For the last few years, the fiction book club I lead at One More Page Books kicks off the new year by talking about our favorite reads of the previous year. We call it a book club potluck: instead of food we bring book recommendations! This aren’t necessarily book club picks, but books we’ve read outside of book club that we’ve really enjoyed. Additionally, they don’t have to have been published recently, simply books we’ve read in the last year. You can check out our 2012 and 2013 favorites.
This year, I was thrilled to see two new members join the meeting with quite a few favorites to share! Our book club is pretty outstanding; we range between 10-15 each month.
Following is the list of our favorite reads of 2014!
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
- Hunting and Gathering by Anna Gavalda
- My Wish List by Gregoire Delacourt
- That Part Was True by Deborah Mckinlay
- The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
- The History of Love: A Novel by Nicole Krauss
- The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob
- The Book of Unholy Mischief: A Novel by Elle Newmark
- The Lake Shore Limited by Sue Miller
- Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
- First Impressions: A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen by Charlie Lovett
- The Remedy for Love by Bill Roorbach
- You by Caroline Kepnes
- Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
- Goodnight June by Sarah Jio
- While Beauty Slept by Elizabeth Blackwell
- The Girl Who Came Home: A Novel of the Titanic by Hazel Gaynor
- Love & War: Twenty Years, Three Presidents, Two Daughters and One Louisiana Home by Mary Matalin and James Carville
- Death Comes to Pemberley by P. D. James
- Mockingjay (Hunger Games #3) by Suzanne Collins
- The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (YAY RUTH!!)
As you can see, our book club has quite the varied taste in reading! Each time we do this, I walk away discovering a host of new books and reminisce about old favorites!
What about your book club? Do you have a similar tradition?
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