On Tuesday I had the first meeting of my new group, Booklovers Never Go To Bed Alone - Literary Adventures. We got together over coffee for a Book Chat and discussed what was the best book we had read in 2013. It was a great discussion and I came away with a great list of books to check into. Some of them I have read and agree they were among my favorite books, some of them I'd heard of but not had a chance to read and some are totally new to me and sound very intriguing. Knowing that most booklovers are always looking for good book recommendations, I thought I'd share this list with you.

The Goldfinch by Donna Tart

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

Mink River: A Novel by Brian Doyle

Kalimantaan: A Novel by C.S. Godshalk

The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan

Caleb's Crossing: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks

The English Patient (Vintage International) by Micheal Ondaatje

Gone Girl: A Novel by Gillian Flynn

Wool Omnibus Edition (Wool 1 - 5) (Silo Saga) by Hugh Howey

Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: a cultural history) by David Hackett Fischer

Out Stealing Horses: A Novel by Per Petterson

The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin

The Time In Between: A Novel by Maria Duenas

Love in the Time of Cholera (Oprah's Book Club) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The Light Between Oceans: A Novel by M.L. Stedman

The Shoemaker's Wifeby Adriana Trigiani

The Language of Flowers: A Novelby Vanessa Diffenbaugh

The Kitchen House: A Novelby Kathleen Griffin

The Paris Wife (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel by Paula McLain

 Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

I hope you enjoy these discoveries as much as I am.

Happy Reading!