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By Women's National Book Association (WNBA)

Calling all people who like books you need to talk about!

 

Welcome to the 2012 Great Group Reads!

 

Used by bookstores, libraries, independent book groups, and solo readers, the 2012 Great Group Reads provides 20 titles perfect for group discussions.

 

The WNBA uses the Great Group Reads lists for its own book club and holds events with Great Group Reads authors throughout the year.

 

What is Great Group Reads

 

Each year since 2009, the WNBA puts out the Great Group Reads List, a collection of books that are perfect for groups to read and discuss together. 

 

Publishers send the Great Group Reads committee hundreds of books for the committee to read with the hope that their book(s) will be chosen for the current year's list. 

 

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bookcover for Salvage the Bones

Salvage the Bones

Jesmyn Ward 

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$17.99

$16.73

2012 Great Group Reads

bookcover for The Snow Child

The Snow Child

Eowyn Ivey 

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$19.99

$18.59

2012 Great Group Reads

bookcover for What Alice Forgot

What Alice Forgot

Liane Moriarty 

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$19.00

$17.67

2012 Great Group Reads

bookcover for Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Jeanette Winterson 

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$18.00

$16.74

2012 Great Group Reads

bookcover for Running the Rift

Running the Rift

Naomi Benaron 

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$14.95

$13.90

2012 Great Group Reads

bookcover for The Right-Hand Shore

The Right-Hand Shore

Christopher Tilghman 

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$20.00

$18.60

2012 Great Group Reads

bookcover for The Orchardist

The Orchardist

Amanda Coplin 

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$18.99

$17.66

2012 Great Group Reads

bookcover for The O'Briens

The O'Briens

Peter Behrens 

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$20.00

2012 Great Group Reads

bookcover for In the Shadow of the Banyan

In the Shadow of the Banyan

Vaddey Ratner 

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$19.99

$18.59

2012 Great Group Reads

bookcover for I Married You for Happiness

I Married You for Happiness

Lily Tuck 

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$16.00

$14.88

2012 Great Group Reads

bookcover for Faith

Faith

Jennifer Haigh 

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$17.99

2012 Great Group Reads

bookcover for Equal of the Sun

Equal of the Sun

Anita Amirrezvani 

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$19.99

$18.59

2012 Great Group Reads

bookcover for The Dovekeepers

The Dovekeepers

Alice Hoffman 

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$19.99

$18.59

2012 Great Group Reads

bookcover for Boleto

Boleto

Alyson Hagy 

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$15.00

$13.95

2012 Great Group Reads

bookcover for Blue Asylum

Blue Asylum

Kathy Hepinstall 

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$18.99

2012 Great Group Reads

bookcover for The Art of Hearing Heartbeats

The Art of Hearing Heartbeats

Jan-Philipp Sendker 

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$19.99

$18.59

2012 Great Group Reads

bookcover for The Art of Fielding

The Art of Fielding

Chad Harbach 

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$21.99

$20.45

2012 Great Group Reads

bookcover for An Age of Madness

An Age of Madness

David Maine 

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$17.95

$16.69

2012 Great Group Reads

bookcover for The Absolutist

The Absolutist

John Boyne 

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$19.99

2012 Great Group Reads

About the Women’s National Book Association (WNBA): The Women’s National Book Association is a professional organization dedicated to promoting books and literacy and to supporting women in the book world. Formed in 1917 by a group of female booksellers in New York City who were not allowed to join the all-male booksellers’ organizations, the WNBA continues to advocate for equality and representation in the book world. The WNBA welcomes members of all genders and professions. 

 

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