Smith
Jun: Norman Maclean
Jul: Kathleen Alcalá
Aug:
Sep: Alex Kuo
Oct: Rebecca Brown
Nov: Gregg Olsen
Dec: Peter Chilson

2007
Jan: Deirdre McNamer
Feb: Erik Larson
Mar: Ursula K. Le Guin
Apr: Lydia Yuri Minatoya
May: Patrick F. McManus
June: Robert Wrigley
July: April Christofferson
August: Thom Jones
September: Chris Crutcher
October: Peter Chilson
November: Valerie Trueblood
December: Jack Nisbet

2008
Jan: Denis Johnson
Feb: Nancy Owens Barnes
March: James Crumley
May: James Lee Burke
June: Claire Rudolf Murphy
July: Ernest Hemingway
August: Kathleen Dean Moore
November: Nicole Mones