Harrison Memorial Library

Book Club Recommendations

Fiction

Atkinson, Kate. Case Histories and sequels
Bohjalian, Chris. Midwives
Brooks, Geraldine. Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague
Burns, Olive. Cold Sassy Tree
Byatt, A.S. Possession
Chevalier, Tracy. Girl with a Pearl Earring
Davies, Robertson. Fifth Business
De Bernieres, Louis. Corelli’s Mandolin.
Diamant, Anita. The Red Tent
Doyle, Roddy. Paddy Clarke, Ha Ha Ha
Duncan, David. The Brothers K
Edgerton, Clyde. Walking Across Egypt
Edwards, Kim. The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
Enger, Leif. Peace Like a River.
Eugenides, Jeffrey. Middlesex.
Fitch, Janet. White Oleander
Flagg, Fannie. Fried Green Tomatoes or Daisy Fay
Frazier, Charles. Cold Mountain
Golden, Arthur. Memoirs of a Geisha
Grisham, John. Painted House
Gruen, Sara. Like Water for Elephants
Guterson, David. Snow Falling on Cedars
Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Haigh, Jennifer. Baker Towers
Hamilton, Jane. A Map of the World
Hegi, Ursula. Stones from the River
Helprin, Mark. Winter’s Tale
Hoeg, Peter. Smilla’s Sense of Snow
Hoffman, Alice. Turtle Moon and The Ice Queen
Horan, Nancy. Loving Frank
Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner.
Irving, John. Prayer of Owen Meany, or Cider House Rules
Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life of Bees
Kingsolver, Barbara. Poisonwood Bible or any
Krauss, Nicole. History of Love
Lamb, Wally. She’s Come Undone
Lessing, Doris. The Golden Notebook.
Letts, Billie. Where the Heart Is.
Martel, Yann. Life of Pi
Mason, Daniel. The Piano Tuner
McCall-Smith, Alexander. No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
McCarthy, Cormac. All the Pretty Horses or The Road
Mitchard, Jacqueline. The Deep End of the Ocean
Niffenegger, Audrey. The Time Traveler’s Wife
Oates, Joyce Carol. Missing Mom
O’Brien, Tim. In the Lake of the Woods
Ondaatje, Michael. The English Patient
Patchett, Ann. Bel Canto
Pearson, Alison. I Don’t Know How She Does It
Picoult, Jodi. My Sister’s Keeper or any
Proulx, Annie. Shipping News, That Old Ace in the Hole
Renault, Mary. Bull from the Sea.
Russo, Richard. Empire Falls or Nobody’s Fool
Schlink, Bernhard. The Reader
Sebold, Alice. The Lovely Bones
See, Lisa. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Shaara, Michael. Killer Angels
Simonds, Merilyn. The Holding
Sittenfeld, Curtis. American Wife
Smiley, Jane. A Thousand Acres
Smith, Dodie. I Capture the Castle
Stegner, Wallace. Angle of Repose or Crossing to Safety
Steinbeck, John. East of Eden
Tey, Josephine. Daughter of Time
Toole, John Kennedy. A Confederacy of Dunces
Trigiani, Adriana. Big Stone Gap
Tsukiyama, Gail. Samurai’s Garden or Women of the Silk
Tyler, Anne. Digging to America (or any)
Watson, Larry. Montana 1948.
Wells, Rebecca. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Winston, Lolly. Good Grief.
Winterson, Jeanette. Lighthousekeeping.
Zafon, Carlos Ruiz. The Shadow of the Wind

Non-fiction

Bourdain, Anthony. Kitchen Confidential
Bryson, Bill. A Walk in the Woods, or any.
Conway, Jill Kerr. The Road from Coorain
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Great Crash of 1929
Gilbert, Elizabeth. Eat, Pray, Love
Gladwell, Malcolm. The Tipping Point or Blink
Goodwin, Doris. Wait Until Next Yea
Hillenbrand, Laura. Seabiscuit
Kingsolver, Barbara. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
McCourt, Frank. Angela’s Ashes.
Mortenson, Greg. Three Cups of Tea
Nafisi, Azar. Reading Lolita in Tehran
Obama, Barack. Dreams from My Father
Pollan, Michael. Omnivore’s Dilemma.
Pollan, Michael. In Defense of Food.
Reichl, Ruth. Tender at the Bone
Sedaris, David. Me Talk Pretty One Day or any
Walls, Jeannette. The Glass Castle

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