Top Ten Books I Wish I Had a Book Club For

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While I have bookish friends with whom I can discuss certain titles with, we (naturally) don't always read the same thing. There have been books that left me wishing I had a friend to dissect them with; not just to talk about how I feel about it in general, but to discuss the details, question themes and plot twists - basically I need a book club.

So for this week's freebie TTT, I decided to talk about ten of those books!

1. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger.
I DNF-ed this book, but there were many things that I would love to discuss about this book. The twins' dependency on each other and lack of ambitions; am I the only one who found most of the characters unpleasant?; what did you think of Valentina's decision??

2. The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
Many of Picoult's books leave me with things to mull over long after I finish, but The Storyteller is the one that had me pushing it on my mum (a fellow Picoult fan) all, "Read this now please, right now." The major themes of mercy and justice got me thinking about a lot of difficult questions. My mum and I had a cool conversation about it, but we didn't go as detailed as I would've liked due to time constraints.

3. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
I barely remember anything about the story now, except that I enjoyed it, but at the time of reading I wish there were people who could discuss it with me.

4. Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea
I expressed my thoughts on this book here yesterday. I really wish I knew someone else who has read it, because I need to talk about the book's points about the changing (or unchanging) traditional values and their impact on women.

5. Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
This is a strange book. I enjoyed it and was very confused by it at the same time, so naturally it would be awesome to have other people to talk about it with.

6. The entire Animorphs series by K.A. Applegate
I've talked about this series a looot, but I'll talk about it again anyway. For a children's series (or is the term Middle Grade? I'm not sure about the distinction), the characters face serious moral dilemmas on a regular basis. It's the stuff book clubs are made for, really.

7. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Really, what do you think about the punishments? Is there any justice, or is it all just a madperson's twisted game?

8. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
My mum and I had wildly different reactions to this book, and I'd be curious to see if it's a generational gap or something else. Of course I'd need to re-read this book before I'm up for any discussion in the near future, but still.

9. Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
I'm still reading this book at the moment, but already there are loads I'd like to talk about. Thankfully, my friend is reading it with me so we get to text each other our thoughts as we go.

10. Fairest by Marissa Meyer
I don't want to say much in case you haven't read it yet, but let's just say that this would the perfect book to discuss three-dimensional villains. Put it side by side with Dorothy Must Die, and I'd be so in for that book club meeting.

Let's talk!