October is National Reading Group Month
National Reading Group Month was launched in 2007 by the Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) “to promote reading groups and to celebrate the joy of shared reading.” Below are some selected picks from this year’s National Reading Group Month events. |
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Angel and Apostle by Deborah Noyes
Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne from Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlett Letter," tries to make sense of her life and her self while a young girl in 1649 Boston.
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The English American by Alison Larkin
"The English American" follows Pippa Dunn, who is adopted by British parents and doesn't meet her American birth parents until she is 28. Chaos ensues when reality collides with fantasy, in this hilarious and poignant debut novel. |
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The King's Gold: An Old World Novel of Adventure by Yxta Maya Murray
One look at the centuries-old document she receives from a mysterious stranger is all it takes to plunge Lola Sanchez, a brilliant bibliophile and owner of the Red Lion bookshop, into the adventure of an already adventurous lifetime. The ancient writings tell of a stolen fortune in Montezuma's gold, and of the thief's transformation from conquistatore to alchemist to werewolf. |
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Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Fact and fiction are brilliantly blended in this compelling novel about the relationship between Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney, the wife of a couple whose home Wright built in 1904. |
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Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
At the edge of the continent, in the small town of Crosby, Maine, lives Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher who deplores the changes in her town and in the world at large but doesn't always recognize the changes in those around her. |
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Petropolis by Anya Ulinich
In her stunning debut novel, Ulinich delivers a funny and unforgettable story of a Russian mail-order bride trying to find her place in America. "Petropolis" is a deeply moving story about the unexpected connections that create a family and the faraway places that people end up calling home. |
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Schooled by Anisha Lakhani
In the tradition of "The Nanny Diaries" comes this vibrant debut novel about a young teacher in an elite private school who walks into a windfall, and a world she never could have imagine, -when she becomes a homework tutor to the children of New York's super-rich. |
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The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer
Set in Tehran during the aftermath of the 1979 revolution, this understated, beautifully told literary debut follows the Amin family as they cope with their fathers false imprisonment for spying. |
