Recent book club favorites 2014

Read an exclusive excerpt from elizabeth strouts olive, again. The readers favorite monthly book giveaway is completely free and available to readers, authors and anyone who loves to read. Here are our readers favorite book club books of 20 based on our 20 survey results. Insightful discussion questions, author information, great links, menu ideas, bookmarks, and more for your book club. Fiction, too, is representedliterature, poetry, short. Glen campbell sings a heartbreaking last song as his memory fades. Isaacsons book offers a magisterial, detailed sweep, from the invention of the steam engine to the hightech marvels of today, with profiles of the great innovators who made it all happen. Anna todd is the new york times bestselling author of the after series of books, the spring girls, and the recent the brightest stars. Need a little inspiration for your book club s next read. Natalia has returned to her roots in balkan country to lend a hand at an orphanage, and. Our book club consisted of military wives all stationed overseas. The huffington post selected the tigers wife for our now discontinued book club in 2011, and with good reason.

The invention of wings by sue monk kidd, the husbands secret by liane moriarty, the goldfinch by donna tartt, me before. Books that might otherwise be overlooked by the general public catapult onto the bestseller lists after being selected. Amazon hot new releases our bestselling new and future releases. When shes not watching melodramatic television or reading magical realism, shes reading memoir, watching the great british bake off, or eating her way around new york. Check out our favorite books from 20, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008. The socalled oprah effect is estimated to have sold more than 60 million copies of the book clubs selections, and its made several authors into household names. Keep in mind i select my favorites based not only on how much i liked the book but also on how well the book generated a discussion. Boyle which was largely seen as having far too many characters and plotlines to be coherent to blindness by jose saramago, the favorite author of the group.

Now that youve had some time to recover from all those champagne wishes and caviar dreams, its time to get down to business. The 10 titles book clubs are buzzing about in 2017 by mackenzie dawson. The most popular book club books of the past decade bookbub. Whether you belong to a book club or not, this is a great list of book recommendations and books that are fun to discuss. Nprs book concierge our guide to 2015s great reads. This years edition of the concierge is dedicated to the memory of longtime npr book critic alan cheuse produced by nicole cohen, rose friedman, petra mayer and beth novey designed by annette elizabeth allen, david eads, becky lettenberger and wes lindamood published dec. Here, weve rounded up the best oprahs book club books, for those of you looking to take a recommendation from o herself.

Summer was one of whartons personal favorites of all her novels and remains as fresh and relevant. Selecting a book club book can seem as harrowing as the plot of a pageturner. Reading group choices is your resource for book recommendations, book club discussion topics, and reading group guides. Take a look at the most searched books on litlovers. Im a bookworm, and book club is one of the highlights of my month.

Ccc book club list 2014 time to choose our books for 2014, please add your favorites or let me know them and i will add. I chose this months abm book club selection because i adore barbara kingsolver, and i realized she had a newish novel out that i hadnt read yet. It has ranged from our current selection, worlds end by t. Here are a dozen recommendations for your book club to read in 2014.

The invitation to join goes out to all parish members, but, not surprisingly, only women have responded so far. Here are my seven favorites, by authors who have been trusted guides on my daily spiritual adventures. These fourstar and threestar titles represent a variety of subjects, from architecture to photography, from travel to regional interest, from history to memoir. We are a group of about 20 women who meet on the second wednesday of each month from september through may. Vote for your favorite 15 in order to get the books on the list, i have to vote for all of them. But theres another category of book, the supersoulful variety, that i turn to again and again for inspiration, companionship, or help moving from the darkness to the light. Obrehts portrayal of a southeast europe corrupted by war yet inspired by legends and fairy tales is both touching and deeply important. Wednesday, january 29, 2014 the night circus by erin morgenstern. Nprs book concierge our guide to 2014s great reads. We simply cant talk about book clubs without including the original, oprahs book club, which was created by winfrey over 20 years ago and is still going strong today. A fathers unthinkable choice by tim kreider memoirtrue crime. Plus, when you read along with us, you might just get to. The top 50 fiction books for 2014 the washington post. Among the books excellent advice is this gem from computing pioneer howard aiken.

My bookclub members thought it read like poetry, and, like poetry, loved it. Online shopping for book club picks from a great selection at books store. I love many of her books, but one of my very favorites is animal, vegetable, miracle. All have already published in hardcover and ebook, and all will publish in paperback between january and april 2014. The five most recent christian science articles with a spiritual perspective.

The book is available now on apple books in both ebook and audiobook formats. John jacob astor and thomas jeffersons lost pacific empire. Book world critics pick the best reads of 2014 in fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels and audio books. We love adventures, ordinary days, good eats, and the neighborhood donkeys. Weekly book lists of exciting new releases, bestsellers, classics, and more. And, go figure, its a debut i also had great luck with debuts last year see my best debuts of 2014 list.

Whether theyre wielding political power, magic, swords, k. A users guide to the chakra system llewellyns new age series anodea judith paperback. Book group favorites for the best book club discussion reading. Her endorsement of a book or a writer often skyrockets them onto bestsellers lists instantly, because she is truly the authority on the best books. Here are our reading groups favorite book club books of 2014 based on our 2014 survey results. My sunshine away is a heartfelt, honest, and beautifully. Here are our reading groups favorite nonfiction books of 2015 based on our 2015 survey results. Book club favorites is your onestop shop for the most discussionworthy book club picks each and every month. This is life in the country with four delicious children.

It is impossible to read this book and not come away thinking differently about our status as women and about all the unsung heroines who play a role in getting us to where we are, oprah said after picking the novel as the third selection for oprahs book club 2. Favorites of 2014 february 4, 2015 jenn book club discussion 2 for the last few years, the fiction book club i lead at one more page books kicks off the new year by talking about our favorite reads of the previous year. Selecting each months book requires walking a fine line between art and science, preplanning and sheer luck. If you make a purchase using the links included, we may earn commission. Join us for a special end of year quiz at londons the tabernacle on wednesday 10 december. The 20th victim womens murder club 20 james patterson. Should you opt for the true story of a valiant trek across the pacific northwest, or the underrated, lesserknown classic. A story of wealth, ambition, and survival by peter stark hardcover mar 2014.

Our lists of book club favorites curious about what other book clubs are interested in. Need a little inspiration for your book clubs next read. Cnns jeanne moos reports on a sad but loving swan song. Each month our authors can provide a kindle copy of their book to be given away. The books are listed on our monthly book giveaway page with new ones added every day. Book group favorites for the best book club discussion. She has since written eight additional novels and serves as a producer and screenwriter on the upcoming film adaptation of after we collided, the sequel to after. We just completed our second year of book club at my church.

Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014. A novel with recipes by meera ekkanath klein homebound publications, november 17, 2014 266 pages. Find discussion books, contests, and reading lists. A list of classic and current book club favorite reads.