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There are competing theories about how to pick the best book club book.
I think we started withConfessions of Zeno.
Below, find some of our choices.
Plus, it’s pretty sexy.
I know it will divide people.
But I was so glad I did.
This is an incredibly sobering text that reads like a novel.
It shook our book club, and years later I still think about it.
Did it cut close to home?
It certainly made for a good discussion.
It will lead to rich discussions afterwards, I guarantee it.
(Also-ran:Borderby Kapka Kassabova.)
Set against the ruins (or triumphs?)
All that, and its a great read that every member of my group finished.
(While we have the best of intents, but I cant recall the last time that happened.)
Unwillingly along for the ride is Helens partner, Hew, who disapproves of the whole enterprise.
(Also-ran:When We Cease to Understand the Worldby Benjamin Labatut, trans.
Adrian Nathan West.)
Although Bayards credentials as a reader and academic are serious, his book is delightfully mischievous and funny.
Give it a try and see if you agree with him or not.
This nomination comes via my very own book club.
I have said it before, but this is a really stunning read.
It changed my life!
Thanks to George Eliot, the next two months flew by and soon enough it was mid-March.
Chloe Malle
A Month in the Countryby J.L.
But at the very least theres plenty to be charmed by and discuss.
Richard Osman says hes never met a person who didnt love it!
(Also-ran:The Blue Flowerby Penelope Fitzgerald.)
(Our book club is still reeling from the time we attemptedAdam Feinsteins exhaustive biography of Pablo Neruda.)
With this in mind I recommendSuper Infinite, Katherine Rundells prize-winning biography of the poet John Donne.
)Super Infiniteis a fantastic read and made for brilliant book club discussion.
Trust me, good things will come of this.
Winner of the 2016 International Booker Prize, this is a psychologically intense short novel structured in three parts.
(Also-rans:The Memory Policeby Yoko Ogawa andLoveby Hanne Orstavik.)
Discuss Ritters extraordinary talent, and collectively lament the fact that she never wrote another book.
