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National Reading Group Month: Women’s National Book Association’s Picks for Great Group Reads

The Women's National Book Association has designated October as National Reading Group Month. This is the eighth annual celebration, and thousands of readers are expected to take part in activities through traditional and online book clubs and at neighborhood bookstores and local libraries. In honor of this special month, the National Reading Group Month Selection Committee picks a selection of Great Group Reads. Titles are selected on the basis of their appeal to reading groups for whom they are bound to open up lively conversations about a host of timely and provocative topics. The Selection Committee also makes a conscious decision to focus its attention on under-represented gems from small presses and lesser-known mid-list releases from larger houses. This year, 20 books were chosen as 2014’s Great Group Reads. A complete list of the titles can be found here.

2014's Great Group Reads:
ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE by Anthony Doerr
BURIAL RITES by Hannah Kent
CATARACT CITY by Craig Davidson
CHILDREN OF THE JACARANDA TREE by Sahar Delijani
THE COMMANDANT OF LUBIZEC by Patrick Hicks
EUPHORIA by Lily King
EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU by Celeste Ng
FOREIGN GODS, INC. by Okey Ndibe
MARCHING TO ZION by Mary Glickman
NEVERHOME by Laird Hunt
THE ORPHANS OF RACE POINT by Patry Francis
PAINTED HORSES by Malcolm Brooks
PRAYERS FOR THE STOLEN by Jennifer Clement
THE PROMISE by Ann Weisgarber
THE ROSIE PROJECT by Graeme Simsion
THE STORIED LIFE OF A.J. FIKRY by Gabrielle Zevin
AN UNTAMED STATE by Roxane Gay
WHAT IS VISIBLE by Kimberly Elkins
WHERE SOMEBODY WAITS by Margaret Kaufman
THE WORLD OF RAE ENGLISH by Lucy Rosenthal