Books that will get the group talking about reading.
[1]
The Romance Reader [1] by Pearl Abraham
Brick Lane [2] by Monica Ali
Book of Illusions [3] by Paul Auster
A Long Way Gone [4] by Ismael Beah (nonfiction—men’s read)
Talk Before Sleep [5] by Elizabeth Berg
The Effects of Light [6] by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore
Double Bind [7] by Chris Bohjalian
The Cloud Atlas [8] by Liam Callanan
Hottentot Venus [9] by Barbara Chase-Riboud
Girl With a Pearl Earring [10] by Tracy Chevalier
[11]
Blue Italian [11] by Rita Ciresi
Caramelo [12] by Sandra Cisneros
What Girls Learn [13] by Karen Cook
The Red Tent [14] by Anita Diamant
House of Sand and Fog [15] by Andre Dubus III
One Thousand White Women [16] by Jim Fergus
Neverwhere [17] by Neil Gaiman
A Song for the Asking [18] by Steve Gannon
The Bee Season [19] by Myra Goldberg
Memoirs of a Geisha [20] by Arthur Golden
[21]
A Painted House [21] by John Grisham
Water for Elephants [22] by Sara Gruen
The Curious Incident of the Dog in Night-time [23] by Mark Haddon
The Sirens of Baghdad [24] by Yasmina Khadra
The Secret Life of Bees [25] by Sue Monk Kidd
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle [26] by Barbara Kingsolver (nonfiction)
Elvis is Titanic [27] by Ian Klaus
Crashing Through [28] by Robert Kurson (nonfiction—men’s read)
The Girls [29] by Lori Lansens
Shutter Island [30] by Dennis Lehane
[31]
Charity Girl [31] by Michael Lowenthal
Truth and Consequences [32] by Alison Lurie
Cancer Vixen [33] by Marissa A. Marchetta (nonfiction graphic novel)
Charming Billy [34] by Alice McDermott
The Memory of Running [35] by Ron McLarty
Cage of Stars [36] by Jacquelyn Mitchard
The Speed of Dark [37] by Elizabeth Moon
The Rest of Her Life [38] by Laura Moriarty
Hidden Kitchens: Stories, Recipes, and More From NPR's The Kitchen Sisters [39] by Nikki Silva and Davia Nelson.
The Time Traveler’s Wife [40] by Audrey Niffenegger
[41]
The Things They Carried [41] by Tim O’Brien
A Blessed Event [42] by Jean Reynolds Page
Getting Mother's Body [43] by Suzan-Lori Parks
Bel-Canto [44] by Ann Patchett
The Friendship Crisis [45] by Marla Paul (nonfiction)
My Sister’s Keeper [46] by Jodi Picoult
American Shaolin [47] by Matthew Polly (nonfiction—men’s read)
The God of Small Things [48] by Arundhati Roy
The Sparrow [49] by Mary Doria Russell
The Thirteenth Tale [50] by Diane Setterfield
[51]
The Coldest Winter Ever [51] by Sister Souljah (good introduction to urban literature)
Factory of Cunning [52] by Phillippa Stockley
The Bonesetter’s Daughter [53] by Amy Tan
The Secret History [54] by Donna Tartt
Everything Changes [55] by Jonathan Tropper
Women of the Silk [56] by Gail Tsukiyama
Luncheon of the Boating Party [57] by Susan Vreeland
The World Without Us [58] by Alan Weisman (nonfiction—men’s read)
Winter’s Bone [59] by Daniel Woodrell
Compiled by Kaite Mediatore Stover [60], Head of Readers’ Services, Kansas City Public Library.
Links:
[1] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22The+Romance+Reader%22+author:%22Abraham%22
[2] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Brick+Lane%22+author:%22Ali%22
[3] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Book+of+Illusions%22+author:%22Auster%22
[4] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22A+Long+Way+Gone%22+author:%22Beah%22
[5] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Talk+Before+Sleep%22+author:%22Berg%22
[6] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22The+Effects+of+Light%22+author:%22Whittemore%22
[7] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Double+Bind%22+author:%22Bohjalian%22
[8] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22The+Cloud+Atlas%22+author:%22Callanan%22
[9] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Hottentot+Venus%22+author:%22Riboud%22
[10] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Girl+With+a+Pearl+Earring%22+author:%22Chevalier%22
[11] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Blue+Italian%22+author:%22Ciresi%22
[12] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Caramelo%22+author:%22Cisneros%22
[13] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22What+Girls+Learn%22+author:%22Cook%22
[14] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22The+Red+Tent%22+author:%22Diamant%22
[15] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22House+of+Sand+and+Fog%22+author:%22Dubus%22
[16] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22One+Thousand+White+Women%22
[17] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Neverwhere%22+author:%22Gaiman%22
[18] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22A+Song+for+the+Asking%22+author:%22Gannon%22
[19] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22The+Bee+Season%22+author:%22Goldberg%22
[20] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Memoirs+of+a+Geisha%22+author:%22Golden%22
[21] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22A+Painted+House%22+author:%22Grisham%22
[22] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Water+for+Elephants%22
[23] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22The+Curious+Incident+of+the+Dog+in+Night%2dtime%22
[24] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22The+Sirens+of+Baghdad%22+author:%22Khadra%22
[25] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22The+Secret+Life+of+Bees%22+author:%22Kidd%22
[26] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Animal%252c+Vegetable%252c+Miracle%22
[27] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Elvis+is+Titanic%22
[28] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Crashing+Through%22+author:%22Kurson%22
[29] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22The+Girls%22+author:%22Lansens%22
[30] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Shutter+Island%22+author:%22Lehane%22
[31] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Charity+Girl%22+author:%22Lowenthal%22
[32] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Truth+and+Consequences%22+author:%22Lurie%22
[33] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Cancer+Vixen%22
[34] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Charming+Billy%22+author:%22McDermott%22
[35] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22The+Memory+of+Running%22
[36] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Cage+of+Stars%22+author:%22Mitchard%22
[37] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22The+Speed+of+Dark%22+author:%22Moon%22
[38] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22The+Rest+of+Her+Life%22+author:%22Moriarty%22
[39] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Hidden+Kitchens%22
[40] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22The+Time+Traveler%E2%80%99s+Wife%22
[41] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22The+Things+They+Carried%22
[42] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22A+Blessed+Event%22+author:%22Page%22
[43] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Getting+Mother%27s+Body%22+author:%22Parks%22
[44] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Bel%2dCanto%22+author:%22Patchett%22
[45] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22The+Friendship+Crisis%22+author:%22Paul%22
[46] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22My+Sister%27s+Keeper%22+author:%22Picoult%22
[47] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22American+Shaolin%22
[48] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22The+God+of+Small+Things%22
[49] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22The+Sparrow%22+author:%22Russell%22
[50] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22The+Thirteenth+Tale%22+author:%22Setterfield%22
[51] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Coldest+Winter+Ever%22+author:%22Souljah%22
[52] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Factory+of+Cunning%22+author:%22Stockley%22
[53] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22The+Bonesetter%E2%80%99s+Daughter%22+author:%22Tan%22
[54] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22The+Secret+History%22+author:%22Tartt%22
[55] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Everything+Changes%22+author:%22Tropper%22
[56] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Women+of+the+Silk%22+author:%22Tsukiyama%22
[57] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Luncheon+of+the+Boating+Party%22
[58] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22The+World+Without+Us%22
[59] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22Winter%27s+Bone%22+author:%22Woodrell%22
[60] mailto:kaitestover@kclibrary.org