I recently attended a session at The Book Stall led by the Between
the Covers Book discussion leaders. As a
group, we talked about different reading personalities and what makes for a
good discussion.They suggested numerous titles for book groups, including: The Mars Room, Mothering Sunday, The Fact of a Body, Educated, You Think It, I’ll Say It, Reading with Patrick, The Immortalists, and A Gentleman in Moscow (on my own to be read list due to numerous recommendations), The Ninth Hour, The Friend, The Great Believers, and Exit West which is being considered for our Global Voices Senior English class. Other suggestions like Sing, Unburied, Sing, A Deadly Wandering, Killers of the Flower Moon, and The Devil and Webster might work as selections for the Good and Evil Senior class, too.
Attendees added some titles like these: Red Notice, The
Submission, Nothing to Envy, Ginny Moon, Lucky Boy, The Storm, The Ensemble, and Who is Vera Kelly?
And in addition, The Wall Street Journal recently offered suggestions, especially for online
book clubs:
http://andrewluckbookclub.com/ - Andrew Luck offers rookie or veteran selections and interviews with authors
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/179584-our-shared-shelf
- focus on feminist works
The American Library Association provides numerous resources at their Book Club Central site (or here for a top 10 list). Plus, don’t forget Now Read This from NPR, PBS and The New York Times or The Great American Read.
Yes, so many books … so little time … Enjoy!
