I want to select a thought-provoking non fiction book. Any thoughts?
I’m hosting our monthly book club in August. I want to select a thought-provoking non fiction book. I’m considering The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Any thoughts?
I found it a great book!
My book club loved it – quite thought provoking.
Consider SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari…. very thought provoking…..stimulating as well as enjoyable ….. And I think is a very good book for book clubs
Good book. True story and should be a good discussion
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is great book if you haven’t read it yet. It is among the top 10 most downloaded non-fiction reads on Amazon of all time. 125 different cities or institutions of higher education chose it as their all-city/campus read. I think it is a must read if you haven’t read it yet.
Hey just to make sure…… are you talking about the immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
@Hussain yes
But I agree, Sapiens is also a must read.
Excellent choice. And after that read Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
Great choice. Everyone should read this to understand what your rights are.
Great Discussion ‼️
Great book
Perfect!
Great book. Book club loved it. Good discussion
Amazing story
That book made a big impact on my book club.
Great choice, we read it in my book club and we all loved it
Wonderful book. I have a few other non.fiction suggestions which our club also enjoyed:
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace generated more interesting conversation than Henrietta. It’s more contemporary as it deals with a brilliant, poor, urban, young black man who is given a full scholarship to Yale.
In the Garden of the Beasts. About Germany just before the start of WW 2, through the eyes of the American ambassador and his family.
Excellent choice… and perfect for a thought-provoking discussion! My book group LOVED it!!
It is an amazing book! Beautifully written, Henrietta’s story is fascinating!
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Great book and seriously a huge part of medical history
Great book!!
Great book! It would definitely generate discussion. Good selection.
Loved it. Also Radium Girls,will make you shiver each time you look at your Timex.
I was also considering Radium Girls. I read it earlier this year.
This one too!
Both books give one alot to talk about!
Good book
Great ? ??
Excellent choice for a book club.
How about Killers of the Flower Moon? They’re going to do a movie of it.
Born a Crime
My book club also read Lacks. Good for discussion. An important book.
I loved Henrietta lacks!
In Cold Blood.
Your choice is great!
Great book!
I would recommend Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson – very timely and well written heart-wrenching stories about the unfairness of our criminal justice system, You and your book club will be forever changed.
Excellent book
I loved this one as well.
Wonderful book.
Perfect book for a book club!
That was the first book our church book club read when we organized years ago. A very thought provoking book for discussion. It got us off to a roaring start.
Great book. Lots of medical and societal ethical issues to discuss.
Wonderful book. Very thought provoking. I was a nurse at Cleve. Clinic, gun. DR. told me about it.
Being Mortal: medicine and what matters at the end – we are all going to die and thinking about it is a good thing. This books is something everyone should read, no matter their age.
Loved it.
One of our local family owned Men’s Store back in the day. I loved shopping at Shepherd’s!
Very good book!!
While IN COLD BLOOD was filming, they asked for locals to show up for crowd scenes!
My book club read that one a while back and there was good discussion on it.
It is a great read. Our book club read it.
excelent choice!
Excellent book
Fantastic! I was pleasantly surprised to see it is my son’s AP Language summer reading assignment! Go for it!
Our Book Club read it and loved it
I’m currently reading that book now ?
This book is under my radar for years. It is one of the books I want to read so much ?. So yes to said book.
My book group discussed the Henrietta Lacks book and it was a really good discussion. I think it’s a good choice.
I loved that book. I would definitely recommend it.
We read this in our group. Interesting book which produced great discussion.
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI. It’s heartbreaking and important.
We read it in our book club. Great read and made for a good discussion.
Fantastic book,. I read it in my f2f book club
The Color of Water is another great non fiction.
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson. Much as our book club enjoyed Henrietta Lacks, this book lent itself to a better discussion. EVERY American should read it.
My book club did The Secret Life of Henrietta — and we loved it — had great discussions about it.
Fantastic book.
I liked it.
The Radium Girls is also very good
Loved that book-everyone should read it.
So good! Also Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson, Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson, When Breath Becomes Air, Radium Girls and Devil in White City all prompted great discussions in my book group…
Thanks for all of the support for my book choice. I’m also adding most of the other books mentioned to my TBR pile. ?
It’s an amazing story. Pick it!
I loved this book!
Good choice
Loved this book
I just finished it last night! Great choice.
Such a great book and story which still goes on. The family is finally getting some recompense I think
Great choice.