Name up to three books published in the last decade that you have not yet read that you have “book guilt” about not reading.
Sherman Hughes
The Great Gatsby
Lonesome Dove
War and Peace
Beverly Rowe
THE DA VINCI CODE by Dan Brown
DUMA KEY by Stephen King
JOLIE BLON'S BOUNCE by James Lee Burke
Debbie Miller
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Mountains Beyond Mountains
Diana Trabanco
The 5 People You Meet in Heaven
Marley & Me
Jerri Patton
29 GIFTS by Cami Walker --- I'm on day three of giving. I really like the whole concept of random acts of kindness and pay it forward.
ZEITOUN by Dave Eggers --- I love Dave Eggers's writing.
WHITE DEVILS ON THE SILK ROAD is my book club selection for this month. I highly recommend it.
Linda Miller
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
The Art of Racing in the Rain
The Help
Geneva Saville
I don't have any guilt --- I read only what I feel like reading. Some people read only popular books; I like to read reviews and just browse the library shelves to see what strikes my interest.
Tanya
THE THIRTEENTH TALE by Diane Setterfield
THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini
THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE by David Wroblewski
Mary
The Devil in the White City
Middlesex
Lisa
THE DA VINCI CODE by Dan Brown
THE SHADOW OF THE WIND by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
And I started but couldn't finish ANGELA'S ASHES by Frank McCourt
Janet
The Kite Runner
The Glass Castle
Ellen
I feel a little "book guilty" about Ken Follett's THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH and WORLD WITHOUT END, and also about some of the "classics" I have yet to read. So many books, so little time...
Bonnie Capuano
None...I only buy books that I love. It just so happens that they are on the Bestseller List. HA
Hayden
Water for Elephants
Eat, Pray, Love
Three Cups of Tea
Lynne Perednia
All three The Girl Who books --- because of Ali's enthusiasm!
Sharon
The Secret Life of Bees
The Poisonwood Bible
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Mary Branham
Dan Brown's books and THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE. I liked the movies but could not get into the books.
Mary
The Life of Pi
Sheila Kahn
The Lost Symbol
On Gold Mountain
Beth Cummings
All of these are actually on my shelf waiting to be read:
THE HELP
THE WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Iva Stegeman
World Without End
The Fiery Cross
Bridge of Sighs
Tamara Randi
Life of Pi
The Kite Runner
Tsemidey
When Crickets Cry
Handle with Care
The Da Vinci Code
Sunnie
THE TERROR by Daniel Simmons
THE LOST SYMBOL by Dan Brown
Kathy
I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE by Wally Lamb
Sprite
TWILIGHT, because I tend to dismiss it without having tried it.
FAST FOOD NATION, because I know I want to have that knowledge but don't want to make the changes in my life that will have to result from it.
TEAM OF RIVALS, because I love Doris and recommend everything she's written.
Mary Q.
The Da Vinci Code
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Book Thief
L Merrill
The Kite Runner
Marie C.
The Red Tent
Rita Bueter
The Glass Castle
The Shack
Rita Bueter
The Glass Castle
The Shack
Carol Grubbs
LOVING FRANK
BESIDE A BURNING SEA
THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Marilyn Moore
The Kite Runner
Lois Robertson
THE DA VINCI CODEe by Dan Brown is the one that I remember.
Kathy Vieira
Oh, the embarrassment of this question! I actually have three copies of THE KITE RUNNER (each of my kids needed to read it for school) and I've never picked one up. My book discussion group read this one as soon as it came out in paperback and sadly, I've never read a word.
Another book that everyone raved about was LIFE OF PI. I actually read 99 pages and disliked it so much that I put it down. I think I'm the only one to ever dislike this book and invoke the 100-page rule!!
Krishna
THE THIRTEENTH TALE by Diane Setterfield and THE FIRE by Katherine Neville
Lin Livingston
Tuesdays with Morrie
The Da Vinci Code
Angels & Demons
Patty Shogren
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
The Wednesday Sisters
The Divide
Jo
The Book Thief
My Sister's Keeper
The Da Vinci Code
Carol Crumpton
THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett, THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini and LIBERTY AND TYRANNY by Mark R. Levin
Sharon W
The Da Vinci Code
The Shack
Angels & Demons
Sandra Hughes
Three books I haven't read that have been on my list a long time are LONESOME DOVE by Larry McMurtry (saw the movie about 4 times and is one of my very favorites), ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTIN' by Rick Bragg and A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN by Betty Smith.
Megan
The Kite Runner
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Life of Pi
Debbie D.
The Da Vinci Code
My Sister's Keeper
The Kite Runner
Carmen Guerra
I AM CHARLOTTE SIMMONS by Tom Wolfe
THE DA VINCI CODE by Dan Brown
WORLD WITHOUT END by Ken Follett
Mickey
Memoirs of a Geisha
Teresa
Harry Potter
Seabiscuit
Jerri Patton
PUT OUT MORE FLAGS by Evelyn Waugh
Marian Long
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
The Road
The Book of Negroes
Teri
The Harry Potter series (but I started to read it now)
Jan English Griffin
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG --- I started it, but knew it was a 'sad one', and was just not in the mood for 'sad'. However, feel I have missed a good book.
Dianne Heffernan
The Da Vinci Code
Cheryl
Currently reading I CAN SEE YOU by Karen Rose. I rate it as a 5+. It is a fast-paced suspense thriller with multiple sub-plots. This is the first time I have read her books but it will definitely not be the last.
Diane Reuss
CHARLATAN: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam by Pope Brock
THE RIVER OF DOUBT: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journeys by Candice Millard
NEW ENGLAND WHITE by Stephen Carter
Lois
I don't feel guilty about it, but some of the biggies --- Harry Potter, TWILIGHT, and THE DA VINCI CODE.
Karen Perry
A QUIET BELIEF IN ANGELS by R.J. Ellory
PROMISES IN DEATH by J.D. Robb
CREAM PUFF MURDER by Joanne Fluke
Joan Steinberg
THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH by Ken Follet
Julie
The Zookeeper's Wife
World Without End
A Reliable Wife
F Tessa Bartels
I don't really experience "book guilt" as I am usually the one who reads everything before anyone else in my circle. BUT ... I haven't gotten to THE HELP yet. (I bought it, but haven't read it.) In my defense, my book club will be reading it come Spring, and I'm waiting till then so it's fresh in my mind for discussion.
Kate Green
Two books I have not read that everyone else appears to: THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold and THE MIDDLE PLACE by Kelly Corrigan.
Norma Vieweg
The Last Lecture
The Da Vinci Code
The Lovely Bones
Jennifer Darling
The Shack