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alluringillusion (original poster member #4029) posted at 5:47 AM on Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
A couple of people on here mentioned they were in a book club. Does anyone have any titles that their book club loved, with wide appeal, that made for a great discussion book that they'd care to share? I'll try to start this off by sharing a few of mine:
The Help
Water for Elephants
Same Kind of Different as Me
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Red Tent
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Girl Who Played With Fire (sequel)
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Secret Life of Bees
My Sister's Keeper
These towards the bottom have been made into a movie, but they don't even come close in terms of being as good as the book.
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Irishlass ( new member #29666) posted at 6:06 AM on Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
"The Art of Racing in the Rain" told from the perspective of the owner's pet dog, Enzo. Great read!
GroundZero ( member #27853) posted at 6:23 AM on Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
If you build enough time in for it - I chose "Cutting for Stone." It was awesome and my friends loved it too - but it is very long.
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Skye ( member #325) posted at 1:54 PM on Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
Some that we've read that made for great discussions were:
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Still Alice
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
A Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd
The Curious Incident of the Dog at Midnight
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Life of Pi
alluringillusion (original poster member #4029) posted at 11:07 PM on Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
Thank you all for your recommendations. I shy away from recommending books anymore unless I've read them or someone else did and highly recommended it because I feel guilty if it is a dud and everyone in my book club went out and bought it. Now I can recommend with confidence! The only one I've already heard of is A Thousand White Women and I agree it is an awesome book club book. The kind of book I never would have picked up on my own, but loved. Thanks again for your help!
AI
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inconnu ( member #24518) posted at 4:51 AM on Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
It's not exactly what you're asking but your question reminded me - a lot of publishers now have discussion guides on their websites for some of their books. It could be worth taking a look to see what's out there.
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icbtih8 ( member #23797) posted at 2:28 PM on Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
i'm not in a book club but i've always thought any of Toni Morrison's works would make great discussion pieces. come to think of it, so would most of Isabel Allende's books.
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