The Rory Gilmore Book Club discussion

Please vote for six modern selections here, voting will close January 10th. Thanks, I'm looking forward to all the great books we'll be reading this year!



• A Quiet Storm by Rachel Howzell Hall
• Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
• Empire Falls by Richard Russo
• Extravagance by Gary Krist
• Fat Land by Greg Critser
• How the Light Gets In by M. J. Hyland
• How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer
• Just a Couple of Days by Tony Vigorito
• My Life in Orange by Tim Guest
• Nervous System by Jan Lars Jensen
• Old School by Tobias Wolff
• Property by Valerie Martin
• Quattrocento by James McKean
• Rescuing Patty Hearst by Virginia Holman
• Sacred Time by Ursula Hegi
• Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
• Small Island by Andrea Levy
• Songbook by Nick Hornby
• The Bielski Brothers by Peter Duff
• The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
• The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
• The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander
• The Meaning of Consuelo by Judith Ortiz Cofer
• The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
• The Song of Names by Norman Lebrecht
• The Song Reader by Lisa Tucker
• Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett
• Unless by Carol Shields
• When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka

Here are my votes! I have included all 6 nominations but if a January book is picked than I would drop the 6th one.

Modern:

1. The Song Reader by Lisa Tucker
2. The Song of Names by Norman Lebrecht
3. A Quiet Storm by Rachel Howzell Hall
4. The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander
5. Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
6. Empire Falls by Richard Russo

The Fortress of Solitude
Seabiscuit
How the Light Gets In
When the Emperor was Divine
Truth and Beauty
The Five People You Meet in Heaven

1. Bee Season
2. Property
3. Small Island
4. When the Emperor was Divine
5. Unless
6. The Fortress of Solitude

Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Sacred Time by Ursula Hegi
Songbook by Nick Hornby
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

1. Nervous System by Jan Lars Jensen
2. The Bielski Brothers by Peter Duff
3. Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett
4. My Life in Orange by Tim Guest
5. Fat Land by Greg Critser
6. Bee Season by Myla Goldberg

Nervous System by Jan Lars Jensen
Songbook by Nick Hornby
A Quiet Storm by Rachel Howzell Hall
Rescuing Patty Hearst by Virginia Holman
My Life in Orange by Tim Guest
Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett

1)Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
2)Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett
3)A Quiet Storm by Rachel Howzell Hall
4)Small Island by Andrea Levy
5)Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
6)Empire Falls by Richard Russo

1. Empire Falls- Richard Russo
2. Nervous System- Jan Lars Jensen
3. Old School- Tobias Wolff
4. Rescuing Patty Hearst- Virginia Holman
5. The Meaning of Consuelo- Judith Ortiz Cofer
6. Truth & Beauty- Ann Patchett

My life in orange
The kitchen boy
Rescuing Patty Hearst
The Bielsky Brother
The fortress of solitude
Songbook

1 small island
2 how the light gets in
3 unless
4 how to breathe underwater
5 bee season
6 truth & beauty

How to Breathe Underwater
The Kitchen Boy
Small Islands
My Life in Orange
Bee Season
Fat Land

Song Reader
Seabiscuit
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Songbook

1. Old School by Tobias Wolff
2. Quattrocento by James McKean
3. Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
4. A Quiet Storm by Rachel Howzell Hall
5. The Meaning of Consuelo by Judith Ortiz Cofer
6. Nervous System by Jan Lars Jensen

Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Songbook by Nick Hornby
Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett
Property by Valerie Martin

1. Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
2. Sacred Time by Ursula Hegi
3. Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett
4. Songbook by Nick Hornby
5. Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
6. Unless by Carol Shields

• Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
• Empire Falls by Richard Russo
• Fat Land by Greg Critser
• Old School by Tobias Wolff
• Songbook by Nick Hornby
• The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander

* Empire Falls by Richard Russo
* The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
* Old School by Tobias Wolff
* Property by Valerie Martin
* Songbook by Nick Hornby

1. Old School by Tobias Wolff
2. Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
3. Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
4. Nervous System by Jan Lars Jensen
5. Songbook by Nick Hornby
6. When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka

Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Fat Land by Greg Critser
How the Light Gets In by M. J. Hyland
How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer
Old School by Tobias Wolff
Property by Valerie Martin

1.Old School by Tobias Wolff
2.The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
3. Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
4. Quiet Storm by Rachel Howzell Hall
5. My Life in Orange by Tim Guest
6.The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem

1) Extravagance by Gary Krist
2) Old School by Tobias Wolff
3) Quattrocento by James McKean
4) The Bielski Brothers by Peter Duff
5) Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett
6) When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka

1. The Kitchen Boy
2. The Red Tent
3. Small Island
4. Empire Falls
5. A Quiet Storm
6. Property

It's the last day to get your vote in, if you haven't. We'll have the selections up tomorrow!

Seabiscuit
Truth and Beauty
How the light gets in
When the Emperor was Divine
The Fortress of Solitude
Bee Season

I've tallied up the votes and here are our 2013 Modern books:

Empire Falls
Seabiscuit
Old School
Bee Season
Songbook
Truth and Beauty

I thought we could start with Old School since it seems to be the shortest.