What Book Would You Recommend For Your Book Club?

“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted.” (William Styron)

Last week I posed the question: What book would you recommend for your book club?”  I received such a wide variety of suggestions. Thank you to everyone who submitted a title! Many of us might find it a daunting task to choose a title for book club.  Finding the perfect book the group will enjoy and hoping it will generate a worthwhile discussion are two items which come to mind.  Choosing a book which meets these qualifications can be worrisome.  Anyone get nervous when it’s your turn to select the ideal choice?!  Many people rely on book reviews, websites for book clubs, or asking members from other clubs for help in their selection. Below are the titles I collected from various people.  Many are books which clubs are reading now or will be in the near future. One of the following may be just the superb title you were searching for. I love this diverse group of books!

 
After the Falls by Catherine Gildner

 
Anthropology of an American Girl by Hilary Thayer Hamann

 
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

 
The Ash Garden by Dennis Bock

 
Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel

 
Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant

 
Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang by Chelsea Handler

The Children’s Blizzard by David Laskin

Dakota: A Spiritual Geography by Kathleen Norris

 
Deception Point by Dan Brown

Diamond Ruby by Joe Wallace

Every Last One by Anna Quindlen

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

 
The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson

 
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest by Stieg Larsson

 
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors by Michele Young-Stone

History of Love by Nichole Krauss

The Jade Peony by Wayson Choy

Just Like Us by Helen Thorpe

 Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay

Little Bee by Chris Cleave

 
The Mistress of Nothing by Kate Pullinger

 
The Murderer’s Daughters by Randy Susan Meyers

Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson

Radium Halos by Shelley Stout

Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman

Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb

 
These Is My Words by Nancy Turner

 
Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden

Too Close to the Falls by Catherine Gildner

A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute

 
White Seed:The Untold Story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke by Paul Clayton