Book Suggestions
Here are books that have been suggested and/or mentioned at previous gatherings. Feel free to add other suggestions in the Comments section below.
Books mentioned at 6/5/12 gathering:
- Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
- A Midwife's Tale by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
- The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
- Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
- The Kitchen House by Kathleen Frisson
- This Life is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone by Melissa Coleman
- 11/22/63 by Stephen King
- Beginning Grace by Kate Braestrup
- Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantel
- O Pioneers by Willa Cather
- My Antonia by Willa Cather
- American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North American by Colin Woodard (out in paperback Sep 2012)
- National Park mystery series by Nevada Barr (1st book = Track of the Cat)
Books mentioned at 4/25/12 gathering:
- The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins
- The Evil & The Innocent by Bill Diamond (local author)
- Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
- Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
- Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland
- When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
- Standing at the Scratch Line by Guy Johnson
- Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
- Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
- The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Midwives by Chris Bohjalian
- A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Books mentioned at 3/14/12 gathering:
- The Hunger Games trilogy (The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay) by Suzanne Collins
- Three Junes by Julia Glass
- Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
Books mentioned at 12/5/11 gathering:
- Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
- The Hunger Games trilogy (Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay) by Suzanne Collins
- The Dragon's Tooth by N. D. Wilson
Books mentioned at 10/13/11 gathering:
- The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
- Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
- something by or about Ted Hughes
Books mentioned at 8/30/11 gathering:
- The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
- plus a general suggestion of something political
Books mentioned at 7/19/11 gathering:
- The Keep by Jennifer Egan
- A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
- Room by Emma Donoghue
Books mentioned at 6/28/11 gathering:
- Room by Emma Donoghue
- A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
- Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
- A Widow's Story by Joyce Carol Oates
- The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
- This Life is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone by Melissa Coleman
- War by Sebastian Junger
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