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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

MARCH by Geraldine Brooks
ALMOST HOME by Pam Jenoff THE MASTER BUTCHER’S SINGING CLUB
by Louise Erdrich
THE AMERICAN PLAGUE by Molly Caldwell Crosby MCCARTHY'S BAR by Pete McCarthy
AMERICAN WIFE by Curtis Sittenfeld THE MIDDLE PLACE by Kelly Corrigan
ASYLUM by Patrick McGrath 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 NIGHT ROAD by Kristin Hannah
THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL by Asne Sierstad NOBODY'S BABY BUT MINE by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN by Fannie Flagg ON BEAUTY by Zadie Smith
CARRY ME HOME by Sandra Kring THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL by Phillipa Gregory
THE CELLIST OF SARAJEVO by Steven Galloway OLIVE KITTERIDGE by Elizabeth Strout
A CHRISTMAS MEMORY, ONE CHRISTMAS & THE THANKSGIVING VISITOR by Truman Capote  ONE THOUSAND WHITE WOMEN by Jim Fergus
THE CIDER HOUSE RULES by John Irving PILLARS OF THE EARTH by Ken Follett
CLAUDE & CAMILLE by Stephanie Cowell PLAIN TRUTH by Jodi Picoult
THE COFFEE TRADER by David Liss PLUM WINE by Angela Davis-Gardiner
COLOR ME BUTTERFLY by L.Y. Marlow THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA bu Philip Roth
COOKING FOR MR. LATTE by Amanda Hesser POMEGRANATE SOUP by Marsha Mehran
COOL CREATURES, HOT PLANET: EXPLORING THE SEVEN CONTINENTS by Marty Essen POPE JOAN by Donna Woolfolk Cross
CROW LAKE by Mary Larson THE POSTMISTRESS by Sarah Blake
CUTTING FOR STONE by Abraham Verghese POWER, FAITH, AND FANTASY by Michael B. Oren
THE DEATH AND LIFE OF CHARLIE ST. CLOUD by Ben Sherwood PROMISE THE MOON by Elizabeth Joy Arnold

DEATH OF INNOCENCE by Mamie Till-Mobley and Christopher Benson

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

EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert

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

TALES OF A FEMALE NOMAD by Rita Golden Gelman

HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG by Andre Dubus III THE THIRTEENTH TALE by Diane Setterfield
HOW TO BE LOST by Amanda Eyre Ward    THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE by Audrey Niffenegger
THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU by Jonathan Tropper
THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS by Rebecca Skloot 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
MAINE by J. Courtney Sullivan THE WHITE TIGER by Aravind Adiga
THE MAN IN THE WHITE SHARKSKIN SUIT by Lucette Lagnado WHY NEW ORLEANS MATTERS by Tom Piazza
THE MANY LIVES & SECRET SORROWS OF
JOSEPHINE B. by Sandra Gulland
THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN’S UNION by Michael Chabon