The RAF Literature Group
2024
A Year of Living Simply: The Joys of a Life Less Complicated by Kate Humble ................................................................................... Abby Endicott
2023
Sir Gawain and The Green Knight by Simon Armitage............. Neil Endicott
2022
The World of Winnie the Pooh by A..A Milne........................... Jay Pankratz
2021
Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson ........................... Abby Endicott
2020
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein ........ Chris Campbell
2019
Educated by Tara Westover ............................................... Rene Pierpont
The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer.................... Katherine Pankratz
2018
The Red Pony by John Steinbeck........................................ Matt Rassette
2017
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu......................................................... Katherine Pankratz
The BFG by Roald Dahl..................................................... Emily Campbell
2016
Nocturnes by John Connolly............................................................Matt RassetteThe Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins................................. Katherine Pankratz
2014
Delicacy by David Foenkinos
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley........................................Jay & Katherine Pankratz
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith............Matt Rassette & Rene Pierpont
The Last Love by Thomas B. Costain
2013
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness.....................................................Abby Rassette
Ethics for the New Millennium by Dalai Lama.............................Maggie Rassette
Complications by Atul Gawande...........................Matt Rassette & Rene Pierpont
Perelandra by C.S. Lewis*................................................Chris & Emily Campbell
The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde.............................Jay & Katherine Pankratz
*Must also read Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
2012
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese..............Katherine Rassette & Jay Pankratz
Enders Game by Orson Scott Card.........Emily Rassette & Chris Campbell
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, 3rd edition, edited by David Daniell....................................................................................Abby Rassette
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse...................Matt Rassette & Rene Pierpont
Spook by Mary Roach........................................................Maggie Rassette
2011
The Help by Kathryn Stockett.........................Katherine Rassette & Jay Pankratz
The Lady of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley ..........................Maggie Rassette
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell................................................Abby Rassette
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson.................Matt Rassette & Rene Pierpont
The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks..........Emily Rassette & Chris Campbell
2010
The Wanderer by Mika Waltari....................................................Maggie Rassette
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon ...............Matt Rassette & Rene Pierpont
His Dark Materials (Trilogy) by Philip Pullman................................Abby Rassette
The Eight by Katherine Neville........................Katherine Rassette & Jay Pankratz
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak......................Emily Rassette & Chris Campbell
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Winning Literature Submissions
2016........ The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins.....Katherine Pankratz
2014.............Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson..............Maggie Rassette
2013...........Complications by Atul Gawande..........Matt Rassette & Rene .Pierpont
2012.......Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese......Katherine Rassette & Jay Pankratz
2011...............The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell............Abby Rassette
2010...............The Book Thief by Markus Zusak..............Emily Rassette & Chris Campbell