Emma, by Jane Austen
Emma feels it is her duty to impose her match making ideas on others even though the outcome isn’t always agreeable. Austen is a very popular choice for book groups this year.
The Good Earth, by Pearl Buck
An Oprah book club pick, this novel describes life in China when it was an agrarian society.
My Antonia, by Willa Cather
Taking place in Nebraska, Antonia is the daughter of Bohemian immigrant farmers and learns to adapt to the hard existence of living on the desolate prairies of the Midwest.
A Room with a View, by E. M. Forster
Lucy Honeycutt travels to Florence and falls in love with another Brit not of her social class. Also available on video.
The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The classic novel by Fitzgerald takes place in the 1920's and is the story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan.
A Lesson Before Dying. by Ernest J. Gaines
Set in the late 1940s, this novel of one man condemned to die for a crime he did not commit and a young man who visits him in his cell was a winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and was an Oprah's Book Club pick.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith
Francie grows up in the Brooklyn slums during the early part of the twentieth century. Her family is dysfunctional and her brother is the "favorite son". She remains courageous throughout. The film starred Peggy Ann Garner, Dorothy McGuire and James Dunn.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, by Muriel Spark
The story of an independent school teacher at the Marcia Blaine School for Girls, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Jean Brodie is definitely in her "prime".
The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
During the 1930’s dustbowl days, the Joad family leaves Oklahoma for hopefully a better life in California as migrant workers.
The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien
The first book in the popular fantasy series by Tolkien that first introduces the "hobbits."
, by Jane Austen
, by Pearl Buck
, by Willa Cather
, by E. M. Forster
, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
. by Ernest J. Gaines
, by Betty Smith
, by Muriel Spark
, by John Steinbeck
, by J.R.R. Tolkien
