Recommendation request for my in-person bookclub :)

[Emily]

I am looking for recommendations to consider for my in-person book club. Most genres are good, although we don't do too much fantasy or sci-fi and no horror. Historical fiction is good, contemporary would be great. YA and LBGT are just fine.
The only real requirement is that it has some significant things to discuss. Bonus points if it is not too depressing.
I would love something along the lines of The Rosie Project- fun, contemporary, but with some talking points.
Thanks in advance!

[Keep Calm]

Recommend a new YA author. PM Pevato's Firefly: Ice Born Book One. A truly original read.

[Karsyn]

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, Ink and Bone & The Shadow of the Wind are all books about books, so a lot of talking points there, especially Shadow.

[Emily]

Thanks!!!
I'm definitely partaking in The Shadow of the Wind BOM, so I'll see what I think about recommending it for the book club.
And thanks for reminding me about Ink and Bone- I read that a while back and wanted to try and get the others on board to read and discuss it :)
Mr. Penumbra's looks really intriguing as well!

[Cait S]

Just the first ones that popped into my head :) No horror, promise :P

[Cait S]

I lied, I thought of two more lol

[Emily]

Thanks so much, Cait! Those look fabulous! I will suggest them all for us to consider as a group and see what catches everyone's eye!
I think Eight Hundred Grapes might be perfect, and I will be pushing for We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves because I absolutely loved Wit's End a couple years ago and have been meaning to read more from Karen Joy Fowler ever since.

[Poonam]

[Emily]

Thanks for the recommendations, Poonam! I am planning on suggesting either Simon and the Homo Sapien Agenda or Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, so I'm waiting to see what I think of the later when I read it as BOM. Beauty Queens I have seen before- it looks really funny- but I hadn't considered it for book club, so I'll think about what I think of it for us now!

[Poonam]

Emily wrote: "Thanks for the recommendations, Poonam! I am planning on suggesting either Simon and the Homo Sapien Agenda or Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, so I'm waiting to see what I..."
Simon vs the homo sapiens agenda is a lgbt coming of age book and will make a good bom read. It is not very serious and the lgbt coming out is handled well.
Beauty Queens is a funny book but it looks at lots of issues in the society including gender inequality, role of women in society, sexual repression, sexual preferences, transgender and I really advise all young adult females to read this. Inspite it being funny it makes you think of all the things that are wrong in today's society.
I haven't read Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe but again it is lgbt ya novel and may make a good read for group read :)

[Kelly B]

Here's a few suggestions:

[Emily]

Kelly wrote: "Here's a few suggestions:

[bookcover..."

Thank you, Kelly! Those are perfect suggestions because our book club has read and loved all of them! (Well, actually instead of The Husband's Secret, we did Big Little Lies by the same author, but close.) If anyone else is looking for suggestions for their book club, those would all be fabulous! Think my favorite of them was All the Light We Cannot See- really amazing book.

[Alison]

Have you tried The Mirror World of Melody Black? We read it recently at our in person bookclub and there was a lot of discussion around how it depicts mental illness. I know you don't really do horror etc but The Girl with All the Gifts is excellent and certainly has a lot of talking points.

[Emily]

Thanks, Alison, I'll consider those. The Girl with All the Gifts has definitely intrigued me, despite being horror, so I might have to give it a try!

[Gea]

These are the two that come to my mind, they are both historical fiction. Anything from Ken Follett is good, the one I listed is just my latest read

[Berit☀️✨]

I have a few books I could recommend ...
we read this at my last month and Person book group, it is a bit weird, and a little depressing, but it really made for a fabulous discussion

this is historical fiction and WWII, but it address some things I was not aware of and I would've loved to talk with somebody about it afterwards ...
A fictional book loosely based on the Manson murders, really interesting and really would spark an interesting conversation ...
None of the above books are young adult, but they all have young adult characters in them ....

[Marla]

Here are my suggestions for great discussion books from my real-life book club (we didn't necessarily love each of these, but we had really good discussions):

[Bethany M. Edwards]

I LOVED reading Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald based on a recommendation from a friend.

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