Help - I need to choose a book for my book club.

The following spring to mind:

The Midnight Library by Matt Haigh. In fact anything by him.
A Man called Ove.

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.
Once read, you will NEVER forget it

Restless , William Boyd

annodomini

Thanks, Terribull, once I find an author I like I tend to try more and more of their books. Amanda Craig is a versatile writer. 'Love in Idleness' is hilarious and 'In a Dark Wood' is moving and disturbing. Both are good reads.

Yes Annodomini she is a really good writer, and, I think, underrated. I would also recommend "Hearts and Minds" by her, another very, very good read, but quite dark. On the other hand Lie of the Land, not unlike Jonathan Coe's "Middle England" but better imo, is laced with a lot of humour. If you liked her others, I'm sure you'll like these.

Sarnia

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Our House by Louise Candlish
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan

All 3 had scores of 9 and above from my book club friends.
Just a heads up that Mudbound is set in Mississippi after WW2 and includes the way black people were treated.

I recently watched Mudbound on Netflix, a great film and I would like to read the book.

Thanks, Terribull, once I find an author I like I tend to try more and more of their books. Amanda Craig is a versatile writer. 'Love in Idleness' is hilarious and 'In a Dark Wood' is moving and disturbing. Both are good reads.

I chose The Midnight Library in the end.
Thank you for all your suggestions they really helped.

annodomini

I've recently 'discovered' Amanda Craig and would strongly recommend 'The Golden Rule' as a book club choice. Two women meet on a train and come to a very unusual agreement...

The Golden Rule is really good, The Lie of the Land by Amanda Craig is even better!

Just reading and enjoying Transcription by Kate Atkinson.

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. Not too long and absolutely unforgettable. Everyone in my Book Group loved it.

Where the Crawdads Sing- Delia Owens, I think.

Good lists, thank you! I will take some of these titles under advisement for my next book group pick. We are currently reading Behold the Dreamers by Imboblo Mbue. I'm only half way through, but really enjoying it and can foresee interesting discussions.

One of our best rated books over the years has been The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. A girl graduating out of the foster care system finds herself alone and mistrustful of the world. A job in a flower shop opens up a new form of communication and connection for her.

I've recently 'discovered' Amanda Craig and would strongly recommend 'The Golden Rule' as a book club choice. Two women meet on a train and come to a very unusual agreement...

I am spoilt for choice. We have read many of these books already and others seem a little harrowing which I think may not suit one or two of our group at the moment.
I will let you know what I choose.

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Our House by Louise Candlish
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan

All 3 had scores of 9 and above from my book club friends.
Just a heads up that Mudbound is set in Mississippi after WW2 and includes the way black people were treated.

Palace of the Drowned - Christine Mangan.
Love a tale set in Venice with an air of mystery and menace.
Very good.

Maybe dragonfly46 will let us know which book she picks for her Bookclub?
?

Flexagon

Thanks for the recommended books !
Re : Gilead by Marylinne Robinson- I haven’t read it - but now intend to ?.
It’s on special price of 99p on Kindle in case anyone is interested.

I see some lovely books already recommended, and a good many that my book group would have struggled to get through. I know you will be spoilt for choice, and indeed, may have already read these favourites:
As it's about the importance of books:
www.fantasticfiction.com/m/jojo-moyes/giver-of-stars.htm

This is a perennial, and I love it as it has double of everything, and if this is a women's group, you get 2 heroines and 2 villainesses as well as the usual clutch of characters:
www.fantasticfiction.com/c/wilkie-collins/woman-in-white.htm

We have loved real life memoirs like Lark Rise to Candleford and Child in the Forest.

And finally, a real revelation to suggest re-reading a childhood favourite like Little Women.

I loved A Little Life, dragonfly46. Harrowing but a cracking good story. I agree, probably too long for a book group.

Some good choices here. Can I add American Dirt - Janine Cummins, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See, Shuggie McBain - Douglas Stuart, Milkman - Anna Burns, The Mermaid of the Black Conch - Monique Roffey, The Essex Serpent - Sarah Perry and one of the most beautiful books I have ever read Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. The latter, part of a series anyway would make a good companion read to Stoner - John Williams suggested upthread.

Your book club reads similar titles to mine. We’ve just read The Midnight Library by Matt Haigh. I’ve just read a good book which is lightheartedly funny, titled Maggsie NcNaughton’s Second Chance by Frances Maynard.

Any of the Anne Tyler books are a good length -quite short but interesting characters and plots. The Beginner's Goodbye tackles the issues of grief and loss www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/215139/the-beginners-goodbye-by-anne-tyler/

MagicWand

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
One of the best books I’ve read in a long time.

Another one by the same author “Rules of Civility”. Excellent.

As frequently recommended on here. Where the Crawdads Sing
All the light we cannot see

Half a World Away by Mike Gayle is lovely. I love his books.

Stoner John Williams
Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout