NEED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BOOKS TO READ

Here is a list from several best-sellers lists which I have compiled for your consideration in picking out a book for future meetups.

If you have a book THAT IS NOT on this list, please let me know. My goal is to have a book laid out for July and August as well.

As I have told you in the past, I cannot do this alone and am in great need of your suggestions for books.

Please review the below list and get back to me within the next week or so. As I say, majority wins in this meetup so the more people that pick one book, the better chance that book has to be read in our group.

Brenda Jones

The Rule of Four
by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason

The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown

The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd

The Known World
by Edward P. Jones

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

Title Author
A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini
The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini
The Memory Keeper's Daughter Kim Edwards
Water for Elephants Sara Gruen
Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides
Playing for Pizza John Grisham
The Quickle James Patterson
The 6th Target James Patterson
Lean Mean Thirteen Janet Evanovich

SIMPLE GENIUS, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $9.99.) Two former Secret Service agents investigate a scientist?s murder while one battles her own demons.

THE WOODS, by Harlan Coben. (Signet, $9.99.) A prosecutor must confront family secrets when new evidence surfaces about a murder and disappearance at a summer camp 20 years earlier.

BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE, by Lee Child. (Dell, $7.99.) Jack Reacher must discover who is hunting members of a team of former military investigators.

I HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE, by Mary Higgins Clark. (Pocket, $7.99.) A woman marries a childhood acquaintance suspected of several murders.

CREATION IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb. (Berkley, $7.99.) Lt. Eve Dallas pursues the Groom, a killer who disappeared nine years earlier but has now returned; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.

BACK ON BLOSSOM STREET, by Debbie Macomber. (Mira, $7.99.) More stories of life and love from a Seattle knitting class.

THE UNQUIET, by John Connolly. (Pocket Star, $7.99.) A woman being stalked by an ex-con who thinks she can help him find his missing daughter seeks protection from the Maine P.I. Charlie Parker.

OBSESSION, by Jonathan Kellerman. (Ballantine, $9.99.) The psychologist-detective Alex Delaware investigates an apparent deathbed confession of murder.

THE RUINS, by Scott Smith. (Vintage, $7.99.) Two young American couples on vacation in the Yucat?n confront a horrible menace.

THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, by Philippa Gregory. (Pocket Books, $7.99.) A tale of courtly intrigue starring Henry VIII and Mary and Anne Boleyn.

THE NAME OF THE WIND, by Patrick Rothfuss. (DAW, $7.99.) A notorious magician disguised as an innkeeper tells the story of his life, from orphan to legend.

THE RIVER KNOWS, by Amanda Quick. (Jove, $7.99.) A reporter and a wealthy Londoner in Victorian England feign romance while investigating a murder suspect.

THE ALIBI MAN, by Tami Hoag. (Bantam, $7.99.) A disgraced former policewoman investigates a murder linked to a group of wealthy Palm Beach men.

A LADY?S SECRET, by Jo Beverley. (Signet, $7.99.) A handsome earl accompanies a woman traveling in nun?s garb as she seeks out her father, an English lord unaware of her existence.

EMBRACE THE NIGHT, by Karen Chance. (Roc, $7.99.) Cassie Palmer, the world?s chief clairvoyant, goes in search of an ancient, dangerous book.

HOKUS POKUS, by Fern Michaels. (Kensington, $6.99.) The Sisterhood, in exile in Barcelona, are called back to help the chief justice of the Supreme Court.

SACRED STONE, by Clive Cussler and Craig Dirgo. (Berkley, $9.99.) In this reprint of the 2004 book, Juan Cabrillo battles terrorists who seek to control an ancient radioactive meteorite.

DEVIL MAY CRY, by Sherrilyn Kenyon. (St. Martin?s, $7.99.) Book 11 of the Dark-Hunter paranormal series.

TO WED A WICKED PRINCE, by Jane Feather. (Pocket Star, $7.99.) In 18th-century London, a woman marries a prince, then grows suspicious of his motives as secrets begin to come to light.

HIGH PROFILE, by Robert B. Parker. (Berkley, $9.99.) Jesse Stone, the police chief of Paradise, Mass., looks into the deaths of a talk-show host and a young woman.

THE ECHELON VENDETTA, by David Stone (Jove)

ATONEMENT, by Ian McEwan (Anchor)

THE 5TH HORSEMAN, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Vision)

THE DUKE NEXT DOOR, by Celeste Bradley (St. Martin's)

DEEP STORM, by Lincoln Child (Anchor)

HEART-SHAPED BOX, by Joe Hill (Harper)

TOM CLANCY?S ENDWAR, by David Michaels (Berkley)

THE LAND OF MANGO SUNSETS, by Dorothea Benton Frank (Avon)

IRON MAN, by Peter David (Del Rey)

THE SEDUCTION OF AN UNKNOWN LADY, by Samantha James (Avon)

TO SEDUCE A BRIDE, by Nicole Jordan (Ballantine)

MIDNIGHT RISING, by Lara Adrian (Dell)

SPANISH DAGGER, by Susan Wittig Albert (Berkley)

WHAT THE DEAD KNOW, by Laura Lippman (Harper)

TWISTED CREEK, by Jodi Thomas (Berkley)

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Change of Heart
Jodi Picoult, Atria
Death-row prisoner decides to donate his heart to his victim's sister (F)

Bad Luck and Trouble
Lee Child, Dell
Ex-military cop Jack Reacher unites with former members of his elite

Hokus Pokus
Fern Michaels, Zebra
Vigilante group the Sisterhood helps a blackmailed Supreme Court chief justice

A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead
Novel set in Afghanistan about two women, Mariam and Laila

The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW
Story of a young man who grows to be the most notorious magician in history

The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperSanFrancisco
Shepherd boy searches for buried treasure; 10th anniversary edition

The 5th Horseman
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Grand Central Publishing
Women's Murder Club investigates mysterious hospital deaths (F) (P)

The Gravedigger's Daughter
Joyce Carol Oates, Harper Perennial
Pilgrimage of a German immigrant's daughter in America (F) (P) $15.95
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