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Any good book suggestions for my book club?
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Anonymous
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I am next to choose the book and am struggling a bit... Any suggestions?
TIA!! |
Anonymous
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Loving Frank by Nancy Horan.
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Anonymous
| The Glass Castle, a memoir by Jeanette Walls. Amazing! |
Anonymous
I second this, one of the best books I have ever read. Also, Crossing California and maybe Guns, Germs & Steel if you perfer non-fiction. |
Anonymous
| OP here... Thanks so much!! Am going to check all these out! Happy New Year!! |
Anonymous
| i like loving frank too. a good book to discuss as well. glass castle is great. I loved the other bolelyn girl. we are reading eat, pray, love now. |
Anonymous
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Life changer. |
Anonymous
| Oscar Wao is an amazing book. And you are guaranteed a lively discussion. |
Anonymous
| On Beauty by Zadie Smith. |
Anonymous
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Marley & Me (skip the movie and enjoy the book - like always, the book is sooo much better than the movie).
My Sister's Keeper |
Anonymous
| America America by Ethan Canin; would be a great companion to read with the classic Robert Penn Warren book All the King's Men. Easily two of the best books I have read in the past 10 years (and yes, I was late to discover Robert Penn Warren's prize-winning classic). |
Anonymous
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What have been previous books, so we can understand the audience?
A few recent books I loved (while on an Africa kick), all have amazing reviews on Amazon and are good LITERATURE. The Power of One: A Novel by Bryce Courtenay ( do NOT accidentally get the children's version). I could not put this down. It is not only entertaining, uplifting, informative, but the words are just so beautiful I had to read it with my highlighter in hand, not to miss one single mouth watering sentence. Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa by Peter Godwin -then- When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa by Peter Godwin The last two are currently very relevant and will give you a really good snapshot of how Rhodesia became Zimbabwe and now has fallen apart. Again, both of these books are longish, but easily read in a week. All 3 of these Africa books should come with a warning that you might not get much sleep, as I found they kept me awake until 2 or 3 am on work nights. Of course Middlesex: A Novel by Jeffrey Eugenides, but most everyone has already read this. A classic that everyone must read in their lives: A Thousand Acres: A Novel by Jane Smiley I could go on and on.... |
Anonymous
Maybe I'll try All the Kings Men again, I could not get into it. I'm no lightweight, as I can happily sit and read Faulkner, but I found this book so painful. |
Anonymous
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The Nineteenth Wife by David Ebershoff
The Known World by Edward P. Jones |
Anonymous
Junot is a god! |