Reading Women

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1-Ninety Titles for Discussion
Elizabeth Adler, The House in Amalfi
Sarah Addison Allen, Garden Spells
Susan Andersen, Bending the Rules
Mary Kay Andrews, Deep Dish
Donna Ball, A Year on Ladybug Farm
Heather Barbieri, The Lace Makers of Glenmara: A Novel
Lois Battle, The Floramamba Ladies' Auxiliary and Sewing Circle
Elizabeth Berg, The Year of Pleasures
Susan Breen, The Fiction Class
Elizabeth Buchan, Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
Paula Morantz Cohen, Jane Austen in Boca
Claire Cook, The Wildwater Walking Club
Sandra Dallas, The Chili Queen
Dee Davis, A Match Made on Madison
Barbara Delinsky, Family Tree
Marisa de los Santos, Belong to Me
Jude Deveraux, Lavender Morning
Anita Diamant, Good Harbor
Susan Donovan, The Kept Woman
Sarah Dunn, Secrets to Happiness: A Novel
Joy Fielding, The First Time
Lori Foster, Murphy's Law
Karen Joy Fowler, The Jane Austen Book Club
Dorothea Benton Frank, Bulls Island
Julie Garwood, Fire and Ice
Whitney Gaskell, Mommy Tracked
Emily Giffin, Something Borrowed
Julia Glass, I See You Everywhere
Eileen Goudge, Domestic Affairs
Jane Green, The Other Woman
Kristin Hannah, Firefly Lane
Jane Heller, Female Intelligence
Judi R. Hendricks, The Baker's Apprentice
Patti Callahan Henry, The Art of Keeping Secrets
Elin Hilderbrand, A Summer Affair: A Novel
Cathy Holton, Beach Trip: A Novel
Ann Hood, The Knitting Circle
Kate Jacobs, The Friday Night Knitting Club
Brenda Janowitz, Scot on the Rocks: How I Survived My Ex-boyfriend's Wedding with My Dignity Ever-so Slightly Intact
Janice Kaplan, The Botox Diaries
Susan Kelly, The Last of Something
Cassandra King, The Same Sweet Girls
Barbara Kingsolver, Prodigal Summer
Sophie Kinsella, Remember Me?
Lisa Kleypas, Smooth Talking Stranger
Anne Lamott, Blue Shoe
Lorna Landvik, Angry Housewives Eating Bon-Bons
Erin McCarthy, Heiress for Hire
Debbie Macomber, Twenty Wishes
Susan Mallery, Under Her Skin
Jo-Ann Mapson, Bad Girl Creek
Wendy Markham, That's Amore
Carole Matthews, The Chocolate Lovers' Club
Fern Michaels, The Scoop
Sue Miller, The World Below
Jacquelyn Mitchard, Twelve Times Blessed
Laura Moriarty, While I'm Falling
Sinead Moriarty, The Baby Trail
Elizabeth Noble, Things I Want My Daughters to Know
Tawni O'Dell, Sister Mine: A Novel
Ann Packer, The Dive from Clausen's Pier
Carly Phillips, Hot Number
Lily Prior, La Cucina: A Novel of Rapture
Amanda Quick, The Perfect Poison
Kris Radish, Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral
Jeanne Ray, Step Ball Change
Luanne Rice, The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners
Lani Diane Rich, Wish You Were Here
Sherri Rifkin, LoveHampton
Nora Roberts, Red Lily
Elisabeth Robinson, The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters
Barbara Samuel, The Goddesses of Kitchen Avenue
Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Christina Schwarz, Drowning Ruth
Susan Sellers, Vanessa and Virginia
Linda Evans Shepherd and Eva Marie Everson, The Secret's in the Sauce
Anita Shreve, Body Surfing
Curtis Sittenfeld, American Wife
Lee Smith, The Last Girls
Virginia Smith, Age Before Beauty
Elizabeth Strout, Amy and Isabelle
Adriana Trigiani, Lucia, Lucia
Joanna Trollope, Friday Nights
Wendy Wax, Single in Suburbia
Jennifer Weiner, In Her Shoes
Lauren Weisberger, Chasing Harry Winston
Michael Lee West, Mad Girls in Love: A Novel
Madeleine Wickham, The Wedding Girl
Sherryl Woods, Stealing Home
Cathy Yardley, L. A. Woman
Chapter 2-24 Additional Women's Fiction, Chick Lit, and Romance Titles to Consider for Discussion
Catherine Anderson, Summer Breeze
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale
Anjali Banerjee, Invisible Lives
Melissa Bank, The Wonder Spot
Chris Bohjalian, Midwives
Pearl Cleage, Babylon Sisters
Annie Downey, Hot and Bothered
Pai Kit Fai, The Concubine's Daughter
Dorothea Benton Frank, The Land of Mango Sunsets
Laurie Graff, You Have to Kiss a Lot of Frogs
Laurie Graham, The Future Homemakers of America
Elise Juska, One for Sorrow, Two for Joy
Beth Kendrick, Fashionably Late
Mia King, Sweet Life
Cathy Lamb, Such a Pretty Face
Carole Matthews, With or Without You
Joyce Meyer, Any Minute: A Novel
Sue Miller, The Good Mother
Jane Moore, The Second Wives Club
Erica Orloff, Mafia Chic
Jane Porter, She's Gone Country
Monica Pradhan, The Hindi-Bindi Club
Liz Rosenberg, Home Repair
LaVyrle Spencer, Family Blessings
Notes
Appendix A: Sample Book Group Handout
Appendix B: List of Reader Resources
Appendix C: List of Book Group Resources
Subject Index
Author Index
Title Index
Geographic Setting Index