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 site is to connect readers with the best fiction and non-fiction titles for book clubs.
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ACCIDENTS OF MARRIAGE by Randy Susan Meyers
ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE by Anthony Doerr
THE AMERICAN PLAGUE by
Molly Caldwell Crosby
AMERICAN WIFE by Curtis Sittenfeld
AMERICANAH by Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie
THE ART OF HEARING HEARTBEATS by Jan-Philipp Sendker
THE BAKER’S DAUGHTER by Sarah McCoy
BALKAN GHOSTS: A JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY by Robert D. Kaplan
BAKING CAKES IN KIGALI by Gaile Parkin
BELLE CORA by Phillip Margulies
BELLWEATHER RHAPSODY by Kate Racculia
BENEATH A MARBLE SKY by John Shors
THE BOOK OF SALT by Monique Truong
THE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak
THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL by Asne Sierstad
CALLING ME HOME by Julie Kibler
CAN’T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN by Fannie Flagg
CATHERINE THE GREAT: PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN by Robert K. Massie
THE CELLIST OF SARAJEVO by Steven Galloway
THE CHAPERONE by Laura Moriarty
THE CHILDREN ACT by Ian McEwan
A CHRISTMAS MEMORY, ONE CHRISTMAS & THE THANKSGIVING VISITOR by Truman Capote
THE CIDER HOUSE RULES by John Irving
CITIZENS CREEK by Lalita Tademy
CLAUDE & CAMILLE by Stephanie Cowell
THE COFFEE TRADER by David Liss
COLOR ME BUTTERFLY by L.Y. Marlow
COOKING FOR MR. LATTE by Amanda Hesser
COOL CREATURES, HOT PLANET: EXPLORING THE SEVEN CONTINENTS by Marty Essen
CUTTING FOR STONE by Abraham Verghese
THE DEATH AND LIFE OF CHARLIE ST. CLOUD by Ben Sherwood
DEATH OF INNOCENCE by Mamie Till-Mobley and Christopher Benson
A DELICATE BALANCE by Edward Albee
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY by Erik Larson
THE DEW BREAKER by Edwidge Danticat
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY by Jean-Dominique Bauby
DREAM OF THE BLUE ROOM by Michelle Richmond
DURABLE GOODS by Elizabeth Berg
EAST OF EDEN by John Steinbeck
EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert
EATING HEAVEN by Jennie Shortridge
THE EGYPTOLOGIST by Arthur Phillips
ELECTRICO W by Hervé Le Tellier
THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG by Muriel Barbery
EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU by Celeste Ng
THE EVENING CHORUS by Helen Humphreys
EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE by Jonathan Safran Foer
THE FALL BACK PLAN by Leigh Stein
FIREFLY LANE by Kristin Hannah
FIRST MOTHERS by Bonnie Angelo
FOLLOWING EZRA by Tom Fields-Meyer
THE FORGOTTEN GARDEN by Kate Morton
FUNNY IN FARSI by Firoozeh Dumas
THE GARDENS OF KYOTO by Kate Walbert
GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES by Ruth Reichl
THE GARGOYLES by Andrew Davidson
THE GIRL IN THE ITALIAN BAKERY by Kenneth Tingle
THE GIRL WHO FELL FROM THE SKY by Heidi Durrow
THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeanette Walls
GO SET A WATCHMAN by Harper Lee
GOING TO THE SUN by James McManus
THE GOLEM AND THE JINNI by Helene Wecker
A GOOD INDIAN WIFE by Anne Cherian
THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
THE GREAT INFLUENZA by John M. Barry
THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
HALF BROKE HORSES by Jeannette Walls
HAVE A LITTLE FAITH by Mitch Albom
THE HISTORY OF LOVE by Nicole Krauss
THE HOUSEKEEPER AND THE PROFESSOR by Yoko Ogawa
HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET by Jamie Ford
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG by Andre Dubus III
HOW TO BE LOST by Amanda Eyre Ward
THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins
I AM HAVING SO MUCH FUN HERE WITHOUT YOU by Courtney Maum
THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS by Rebecca Skloot
INTO THE FOREST by Jean Hegland
THE KIDS FROM NOWHERE by George Guthridge
THE KITCHEN HOUSE by Kathleen Grissom
THE KNOWN WORLD by Edward P. Jones
THE LACUNA by Barbara Kingsolver
THE LAST PAINTING OF SARA DE VOS by Dominic Smith
THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
LAURA LAMONT’S LIFE IN PICTURES by Emma Straub
THE LEMON TREE: AN ARAB, A JEW AND THE HEART OF THE MIDDLE EAST by Sandy Tolan
LITTLE CHAPEL ON THE RIVER by Gwendolyn Bounds
LITTLE HEATHENS by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
THE LONELY POLYGAMIST by Brady Udall
A LONG WAY DOWN by Nick Hornby
LOVE AND BIOLOGY AT THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE by Jennie Shortridge
THE MAMMY by Brendan O’Carroll
THE MAN IN THE WHITE SHARKSKIN SUIT by Lucette Lagnado
THE MANY LIVES & SECRET SORROWS OF JOSEPHINE B. by Sandra Gulland
THE MASTER BUTCHER’S SINGING CLUB
MCCARTHY’S BAR by Pete McCarthy
THE MIDDLE PLACE by Kelly Corrigan
A MIDNIGHT CAROL by Patricia K. Davis
MISSOULA: RAPE AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN A COLLEGE TOWN by Jon Krakauer
MR. EMERSON’S WIFE by Amy Belding Brown
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS by Agatha Christie
MY LIFE IN FRANCE by Julia Child and Alex Prud’homme
MY MOTHER’S KITCHEN by Meera Ekkananth Klein
MY NAME IS MARY SUTTER by Robin Oliveira
MY SISTER’S KEEPER by Jodi Picoult
MY STROKE OF INSIGHT: A BRAIN SCIENTIST’S PERSONAL JOURNEY by Jill Bolte Taylor
MY TEENAGE WEREWOLF by Lauren Kessler
THE NEXT THING ON MY LIST by Jill Smolinski
THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern
THE 19TH WIFE by David Ebershoff
NOBODY’S BABY BUT MINE by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
NOTES FROM A MAINE KITCHEN: SEASONALLY INSPIRED RECIPES by Kathy Gunst
THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL by Phillipa Gregory
OLIVE KITTERIDGE by Elizabeth Strout
ONE THOUSAND WHITE WOMEN by Jim Fergus
THE ORCHARDIST by Amanda Coplin
THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah
THE PAINTED GIRLS by Cathy Marie Buchanan
THE PARIS WIFE by Paula McClain
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK by Geraldine Brooks
PILLARS OF THE EARTH by Ken Follett
PLUM WINE by Angela Davis-Gardiner
THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA bu Philip Roth
POMEGRANATE SOUP by Marsha Mehran
POPE JOAN by Donna Woolfolk Cross
THE POSTMISTRESS by Sarah Blake
POWER, FAITH, AND FANTASY by Michael B. Oren
PROMISE THE MOON by Elizabeth Joy Arnold
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Jane Austen
THE PURSUIT OF ALICE THRIFT by Elinor Lipman
QUIET: THE POWER OF INTROVERTS IN A WORLD THAT CAN’T STOP TALKING by Susan Cain
RACHEL’S HOLIDAY by Marian Keyes
RECONSTRUCTING AMELIA by Kimberly McCreight
THE RED GARDEN by Alice Hoffman
THE RED SCARF by Kate Furnivall
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD by Richard Yates
THE RIVER OF DOUBT by Candice Millard
THE ROCK ORCHARD by Paula Wall
THE ROMANCE READER by Pearl Abraham
RULES OF CIVILITY by Amor Towles
SAY HER NAME by Francisco Goldman
THE SEAMSTRESS by Frances Peebles
THE SECRET SCRIPTURE by Sebastian Barry
SERVING CRAZY WITH CURRY by Amulya Malladi
SHADOW DIVERS by Robert Kurson
THE SHADOW QUEEN by Sandra Gulland
THE SHADOW OF THE WIND by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
SHE’S NOT THERE: A LIFE IN TWO GENDERS by Jennifer Finney Boyle
THE SHINIEST JEWEL by Marian Henley
SILVER SPARROW by Tayari Jones
SISTER OF MY HEART by Chitra Divakaruni
SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN by Lisa See
A SOFT PLACE TO LAND by Susan Rebecca White
THE SPACE BETWEEN US by Thrity Umrigar
THE SPEED OF DARK by Elizabeth Moon
STATE OF WONDER by Ann Patchett
STATION ELEVEN by Emily St. John Mandel
THE STORY OF BEAUTIFUL GIRL by Rachel Simon
THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE by David Wroblewski
THE SUGAR QUEEN by Sarah Addison Allen
SUITE FRANCAISE by Irene Nemirovsky
SWEET SALT AIR by Barbara Delinsky
THE SYMPATHIZER by Viet Thahn Nguyen
A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS by Amos Oz
TALES OF THE CITY by Armistead Maupin
TALES OF A FEMALE NOMAD by Rita Golden Gelman
TEN GIRLS TO WATCH by Charity Shumway
THE THIRTEENTH TALE by Diane Setterfield
THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE by Audrey Niffenegger
THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU by Jonathan Tropper
A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini
THREE CUPS OF TEA by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
TO BE SUNG UNDERWATER by Tom McNeal
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN by Betty Smith
UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN by Jon Krakauer
UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN by Frances Mayes
THE UNFINISHED CHILD by Theresa Shea
THE UNWINDING: AN INNER HISTORY OF THE NEW AMERICA by George Packer
WAITING FOR SNOW IN HAVANA by Carlos Eire
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen
WHEN THE EMPEROR WAS DIVINE by Julie Otsuka
WHERE THE DOG STAR NEVER GLOWS by Tara L. Masih
WHY I’M STILL MARRIED by Karen Propp and Jean Trounstine
WILL IN THE WORLD by Stephen Greenblatt
WORLD WITHOUT END by Ken Follett
THE WOMAN WHO HEARD COLOR by Kelly Jones
THE WORLD WITHOUT US by Alan Weisman
THESE IS MY WORDS: THE DIARY OF SARAH AGNES PRINE by Nancy E. Turner
THE WHITE TIGER by Aravind Adiga
WHY NEW ORLEANS MATTERS by Tom Piazza
THE YEAR OF LIVING DANISHLY: UNCOVERING THE SECRETS OF THE WORLD’S HAPPIEST COUNTRY by Helen Russell