Sign up for our newsletters to receive our Best of 2024 ezine!

Book club recommendations & reading guides for books beginning with "S".

Recommended for Book Clubs by Title,
All With Discussion Guides

183 reading guides for book titles starting with "S"

Page 17 of 23


Browse by: Author |  Title  |  Genre |  Setting |  Time Period |  Theme

Select your view:
Order books by:
  • Spectacular Happiness
    Spectacular Happiness
    by Peter D. Kramer
    Hardcover: Jul 2001
    Paperback: Jun 2002
     
    Darkly intelligent, provocative, compelling and stunning in its execution. This is the masterful first novel that Kramer's nonfiction has led his readers and reviewers to expect.
    Summary & Reviews

    Book Club Questions

    Critics' Consensus:

    Readers' Opinion:
  • The Speed of Light
    The Speed of Light
    by Elizabeth Rosner
    Hardcover: Aug 2001
    Paperback: Apr 2003
     
    A powerful debut about three unforgettable souls who overcome the tragedies of the past to reconnect with one another and the world around them.
    Summary & Reviews

    Book Club Questions

    Critics' Consensus:

    Readers' Opinion:
  • Spider Love Song and Other Stories
    Spider Love Song and Other Stories
    by Nancy Au
    Paperback: Oct 2019
     
    Nancy Au's debut collection is rich with scents, sounds, imaginative leaps, and unexpected angles of vision.
    Summary & Reviews

    Book Club Questions

    Critics' Consensus:

    Readers' Opinion:
  • Spinster
    Spinster : Making a Life of One's Own
    by Kate Bolick
    Hardcover: Apr 2015
    Paperback: Apr 2016
     
    A bold, original, moving book that will inspire fanatical devotion and ignite debate.
    Summary & Reviews

    Book Club Questions

    Critics' Consensus:

    Readers' Opinion:
  • Spirit Walker
    Spirit Walker : Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #2
    by Michelle Paver
    Hardcover: Mar 2006
    Paperback: Feb 2007
     
    When a horrifying sickness threatens all the forest clans, 12-year-old orphan Torak must embark on a hero's mission to save them. This stand-alone sequel to Wolf Brother pits a vulnerable boy with special powers against an unseen menace.
    Summary & Reviews

    Book Club Questions

    Critics' Consensus:

    Readers' Opinion:
  • The Splendid and the Vile
    The Splendid and the Vile : A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
    by Erik Larson
    Hardcover: Feb 2020
    Paperback: Feb 2022
     
    Winner of the 2020 BookBrowse Nonfiction Award

    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz.
    Summary & Reviews

    Book Club Questions

    Critics' Consensus:

    Readers' Opinion:
  • The Spy Who Loved
    The Spy Who Loved : The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville
    by Clare Mulley
    Hardcover: Jun 2013
    Paperback: May 2014
     
    Acclaimed biographer Clare Mulley tells the extraordinary story of Britain's first female special agent of World War II, a charismatic, difficult, fearless, and altogether extraordinary woman.
    Summary & Reviews

    Book Club Questions

    Critics' Consensus:

    Readers' Opinion:
  • The Spymaster of Baghdad
    The Spymaster of Baghdad : A True Story of Bravery, Family, and Patriotism in the Battle against ISIS
    by Margaret Coker
    Hardcover: Feb 2021
    Paperback: Feb 2022
     
    From the former New York Times bureau chief in Baghdad comes the gripping and heroic story of an elite, top-secret team of unlikely spies who triumphed over ISIS.
    Summary & Reviews

    Book Club Questions

    Critics' Consensus:

    Readers' Opinion:
Select your view:
Order books by:

Advice Main Page  |  Starting a Book Club  |  The First Meeting
Leading Meetings  |  Difficult Meetings  |  Choosing Books  |  Inviting Authors
DIY Reading Guides  |  Book Club Games

Reading Guides  |  Themed Reading Lists  |  Online Discussions  |  Blog  |  White Paper

Top Picks

  • Book Jacket: Model Home
    Model Home
    by Rivers Solomon
    Rivers Solomon's novel Model Home opens with a chilling and mesmerizing line: "Maybe my mother is ...
  • Book Jacket
    The Frozen River
    by Ariel Lawhon
    "I cannot say why it is so important that I make this daily record. Perhaps because I have been ...
  • Book Jacket
    Prophet Song
    by Paul Lynch
    Paul Lynch's 2023 Booker Prize–winning Prophet Song is a speedboat of a novel that hurtles...
  • Book Jacket: The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern
    The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern
    by Lynda Cohen Loigman
    Lynda Cohen Loigman's delightful novel The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern opens in 1987. The titular ...

BookBrowse Book Club

Book Jacket
The Berry Pickers
by Amanda Peters
A four-year-old Mi'kmaq girl disappears, leaving a mystery unsolved for fifty years.
Book Jacket
The Rose Arbor
by Rhys Bowen
An investigation into a girl's disappearance uncovers a mystery dating back to World War II in a haunting novel of suspense.
Who Said...

The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant

Click Here to find out who said this, as well as discovering other famous literary quotes!

Wordplay

Big Holiday Wordplay 2024

Enter Now

Your guide toexceptional          books

BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.