The Rory Gilmore Book Club discussion

It's time again to nominate books for our monthly reading for 2011. As you will recall, last year, we asked group members to nominate in separate threads six books from the official WB reading list that were classics, and six books from the official WB list that were modern selections.

So, what we need you to do is nominate *SIX* classics and *SIX* modern books. Please list each six in order of most wanted on down. The top six of each will be the selections for the year. The moderators will together decide which book for which month and post the list before the new year. Please understand that if you do not nominate six in each that you will not be voting for all the months of the year. That is your choice, but you only get one vote per month this time, so I recommend using them all.

Below is the list of the moderns from the main list that we have yet to read as a group. Nominate your six from this list. The voting will end one month from today on December 6, 2010. We will then have almost a month to get a copy/download of January's selection.



• A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
• A Quiet Storm by Rachel Howzell Hall
• Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
• Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
• Brick Lane by Monica Ali
• Empire Falls by Richard Russo
• Extravagance by Gary Krist
• Fat Land by Greg Critser
• How the Light Gets In by M. J. Hyland
• How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer
• Just a Couple of Days by Tony Vigorito
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel
• My Life in Orange by Tim Guest
• My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
• Nervous System by Jan Lars Jensen
• Old School by Tobias Wolff
• Oracle Night by Paul Auster
• Property by Valerie Martin
• Quattrocento by James McKean
• Rescuing Patty Hearst by Virginia Holman
• Sacred Time by Ursula Hegi
• Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
• Small Island by Andrea Levy
• Songbook by Nick Hornby
• Stiff by Mary Roach
• The Bielski Brothers by Peter Duff
• The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
• The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
• The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
• The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
• The Meaning of Consuelo by Judith Ortiz Cofer
• The Opposite of Fate by Amy Tan
• The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
• The Song of Names by Norman Lebrecht
• The Song Reader by Lisa Tucker
• Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett
• Unless by Carol Shields
• When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka

1. Bee Season
2. When the Emperor Was Divine
3. The Red Tent
4. life of pi
5. Seabiscuit
6. The Kite Runner

1. Empire Falls
2. The Fortress of Solitude
3. The Kitchen Boy
4. The Red Tent
5. Truth and Beauty
6. The Opposite of Fate

1• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
2• Oracle Night by Paul Auster
3• Life of Pi by Yann Martel
4• My Life in Orange by Tim Guest
5• Old School by Tobias Wolff

1• Quattrocento by James McKean
2• The Opposite of Fate by Amy Tan
3• The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander
4• Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
5• Brick Lane by Monica Ali
6• Fat Land by Greg Critser

1• The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
2• Life of Pi by Yann Martel
3• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
4• Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
5• Songbook by Nick Hornby
6• Stiff by Mary Roach

In no particular order:

1. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
2. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
3. Brick Lane by Monica Ali
4. Old School by Tobias Wolff
5. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
6. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

1. Autobiography of a face
2. How to breathe underwater
3. Unless
4. The five people you meet in heaven
5. the Song reader
6. my life in orange

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
Rescuing Patty Hearst by Virginia Holman
Stiff by Mary Roach
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Song Reader by Lisa Tucker

1. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
2. Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
3. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
4. Old School by Tobias Wolff
5. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
6. How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer

1) The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
2) The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
3) A Confederacy Of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
4) When The Emporer Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
5)The Devil In The White City by Erik Larson
6)Old School by Tobias Wolff

1. A Confederacy of Dunces.
2. Devil in the White City.
3. The God of Small Things.
4. How to Breathe Under Water.
5. My Life in Orange.
6. Songbook.

1. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
2. Stiff by Mary Roach
3. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
4. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
5. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
6. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

1) Confederacy of Dunces
2) Stiff
3) Life of Pi
4) Bee Season
5) God of Small Things
6) Red Tent

Here are mine and it was so hard to pick!

1. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
2. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larsen
3. Brick Lane by Monica Ali
4. Songbook by Nick Hornby
5. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
6. Rescuing Patty Hearst by Virgina Holman

1. Old School
2. Life of Pi
3. My Sisters Keeper
4. The Devil in the White City
5. How to Breathe Underwater
6. Stiff

1. Stiff
2. A Confederacy of Dunces
3. My Sister's Keeper
4. The Devil in the White City
5. The Kitchen Boy
6. Seabiscuit

1. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
2. Unless by Carol Shields
3. Small Island by Andrea Levy
4. The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander
5. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
6. Brick Lane by Monica Ali

1. Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
2. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
3. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
4. Stiff by Mary Roach
5. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
6. Old School by Tobias Wolff

A Confederacy of Dunces
The Kitchen Boy
Songbook
Stiff
Old School
Extravagance

Life of Pi
Stiff
The Devil in the White City
Bee Season
My Sister's Keeper
Songbook

1. Old School
2. The Red Tent
3. When the Emperor was Divine
4. Oracle Night
5. The Kitchen Boy
6. How to Breathe Underwater

1. Autobiography of a Face
2. Kitchen Boy
3. Red Tent
4. Old School
5. Rescuing Patty Hearst
6. God of Small Things

1. Empire Falls
2. Life of Pi
3. The Kite Runner
4. Stiff
5. A Confederacy of Dunces
6. How to Breathe Underwater

1. Brick Lane by Monica Ali
2. My Life in Orange by Tim Guest
3. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
4. The Opposite of Fate by Amy Tan
5. The Song of Names by Norman Lebrecht
6. The Song Reader by Lisa Tucker

1. The Red Tent
2. Songbook
3. The Kitchen Boy
4. Oracle Night
5.Truth and Beauty
6. The Opposite of Fate

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

1)Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
2)Oracle Night by Paul Auster
3)Rescuing Patty Hearst by Virginia Holman
4)The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
5)The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
6)When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka

1. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
2. Songbook by Nick Hornby
3. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
4. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
5. The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander
6. Oracle Night by Paul Auster

1. The Opposite of Fate by Amy Tan
2. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
3. Empire Falls by Richard Russo
4. My Life in Orange by Tim Guest
5. A Confederacy of Dunces by J. K. Toole
6. The God of Small Things by Ahrundhati Roy

1.Songbook by Nick Hornby
2.The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
3.Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
4.Fat Land by Greg Critser
5.The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
6.Empire Falls by Richard Russo

nominations are closed