Ten Most Discussable Books of 2006

Reading Group Choices has announced their ten most discussable books of 2006, and it's actually a list of 13 books, with some ties thrown in. I was proud to see that my own group has read 7 of the 13 books, most recently having really enjoyed Year of Wonders, an intriguing novel about the plague in England in 1666. This is a great list to take along to help you pick your next book.

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USA Today chimes in on books published in 2007 this week to say: "Book clubs across the USA should be  buying up stacks of Lionel Shriver's dazzling Rubik's Cube of a novel, The Post-Birthday World. Even if you're a solitary reader, file this one under Books That Will Have You Talking -- to yourself. The Post-Birthday World is a brilliant "what if?" novel. But that barely scrapes the surface in describing Shriver's imaginative feat." Of course Shriver's previous novel, the Orange Prize winner We Need to Talk about Kevin has become a book group staple since its initial publication and is now reissued with a fantastic P.S. section that includes an essay by Shriver on maternal ambivalence--a topic that can keep book groups talking (and drinking) for hours.

-JH

Comments

[Nursing pajamas]

thanks for this information, i've been looking for an all in one listing of my faves.

[Easy Dog Training Approaches]

LOL! 2006 books are still very useful til this year! :)