Just for Fun - My Summer Reading List 2011

I am in a great book club that reads a lot of thought provoking books.  In addition to the book club book, I read 2-3 others a month.  I love getting suggestions from friends, and even more, I love giving suggestions of good books to read.  I enjoy reading historical fiction and memoirs, but also the occasional "beach read" which means it is easy and fast.

Whether you are an avid reader, or just need to find a book for your summer vaca, here are my suggestions.

My All-Time Faves:

Memoirs of a Geisha

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Cutting for Stone

Outlander (8-book series)

The Help

Water for Elephants
The Forbidden Garden

Memoirs:
Angela's Ashes
The Glass Castle
Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust

Historical Fiction:

The Paris Wife

The Other Boleyn Girl

The Apothecary's Daughter

Girl with the Pearl Earring

Thought-provoking:

Mudbound
House Rules

The Hours

White Oleander

Classics:

Frankenstein

Wives and Daughters

The Beautiful and Damned

A Moveable Feast

1984

Animal Farm

Just for Fun:

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Secret Life of Bees

Bridget Jones' Diary

Valley of the Dolls

Hunger Games (3-book series)

Twilight (4-book series)

Harry Potter (7-book series)

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (3-book series)

Any Chelsea Handler book

All the Fun Books I Hope to Read this Summer:

Bossypants

Stories I only Tell my Friends

Lies Chelsea Handler Told Me

Place of Yes

Do you have a suggestion for me?  Please let me know, I love a good book! 

Happy Summer Reading!!