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 , 2013 and 2014 favorites.
The meeting to reveal these titles was last night. Though only half (seven, not counting me) of our members were in attendance, we came up with quite the list!
- The Wonder of All Things by Jason Mott
- The Union Street Bakery novels by Mary Ellen Taylor
- Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy by Karen Abbott
- Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (audio)
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
- Come Away with Me by Karma Brown
- The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
- The Bullet by Mary Louise Kelly
- The Master Butcher’s Singing Club by Louise Erdrich
- Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
- Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
- Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
- Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
My favorites (which I then gave to book club members to read themselves. I thought they were going to have to arm wrestle over a few of them!):
- The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
- Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Ed Tarkington
- The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck by Sarah Knight
- Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Finally, a local author shared the title of his newest novel: Making Manna by Eric Lotke
Over all, a fun event for all! As you can see, we have quite the eclectic taste in reading!
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