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**Into the Water: A Novel by Paula Hawkins | Conversation Starters ** A Brief Look Inside:   EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive,  and the characters and its world still live on.  Conversation...

**Depraved Heart: A Scarpetta Novel by Patricia Cornwell | Conversation Starters ** A Brief Look Inside: EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive, and the characters and its world still live on. Conversation...

**Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard | Conversation Starters ** A Brief Look Inside:   EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive,  and the characters and its world still live on.  Conversation...

**The Girl With All the Gifts by M. R. Carey | Conversation Starters ** A Brief Look Inside: EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive, and the characters and its world still live on. Conversation...

ABOUT THE BOOK You don’t need me to tell you the Bible is kind of a big deal. Whether you’re a church-going-believer type or a die-hard skeptic, chances are you know that the Bible is one of the most influential books ever written. You’ve heard the oft-quoted statistic that the...

The Aviator's Wife: by Melanie Benjamin | Conversation Starters The Aviator’s Wife is the fictional biography of Anne Morrow, wife of Charles Lindbergh, the famous aviator. Anne’s father was a diplomat stationed in Mexico and had invited Charles to spend Christmas with them to further Mexican...

A Spool of Blue Thread: A Novel by Anne Tyler | Conversation Starters A Spool of Blue Thread features a typical family settled for a couple of generations in a house built by their grandfather. While they appear to be happy and united to outsiders, cracks gradually develop in the unity of the...

**A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers | Conversation Starters ** A Brief Look Inside: EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive, and the characters and its world still live on. Conversation...

The Last Anniversary: by Liane Moriarty | Conversation Starters When Sophie receives a visit from her ex-boyfriend, Thomas, she is rather nervous. But it turns out that she has been left a house in his Aunt Connie’s will. Sophie is thrilled because the house was located on Scribble Gum Island,...

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain | Conversation Starters A Brief Look Inside: EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive, and the characters and its...

The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur | Conversation Starters In “The Sun and Her Flowers”, readers are reintroduced to the author’s familiar style of poetry in a second collection created to demonstrate hardship and love. Told in beautiful fragments that suggest loss and recovery, the...

Dinner in an Instant: 75 Modern Recipes for Your Pressure Cooker, Multicooker, and Instant Pot® by Melissa Clark | Conversation Starters Dinner in an Instant is the newest cookbook from Melissa Clark, a food writer for The New York Times' column, “A Good Appetite.” Dinner in an Instant...

An American Marriage: A Novel by Tayari Jones | Conversation Starters An American Marriage, the latest book by bestselling author Tayari Jones, is an inspiring story that takes you inside the thoughts and feelings of Celestial and Roy, a married couple living in Atlanta. This African American...

An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice by Khizr Khan | Conversation Starters Khizr Khan became a national sensation when he spoke before fellow Americans in the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Khan, a Goldstar father, called on then-presidential candidate Donald Trump to stop...