Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and Bookish.
This weeks topic: Top Ten Books I Think Would Make Great Book Club Picks
I belong to a book club and picking out a good book to discuss is tough work. You want to pick out a good book, but you also need to pick out a book that has something worthwhile to discuss. The first five books on my list are ones that I’ve read for my book club that have lead to good discussions. I’ve put them in order of how good I thought the discussion was (best to worst).
1. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters. This was probably the best book discussion our book club has ever had. And this book has one of the biggest WTF moments in a book ever.
2. The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
3. Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell
4. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
5. Spooky Little Girl by Laurie Notaro
5. Spooky Little Girl by Laurie Notaro
These are books that I haven’t read for book club but I think would lead to a good discussion.
6. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
7. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
8. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
9. Looking for Alaska by John Green
10. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
So many other books could have made this list!
I still need to read The Book Thief and Water For Elephants! I have them both, but I just haven’t got around to reading them. =/ I definitely agree with Before I Fall and Looking For Alaska! Great list.
My Top Ten Tuesday
If you are picking between the two The Book Thief is better, but they are both good.
Our school improvement committee had the best discussion yesterday about a not-so-deep book. Maybe we all need to stop passing laws and giving people speeding tickets and walking in straight lines in the hall and start having more book discussions.
Here is my Top Ten Books I Think Would Make Great Book Club Picks. I hope you will stop by!
Love this list because there are quite a few books on it that I want to read – like The Book Thief and Before I Fall.
Those two books will make you cry. But they are so worth it.
Great list. I included The Book Thief on mine, too.
I think The Book Thief was on a lot of the lists I saw, which just proves how good the book is!
Jane Eyre is a great novel. The characters are brilliant and the plot is intense.
This is the second time I have seen Water for Elephants. I have to get to my copy! Great list.
-FABR Steph@FiveAlarmBookReviews
My Top Ten…
I’m glad the Book Thief brought up great discussions! I’m gonna recommend it for my online club. I loved it! Anything John Green I think would be a great pick too. His books are so great and thought provoking.
Here’s my Top Ten
Thank you for visiting my blog…I’m returning the follow:) I totally agree with Before I Fall – it was awesome! And you have me intrigued with Fingersmith!
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Fingersmith was really good. It had all sorts of twists and some very devious characters. It was the longest book discussion we’ve ever had in my book club. And I’m not kidding about the WTF moment. You’re just reading along, thinking to yourself “I don’t know how there could be 300 more pages because it sounds like the book is nearing the end” and then BAM! And then your left just staring at your book thinking WTF?
The Book Thief! YES!!!!! I mean, the narrator is death for crying out loud! Not to mention the time period. This is such a good book to discuss.
It was a really good discussion. It just has so much meaning and feeling in it. And you’re right, there is no better narrator than Death himself.