Between Book Covers discussion

Here's a opening list of possible directions. React to this and discuss where our interests lie at the onset because after that, well, anything can happen (if we're any kind of proper book club). There should be something here for everyone but certainly introduce something you'd like to discuss if it's not listed.

Road Trip
Proust
Ahead of Your Time
Business Evolution
Honest Marketing
On Language
Banned Books
Encounters With Reality
Black Sparrow Press
Quiet Voices
The Future of...
Courageous Writers
Saved By: Tales of Personal Redemption
Wandering Souls
Dragon Fighters
Formed by the Disasters We Survived
Fortuitous Accidents
Modern Sonnets
Stranded
The Best Unknown Poets
The Kid Who Books Built
I Want My Jet Pack
Stranger in a Strange World
Latin Surrealism
Offshoots: The Children of Famous Writers
Creativity and Madness
That Could Never Happen
The Twenties Were Cooler Because...
Individual vs Society
New Mexico Vernacular
The Best Team Ever Fielded
Great Sports Performances
Man Eaters
Howl
Published by...
Human Potential
Westward Expansion
Lawmakers
Alcoholic Writers
The Best Poem Ever Written
Great Works Written by Untalented Writers
Portrayals of Inspiring Romantics
Man/Woman vs Nature
Rules to Live By
Truth in Fiction?
Unfinished Works
Writers Who Made a Difference
Single Novel Writers
Playwrights
Shakespeare
The Russians
Anthologies
Short Stories
21st Century Poetry
Travel Writing
East Indian Writers
South African Writers
Nobel Laureates
Booker Prize Winners
Growing Up...
Scary
The State of the Nation
Always Intended to Read...

We could also focus works read at a notable bookstore such as "City Lights"

My past book groups have mostly read fiction with the occasional biography thrown in for good measure. We've typically had the host for the next group pick a title so that everyone eventually gets to do so.

I like that idea that I'll read a book not of my choosing and often enjoyed the discussions the most when we read titles out of my comfort zone.

And that is why I like many of the proposed topics, but do not feel that we need to choose any specific one.

Great points, Amy. Thank you. My last group used the polls available here in GR. The host chose 5 books they wanted to read. The first round eliminated anything someone had read already (unless they really wanted to read it again). Once these were ruled out they were replaced with other options keep keep the choices at five. Once the book was chosen the host would generate a quiz to be taken at the beginning of the meeting and some kind of gag prize was awarded to the winner. This club was 20 years old, however. We had bylaws, etc. Some of the structure and organization was a distraction, for sure. But we did find some pretty phenomenal reads by challenging ourselves with themes. There are some truly gifted non-fiction writers at work these days, particularly in history and cultural anthropology. Reading Malcolm Gladwell or Naomi Klein in a diverse group? Pretty exciting stuff. So far our group is comprised of people who are ready to try some different approaches, myself included. Let's keep talking.