Book club suggestions

[farfalla2011]

My IRL bookclub has read a handful of pretty heavy books the last several months and I'd like to have some lighter happier suggestions to bring to the group when we meet. 

Books we've read:

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The 5th Wave
The Art of Racing in the Rain
The Train to Crystal City
The Light Between Oceans
Opening Belle
We Were the Mulvaneys

Give me some of your favorite books that are quick to capture your attention, not too heavy, but enough depth to bring some good discussion to the table!

[packfan20]

My book club read Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik. It was silly but enjoyable and we still talk about it!

[monkeyfeet]

Where'd You Go Bernadette?
A Man Called Ove

[spedrunner]

One of my bookclubs is currently doing a YA fiction, Dumplin'. Its cute, about body positivity, will be a great discussion

Some other good ones:

The Circle

The Interestings

We Are All Completely Besides Ourselves

Eleanor and Park

Ready Player One

[ufcasey]

Please Ignore Vera Dietz
There's even a Discussion Guide for it online. It tackles friendship, death, abuse, alcoholism, and keeping secrets among other things. But it's YA and keeps things light via several character points of views and flow charts. No seriously, this book is quirky but awesome. It's also fantastic as an audiobook btw.

[snshne322]

Jun 27, 2016 21:25:10 GMT -5 ufcasey said:

Please Ignore Vera Dietz
There's even a Discussion Guide for it online. It tackles friendship, death, abuse, alcoholism, and keeping secrets among other things. But it's YA and keeps things light via several character points of views and flow charts. No seriously, this book is quirky but awesome. It's also fantastic as an audiobook btw.

I concur.  The audio is excellent.

[farfalla2011]

Jun 27, 2016 16:45:41 GMT -5 packfan20 said:

My book club read Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik. It was silly but enjoyable and we still talk about it!

I read this about 5 years ago for a first book choice in an old book club! I totally agree it was a great book. My core friend group still talks about it too

[farfalla2011]

I'm going to have to read about these other ones. Please Igore Vera Dietz sounds very interesting, quirky is totally up my alley!

[jinkies]

The Secret Life of Violet Grant is light enough to be a good summer pick, but still have elements that would be interesting for a book club.

Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend lead to a fun discussion.

[AJL]

Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
Dumplin' by Julie Murphy
The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende
Honolulu by Alan Brennart
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly (NOT a light read but a very, very good book)

[sassypants]

I led a discussion on the new Wright Brothers biography last night that was very lively. It's history, but McCullough has a novelist's approach to the material and it was a light and engaging read.