What book (name up to three) that you recently read would you most like to talk about with a friend?

Francine
Anatomy of Deception

Sandra Smith
PILLARS OF THE EARTH and WORLD WITHOUT END both by the same author, Ken Follett. I am about halfway through the latter, which is sort of a continuation of the former. Both are great reads.

Carol Eanes
Nineteen Minutes

Peggy
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Alchemist

Michele
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT --- It was so interesting and I would love to talk about it in depth with someone.

Kaye DeMaio-Hays
NINETEEN MINUTES, THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER and THE KITE RUNNER --- all are full of dilemmas to discuss. What would you do? What choices did characters have? What do you think would have happened if . . . ? What connections did you make (self, text, world)?

Barb W
ANATOMY OF DECEPTION by Laurence Goldstone
BREAKFAST WITH BUDDHA by Roland Merullo
THE APPEAL by John Grisham

Carol Grubbs
HAVE YOU FOUND HER by Janice Erlbaum
THE TRANSLATOR by Daoud Hari
THE PATH by Chet Raymo

Ivy
A FREE LIFE by Ha Jin

Wendy Catalano
Although I am not finished, I would discuss GOOD INTENTIONS by Joy Fielding. A great read so far.

Richard Jordan
Thumbprint
White Tiger
Reduced Circumstances

Janet Stewart
Change of Heart
Half Broken Things
Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About

Phyllis
CHANGE OF HEART by Jodi Picoult
THE PATRON SAINT OF LIARS by Ann Patchett

Peggy Kincaid
TWISTED by Andrea Kane
KILLER HEAT by Linda Fairstein
SIX SACRED STONES by Matthew Reilly

Jane Haase
Walt Disney
The Labrador Pact
City of the Sun

Richard Bartels
ANATOMY OF DECEPTION by Lawrence Goldstone
THE AX by Donald Westlake
THE COLONY by John Tayman

Linda M. Johnson
Reality Wars
Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington
Mary McGreevy

Shellie
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK by Geraldine Brooks, and THE APPEAL by John Grisham

Bonnie Szul
1. BELOW THE SURFACE by Karen Harper
2. LAST KNOWN VICTIM by Erica Spindler
3. SHARE NO SECRETS by Carlene Thompson

Margaret Franson
DEAD TIME by Stephen White
KILLER HEAT by Linda Fairstein
WINTER STUDY by Nevada Barr

Melissa
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
The Kite Runner
Water for Elephants

Michelle
THE TEA ROSE and THE WINTER ROSE by Jennifer Donnelly

Jeannie Hoover
FAMILY BLESSINGS by Fern Michaels
PIECES OF MY SISTER'S LIFE by Elizabeth Jo Arnold
KING OF LIES by John Hart

Amy Baldwin
THE PRESIDENT'S ASSASSIN by Brain Haig, I have bought copies already for my family members. Great book!

All books by Anne George --- MURDER ON A GIRL'S NIGHT OUT, etc.

Judy Ross
The Little Lady Agency
T is for Trepass

Lisa
THE VIRGIN OF SMALL PLAINS by Nancy Pickard --- it's technically a mystery, but transcends the genre with a great story that satisfies on several levels.

Joan Woods
Last Known Victim
The Healer
Hard To Handle

Kathryn McNamara
THE BEST OF FRIENDS: Two Women, Two Continents, and One Enduring Friendship by Sara James and Ginger Mauney

Debi
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK by Geraldine Brooks
THE THIRTEENTH TALE by Diane Setterfield

Coralie
The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Julia L. Rule
Iron Kissed
Carrot Cake Murder
Howling at the Moon

Ellen
Some are not-so-recent reads, but demand discussion:
LIFE OF PI
THE BOOK THIEF
A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS

Beverly
SONG YET SUNG by James McBride
UNBOWED by Wangari Maathai
THE JEWEL TRADER OF PEGU by Jeffrey Hantover

Lori Schultz
- THE MONSTERS OF TEMPLETON by Lauren Groff
- DUMA KEY by Stephen King
- THE TWO MARYS by Sylvia Browne

Sandra Hughes
TURNING TABLES by Heather & Rose MacDowell
OUT STEALING HORSES by Per Petterson

Linda Postill
THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini

Sue Leven
OBEDIENCE by Will Lavender

Bridget Colontonio
SWAY by Zachary Lazar,
THE GEOGRAPHY OF BLISS by Eric Weiner, and THE GIRL WHO STOPPED SWIMMING by Joshilyn Jackson

Dorothy Cowling
CHANGE OF HEART by Jodi Picoult

Bea Carroll
Three Cups Of Tea

Loretta Sanford
THREE CUPS OF TEA and TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN by James Lee Burke

Frank Nigro
THE MEPHISTO CLUB by Tess Gerritsen. It was the first book I read by her and it was taut, tight and thrilling!

Ray Palen
THE THIRTEENTH TALE by Diane Setterfield
THE TERROR by Dan Simmons
DUMA KEY by Stephen King

Sharon Lumb
THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL (or any from Phillippa Gregory)
BLINK
THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER

Kathryn Andrews
The Geography of Bliss

Susan K
The Senator's Wife
Change of Heart
God of Animals

Laurie Weatherlow
PLUM LUCKY by Janet Evanovich
This book is a mystery, but is also laugh-out-loud funny. Everyone would enjoy reading it!

Deborah
John Morgan Wilson's Benjamin Justice mystery series.

Betty
We Need to Talk About Kevin

Leah
THUNDERSTRUCK by Eric Larsen or 
THE STREET OF A THOUSAND BLOSSOMS by Gail Tsukiyama

Rita Carter
RISE AND SHINE by Anna Quindlen
FOR ONE MORE DAY by Mitch Albom
WITHOUT RESERVATIONS: The Travels of an Independent Woman by Alice Steinbach

Darby Lohrding
The Shack
The Secret Blend
The Innocent Man

Trudi Trainor
EAT, PRAY, LOVE --- mainly because I didn't like it.
THE KITE RUNNER 
THE LOST MOTHER

Jane
THE RAW SHARK TEXTS by Steven Hall
A FRACTION OF THE WHOLE by Steve Toltz

Karen LeClerc
Things I Want My Daughters To Know
C is for Corpse

Killer Heat

April Lemesh
THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS was the most thought-provoking and heartrending book I have recently read and would like to talk to a friend about as a book that must not be missed.

Pat
I e-mailed friends, as well as spoke to some in person, to recommend FIREFLY LANE by Kristin Hannah as a good read!

Fran
SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN by Lisa See

WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen

Marie
MADNESS by Marya Hornbacher

Olga Purgavie
Lean Mean Thirteen
A Thousand Splendid Suns

Michelle Miller
LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE by Laura Esquivel
FOUCAULT'S PENDULUM by Umberto Eco (I need to discuss this one because I think it will help me to better understand it!)

Marie
THE KEEP by Jennifer Egan

Sue Spencer
MERE CHRISTIANITY by C. S. Lewis
THE BASTARD OF ISTANBUL by by Elif Shafak

Jana Harver
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Pillars of the Earth
Eat, Pray, Love

Patricia Gans-Funnen
Suite Française
The Glass Castle

Dave Rudy
Just this weekend, I talked to my son about LOVE BY THE GLASS that I am reading. I have many times talked about THE WORLD IS FLAT, and FREAKONOMICS.

Annabelle
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Book Thief
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Linda Maxine Williams
THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR by Dean Koontz
THE WHOLE TRUTH by David Baldacci

Kathryn van Rooyen
The Agatha Raisin series by M.C. Beaton, which I just discovered.
THE DELIVERY ROOM by Sylvia Brownrigg
THE ALMOST MOON by Alice Hoffman

Cheryl Knapp
Arstid and Veronika
The Namesake
Rebecca

Dianne
THE BOOK THIEF by Marcus Zusak

Jody
THE STAND by Stephen King
THE CRIMSON PETAL AND THE WHITE by Michel Faber

Juanita
The one that I am currently reading! There is always something I want to talk about and want to hear another person's opinion on. That's why book discussions are so great! My husband is wonderful but he really could care less about my "books"!

Teresa
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK by Geraldine Brooks, SONG YET SUNG by James McBride and THE GHOST AT THE TABLE by Suzanne Berne.

Steven Schwindt
THE GOLDEN COMPASS
THE SUBTLE KNIFE
THE AMBER SPYGLASS 

All by Philip Pullman

Susan
ATONEMENT by Ian MacEwan

Mary
KEEPING FAITH and CHANGING HEARTS by Jodi Picoult

Judy
I'm just finishing WICKED by Gregory Maguire and would love to discuss it with someone. Another I just finished was John Grisham's THE APPEAL, which I think would make for a good discussion.

Michelle
1) The Kite Runner
2) Water for Elephants 
3) The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara-Wearing, Book-Sharing Guide to Life

Pam Kent
- THE SPARROW by Mary Doria Russell
- TWILIGHT by Stephenie Meyer
- WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN by Lionel Shriver

Kathy Vieira
I recently read PAINT IT BLACK by Janet Fitch. It's an interesting book that begs discussion. I have found that people either love or hate it.

Kris
MY SISTER'S KEEPER by Jodi Picoult
NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult

Janette
Pigtopia
All The Numbers
The Secret Between Us

Cheryl Kennedy
Water For Elephants
The Queen's Fool
Best Friends

Jane Howland
Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral
The Devil in the Junior League

Lori Goldstein
PETER JENNINGS: A Reporter's Life edited by Kate Darnton, Kayce Freed Jennings & Lynn Sherr
THREE CUPS OF TEA by Greg Mortenson
REMEMBER ME? by Sophie Kinsella

Lea Ann in Seattle
HARRIET AND ISABELLA by Patricia O'Brien
THE SENATOR'S WIFE by Sue Miller
THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS by John Boyne

Sharlynda Dehnel
I like to talk about every book I read, whether good or bad, with everyone, not just with friends. The books that I'd like to most discuss with people are WHITE OLEANDER by Janet Fitch. I am a teacher, and this book made me look at the youth of our country differently. 


Another book I'd love to discuss is anything by P. J. Parrish, especially AN UNQUIET GRAVE. It was chilling and haunting. Definitely a great read any time of the year. It was such a good book that I went back to my bookstore the morning after I read it and ordered all of P. J. Parrish's books. 

The third book I'd like to discuss is THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tartt. It was one of the most chilling books I've ever read, and was quite unexpected. The book had a definite male viewpoint to have been written by a female. One of the best books I've ever read. I recommend it to everyone.

Manish Patwari
1) THE WAR AT HOME by Pat Capponi
2) YOU CAN SAVE THE ANIMALS: 251 Simple Ways To Stop Thoughtless Cruelty by Ingrid Newkirk
3) DOUBLE SHUFFLE by James Hadley Chase

Lynn
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen
LOVING FRANK by Nancy Horan

Marie
Bleeding Kansas
Twilight
Monsters of Templeton

Julie Roberts
OBEDIENCE by Will Lavender

Marian Furukawa
The Kite Runner
The Echo
Killer Instinct

Peggy Rowan
CHANGE OF HEART by Jodi Picoult
VANISH by Tess Gerritisen
HERE ON EARTH by Alice Hoffman

Caroline Savard
Eat, Pray, Love

Allison B.
I just read OUTLANDER and would love to talk about it with friends. One of my friends is reading it now and I can't wait until she is finished so we can discuss it.

J. Kaye Oldner
BLASPHEMY by Douglas Preston, THE WINTER ROSE by Jennifer Donnelly and SLIVER OF TRUTH by Lisa Unger

Marion Miller
THOSE WHO SAVE US by Jenna Blum
THE GHOST AT THE TABLE by Suzanne Berne
A Million Nightingales by Susan Straight

Jerri Patton
The Uncommon Reader
'The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-Time
Dreams From My Father

Carole Gilliland
BLACK & WHITE by Dani Shapiro

HOPE'S BOY by Andrew Bridge
THE PERFECT SCENT by Chandler Burr

Linda M. Johnson
THE SECRET OF LOST THINGS by Sheridan Hay
THE THIRTEENTH TALE by Diane Satterfield
THE SOUND OF ONE THIGH CLAPPING: Haiku For A Thinner You by Meredith Clair

Julie Siemek
SISTERS by Danielle Steel

Kathy
Eat, Pray, Love
The Luxe
The Road

Bonnie Szul
Lisa Jacson's books, such as ALMOST DEAD and SHIVER
PANDORA'S DAUGHTER by Iris Johansen,
Patricia Macdonald's STOLEN IN THE NIGHT

Jen
THREE CUPS OF TEA: I love this book and talk about it with everyone --- if they'll listen!

Gail
FIREFLY LANE by Kristin Hannah
CHANGE OF HEART by Jodi Picoult
LIGHT OF THE MOON by Luanne Rice

Winterlily
The three books I would love to discuss with a friend are:
1) THE PACT by Jodi Picoult
2) THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini
3) THE THIRTEENTH TALE by Diana Setterfield

I would love to discuss THE PACT and THE KITE RUNNER because they are interesting and mind-blowing books in my mind. They really make me think and wonder about my own existence.

I would love to discuss THE THIRTEENTH TALE because I just did not understand the book.

Elizabeth Padgett
The Book Thief

Winn Carter
The Bark of the Dogwood

Carol Grubbs
THE TRANSLATOR by Daoud Hari
It describes the destruction of the country and its people from a fellow countryman's point of view. It leaves me asking, what can I do to help?

HAVE YOU FOUND HER by Janice Erlbaum
It describes the feelings we all go through trying to help someone we think we can save.

Andrea Arbie
Water for Elephants

Kym
YEAR OF WONDERS by Geraldine Brooks, and A FIELD OF DARKNESS by Cornelia Read

Bernice Spier
RHETT BUTLER'S PEOPLE by Donald McCaig
Betrayal by John Lescroart

Margit Willis
WATERSHIP DOWN by Richard Adams
MY SISTER'S KEEPER by Jodi Picoult
SNOW IN AUGUST by Pete Hamill

Crystal Johnston
ZIG ZAG by Jose Carlos Somoza

Ivy
A Thousand Splendid Suns

Marsha M. Creter
Change of Heart
The Secret Between Us
The Memory of Water

Lee
EAT, PRAY, LOVE --- but I am first in my circle to read it!

Shannon Jensen
The Bug Man books featuring Dr. Nick Polchak by Tim Downs. Fabulous!

Linda Miller
PILLARS OF THE EARTH
WORLD WITHOUT END
both by Ken Follet

Dena Walton
VAMPIRES ARE FOREVER and THE ACCIDENTAL by Lynsay Sands.

Michelle Montana
The Master Cleanse
Legends
Juice Fasts

Debbie Koenig
FIREFLY LANE by Kristen Hannah

Becky Wreyford
EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert
CHANGE OF HEART by Jodi Picoult
TALLGRASS by Sandra Dallas

Noreen Brown
WORLD WITHOUT END by Ken Follett

Linda Slott
CHANGE OF HEART by Jodi Picoult

THE PALACE OF ILLUSIONS by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
SILENT IN THE GRAVE by Deanna Raybourne

Carolyn
THE EIGHT by Katherine Neville --- so many twists and turns, so many surprises, so much left unsaid.

Becca
Lord John and the Hand of Devils
Burnt House

Dot Serio
WHAT NEVER HAPPENS by Ann Holt
DEEP DISH by Mary Kay Andrews

INFIDEL by Ayaam Hirsi Ali

Juanita
The Sparrow

Melanie Earley
A SHRED OF EVIDENCE by Kathy Herman
RELUCTANT BURGLAR by Jill Elizabeth Nelson
WIDOW & ORPHANS by Susan Meissner

Gisele
THE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak
SAY WHEN BY Elizabeth Berg
CHANGE OF HABIT by Debbie Macomber

Marilyn Ward
A SPOT OF BOTHER by Mark Haddon; A LONG WAY DOWN by Nick Hornby; HALF BROKEN THINGS by Morag Joss

Lisa Carr
HERE IF YOU NEED ME by Kate Braestrup

April
The Thirteenth Hour
Curse of the Spellmans
Change Of Heart

Jean
Eat, Pray, Love
The Kommandant's Girl 
A Thousand Splendid Suns

Theresa Holm
A Thousand Splendid Suns

Susan Vaille
CHANGE OF HEART by Jodi Picoult

Carol
7TH HEAVEN by James Patterson
STATE OF THE ONION by Julie A. Hyzy
THE OUTLAW DEMON WAILS by Kim Harrison

Lonnie Elliott
CHANGE OF HEART by Jodi Picoult

Catie n.
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Water for Elephants
The Kite Runner