IndieBound's List of Reading Group Picks
The Reading Group Picks list is the brainchild of indie booksellers -- launched at their suggestion -- and it is one of the most popular lists of the year. The American Bookselling Association consistently receives the most requests for additional copies of the Reading Group List and hears about the the many ways in which booksellers use the list -- from in-store distribution and handouts to reading group leaders to take-away components in special in-store displays. The list features a wide range of popular fiction and nonfiction, with a special eye toward titles booksellers believe will stimulate especially lively discussion for book groups.
Spring - Summer 2008
- LOVING FRANK: A Novel by Nancy Horan
- THE GATHERING by Anne Enright
- THE TENDERNESS OF WOLVES: A Novel by Stef Penney
- LUNCHEON OF THE BOATING PARTY by Susan Vreeland
- ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver, with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver
- KABUL BEAUTY SCHOOL: An American Woman GoesBehind The Veil by Deborah Rodriguez and Kristin Ohlson
- THE UNCOMMON READER: A Novella by Alan Bennett
- A THREE DOG LIFE by Abigail Thomas
- OUT STEALING HORSES by Per Petterson
- THE KNITTING CIRCLE: A Novel by Ann Hood
- A Lively Account
- LITTLE HEATHENS: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
- MCCARTHY'S BAR: A Journey of Discovery in Ireland by Pete McCarthy
- TRUCK: A Love Story by Michael Perry
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- The Impact of War
- HALF OF A YELLOW SUN by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- HUNGER: A Novel by Elise Blackwell
- THOSE WHO SAVE US by Jenna Blum
- WHAT IS THE WHAT by Dave Eggers
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- Memorable Women
- THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB by Kate Jacobs
- HERE IF YOU NEED ME: A True Story by Kate Braestrup
- POCKETFUL OF NAMES: A Novel by Joe Coomer
- THE VANISHING ACT OF ESME LENNOX by Maggie O'Farrell
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- Group Favorites
- EAT, PRAY, LOVE: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
- THE HISTORY OF LOVE: A Novel by Nicole Krauss
- THE SPACE BETWEEN US: A Novel by Thrity Umrigar
- WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen
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- Contemporary Masters
- ON CHESIL BEACH: A Novel by Ian McEwan
- MORAL DISORDER AND OTHER STORIES by Margaret Atwood
- THE ROAD,by Cormac McCarthy
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- Family Stories
- THE BASTARD OF ISTANBUL: A Novel by Elif Shafak
- THE DEAD FATHER'S CLUB by Matt Haig
- THE FLOOR OF THE SKY by Pamela Carter Joern
- THE GOD OF ANIMALS by Aryn Kyle
- THE MINISTRY OF SPECIAL CASES by Nathan Englander
- THE PIRATE'S DAUGHTER: A Novel by Margaret Cezair-Thompson
- THE PROMISE OF HAPPINESS by Justin Cartwright
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- The American Scene
- THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT HEAVEN BEARS by Dinaw Mengestu
- BETWEEN, GEORGIA by Joshilyn Jackson
- COAL BLACK HORSE: A Novel by Robert Olmstead
- FIVE SKIES by Ron Carlson
- LAST NIGHT AT THE LOBSTER by Stewart O'Nan
- THE ROPE WALK: A Novel by Carrie Brown
- STEALING BUDDHA'S DINNER by Bich Minh Nguyen
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- Books and Bookstores
- THE PULPWOOD QUEENS' TIARA-WEARING BOOK-SHARING GUIDE TO LIFE by Kathy Patrick
- THE SECRET OF LOST THINGS: A Novel by Sheridan Hay
- THE THIRTEENTH TALE: A Novel by Diane Setterfield
- THEY DID IT WITH LOVE,by Kate Morgenroth
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- Compelling Portraits
- THE MADONNAS OF LENINGRAD: A Novel by Debra Deanber anything since then. A heartbreaking, beautiful story." --Susan Wasson, Bookworks, Albuquerque, NM
- MAN GONE DOWN: A Novel by Michael Thomas
- MONIQUE AND THE MANGO RAINS by Kris Holloway
- WHISTLING IN THE DARK by Lesley Kagen
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- Historical Fiction
- ABUNDANCE: A Novel of Marie Antoinette by Sena Jeter Naslund
- A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY by Libba Bray
- MISTRESS OF THE ART OF DEATH by Ariana Franklin
- RASPUTIN'S DAUGHTER by Robert Alexander
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- Mystery Marvels
- CHRISTINE FALLS: A Novel by Benjamin Black
- RESTLESS: A Novel by William Boyd
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- Visiting Other Worlds
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- FIELDWORK: A Novel by Mischa Berlinski
- LONELY WEREWOLF GIRL by Martin Millar
- MISTER PIP by Lloyd Jonesndy Lillich, University of Oregon Bookstore, Eugene, OR (Available after May 20.)
- PEONY IN LOVE by Lisa See
- THE SUMMER BOOK by Tove Jansson
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- Faith and Works
- GRACE (EVENTUALLY): Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
- IN DEFENSE OF FOOD: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
- THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
