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  3 0 The Intuitionist looks like a winner to me. I read The Curious incident when it first came out a few years ago and it is one of my favorite books in a long,long time. Oh, and how to I join the book group. I just found Question land and I am in love. meanjeannek answered in General Book Discussion 9 months ago | Report 1 comment by Marty Unger… 1 0 Welcome to Questionland meanjeannek. Once we pick the book, we'll create a special Questionland category for the discussion so since you're already a Qland member, you're all set for the book club. Marty Unger commented 9 months ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 I've read every book on the list except the one by Matt Ruff and I have to say that The Intuitionist wins, hands down, for me. It turned me into a huge fan of Colson Whitehead and I have not been disappointed with any thing he has written since. The Intuitionist is thought provoking on many levels and introduces a whole new topic for readers, elevator inspectors - who would have thought? Dabney answered in General Book Discussion 9 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 "True Grit" doesn't need our help; Matt Ruff is a good writer who isn't well enough known, so "Set this House in Order"...and while you're at it, find a copy of "Sewer, Gas, and Electric", the best book ever to feature a pint-sized Ayn Rand simulation to act as a nicotine-voiced Jiminy Cricket. (Out of Aspie Solidatrity I guess I should vote for "The Curious Incident..." but if you think there's Aspie Solidarity, you don't understand how it works.) Dagny Mouch answered in General Book Discussion 9 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 I vote for The Intuitionist! Marty Unger answered in General Book Discussion 9 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 Hmm, this is a strong list. Hard to choose. I've already read 3 of the 7 books on this list, so I guess my vote would be for a book I haven't read before, and of all of these I'm most excited about reading True Grit by Charles Portis. So I'm casting my vote for True Grit. Now that the movie hype has died down, there are plenty o' copies available at SPL. However I will say that The Intuitionist is one of my favorite books ever written, and I think it would also be an excellent choice for this group. Curious to see what others will vote for. . . . Abby Bass answered in General Book Discussion 9 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 True Grit! Sacrelicious answered in General Book Discussion 9 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 The Intuitionist mizmojo answered in General Book Discussion 9 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 My first vote would be for Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night, because I've been meaning to read it and haven't. The Inuitionist is one of my favorite books and I wouldn't mind reading it again - but I only read it last year. Run is a good (and very brief) book, but I'm kind of mad at Ann (no "e") Patchett right now. genevieve answered in General Book Discussion 9 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 True Grit if you please. I've already read both The Intuitionist and Curious Incident- they are both stellar. Misty Brown answered in General Book Discussion 9 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 I lean towards True Grit, please. But for those who haven't yet read it, I highly recommend "Set This House in Order." My real world bookclub read this in January and it sparked so much great discussion...and was also the first book that everyone found at least something to enjoy about it. Tracy M answered in General Book Discussion 9 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 I'll go with True Grit. Dan Williams answered in General Book Discussion 9 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 I'd love to read True Grit again. I first read it something like forty years ago (after I fell in love with Kim Darby in the original movie). I recall it being hilarious, though less satisfying than "Addie Pray" by Joe David Brown (aka "Paper Moon"), but more so than "Little Big Man" by Thomas Berger, both of which I read around the same time and which also fit loosely into an American picaresque mode. I have no opinion on any of the others, so maybe you should pick one of them. Fnarf answered in General Book Discussion 9 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 True Grit. Linda Johns answered in General Book Discussion 9 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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