Reading Women

Nanci Milone Hill is director of the Boxford Town Library, Boxford, MA.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1—Ninety Titles for DiscussionElizabeth Adler, The House in AmalfiSarah Addison Allen, Garden SpellsSusan Andersen, Bending the RulesMary Kay Andrews, Deep DishDonna Ball, A Year on Ladybug FarmHeather Barbieri, The Lace Makers of Glenmara: A NovelLois Battle, The Floramamba Ladies' Auxiliary and Sewing CircleElizabeth Berg, The Year of PleasuresSusan Breen, The Fiction ClassElizabeth Buchan, Revenge of the Middle-Aged WomanPaula Morantz Cohen, Jane Austen in BocaClaire Cook, The Wildwater Walking ClubSandra Dallas, The Chili QueenDee Davis, A Match Made on MadisonBarbara Delinsky, Family TreeMarisa de los Santos, Belong to MeJude Deveraux, Lavender MorningAnita Diamant, Good HarborSusan Donovan, The Kept WomanSarah Dunn, Secrets to Happiness: A NovelJoy Fielding, The First TimeLori Foster, Murphy's LawKaren Joy Fowler, The Jane Austen Book ClubDorothea Benton Frank, Bulls IslandJulie Garwood, Fire and IceWhitney Gaskell, Mommy TrackedEmily Giffin, Something BorrowedJulia Glass, I See You EverywhereEileen Goudge, Domestic AffairsJane Green, The Other WomanKristin Hannah, Firefly LaneJane Heller, Female IntelligenceJudi R. Hendricks, The Baker's ApprenticePatti Callahan Henry, The Art of Keeping SecretsElin Hilderbrand, A Summer Affair: A NovelCathy Holton, Beach Trip: A NovelAnn Hood, The Knitting CircleKate Jacobs, The Friday Night Knitting ClubBrenda Janowitz, Scot on the Rocks: How I Survived My Ex-boyfriend's Wedding with My Dignity Ever-so Slightly IntactJanice Kaplan, The Botox DiariesSusan Kelly, The Last of SomethingCassandra King, The Same Sweet GirlsBarbara Kingsolver, Prodigal SummerSophie Kinsella, Remember Me?Lisa Kleypas, Smooth Talking StrangerAnne Lamott, Blue ShoeLorna Landvik, Angry Housewives Eating Bon-BonsErin McCarthy, Heiress for HireDebbie Macomber, Twenty WishesSusan Mallery, Under Her SkinJo-Ann Mapson, Bad Girl CreekWendy Markham, That's AmoreCarole Matthews, The Chocolate Lovers' ClubFern Michaels, The ScoopSue Miller, The World BelowJacquelyn Mitchard, Twelve Times BlessedLaura Moriarty, While I'm FallingSinead Moriarty, The Baby TrailElizabeth Noble, Things I Want My Daughters to KnowTawni O'Dell, Sister Mine: A NovelAnn Packer, The Dive from Clausen's PierCarly Phillips, Hot NumberLily Prior, La Cucina: A Novel of RaptureAmanda Quick, The Perfect PoisonKris Radish, Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling FuneralJeanne Ray, Step Ball ChangeLuanne Rice, The Deep Blue Sea for BeginnersLani Diane Rich, Wish You Were HereSherri Rifkin, LoveHamptonNora Roberts, Red LilyElisabeth Robinson, The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt SistersBarbara Samuel, The Goddesses of Kitchen AvenueLisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret FanChristina Schwarz, Drowning RuthSusan Sellers, Vanessa and VirginiaLinda Evans Shepherd and Eva Marie Everson, The Secret's in the SauceAnita Shreve, Body SurfingCurtis Sittenfeld, American WifeLee Smith, The Last GirlsVirginia Smith, Age Before BeautyElizabeth Strout, Amy and IsabelleAdriana Trigiani, Lucia, LuciaJoanna Trollope, Friday NightsWendy Wax, Single in SuburbiaJennifer Weiner, In Her ShoesLauren Weisberger, Chasing Harry WinstonMichael Lee West, Mad Girls in Love: A NovelMadeleine Wickham, The Wedding GirlSherryl Woods, Stealing HomeCathy Yardley, L. A. WomanChapter 2—24 Additional Women's Fiction, Chick Lit, and Romance Titles to Consider for DiscussionCatherine Anderson, Summer BreezeMargaret Atwood, The Handmaid's TaleAnjali Banerjee, Invisible LivesMelissa Bank, The Wonder SpotChris Bohjalian, MidwivesPearl Cleage, Babylon SistersAnnie Downey, Hot and BotheredPai Kit Fai, The Concubine's DaughterDorothea Benton Frank, The Land of Mango SunsetsLaurie Graff, You Have to Kiss a Lot of FrogsLaurie Graham, The Future Homemakers of AmericaElise Juska, One for Sorrow, Two for JoyBeth Kendrick, Fashionably LateMia King, Sweet LifeCathy Lamb, Such a Pretty FaceCarole Matthews, With or Without YouJoyce Meyer, Any Minute: A NovelSue Miller, The Good MotherJane Moore, The Second Wives ClubErica Orloff, Mafia ChicJane Porter, She's Gone CountryMonica Pradhan, The Hindi-Bindi ClubLiz Rosenberg, Home RepairLaVyrle Spencer, Family BlessingsNotesAppendix A: Sample Book Group HandoutAppendix B: List of Reader ResourcesAppendix C: List of Book Group ResourcesSubject IndexAuthor IndexTitle IndexGeographic Setting Index

Any book-group leader who ever despaired of finding a discussable romance title at the suggestion of a member need fret no longer. Milone Hill has compiled an admirable list of women's fiction, chick lit, and romance titles suitable for discussion. . . . A welcome addition to the canon of book-group resources and especially helpful for book groups looking for cheerier selections.