we are a group of middle age women who like mostly romance but do not want to read Steele or Nora Roberts. we like bestsellers or something with a little suspense-- has to have women involved somehow- either the author or the subject matter-and, we have already done most of Oprah's list.
2006-12-28 03:48:40 · 19 answers · asked by Wild Honey 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
This is probably not a question I should be answering and it might even be offensive to you. I think a women's bookclub should pull out the old books that were popular in the 30s, 40s, & 50s and then discuss how they changed the role of women today. I'm always amazed at the generation or two of women who take all their rights and priviledges for granted. So many women are becoming so complacent about it, they're starting to loose footing. Maybe by reading those books, women will start seeing their value again.
2006-12-28 04:01:27 · answer #1 · answered by briardan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Karen Kingsbury
Beverly Lewis
Dee Henderson
Francine Rivers
Kristen Heitzmann
Frank Peretti (This Present Darkness/Showdown)
Tracie Peterson
Joel Rosenberg
Lynn N Austin
Ted Dekker
2006-12-28 04:00:35 · answer #2 · answered by Katie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Glass Castle, Memoirs of a Geisha, anything by Nicholas Sparks( especially The Wedding, The Guardian, Bend in the Road), The Bean Trees, A Tree Grows in Brookyln, The Secret Life of Bees, ry going on to b&n and looking at their top 100 best sellers or search by romance
2006-12-28 03:52:12 · answer #3 · answered by j9590 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sandra Dallas - The Persian Pickle Club, The Diary of Mattie Spenser or New Mercies are all good.
Brenda Joyce has a series of 8 books all starting with the word "Deadly", the last one being Deadly Kisses.
2006-12-28 06:04:08 · answer #4 · answered by Kris 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try some classics? To Kill a Mockingbird, Ethan Frome, Age of Innocence. The Awakening by Kate Chopin is a must-read for women. Trust me.
2006-12-28 03:52:04 · answer #5 · answered by thevonbankfamily 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Little Children" by Tom Perrotta is veery intense and very behind doors kind of story. It leads to the Madame Bovary suggestion below as well, because reading this book made me want to read Madame Bovary....(they have a book club in which they discuss that novel)
"Madame Bovary" a classic by Gustava Flaubert
"Lady Chatterley's Lover" by D.H. Lawrence
(also a classic and one I enjoyed very much and wished I would have been able to discuss it with my friends!)
"Ice Queen" by Alice Hoffman.... all of her books are poetically written and easy to read, yet contain layers and layers of human interactions and the truth that lays within all of us.
"The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
is amazing and explores adolescent human nature with the tone of adulthood. It really made me think about perceptions of the world and other people....
all i got for now : ]
Hope that helps.
2006-12-28 05:55:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love the Patricia Cornwell books with Kay Scarpetta in them. Shes the chief medical examiner in Virginia -- they are very well written. If you're looking for something more light-hearted, try the Janet Evanovich books -- Starting with One for the Money. They are all about this New Jersey woman who becomes a bounty hunter -- HILARIOUS! And she always seems to be blowing up cars.
2006-12-28 04:18:21 · answer #7 · answered by Katy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
James Paterson did a series call the womens murder club (each title begins with a number like 1st to die 4th of july etc) Its about a group of women who are friends and work in law enforcemnet the MEs office etc and they work together to solve crimes. I know it sounds a little cheesey the way i just decribed it but its not i promise. They are good murder mystery novels with women as the main protagonists.
2006-12-28 03:53:16 · answer #8 · answered by Courtney C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Little Children by Tom Perrotta
2006-12-28 04:46:58 · answer #9 · answered by rainingcatsanddogs51 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋