Do you have any book club suggestions?

Question

My mom's group is looking for some books to start the book club with. Any middle-of-the-road suggestions? (I know we won't please everyone...)

Answer 1

check out amazon or redbook.com has a reading club

Answer 2

Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini.When his best friend, a young clergyman, is killed in a mockery of a duel by an arrogant noble, just to quiet his eloquent expressions of democratic ideals, Andre-Louis Moreau vows revenge. From that point, through meteoric careers as a consummate actor and scenario writer, then as a fencing master, and finally a politician, the brilliant Moreau keeps thwarting the aims of the aristocratic Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr. However, the nobleman causes pain to Moreau as well, and the time must come when the two will meet to settle their enmity once and for all. You are not likely to guess how their confrontation finally turns out. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, this swashbuckling novel is exciting throughout, and it presents one of the most dashing heroes in fiction, a man who can fight equally well with his mind, his mouth, his pen, and his sword, a man who stirs up events wherever he goes.

The door to december by Dean Koontz.A psychiatrist's daughter was kidnapped by her ex-husband years ago. When the daughter is finally found, the real fight begins. One by one the people who held her captive become mysteriously tortured and killed. Everyone is afraid the young girl will be next.

The mystery unravels as to what happened to the young girl while she was kidnapped. The young girl, Melanie, is unable to speak, but her mother soon learns that the young girl went through extreme torture as her father used her for a rat in his experiments.

Landslide by Desmond Bagley.Bob Boyd wakes up in a hospital with no memory,the only surviver of an accident.He was burned badly all over and needed extensive plastic surgery which was payed by a mysterious sponser.He is told that he's a geology student with a bad history.However Bob recovers and gets on with his life.Hired by the powerful Matterson Corporation to survey land before they build a great new dam, he begins to uncover the shaky foundations of the Matterson family and becomes a fly in their ointment.His accident and the Matterson family have more in common than he thought.

Chocolat by Joanne Harris
The First Wives Club-Olivia Goldsmith

The Summerhouse-by Jude Deveraux.Three women, good friends, all with the same birthday, are about to turn forty. They plan to share the occasion together at a summerhouse in Maine, but none of them expects the gift that awaits them there - a chance to turn their "what-might-have-beens" into reality.

Answer 3

GardeningGurl has some good suggestions--the one I *think* she couldn't think of by B. Kingsolver is The Poisonwood Bible--a good book club pick.

My book club started with everyone making a list of 10, which became a random master list. As we read things individually and like them, they get added to the bottom of the list. Some recent reads that sparked good conversation: The Kite Runner, The Time Traveler's Wife, and Madame Bovary.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

The Joy Luck Club(Amy Tan - fab writer)
The Red Tent
Memoirs Of a Geisha
anything by Anita Shreve
Prodigal summer by Barbara Kingsolver (and she has another good fat one I can't think of the name to)
Davinci Code and Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
The Alchemist

Answer 6

I suggest each person picks their favorite book or the one they think others would like best, and each week they read another person's book. This works in groups of friends because they often have similar tastes.

Answer 7

Try Middlesex by Eugenides Jeffries. It's a beautiful and intriguing story that has richness and depth of character, but is not a snooze fest.

Also, if you want a heavy, but spectacular read try Anne Marie MacDonald's Fall on Your Knees.

Answer 8

What about Their Eyes Were Watching God or To Kill A Mockingbird. They're great books.

Answer 9

try a retail store