Welcome to the Lit Bit Book Club Page! I figured this would be a nice spot to accumulate a list of recommended books to read for the club. Naturally I have a mental list going, but it is nice and convenient to get it down on “paper” somewhere, so I don’t forget. I will also do my best to gather up any other books people recommend to me here, whether they recommend via Twitter, a comment on Lit Bit, in person, over chat, etc. So here goes:
Native Son by Richard Wright
To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood
The Once and Future King by T.H. White
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall
Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Fight Club by Chuck Palahnuik
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
Lila: An Inquiry into Morals by Robert M. Pirsig
World War Z by Max Brooks
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Villette by Charlotte Bronte
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
Jarhead by Anthony Swofford
If you have anymore suggestions let me know. These various books so far are a culmination of discussions with friends and club members as well as some of my personal additions. If you want to vote for a particular book, just leave a comment as well. 
Happy reading!
September 18, 2008 at 11:35 pm
These books sound like interesting choices. I should be finished with my current reads by next month, and would like to read along with the club.
September 19, 2008 at 3:02 am
I would be interested in any of those you listed. As for my suggestions: You’ve probably read this one, but I just received a copy of The Brothers Karamazov for my birthday, so that would be nice, or perhaps The Origin of Species. Also, I love James Herriot books.
September 19, 2008 at 9:14 am
@eggplanteer – Yay! I’m so excited about people wanting to join up and read along with us. Welcome to the club!
@meganice9 – I have The Brothers Karamazov, but I actually haven’t read it yet, so I am definitely keeping that on the list. I will have to add these to our list.
December 5, 2008 at 1:19 am
I have a book suggestion: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. It is the first book in a 5 part series.
I’ve never read it, and would definitely be interested.
December 25, 2008 at 12:51 am
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is FANTASTIC.
Written 30+ years ago, the insight in human nature is spot on.
BTW, This book is not a motorcycle manual.
Derek Crager