It’s about time for book clubs to choose books for the next year starting in September. Want to read books that are ‘hot off the press’ and really good? Of course you do, so take a look at the following books and read a few so you can suggest them to your group. I’ve picked some that I really want to read. Infinte Country by
Sea Marsh Book Club books for 2021: Meeting Date Book Author Host Monday, November 16, 2020 Another Brooklyn Jennifer Woodson Lois Monday, December 14, 2020 Such A Fun Age Kiley Reid Laura Monday, January 18, 2021 The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett Judy Monday, February 22, 2021 Pope Joan: A Novel Donna Woolfolk Cross Marti/Madeleine Monday, March 15, 2021 A Woman of No Importance Sonia Purnell
Penguin Random House has suggested that book clubs look at new books for next year’s reading list. The following are a few that looked interesting to me. The Kitchen Front From the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir comes an unforgettable novel of a BBC-sponsored wartime cooking competition and the four women who enter for a chance to better their lives. Klara and the Sun by
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allend Historical Fiction 400 pgs. 9 hrs 46 min Follows two refugees from the Spanish Civil War, whose mock marriage as they flee to Chile gradually deepens into real love, set against a backdrop of war and upheaval. “…..Her (Isabel Allende) new book, A Long Petal of the Sea –translated by Nick Caistor & Amanda Hopkinson —
Taken from The Insider EditionDecember 8, 2020 5 books I loved in 2020 Click on the above link which will take you to Bill Gates’ blog. Interesting reading for sure, and maybe you’ll find you share some of his tastes in books.
Best books of 2020 How are the top 10 books chosen each year? According to an article in the ‘Times Insider’, written by Terence McGinley and published in November of 2019, the process of choosing the ‘best books’ for any year begins right after the current year’s list is published. A diverse group of people who work on the New York Times Book Review section
November Road Lou Berney Red Notice Bill Browder Matisse and Picasso Francois Gilot My Antonia Willa S. Cather Educated Tara Westover Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens Lady In Waiting Anne Glenconner Life after Life Kate Atkinson The Guest Book Sarah Blake All the Ugly and Wonderful Things Bryn Greenwood We Were the Lucky Ones Georgia Hunter Just Mercy
On August 27, 2020, the New York Times published a list of books to look for in September. The article was updated on Sepember 1. I have culled from that list several non-fiction books that seemed interesting, not only to me but possibly to those blog readers who like books that I might not be drawn to. Agent Sonya by Ben Macintyre–Sonya is her ‘spy’
Ronald H. Balson, The Girl from Berlin Fiction Sarah Blake, The Guest Book Fiction Ariel Burger, Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s ClassroomNon-fiction Jung Chang, ,Big Sister Little Sister Red SisterNon-fiction Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to SomeoneNon-fiction Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient Fiction Michael Ondaatje, Warlight Fiction Ann Patchett, The Dutch House Fiction Naomi Regan, Sotah Fiction
