We release our Vinat book club recommendations each year: the list ranges from classics to beach reads to memoirs. Book clubs hold a special place in our hearts - over the years, the book clubs we've been a part of have brought many laughs, new friends, lots of wine, and sometimes a finished book.
January:
"Margo's Got Money Troubles: A Novel" by Rufi Thorpe is a wonderful feel-good story about a 20-something woman's attempt to navigate adulthood, new motherhood, and her meager bank account.
February:
"Love in the Time of Cholera" is a classic novel by Gabriel García Márquez that takes place in a Caribbean port city. The story follows Florentino Ariza's lifelong love for Fermina Daza. Despite Fermina marrying another man, Dr. Juvenal Urbino, Florentino waited over 50 years to rekindle their romance.
March:
"Bright Young Women" by Jessica Knoll is inspired by real-life events and the women whose lives were changed and/or taken by the serial killer murderer Ted Bundy.
April:
"James" by Percival Everett is a re-imagining of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, which is told from the perspective of Huckleberry's friend, Jim, an escaped slave.
May:
"Taste: My Life Through Food" by Stanley Tucci is a wonderful memoir of life in and out of the kitchen.
June:
"The Wedding People" by Alison Espach is the perfect easy read to kick off wedding season.
July:
"Such a Bad Influence" by Olivia Muenter is told through the eyes of a struggling twenty-something investigating the disappearance of her social media influencer younger sister.
August:
"The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir" by Kelly Bishop is Kelly's memoir of her incredible life as an actor both on and off the stage. Kelly is well known for her role as the iconic Emily Gilmore.
September:
"What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance" by Carolyn Forché is a memoir about her time in 1970s El Salvador, leading up to that country's 12-year civil war.
October:
"The Postcard" by Anne Berest tells the story of the author's family members who died at Auschwitz in 1942
November:
"The Last Mrs. Astor: A New York Story" by Frances Kiernan is the biography of the socialite and philanthropist Mrs. Astor and the many court battles surrounding the control of her family's fortune and foundation.
December:
"Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World" by Bradley Hope & Tom Wright dives into the real-life story of a Wharton business school graduate from Malaysia that, with the aid of Goldman Sachs, took billions of dollars from an investment fund to pay for lavish parties, finance movies (The Wolf of Wall Street) and purchase luxury real estate.
