Friday, June 19, 2015

Readalikes: If you enjoyed June's selection . . .

If you enjoyed The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown, then you might also like the Best Sports History Books as rated by Goodreads.com members. You might also like The Greatest Generation, The Greatest Generation Speaks: Letters and Reflections, and An Album of Memories: Personal Histories from the Greatest Generation, all by Tom Brokaw.

Monday, June 1, 2015

Readalikes: If you enjoyed May's selection . . .

If you enjoyed Factory Man by Beth Macy, then you might also like these books and films suggested by other discussion group members. Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China by Leslie T. Chang; The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer; One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn; Townie: A Memoir by Andre Dubus; Elsewhere: A Memoir by Richard Russo; Cotton Tenants: Three Families by James Agee; Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward; Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life by Robert Reich; The Globalization Paradox by Dani Rodrik; W. Edward Deming's philosophy; and the film Norma Rae with Sally Field.