What Should Your Book Group Read Next?

One of my favorite resources for uncovering interesting and off-the-beaten-path book discussion titles is a list published annually called Great Group Reads. The 2015 Great Group Reads list was just released and contains 21 recently published titles that were chosen for their potential to promote lively discussions about timely and provocative topics. Take a look at the list below and see if one or more of these titles might just be the perfect fit for your next book discussion. Click a link to get a short description of the book and to check for availability.

All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews

All Who Go Do Not Return: A Memoir by Shulem Deen

The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber

Call Me Home by Megan Kruse

Delicious Foods by James Hannaham

Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg

Dietland by Sarai Walker

Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper

Henna House by Nomi Eve

Landfall by Ellen Urbani

Make Your Home Among Strangers by Jennine Capó Crucet

Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man by Thomas Page Mcbee

Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League by Jonathan Odell

No. 4 Imperial Lane by Jonathan Weisman

Orphan #8 by Kim van Alkemade

A Perfect Crime by A Yi

The Secret Wisdom of the Earth by Christopher Scotton

A Sister to Honor by Lucy Ferriss

Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea’s Elite by Suki Kim

The Wonder Garden by Lauren Acampora