- Ann Patchett - Truth and Beauty - Nonfiction about friendship of two writers.
- Marisha Pessi - Special Topics in Calamity Physics - Novel about travels with literary allusions and clever writing.
- Sarah Waters - The Night Watch - Novel told backwards 1947-1941 covering WW II in Britain
- Doris Lessing - Early work
- Liam Callanan - novelist suggested by Maryellen
- Edith Wharton bio - suggested by Barbara
- Gertrude Bell - The Desert and the Sown - Travel writings of a “female Lawrence of Arabia”
- Rubenstein - Stalin’s Children (I’m unable to find it on Amazon) - nonfiction / history
We’re thinking of selecting from among the above list. If you have any thoughts or suggestions, please comment!

2 responses so far ↓
lkleinholz // January 16, 2008 at 11:42 am
The Waters book appeals to me, as I’m reading and writing about World War II at the moment.
lkleinholz // January 18, 2008 at 10:57 am
We decided on Waters: The Night Watch for next time. And we’ve added two books to the list: Lampedusa: The Leopard and Yourcenar: Memoirs of Hadrian
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