Harrison Memorial Library

Book Club Recommendations

Fiction

Atkinson, Kate. Case Histories and sequels
Benioff, David. City of Thieves
Brooks, Geraldine. Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague
Byatt, A.S. Possession
Chevalier, Tracy. Girl with a Pearl Earring
Cleave, Chris. Little Bee
De Bernieres, Louis. Corelli’s Mandolin
Diamant, Anita. The Red Tent
Doctorow, E.L. Homer and Langley, or Ragtime, or The March
Duncan, David. The Brothers K
Edwards, Kim. The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
Enger, Leif. Peace Like a River
Eugenides, Jeffrey. Middlesex
Ford, Jamie. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Frazier, Charles. Cold Mountain
Golden, Arthur. Memoirs of a Geisha
Gruen, Sara. 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
Hegi, Ursula. Stones from the River
Hoeg, Peter. Smilla’s Sense of Snow
Hoffman, Alice. Turtle Moon or The Ice Queen
Horan, Nancy. Loving Frank
Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner
Irving, John. Prayer for Owen Meany, or Cider House Rules
Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life of Bees
Kingsolver, Barbara. Poisonwood Bible or Lacuna
Krauss, Nicole. History of Love
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
Mitchell, David. Cloud Atlas or Black Thrush Green
Niffenegger, Audrey. The Time Traveler’s Wife or Her Fearful Symmetry
Oates, Joyce Carol. Missing Mom
O’Brien, Tim. In the Lake of the Woods
Ondaatje, Michael. The English Patient
Patchett, Ann. Bel Canto
Phillips, Jayne Anne. Lark and Termite
Picoult, Jodi. My Sister’s Keeper or any
Proulx, Annie. Shipping News, That Old Ace in the Hole
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
Stockett, Kathryn. The Help
Strout, Elizabeth. Olive Kitteridge
Toole, John Kennedy. A Confederacy of Dunces
Tsukiyama, Gail. Samurai’s Garden, or Women of the Silk
Tyler, Anne. Digging to America (or any)
Watson, Larry. Montana 1948
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, In a Sunburned Country or any
Child, Julia. My Life in France
Conway, Jill Kerr. The Road from Coorain
Gilbert, Elizabeth. Eat, Pray, Love
Gladwell, Malcolm. The Tipping Point, or Blink, or Outliers
Hillenbrand, Laura. Unbroken
Kingsolver, Barbara. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Nafisi, Azar. Reading Lolita in Tehran
Pollan, Michael. Omnivore’s Dilemma, or 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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