Book Recommendation Game

[Christy]

Name a thing or a place or a theme or whatever and the person below you has to recommend a book with that in it and then name something else for the person below them.

I'll go first...

Cannibalism

[Kandice]

Survivor Type by Stephen King (short story)

Inter-racial marriage.

[Becky]

The Waste Lands by Stephen King (Eddie Dean and Susannah Holmes-Dean)

Schizophrenia

[El]

Probably something by H.P. Lovecraft....G2G

[Paul]

For Schizophrenia -

Lowboy by John Wray

Greek Mythology

[Kandice]

Witch Princess by Dorothy Johnston

Government enforced sterilization.

[Rachel]

Eugenics And the Welfare State: Sterilization Policy in Demark, Sweden, Norway, and Findland by Nils Roll-Hansen

Tahiti

[Alycia]

Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville

alien invasion

[Joseph]

A sure bet is The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

synesthesia

[Ashley]

A Mango-Shaped Space

Popcorn

[Kaion]

Do they have to have read the book and genuinely recommend it?

[~Sara~]

Guinness World Records (worlds largest popcorn ball)

An elephant

[Petra]

The White Bone

A tropical vacation with a murder....

[Joseph]

The George Eliot Murders by Edith Skom
Professor Beth Austin is an expert on 19th century novels and a born sleuth. Taking along George Eliot's Middlemarch on her Hawaiian vacation was pure serendipity, for Beth never dreamed the classic novel could help her solve a crime. Stumbling upon a gruesome murder, Beth observes Eliot's brilliant character studies coming to life in those close to the crime.


Chess-themed fiction

[Karen]

Alice in Wonderland
Not sure if this counts, however we all familiar with the Queen of Hearts and co.

A jigsaw

[Judy]

Master Pieces: The Art History of Jigsaw Puzzles by Chris McCann

refugees

[LindaD]

What Is the What by Dave Eggers

book set in 19th century Europe

[Lorraine]

Persuasion by Jane Austen

A book about a smart cat

[Jane]

Any of the Sneaky Pie Brown mysteries by Rita Mae Brown.

How about a smart dog?

[Karendenice]

Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat by David Dosa

a bottle in the ocean

[Lorraine]

Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks

a book set in Canada

[Dionisia]

Let's Kill Uncle by Rohan O'Grady

dystopian novel

[LindaD]

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Tea(iced or hot)

[Ken]

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson

Hijabs

[Lorraine]

On the Road to Kandahar: Travels Through Conflict in the Islamic World by Jason Burke

Pre-teen girl detective

[Ken]

Figured this one out when you posted Flavia de Luce in the character game!
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

How about a novel centered around cooking

[Anna]

Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani (not strictly a book about cooking but lots of cooking goes on.)

A novel about knitting

[Ken]

Fair enough! I'm gonna have to take a pass on your subject idea though :-)

[Lorraine]

The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs

A novel set in France.

[Anna]

Chocolat by Joanne Harris

A novel set in London

[Lorraine]

A Taste For Death by P.D. James

A novel set in Montana.

[Lorraine]

Too tough? How about The Horse Whisperer

OK, here's another one:

A novel set in Dublin.

[Anna]

The Glass Lake by Maeve Binchy (It's partially set there)

A novel set in one of the Greek Islands?

[Lorraine]

The Moon-Spinners by Mary Stewart

OK, this should be easy: a book about an autistic boy.

[Anna]

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

A novel about a tomboy

[Lorraine]

Trixie Belden and the Mystery of the Vanishing Victim

A novel set in WWII

[Anna]

The Postmistress by Sarah Blake (my current read)

A novel set in WWI?

[Lorraine]

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (I just read this one).

A novel set during the Civil War.

[Anna]

Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (partially set during the Civil War)

A novel set in New York

[Lorraine]

Heat Wave by Richard Castle

A novel with pirates.

[LindaD]

The Princess Bride by William Goldman


A novel about cars or the car industry

[Lorraine]

Wheels by Arthur Hailey

A novel with a werewolf

[Susanna]

Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King

Advanced technologies

[Lori, Super Mod]

(cutting in to say I really like this game, and love seeing the diverse topics and novels listed!)

[rebecca j]

Partnership by Anne McCaffrey

novel about airplanes

[Lorraine]

Airframe by Michael Crichton

A novel about a nurse in training

[Ankita]

'Anything else but love'

[Lorraine]

Ankita - do you have another recommendation?

[Ankita]

Why?

[Lorraine]

So someone else can answer it?