Current Titles
Book Club in a Bag kits are available in the following titles:
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Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
"Larson's breathtaking...history is a novelistic yet wholly factual account of the [1893 Chicago World's] fair and the mass murderer who lurked within it." Publisher's Weekly
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A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
"In 1918 Ernest Hemingway went to war, to the 'war to end all wars'. But A Farewell to Arms is not only a novel of war. In it Hemingway has also created a love story of immense drama and uncompromising passion." Amazon.com
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
"In The Glass Castle, Walls chronicles her upbringing at the hands of eccentric, nomadic parents--Rose Mary, her frustrated-artist mother, and Rex, her brilliant, alcoholic father." Amazon.com
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The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini
"...Khaled Hosseini...provide[s] an educational and eye-opening account of a country's political turmoil...while also developing characters whose heartbreaking struggles and emotional triumphs resonate with readers long after the last page has been turned over." Amazon.com
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Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden*
"Readers experience the entire life of a geisha, from her origins as an orphaned fishing-village girl in 1929 to her...reminiscent old age as the distinguished mistress of the powerful patron of her dreams." Amazon.com
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My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult*
"The difficult choices a family must make when a child is diagnosed with a serious disease are explored with pathos and understanding...." Publisher's Weekly
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One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
"An American western with a most unusual twist, this is an imaginative fictional account of the participation of May Dodd and others in the controversial 'Brides for Indians' program..." Booklist
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The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
"Contending with ghosts and with a (mostly) scary bunch of living people, Setterfield's sensible heroine is...unprepared for both heartache and romance." Publisher's Weekly
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Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
"Captivating and suspenseful, with engrossing accounts of both hostilities and unlikely friendships, this book will win many readers' hearts." Publisher's Weekly
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee*
"Lee's Pulitzer Prize–winning 1960 novel... quietly stands as one of the most powerful statements of the Civil Rights movement." Publisher's Weekly
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Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
"With...a rigorous regard for period detail...Brooks re-creates a year in the life of a remote British village decimated by the bubonic plague." Publisher's Weekly
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*Includes two large print copies
Book Club in a Bag provided by the
Friends of the Fargo Public Library