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Mary avatar

Any ideas for books for our reading group?

Susan avatar

Hi Mary

This depends on the people that come to your book club

Here are a couple of ideas

https://www.goldencarers.com/7-scary-story-book-club-ideas/6583/

https://www.goldencarers.com/literary-greats-book-club/10510/

Consider short stories and the interests of your group

Chris avatar
Chris Residential Activities Coord

As you can imagine, it totally depends upon the interests and makeup of your group (male? female? both? 40s? 50s? 60s? 70s? Audio Book listeners or actual readers? Etc.)

But here are some good reads that our Book Club (70s+) has enjoyed:

Educated by Tara Westover

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

A Higher Call by Adam Makos

The Good, Good Pig by Sy Montgomery (anything by Sy Montgomery)

A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell

West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

Last Boat Out of Shanghai by Helen Zia

Summer Before the War by Helen Simonsen

West With the Night by Beryl Markham

Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin

The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

A Man Called Ove by Fredric Backman

The Light Between Oceans by M L Stedman

John Adams by David McCullough

Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

Beth avatar
Beth Life Enrichment Coordinator

Any of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" books! Very uplifting

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