The winning book for Round 20 is The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl, recommended by Katie. My library had it sitting on the shelf, which makes it a complete win already in my book.
Other excellent suggestions:
- A Friend at Midnight by Caroline B. Cooney (Carrie Jo)
- Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel (Katie)
- The Selection by Kiera Cass (Melbh4284)
- Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie (Meridith)
- Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings (Erica)
- The Night Circus by Eri Morgenstern (Bethany, Allerkins, Melanie, and Shannon)
- Mudbound by Hilary Jordan (Peaceful Reader)
- Evertaster by Adam Glennon Sidwell (Katie)
- Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (Lisa)
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (Mom)
- Bringing Up Geeks by MaryBeth Hicks (Amy)
- Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (Debbie)
- The Paris Wife by Paula McLain (Jenn)
- The Leftovers by Tom Perotta (Life of a Doctor's Wife)
- The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (Amanda)
- Outside the Lines by Amy Havtany (Kayris)
- My Cousin Rachel by Daphne DuMaurier (Jules)
- What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty (Ally)
- Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman (Saskia)
- Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith (Megan)
- The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex (Smalldog)
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (NGS)
- Divergent by Veronica Roth (Mary and Lucy)
- In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez (Anna)
- Precious Bane by Mary Webb (Melissa)
- The Last Shot by Darcy Frey (Emma)
- The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (Caitlin)
- For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund (Jen)
- Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks (Jen B)
- Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls (Rachel)
- Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage (Vickie)
- Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry (Song)
- The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (Jen)
- Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson (CCR in MA and Shelly)
- Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama (Diane)
- Fall of Giants by Ken Follett (Laura)
- Blackout by Connie Willis (JoLee)
- Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin (Shante)
- The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye (Hannah)
- ...And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer (Mandy)
- A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller (Michelle)
- I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Treviño (The Morris Family)
- Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard (Kathie)
- Wonder by R. J. Palacio (Deanna H)
- I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (Tasha)
- Cinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein (Sherry)
- Modoc by Ralph Helfler (Jenae)
- The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (Stacy)
- Goodnight, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian (Emily)
- A Work in Progress by Brad Cotton (Feezle)
- Complications by Atal Gawande (Andrew)
- The Sparrow (Shelly)
- Breaking Beautiful by Jennifer Shaw Wolf (Alison K)
- Swept Off Her Feet by Hester Browne (Emily)
- Two-Part Invention by Madeleine L'Engle (RA)
- Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson (Merry)
- The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai (Aleks)
- Jumper by Stephen Gould (Audrey)
- The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Trish)
- Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
- What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
- Divergent by Veronica Roth
- Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
- The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye
- I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
- The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
I can't wait to hear what you think. It's sitting on my shelf at home half-read from many years ago. If you give it a thumbs up, that might be the push I need to pick it up again.
ReplyDeleteYou haven't read Goodnight, Mr. Tom? Oh, it's so good! It's a great book for 9-to-11-year-olds, a category I think usually has sub-par books. Just me? Also, glad I'm not the only one that hasn't read the Poisonwood Bible. I know it's good, and my mom has had it for years, but I've just never been interested.
ReplyDeleteI loved Wonder by RJ Palancio. I am way too cheap to buy book but I had to have this one. It should be required reading for children (and adults)
ReplyDeleteI just finished the selection, it was good. I am sad it is the first book in the series, so I have to wait forever for the second one.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you picked my book suggestion! I actually haven't read it, and it has been sitting on my shelf for years. I keep thinking that I need to read it because I bought the book. I'll be reading it too! I'm excited to see what you think of it.
ReplyDeleteSo glad its back! I missed it this month, but i'll be posting my old standby next time.
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