2012
Here's our annual list of our 25 enduring favorite book titles for book club discussions for 2012, gathered by the editors of ReadingGroupGuides.com. See if your group agrees with our choices, and make your own list of favorites!




Best of List: Enduring Favorites
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2010
1984 by George Orwell
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessen Boyle
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
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2009
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
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2008
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Enduring Love by Ian McEwan
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessan Boyle
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
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2007
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Night by Elie Wiesel
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessen Boyle
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom