List of Books to Read for 2008

Okay here is a list of all of the books that were discussed at book club on Thursday. The first list is the books that people brought to swap. I included who brought the books in case you want to ask to borrow it down the road. The second list is books that were talked about. We talked about a lot of books so if I missed any or wrote them down incorrectly please update the list.

Books Recommended

Cari Thompson

• The Greatest Salesman in the World by O.G. Mandino
• The Greatest Secret in the World by O.G. Mandino
• The Greatest Miracle in the World by O.G. Mandino
• Guide Me to Eternity by Christine Tutle Monsen
• Rebecca by Orson Scott Card

Brenda Baker

• Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindebergh

Denette Ashcraft

• Molly Brown, Kristen Iversen

Jen Schaff

• Julie by Chaterine Marshall
• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Lacy Gatherum

• The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Jessica Potter

• A Lady of High Regard by Tracy Petersen
• How I Live Now by Meg Rosof
• The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber

Jessica Rawson

• Roots by Alex Haley
• Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
• Bread Givers by Arizia Yezierska

Kristy Egan

• InkHeart by Cornelia Funke
• Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
• The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer
• Gone with the Wind by Margeret Mitchell

Valerie Halladay

• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
• A Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

List of Books Discussed

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
  
• The Princess Bride by William Goldman
• Jurrasic Park by Michael Crichton
• Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis
• A Proper Pursuit by Lynn Austen
• Bitter is the New Black by Jen Lancaster
• The Big Stone Gap Triology by Adriana Trigiani
• The Zion Convenant Series (1st one Vienna Prelude) by Bodie Thoene
• The Zion Chronicles by Bodie Thoene
• Scarlett by Alexandria Ripley
• Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig
• Excessively Diverted (Pride & Prejudice Sequel) by Juliette Shapiro
• The Seat Beside Me by Nancy Moser
• Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry (Sequel to the Giver)
• Messenger by Lois Lowry (3rd in Series of the Giver)
• Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
  
• Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
  
• A Separate Peace by John Knowles
  
• The Chosen by Chaim Potok
  
• My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
  
• The Pact by Jodi Picoult
• Wednesday's Letters by Jason F. Wright
  

Now this should keep you busy reading through the end of the year and then we can do it again in January! Thanks everyone for your suggestions.