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32 Popular Fiction Books for Book Clubs

We have Book Club fever here at Half Price Books! We love these books that draw people together over coffee/wine/dinner to discuss character, plot, themes, and symbolism, and thought it was time to suggest some popular titles. As always, we turned to our 3,000 bibliomaniacs for their opinion on the most-asked-for contemporary* Book Club recommendations, and here's what they reported back.
*Note that this list focuses on recent(ish) fiction
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The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
1
Alice Sebold
The History of Love (Nicole Krauss)
The History of Love
2
Nicole Krauss
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
3
Audrey Niffenegger
The Tiger's Wife (Tea Obreht)
The Tiger's Wife
4
Tea Obreht
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
5
Gillian Flynn
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Rachel Joyce)
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
6
Rachel Joyce
A Long Way Down (Nick Hornby)
A Long Way Down
7
Nick Hornby
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
8
Jennifer Egan
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
9
Yann Martel
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
10
Markus Zusak
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
11
Junot Díaz
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
12
Jeannette Walls
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
13
Elizabeth Strout
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
14
Rebecca Skloot
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
15
Jonathan Safran Foer
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
16
Khaled Hosseini
Little Bee (Chris Cleave)
Little Bee
17
Chris Cleave
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand (Helen Simonson)
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
18
Helen Simonson
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
19
Mark Haddon
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
20
Jeffrey Eugenides
My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult)
My Sister's Keeper
21
Jodi Picoult
Sarah's Key (Tatiana De Rosnay)
Sarah's Key
22
Tatiana De Rosnay
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
23
Emma Donoghue
She's Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
She's Come Undone
24
Wally Lamb
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help
25
Kathryn Stockett
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
26
Mary Ann Shaffer
The Paris Wife (Paula McLain)
The Paris Wife
27
Paula McLain
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
28
Zora Neale Hurston
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Secret Life of Bees
29
Sue Monk Kidd
Unbroken (Laura Hillenbrand)
Unbroken
30
Laura Hillenbrand
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
Water for Elephants
31
Sara Gruen
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
32
Abraham Verghese
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