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
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