Great Group Reads 2013!
Great Groups Reads 2013 are carefully vetted books by book lovers for book clubs everywhere via the wonderful Women's National Book Association . Last year, I was part of the selection committee; this year, I am was not able to join in the fun of reading and selecting these books, but I am thrilled to share this list:  
Americanah by Chimamanda
Ngozi Adichie (Knopf)  Beautiful Ruins by Jess
Walter (Harper Perennial)*   Big Brother by Lionel
Shriver (Harper)*  A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
by Anthony Marra (Hogarth) David by Ray Robertson
(Biblioasis) The House Girl by Tara
Conklin (William Morrow) How It All Began by Penelope
Lively (Penguin Books) Is This Tomorrow by Caroline
Leavitt (Algonquin Books) Life After Life by Kate
Atkinson (Reagan Arthur Books) Margot by Jillian Cantor
(Riverhead Books) Mary Coin by Marisa Silver
(Blue Rider Press) The Middlesteins by Jami
Attenberg (Grand Central Publishing) Nowhere Is a Place by
Bernice L. McFadden (Akashic Books) The One-Way Bridge by Cathie
Pelletier (Sourcebooks Landmark) Ordinary Grace by William
Kent Krueger (Atria Books) The Other Typist by Suzanne
Rindell (Amy Einhorn Books) The Round House by Louise
Erdrich (Harper Perennial) Schroder by Amity Gaige
(Twelve) Sparta by Roxana Robinson
(Sarah Crichton Books) Wash by Margaret Wrinkle
(Atlantic Monthly Press) The Yellow Birds by Kevin
Powers (Back Bay Books) 
 
*Even though I wasn’t part of the official ‘Great Group
Reads 2013’ review committee this year, I have read these two novels and highly
recommend them for book clubs. I look forward to reading more on this list with my book club. 

And look for: BEFORE MY EYES, my new novel, coming out in February, 2014 from St. Martin's Pres  -- a terrific book club read!  Caroline