Based on a very unscientific poll of readers of this site, I have compiled a list of the most popular books for reading groups. If you are looking for some suggestions for your reading group, or for your own reading pleasure, check out the Best Loved Books for Book Groups. If you're looking for newer titles, check out Books Under Consideration for my reading group. For more esoteric titles, check out The Boca Public Library Reading Group Selections. This page also contains a list of scheduled discussions for my reading group, Boca Bibliophiles, and info on the Rockford Mystery Readers who meet in Rockford, IL and the Women's Book Club of Wellington, FL. Each title is also a link to Amazon for further information about that particular book. If you decide to purchase the book from an online bookseller, I would be most appreciative if you would use the links I provide. Thank you very much. If you are curious as to previously discussed books, click here... Reading Groups: Please send me an email if you are interested in or would like more information on the research available on these books and how to do your own research.
Boca BibliophilesThis group meets the second Tuesday night each month to discuss contemporary fiction. Please email for more information. 2007 April 10: A FAREWELL TO ARMS March 13: SATURDAY February 13: THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL by Philippa Gregory January 9: BIG STONE GAP by Adriana Trigiani 2006 December 12: CANCELLED! November 14: WISH YOU WELL October 10: THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER by Kim Edwards September 12: THE CLUB DUMAS by Arturo Perez-Reverte August 8: CANCELLED! July 11: THE DA VINCI CODE by Dan Brown June 13: LOSING JULIA by Jonathan Hull May 9: SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN by Lisa See April 11: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee (Read Together Palm Beach County) March 14: THE HA-HA by Dave King February 21: BEFORE YOU KNOW KINDNESS by Chris Bohjalian January 10: THE COLORADO KID by Stephen King 2005 December 13: WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN by Lionel Shriver November 8: THE MAMMOTH CHEESE by Sheri Holman October 11: THE SCANDALOUS SUMMER OF SISSY LEBLANC by Loraine Despres
September 13:
THE CONFESSIONS OF MAX TIVOLI by Andrew Sean Greer
August 9:
All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg (nonfiction)
July 12: Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
June 14:
Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that
Changed America
by Erik Larsen (nonfiction) May 10: In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez April 12: Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon March 8: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri February 8: Replay by Ken Grimwood & The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger January 11: Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage 2004 December 14: Replay by Ken Grimwood (cancelled) November 9: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon October 12: The Kite Runner by by Khaled Hosseini September cancelled August 10: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides July 6: Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik June 8: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold May 4: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi [nonfiction] April 13: Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue March 3: Life of Pi by Yann Martel February 4: Life of Pi by Yann Martel (rescheduled due to family emergency) January 7: Montana 1948 by Larry Watson Books Under Consideration (in no particular order): Your Mouth is Lovely by Nancy Richler All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy The German Money by Lev Raphael The Company You Keep by Neil Gordon The Known World by Edward P. Jones The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem Liars and Saints by Maile Meloy A Ship Made of Paper by Scott Spencer Getting Mother's Body by Suzan-Lori Parks Back to Top
Boca Public Library Book Discussion GroupsFiction & Nonfiction groups, click on link for more information including lists of books
Rockford Mystery ReadersName: Rockford Mystery Readers Group Date: 3rd Wednesday of each month, except December Time: 7:30 pm. Place: Barnes & Noble on State St. in Rockford, IL Contact: Lesa Contact email: mysteriesnmoggys@hotmail.com Please reference the Rockford Mystery Readers in the subject line.
Women's Book Club of WellingtonName: Women's Book Club of Wellington Date: 4th Friday of the month, beginning March 25, 2005 For more information: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WBCoW/ Contact email: Devi - sing247@adelphia.net or Danielle - daniellefeliciano@hotmail.com Reading Groups: Send me an email with your group's info to be posted here.
Best Loved Books for Book GroupsIn June, 2002, I ran a contest asking entrants for the titles that their reading groups liked best. I have compiled all the responses below, alphabetically by author.
Booksellers Pick Top Reading Group Books
(July 2002)
1. THE POISONWOOD BIBLE, by Barbara Kingsolver
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