Conversation Starters: 2011’s Top 5 Book Club Picks : NPR

/ Book Recommendations / By Mary Daniels Brown / December 11, 2011

Conversation Starters: 2011’s Top 5 Book Club Picks : NPR.

“Here are five fascinating books that will be sure to catalyze serious and lively conversation”:

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
We the Animals by Justin Torres
Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
The Sojourn by Andrew Krivak

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Mary Daniels Brown

Mary Daniels Brown learned at an early age how to read people, and she’s been doing that ever since. Combining advanced education in both literature and psychology, she reads and reviews novels that explore identity, the search for meaning and purpose in life, and the varieties of human experience. She’s been blogging about books at Notes in the Margin for more than 25 years. Mary believes that her focus on Life Stories in Literature has made her both a more astute reader and a happier, more human person.

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