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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

MOLOKA'I by Alan Brennert
ALMOST HOME by Pam Jenoff MY LIFE IN FRANCE by Julia Child and Alex Prud'homme
THE AMERICAN PLAGUE by Molly Caldwell Crosby MY SISTER’S KEEPER by Jodi Picoult
AMERICAN WIFE by Curtis Sittenfeld THE NEXT THING ON MY LIST by Jill Smolinski
BALKAN GHOSTS: A JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY
by Robert D. Kaplan
THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL by Phillipa Gregory
BENEATH A MARBLE SKY by John Shors OLIVE KITTERIDGE by Elizabeth Strout
BLESSINGS by Anna Quindlen PILLARS OF THE EARTH by Ken Follett
BONE COLD by Erica Spindler PLAIN TRUTH by Jodi Picoult
THE BOOK OF SALT by Monique Truong PLUM WINE by Angela Davis-Gardiner
THE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA bu Philip Roth
THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL by Asne Sierstad POMEGRANATE SOUP by Marsha Mehran
CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN by Fannie Flagg POPE JOAN by Donna Woolfolk Cross
CARRY ME HOME by Sandra Kring POWER, FAITH, AND FANTASY by Michael B. Oren
THE CELLIST OF SARAJEVO by Steven Galloway PROMISE THE MOON by Elizabeth Joy Arnold
A CHRISTMAS MEMORY, ONE CHRISTMAS & THE THANKSGIVING VISITOR by Truman Capote  THE PURSUIT OF ALICE THRIFT by Elinor Lipman
THE COFFEE TRADER by David Liss REBECCA by Daphne Du Maurier
COLOR ME BUTTERFLY by L.Y. Marlow THE RED SCARF by Kate Furnivall
COOKING FOR MR. LATTE by Amanda Hesser RIVER OF DOUBT by Candice Millard
COOL CREATURES, HOT PLANET: EXPLORING THE SEVEN CONTINENTS by Marty Essen THE ROCK ORCHARD by Paula Wall
CROW LAKE by Mary Larson THE ROMANCE READER by Pearl Abraham
THE DEATH AND LIFE OF CHARLIE ST. CLOUD by Ben Sherwood RUN by Ann Patchett

DEATH OF INNOCENCE by Mamie Till-Mobley and Christopher Benson

SATURDAY by Ian McEwan
A DELICATE BALANCE by Edward Albee THE SEAMSTRESS by Frances Peebles
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY by Erik Larson SEPULCHURE by Kate Mosse
THE DEW BREAKER by Edwidge Danticat SERVING CRAZY WITH CURRY by Amulya Malladi
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY by Jean-Dominique Bauby SHADOW DIVERS by Robert Kurson
DREAM OF THE BLUE ROOM by Michelle Richmond THE SHADOW OF THE WIND by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
DURABLE GOODS by Elizabeth Berg SHANGHAI GIRLS by Lisa See

EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert

THE SHINIEST JEWEL by Marian Henley
EATING HEAVEN by Jennie Shortridge SISTER OF MY HEART by Chitra Divakaruni
THE EGYPTOLOGIST by Arthur Phillips SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN by Lisa See 
FINN by Jon Clinch SO BIG by Edna Ferber
FIREFLY LANE by Kristin Hannah THE SPACE BETWEEN US by Thrity Umrigar
FIRST MOTHERS by Bonnie Angelo THE SPEED OF DARK by Elizabeth Moon
FUNNY IN FARSI by Firoozeh Dumas STILL ALICE by Lisa Genova
THE GARDENS OF KYOTO by Kate Walbert STOLEN LIVES by Malika Oufkir
THE GARGOYLES by Andrew Davidson THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE by David Wroblewski
THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeanette Walls THE SUGAR QUEEN by Sarah Addison Allen
GOING TO THE SUN by James McManus SUITE FRANCAISE by Irene Nemirovsky
A GOOD INDIAN WIFE by Anne Cherian SUMMER by Edith Wharton
THE GREAT INFLUENZA by John M. Barry SWEET MANDARIN by Helen Tse
THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

TALES OF A FEMALE NOMAD by Rita Golden Gelman

HALF BROKE HORSES by Jeannette Walls THE THIRTEENTH TALE by Diane Setterfield
THE HISTORY OF LOVE by Nicole Krauss THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE by Audrey Niffenegger
THE HOUSEKEEPR AND THE PROFESSOR by Yoko Ogawa A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini
HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET by Jamie Ford THREE CUPS OF TEA by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
  TINKERS by Paul Harding
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG by Andre Dubus III UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN by Frances Mayes
HOW TO BE LOST by Amanda Eyre Ward    THE UNIT by Ninni Holmqvist
ISAAC'S STORM by Erik Larson UNLESS by Carol Shields
THE KIDS FROM NOWHERE by George Guthridge WAITING FOR SNOW IN HAVANA by Carlos Eire
THE KNOWN WORLD by Edward P. Jones WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen
THE LAST CHILD by John Hart WHEN THE EMPEROR WAS DIVINE by Julie Otsuka
A LONG WAY DOWN by Nick Hornby  
LOST HORIZON by James Hilton WHERE THE DOG STAR NEVER GLOWS by Tara L. Masih
LOVE AND BIOLOGY AT THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE by Jennie Shortridge

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

LOVING FRANK by Nancy Horan WICKED by Gregory Maguire
LUCKY ME by Debra Borden

WILL IN THE WORLD by Stephen Greenblatt

MARCH by Geraldine Brooks WORLD WITHOUT END by Ken Follett

THE MANY LIVES & SECRET SORROWS OF
JOSEPHINE B. by Sandra Gulland

THE WORLD WITHOUT US by Alan Weisman
THE MASTER BUTCHER’S SINGING CLUB
by Louise Erdrich
THE WHITE TIGER by Aravind Adiga
MCCARTHY'S BAR by Pete McCarthy WHY NEW ORLEANS MATTERS by Tom Piazza
THE MIDDLE PLACE by Kelly Corrigan THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN’S UNION by Michael Chabon
A MIDNIGHT CAROL by Patricia K. Davis  
MILA 18 by Leon Uris