All time favorite book club books?

What do you think of the latest list from our Book Club Survey?

Personally I’m surprised by James and The Women being so high up on the list when they were just published last year, so I’m impressed that book clubs are so interested in newly published books.

Are there any books on this list that surprise you, or other books that you think should be on it?

Rank Book % Respondents
1 A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (2016, Viking) 8.99%
2 The Women by Kristin Hannah (2024, St. Martin’s Press) 4.81%
3 Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (2022, Doubleday) 4.68%
4 Horse by Geraldine Brooks (2022, Viking) 3.92%
5 James by Percival Everett (2024, Doubleday) 3.42%
6 The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (2015, St. Martin’s Press) 3.16%
7 Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (2009, Knopf) 2.91%
8 Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (2022, Harper) 2.78%
9 Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger (2013, Atria) 2.41%
10 Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (2018, G.P. Putnam’s Sons) 2.15%
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Most definitely “This Tender Land” by William Kent Krueger

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I’m surprised by Ordinary Grace. It’s a good book but I’m not sure why it would have risen to the top 10 last year, especially since it’s older.

I have read and enjoyed 9 of these 10. I have a copy of Cutting For Stone but have never read. Will put in the TBR pile.

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But also A Gentleman in Moscow, Lessons in Chemistry, and Horse

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It’s the best one of all. :slight_smile: