History
The Friends of the Newton Free Library have sponsored the Book and Author Luncheon since 1985.
A History of the Book and Author Luncheon; 29 Years of Distinguished Authors
| 2013 William Landay, Randy Susan Meyers |
| 2012 Dennis Lehane, Mitchell Zuckoff |
| 2011 Julia Glass, Marianne Leone |
| 2010 Andre Dubus III, Anita Shreve |
| 2009 Tony Horwitz, Elinor Lipman |
| 2008 Stephen Puleo, Anne Easter Smith |
| 2007 Megan Marshall, Matthew Pearl |
| 2006 Andrew Carroll, Anita Diamant |
| 2005 Ha Jin, Sarah Smith |
| 2004 William Martin, Margo Howard |
| 2003 Atul Gawande, Justin Kaplan, Anne Bernays |
| 2002 Not held – power outage at Marriott on day of event |
| 2001 Brian McGrory, Benjamin Zander, Rosamund Stone Zander |
| 2000 Robert Parker, Michael Patrick MacDonald |
| 1999 Jillian Gill, Lincoln Russell |
| 1998 Pauline Maier, Howard Zinn |
| 1997 Gish Jen, Stephen McCauley |
| 1996 Jane Brox, James Carroll, Alexandra Marshall |
| 1995 Doris Kearns Goodwin |
| 1994 Jane Langton, Elizabeth McCracken |
| 1993 Jack Beatty, Justin Kaplan |
| 1992 Barbara Grossman, Roger Swain |
| 1991 John Kenneth Galbraith, Robert D. Hale |
| 1990 Blanche Linden-Ward, Bill Littlefield |
| 1989 Margaret Morganroth Gullette, Charlotte MacLeod |
| 1988 Lora Brody, Mary Helen Washington |
| 1987 Lester Grinspoon, Cynthia Griffin Wolff |
| 1986 Maxine Kumin, Richard Lourie |
| 1985 Howard Hirt, William Novak |
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