I need book club recommendations

[jaylea]

Currently we are reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.
www.amazon.com/Immortal-Life-Henrietta-Lacks/dp/1400052181/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357833091&sr=1-1&keywords=henrietta+lacks

Other recent books were: Catch-22, Wild and City of Women.

www.amazon.com/Wild-Found-Pacific-Crest-Oprahs/dp/0307592731/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357833128&sr=1-1&keywords=wild

www.amazon.com/City-Women-David-R-Gillham/dp/039915776X

I get to choose next. Any great recent reads?

[sangria]

11/22/63 by Stephen King
The Passage by Justin Cronin

[walterismydog]

I absolutely adore Immortal Life. Such a good book.

One of my favorite books that would be very book club friendly is Folly by Laurie R. King.

[bananapancakes]

Some of my favourites off the top of my head:

Gone Girl
The Night Circus
The Book of Negroes
We Need to Talk about Kevin
Room
Sarah's Key
Secret Daughter

[FastHands]

Jan 10, 2013 10:54:31 GMT -5 AutumnRose25 said:

My club is also about to read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Pie Society which looks........interesting

This is one of my favorite books ever. I was skeptical, but it was great.

[jaylea]

Jan 10, 2013 11:01:41 GMT -5 bananapancakes said:

Some of my favourites off the top of my head:

Gone Girl
The Night Circus
The Book of Negroes
We Need to Talk about Kevin
Room
Sarah's Key
Secret Daughter

I loved Room and Sarah's Key. And the Book of Negroes - great book!

and some of your other recs are books I've been interested in so I think we have similar taste.

[thebuddhagouda]

Suite Francais

My life in Paris

[frlcb]

Light Between Oceans
Girl in Translation
Gone Girl
The Paris Wife
The Forgotten Garden

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The Leftovers

[pantsparty]

Devil in the White City. I loved this book!

Nothing to Envy if you want everyone to feel like hell.

I like Lisa See's books - good insight into the Chinese culture. Peony in Love is one of my favorites.

[shananagins]

Gone Girl is a great book club choice, it makes for good discussion.

Some of my favorites from book club recently

Defending Jacob: told from the point of view of a prosecuter whose teenage son is accused of murder
www.amazon.com/Defending-Jacob-Novel-William-Landay/dp/0385344228/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1357833665&sr=8-1&keywords=defending+jacob

The Forgotten Garden: it's a historical fiction/ mystery set on an old English estate. A really good story
www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Garden-Novel-Kate-Morton/dp/1416550550/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357833692&sr=1-1&keywords=the+forgotten+garden

Madame Tussad: Historical fiction about the wax museum lady. i honestly didn't know she was a real person. set during the French Revolution.

www.amazon.com/Madame-Tussaud-Novel-French-Revolution/dp/0307588661/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357833900&sr=1-1&keywords=madame+tussaud

[jaylea]

Jan 10, 2013 11:05:19 GMT -5 ninjabridemom said:

The Leftovers

Oh man, this looks entertaining!

[gault]

I'll echo Devil in the White City. It was fascinating. Loved it.

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Yeah it's really well written and the ending will give you LOADS to talk about. I yelled out on the train, lol.

[jeekerbeeker]

Jan 10, 2013 10:56:18 GMT -5 walterismydog said:

I absolutely adore Immortal Life. Such a good book.
One of my favorite books that would be very book club friendly is Folly by Laurie R. King.

Agree about Immortal Life! I think I bought it after it was mentioned here and I loved it!

I'm in the middle of The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb and I am loving it.

[glitzyglow]

Still Alice by Lisa Genova is a haunting yet moving read. It gives such a different perspective of Alzheimer's. I wish everyone would read this book.

Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford.
The Glimmer Palace by Beatrice Colin.
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway.
Sleepwalking in Daylight by Elizabeth Flock.
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield.
The Secret Life of Cece Wilkes by Diane Chamberlain.
Cane River by Lalita Tademy.

[imoan]

The TIP Book Club is reading The Count of Monte Cristo next. We read Candide by Voltaire prior to that.

[cleo29]

Gone Girl will be a good book for conversation. You could go with Team of Rivals, especially with Lincoln out.