This article, from Real Simple magazine, September 2008, reveals the books that were either favourites of book clubs or provoked the most discussion. The list includes both fiction and non-fiction as well as some children's books like The BFG by Roald Dahl. Each recommendation includes a short synopsis and gives a reason why the book was effective in the book club setting. From reading the summaries, some of the books sound very appealing. I'm going to put them on my reading list for the future. So many good books...so little time!
Here are some of the titles, in no particular order:
Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen - a story set in a circus
The Secret History by Donna Tartt - murder mystery
The Road by Cormac McCarthy - nuclear devastation
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin - changing the world by educating girls
Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore - a couple befriends a homeless man
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris - adapting to a foreign country
Ghost Story by Peter Straub - a fast, can't-put-it-down, no-dinner-tonight read
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn - apparently reveals some shocking discoveries
The Quality of Life Report by Meghan Daum - fast-paced vs slow-paced life
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer - a boy loses his father during 911
Maus by Art Speigelman - the Holocaust
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett - friendship develops during a hostage crisis
Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
Blindness by Jose Saramago
Perhaps one of the books listed above sounds interesting to you? I'm going to check the local library. Happy reading.
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