One freezing winter morning a dead body is found in the backyard of the Dharma family's house. It's the body of Anu Krishnan.
Looking for your next book club pick? Get everyone in your club talking with these carefully selected books that include our helpful reading group guides.
Paperback
- The Winter Palace
Eva Stachniak - Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton - A Red Herring Without Mustard
Alan Bradley - A Visit from the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan - The Midwife of Venice
Roberta Rich - I Remember Nothing
Nora Ephron - The Second Life of Samuel Tyne
Esi Edugyan - The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht
Hardcover
- 1Q84
Haruki Murakami - The Virgin Cure
Ami McKay - The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes - The Stranger's Child
Alan Hollinghurst - I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
Alan Bradley - A Train in Winter
Caroline Moorehead - Tell It to the Trees
Anita Rau Badami - Last Man in Tower
Aravind Adiga
If you like historical novels of the highest degree (Alison Weir and Philippa Gregory) you'll love The Winter Palace by Eva Stachniak, a novel about Catherine the Great. The book has gained strong buzz among early readers who say this is first-rate.
If you like stories about re-inventing yourself (like Under the Tuscan Sun) and stories about animals (books by Jane Goodall), you'll love We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee. The title speaks for itself, but the book really delivers: funny, moving and nail-biting. And you can watch the film too (starring Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson).
John Irving author of In One Person
His most political novel since The Cider House Rules and A Prayer for Owen Meany, this is a story of unfulfilled love—tormented, funny, and affecting—and an intimate, unforgettable portrait of the novel's bisexual narrator and main character, Billy Abbott. As Billy says: "We are formed by what we desire."
His most political novel since The Cider House Rules and A Prayer for Owen Meany, this is a story of unfulfilled love—tormented, funny, and affecting—and an intimate, unforgettable portrait of the novel's bisexual narrator and main character, Billy Abbott. As Billy says: "We are formed by what we desire."
Vincent Lam on His New Novel The Headmaster's Wager
From Giller Prize winner, internationally acclaimed, and bestselling author Vincent Lam comes a superbly crafted, highly suspenseful, and deeply affecting novel set against the turmoil of the Vietnam War.
From Giller Prize winner, internationally acclaimed, and bestselling author Vincent Lam comes a superbly crafted, highly suspenseful, and deeply affecting novel set against the turmoil of the Vietnam War.