I had a similar question posted earlier- but I am new to this I closed it out too early- I would like more suggestions! Thanks to those who answerd though, they were all good suggestions.
I am looking for suggestions for my book club- our favorites have been 'The Kite Runner,' 'Memoirs of a Geisha,' 'How to be Lost,' 'Girl with a Pearl Earring,' 'Night,' 'The Memory Keeper's Daughter', and several other Target book club picks! We are a group of 20 and 30 something women, many teachers. Any ideas of what we'd like? Considering our favorites, do you think we would like 'Saving fish from drowning' by Amy Tan? Thanks!
2007-01-29 06:33:13 · 9 answers · asked by ladybug 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Suite Francais can't remember the artist. It's non fiction though.
The Alchemist, short read by Paulo Coehlo
Snow by Orhan Pamuk, Nobel prize in Lit.
There is an apple in my freezer, non fiction memoir set in WW II
The bell jar, Sylvia Plathe
2007-01-29 06:41:21 · answer #1 · answered by j_goodwin27 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm in an online bookclub and so far, we've discussed The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Sueskind, and we're currently talking about Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. We switch between classics and contemporaries so we get a wider range. Most of us in the club are women and we're upper-teens and 20s for the most part. So I think these may be ones you could use. Hope this helps!
2007-01-29 06:42:08 · answer #2 · answered by Kristie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My book club has enjoyed many of the same books as you. A few of our best pick have been:
My Antonia by Willa Cather
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time (good choice for teachers - short quick book about autism)
Pope Joan by Donna Cross
Cain River by Lalita Tademy (I loved this one)
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee(a great one if you haven't read it since high school)
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
We've been getting books from www.paperbackbookswap.com You just pay the postage for books you are parting with - no postage or fees for books you want. Tell them bibliobethica sent you and I can get another book :)
2007-01-29 09:05:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Like the Red Panda, by Andrea Seigel
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer
Josie and Jack, by Kelly Braffet
Devil in the Details, by Jennifer Traig
2007-01-29 07:52:06 · answer #4 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in case you want Steinbeck, you should also have a good time with: To Kill a Mockingbird through Harper Lee Tortilla Curtain through TC Boyle Oil through Upton Sinclair different classics that that you'll like contain: 1984 through George Orwell Fahrenheit 451 through Ray Bradbury the great Gatsby through F Scott Fitzgerald i became a Teenage Dwarf through Max Shulman Nicholas Nickleby through Charles Dickens Treasure Island through Robert Louis Stevenson the three Musketeers through Alexandre Dumas wish this facilitates.
2016-10-16 06:32:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would recommend:
Eleni by Nicholas Gage (we read it for our book club and it stayed with me for long time)
Miracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado (An incredible story)
Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
These are a few that we have read and enjoyed very much!
2007-01-29 07:37:36 · answer #6 · answered by Katrina S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haven't read the one u said, but I read "The Fountainhead" when i was in school, and it was so intriguing...i think everyone who actually read it, liked it....the author is Ayn Rand...and if you like that read "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley, it is about the world in the future...it reminds me of the movie "The Island" but it is even more intense and freaky....i read "Night" and it was very moving!! OOOH, and if you like mystic-ish books....all the novels by Paulo Coelho are wonderful...Hope this helps....and check out the books that the Oprah club reads, usually they have pretty good novels!
2007-01-29 06:41:32 · answer #7 · answered by I Got a St. Patty's Baby! 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
how about "Expecting Adam " by Martha Beck.Not fiction but totally compelling.
It's a true story of birth, transformation and love
2007-01-29 08:28:11 · answer #8 · answered by stevesimon006 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
2007-01-29 07:53:18 · answer #9 · answered by J Candid 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋