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Book Club

The UVA book club meets once a month, usually on the second Monday of the month. Typically, there are five to ten people at a meeting and the book discussion lasts for an hour to an hour-and-a-half. No need to be an English Literature major to participate. Anyone who enjoys reading is welcome.

There is no specific theme to the books we select to read. At the end of each meeting, people propose books that they are interested in and we take a vote. Most of our selections fall into the popular modern fiction category, but we have read classics and non-fiction as well. See below for our current book and the books we have read.

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**For more information on a particular book club event, please click on the title of the book

Current Book: "The Dud Avacado" by Elaine Dundy

Previous Books Read

A Reliable WifeRobert Goolrick
Let the Great World SpinColum McCann
GhostwalkRebecca Stott
The GameNeil Strauss
Olive KitteridgeElizabeth Strout
Animal, Vegetable, MiracleBarbara Kingsolver
In The WoodsTana French
The White TigerAravind Adiga
The Elegance of the HedgehogMuriel Barbery
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoJunot Díaz
MarchGeraldine Brooks
Slumdog MillionaireVikas Swarup
The Night GardenerGeorge Pelecanos
Dreams From My FatherBarack Obama
A Thousand Splendid SunsKhaled Hosseini
The Vanishing Act of Esme LennoxMaggie O'Farrell
Midnight's ChildrenSalmon Rushdie
The Tipping PointMalcolm Gladwell
The Book ThiefMarkus Zusak
Cane RiverLalita Tademy
No Country For Old MenCormac McCarthy
On Green Dolphin StreetSebastian Faulks
Trans-Sister RadioChris Bohjalian
The Thirteenth TaleDiane Setterfield
Easter IslandJennifer Vanderbes
PrincessJean P. Sasson
RestlessWilliam Boyd
BlindnessJose Saramago
The Human StainPhilip Roth
The Emperor's ChildrenClaire Messud
Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsJK Rowling
The RoadCormac McCarthy
Water for Elephants: A NovelSara Gruen
A Wild Ride Up the Cupboards: A NovelAnn Bauer
The Kite RunnerKhaled Hosseini
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A NovelLisa See
The Glass Castle: A MemoirJeannette Walls
Prep: A Novel Curtis Sittenfeld
The Memory Keeper's Daughter Kim Edwards
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Malcolm Gladwell
Sputnik Sweetheart Haruki Murakami
My Sister's Keeper: A Novel Jodi Picoult
The History of Love: A Novel Nicole Krauss
Running with Scissors: A Memoir Augusten Burroughs
The Devil Wears Prada: A Novel Lauren Weisberger
In Cold Blood Truman Capote
This Body: A Novel of Reincarnation Laurel Doud
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Dave Eggers
Thank You for Smoking Christopher Buckley
Lying Awake Mark Salzman
A Million Little Pieces James Frey
Snow Orhan Pamuk
The Plot Against America: A Novel Philip Roth
Under the Banner of Heaven : A Story of Violent Faith Jon Krakauer
Ender's Game Orson Scott Card
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince J.K. Rowling
Skin Tight Carl Hiaasen
Angels & Demons Dan Brown
Ravelstein Saul Bellow
Out: A Novel Natsuo Kirino
The Temple Of Music Jonathan Lowy
The Time Traveler's Wife Audrey Niffenegger
Back When We Were Grownups Ann Tyler
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay   Michael Chabon
The Known World Edward P. Jones
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night   Mark Haddon
The Photograph Penelope Lively
The Devil in the White City Erik Larson
The DaVinci Code Dan Brown
Pattern Recognition William Gibson
Brick Lane Monica Ali
Matchstick Men Eric Garcia
Reading Lolita in Tehran Azar Nafisi
The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde
Mystic River Dennis Lehane
Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J.K. Rowling
The No. 1 Ladies Detectives’ Agency Alexander McCall Smith
The Nanny Diaries Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
Standing in the Rainbow Fannie Flagg
Atonement Ian McEwan
The Piano Shop on the Left Bank Thad Carhart
The Dante Club Matthew Pearl
Wicked Gregory Maguire
Life of Pi Yann Martel
Falling Angels Tracy Chevalier
White Oleander Janet Fitch
Carter Beats the Devil Glen Gold
The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold
Empire Falls Richard Russo
Bel Canto Ann Patchett





 
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