Jane's Picks for Book Clubs

Looking for a great read for your book club? Maybe you are just stumped as to what to read next. You've come to the right place. Our Book Club Coordinator, Jane, recommends these titles (and if you know Jane, you know she knows her stuff!)

 

 

Jane's Round-up of 2009 Book Club Recommendations

She Says

Still Alice by Lisa Genova

Home Safe by Elizabeth Berg

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

He Says

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski

Driftless by Davd Rhodes

Sonota for Miriam by Linda Olsson

Relationships: Fiction

The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

Driftwood Summer by Patti Callahan Henry

The Condition by Jennifer Haigh

Relationships: Nonfiction

The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan

The Girl from Foreign by Sadia Shepherd

The Zookeeper's Wife by Dinae Ackerman

Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall & Denver Moore

Facts Across Fiction

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Serena by Ron Rash

Those who Save Us by Jenna Blum

Dreamers of the Day by Maria Doria Russell

City of Thieves by David Benioff

The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

Acrosss Cultures 

Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraj

Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akapan

The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich

The Seamstress by Frances de Pontes Peebles

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

East of the Sun by Julia Gregson

The Piano Teacher by Janice  Y.K. Lee

Spotlight on Suspense

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Chicago Way by Michael Harvey

Spotlight on "Our Own" Authors

Whistling in the Dark by Lesley Kagen

Buried Heart by A.Y. Stratton

Award Winners

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (Pulitzer Prize)

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (Man Booker Prize)

Home by Marilynne Robinson (Orange Prize)

Mudbound by Hilary Jordan (Bellwether Prize)

Happy Holidays

Bed & Breakfast by Lois Battle

Rock Crystal by Adalbert Stifter

Wishin and Hopin by Wally Lamb

Knit the Season by Kate Jacobs

Book Club '09 Paperback Bestsellers

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski

The Commoner by John Burnham Schwartz

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson

Book Club Favorite Authors...New Titles!

Michael Chabon--Manhood for Amateurs

Tracy Chevalier--Remarkable Creatures (due Jan.)

Philippa Gregory--The White Queen

Barbara Kingsolver--The Lacuna

Alexander McCall Smith--La's Orchestra Saves the World (due Feb.)

Adriana Trigiani--Brava Valentine (due Feb.)

Anne Tyler--Noah's Compass (due Jan.)

Jeanette Walls--Half Broke Horses

Carlos Ruiz Zafon--The Angel's Game