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Book Clubs Recommend

When it comes to selecting books, there's nothing better than a recommendation from a book club. We featured 100 top reading suggestions from book clubs in The Book Club Cookbook. Since then, we've been posting recommendations from book clubs around the country on this page. We've also included some menus from their meetings. Each title links to a book club recommendation.

Please note that the featured books on our websites do not necessarily have a culinary tie-in: the goal of our sites is to connect readers with the best fiction and non-fiction titles for book clubs.

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Happy Reading!

ALL SOULS by Michael Patrick

THE MASTER BUTCHER’S SINGING CLUB
by Louise Erdrich
ALMOST HOME by Pam Jenoff MCCARTHY'S BAR by Pete McCarthy
THE AMERICAN PLAGUE by Molly Caldwell Crosby THE MIDDLE PLACE by Kelly Corrigan
AMERICAN WIFE by Curtis Sittenfeld A MIDNIGHT CAROL by Patricia K. Davis
ATONEMENT by Ian McEwan MILA 18 by Leon Uris
AWAY by Amy Bloom MOLOKA'I by Alan Brennert
AZIM'S BARDO by Azim Khamisa MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS by Agatha Christie
BALKAN GHOSTS: A JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY
by Robert D. Kaplan
MY LIFE IN FRANCE by Julia Child and Alex Prud'homme
BENEATH A MARBLE SKY by John Shors MY NAME IS MARY SUTTER by Robin Oliveira
BLESSINGS by Anna Quindlen MY SISTER’S KEEPER by Jodi Picoult
BONE COLD by Erica Spindler MY TEENAGE WEREWOLF by Lauren Kessler
THE BOOK OF SALT by Monique Truong THE NEXT THING ON MY LIST by Jill Smolinski
THE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak NOBODY'S BABY BUT MINE by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL by Asne Sierstad ON BEAUTY by Zadie Smith
CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN by Fannie Flagg THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL by Phillipa Gregory
CARRY ME HOME by Sandra Kring OLIVE KITTERIDGE by Elizabeth Strout
THE CELLIST OF SARAJEVO by Steven Galloway ONE THOUSAND WHITE WOMEN by Jim Fergus
A CHRISTMAS MEMORY, ONE CHRISTMAS & THE THANKSGIVING VISITOR by Truman Capote  PILLARS OF THE EARTH by Ken Follett
THE CIDER HOUSE RULES by John Irving PLAIN TRUTH by Jodi Picoult
CLAUDE & CAMILLE by Stephanie Cowell PLUM WINE by Angela Davis-Gardiner
THE COFFEE TRADER by David Liss THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA bu Philip Roth
COLOR ME BUTTERFLY by L.Y. Marlow POMEGRANATE SOUP by Marsha Mehran
COOKING FOR MR. LATTE by Amanda Hesser POPE JOAN by Donna Woolfolk Cross
COOL CREATURES, HOT PLANET: EXPLORING THE SEVEN CONTINENTS by Marty Essen THE POSTMISTRESS by Sarah Blake
CROW LAKE by Mary Larson POWER, FAITH, AND FANTASY by Michael B. Oren
CUTTING FOR STONE by Abraham Verghese PROMISE THE MOON by Elizabeth Joy Arnold
THE DEATH AND LIFE OF CHARLIE ST. CLOUD by Ben Sherwood THE PURSUIT OF ALICE THRIFT by Elinor Lipman

DEATH OF INNOCENCE by Mamie Till-Mobley and Christopher Benson

RACHEL'S HOLIDAY by Marian Keyes
A DELICATE BALANCE by Edward Albee REBECCA by Daphne Du Maurier
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY by Erik Larson THE RED SCARF by Kate Furnivall
THE DEW BREAKER by Edwidge Danticat THE RIVER OF DOUBT by Candice Millard
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY by Jean-Dominique Bauby THE ROCK ORCHARD by Paula Wall
DREAM OF THE BLUE ROOM by Michelle Richmond THE ROMANCE READER by Pearl Abraham
DURABLE GOODS by Elizabeth Berg RUN by Ann Patchett
EAST OF EDEN by John Steinbeck SATURDAY by Ian McEwan

EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert

THE SEAMSTRESS by Frances Peebles
EATING HEAVEN by Jennie Shortridge SEPULCHURE by Kate Mosse
THE EGYPTOLOGIST by Arthur Phillips SERVING CRAZY WITH CURRY by Amulya Malladi
ESCAPE by Carolyn Jessop SHADOW DIVERS by Robert Kurson
FAITHFUL PLACE by Tana French THE SHADOW OF THE WIND by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
FINN by Jon Clinch SHANGHAI GIRLS by Lisa See
FIREFLY LANE by Kristin Hannah THE SHINIEST JEWEL by Marian Henley
FIRST MOTHERS by Bonnie Angelo SISTER OF MY HEART by Chitra Divakaruni
THE FORGOTTEN GARDEN by Kate Morton SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN by Lisa See 
FUNNY IN FARSI by Firoozeh Dumas SO BIG by Edna Ferber
THE GARDENS OF KYOTO by Kate Walbert THE SPACE BETWEEN US by Thrity Umrigar
THE GARGOYLES by Andrew Davidson THE SPEED OF DARK by Elizabeth Moon
THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeanette Walls STILL ALICE by Lisa Genova
GOING TO THE SUN by James McManus STOLEN LIVES by Malika Oufkir
A GOOD INDIAN WIFE by Anne Cherian THE STORY OF BEAUTIFUL GIRL by Rachel Simon
THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE by David Wroblewski
THE GREAT INFLUENZA by John M. Barry THE SUGAR QUEEN by Sarah Addison Allen
THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows SUITE FRANCAISE by Irene Nemirovsky
HALF BROKE HORSES by Jeannette Walls SUMMER by Edith Wharton
HAVE A LITTLE FAITH by Mitch Albom SWEET MANDARIN by Helen Tse
THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett TALES OF THE CITY by Armistead Maupin
THE HISTORY OF LOVE by Nicole Krauss

TALES OF A FEMALE NOMAD by Rita Golden Gelman

THE HOUSEKEEPER AND THE PROFESSOR by Yoko Ogawa THE THIRTEENTH TALE by Diane Setterfield
HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET by Jamie Ford THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE by Audrey Niffenegger
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG by Andre Dubus III THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU by Jonathan Tropper
HOW TO BE LOST by Amanda Eyre Ward    A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini
INTO THE FOREST by Jean Hegland THREE CUPS OF TEA by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
ISAAC'S STORM by Erik Larson TINKERS by Paul Harding
THE KIDS FROM NOWHERE by George Guthridge A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN by Betty Smith
THE KITCHEN HOUSE by Kathleen Grissom UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN by Frances Mayes
THE KNOWN WORLD by Edward P. Jones THE UNIT by Ninni Holmqvist
THE LAST CHILD by John Hart UNLESS by Carol Shields
LITTLE BEE by Chris Cleave WAITING FOR SNOW IN HAVANA by Carlos Eire
LITTLE CHAPEL ON THE RIVER by Gwendolyn Bounds WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen
LITTLE HEATHENS by Mildred Armstrong Kalish WHEN THE EMPEROR WAS DIVINE by Julie Otsuka
LIVE AGAIN by L.R. Giles WHERE THE DOG STAR NEVER GLOWS by Tara L. Masih
THE LONELY POLYGAMIST by Brady Udall

WHY I'M STILL MARRIED by Karen Propp and Jean Trounstine

A LONG WAY DOWN by Nick Hornby WICKED by Gregory Maguire
LOST HORIZON by James Hilton

WILL IN THE WORLD by Stephen Greenblatt

LOVE AND BIOLOGY AT THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE by Jennie Shortridge WINTERDANCE by Gary Paulsen
LOVING FRANK by Nancy Horan WORLD WITHOUT END by Ken Follett
LUCKY ME by Debra Borden THE WORLD WITHOUT US by Alan Weisman
THE MAN IN THE WHITE SHARKSKIN SUIT by Lucette Lagnado THE WHITE TIGER by Aravind Adiga
THE MANY LIVES & SECRET SORROWS OF
JOSEPHINE B. by Sandra Gulland
WHY NEW ORLEANS MATTERS by Tom Piazza
MARCH by Geraldine Brooks THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN’S UNION by Michael Chabon