Book Club Recommendations
Selected by the librarians at Harrison Memorial Library. Check catalog for availability.
Fiction
Allende, Isabel. The Japanese Lover
Atkinson, Kate. Life after Life
Backman, Frederick. A Man Called Ove
Bohjalian, Chris. Light in the Ruins
Brooks, Geraldine. Caleb’s Crossing, People of the Book
Catton, Eleanor. The Luminaries
Chevalier, Tracy. The Last Runaway, At the Edge of the Orchard
Cline, Emma. The Girls
Conklin, Tara. The House Girl
De Rosnay, Tatiana. The Other Story
Doerr, Anthony. All the Light We Cannot See
Eggers, Dave. The Circle
Eugenides, Jeffrey. The Marriage Plot
Ferrante, Elena. My Brilliant Friend
Fowler, Therese. Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
Franzen, Jonathan. Freedom, Purity
Genova, Lisa. Still Alice
George, Nina. The Little Paris Bookshop
Gilbert, Elizabeth. The Signature of all Things
Grissom, Kathleen. The Kitchen House
Groff, Lauren. Fates and Furies
Hannah, Kristin. The Nightingale
Harrison, A.S.A.. The Silent Wife
Haruf, Kent. Our Souls at Night
Hawkins, Paula. The Girl on the Train
Hoffman, Alice. The Museum of Extraordinary Things
Hosseini, Khaled. And the Mountains Echoed
Johnson, Adam. The Orphan Master’s Son
Johnson, Lindsey Lee, The Most Dangerous Place On Earth
Joyce, Rachel. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Kidd, Sue Monk. The Invention of Wings
King, Lily. Euphoria
Kline, Christina. Orphan Train, A Piece of the World
Koch, Herman The Dinner
Kwok, Jean Girl in Translation
Lahiri, Jhumpa. The Lowland
Mandel, Emily St. John. Station Eleven
Mantel, Hilary. Wolf Hall; Bring Up the Bodies
McBride, James. The Good Lord Bird
McEwan, Ian. Nutshell
McLain, Paula. The Paris Wife, Circling the Sun
Messud, Claire. The Woman Upstairs
Moriarty, Liane. The Husband’s Secret, Big Little Lies
Morton, Kate. The Forgotten Garden, The House at Riverton
Moyes, Jojo. Me Before You
Nicholls, David. Us
Oates, Joyce Carol. Missing Mom
Ondaatje, Michael. Cat’s Table
Otsuka, Julie. Buddha in the Attic; When the Emperor Was Divine
Ozeki, Ruth. A Tale for the Time Being
Patchett, Ann. Commonwealth
Picoult, Jodi. Small Great Things
Quindlen, Anna. Still Life with Bread Crumbs
Rothschild, Hannah. The Improbability of Love
Saunders, George. Tenth of December: Stories
Semple, Maria. Where’d You go Bernadette?
Simonson, Helen. Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, The Summer Before the War
Simsion, Graeme. The Rosie Project
Sloan, Robin. Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore
Smith, Dominic. The Last Painting of Sara De Vos
Stedman, M. L. The Light Between Oceans
Tartt, Donna. Secret History, The Goldfinch
Towles, Amor. A Gentleman in Moscow
Verghese, Abraham. Cutting for Stone
Vreeland, Susan. Clara and Mr. Tiffany
Walker, Karen Thompson. The Age of Miracles
Whitehead, Colin. The Underground Railroad
Zevin, Gabrielle. The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
Non-fiction
Brown, Daniel. The Boys in the Boat
Cahalan, Susannah. Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
Coates, Ta-Nahisi. Between the World and Me
Davis, Joshua. Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream
Ephron, Delia. Sister Mother Husband Dog (etc.)
Gawande, Atul. Being Mortal
Gladwell, Malcolm. David and Goliath
Kalanethi, Paul. When Breath Becomes Air
Kerman, Piper. Orange is the New Black
Kolbert, Elizabeth. The Sixth Extinction
McCullough, David. The Wright Brothers
Millard, Candice. River of Doubt
Noah, Trevor. Born a Crime
Patchett, Ann. This is the Story of a Happy Marriage
Philbrick, Nat. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Schiff, Stacy. Cleopatra, The Witches: Salem, 1692
Skloot, Rebecca. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Strayed, Cheryl. Wild
Vance, J. D. Hillbilly Elegy
Weiner, Eric. The Geography of Bliss.
Winchester, Simon. The Men Who United the States
Yousafzai, Malala. I Am Malala
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