Marie Claire's Book Club
Each month we'll grab a buzzy paperback, get a rotating group of MC editors to read it, then argue about it over a glass of Malbec. We invite you to read along and to toss in your own spot-on insights.
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Prodigal Summer
We heard Rachel McAdams, so we invited her to be the Marie Claire Book Club's first-ever celebrity guest. Turns out the rumors were true.
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Book Club: I'm So Happy For You
Toxic friendships are the focus when the MC Book Club takes on Lucinda Rosenfeld's I'm So Happy for You.
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Book Club: The Likeness
Debate whether a detective investigating a brutal murder is in over her head.
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Book Club: Last Chance
Tackle lost love, addiction, and a deadly super-plague in Fiona Maazel's Last Last Chance.
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Wetlands
One woman's obsession with her vagina.
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Lush Life
It's cops, robbers, and hipsters in the hood, as the book club takes on this urban crime novel.
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The Commoner
We dive into the secret world of Japanese royalty and discover that life as princess is no fairy tale.
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Dreamers of the Day
How an American spinster ends up at the heart of Middle Eastern politics.
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The Monsters of Templeton
Who's her daddy? Uncover the familial mystery rooted in a small, supernatural town.
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The Bad Girl
We debate obsessive love and its consequences.
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Remember that guy in high school - the chubby sci-fi lover who couldn't get a date?
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The Abstinence Teacher
A sex-ed teacher is forced to teach a dubious abstinence curriculum.
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The Water's Lovely
Crime writer Ruth Rendell has been the literary drug of choice for generations of Brit readers.
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Rules for Saying Goodbye
What in God’s name is she doing with her life? If only she - and we - could figure it out.
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The Maytrees
A poetic love story about the not-so-perfect marriage of artsy intellectuals Lou and Toby Maytree.
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The Septembers of Shiraz
One family's struggle to survive in the aftermath of the Iranian revolution.
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The Mistress’s Daughter
MC Editors explore the mind of an adopted woman in the memoir.
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The Other Bolyen Girl
We spar over lust, ambition, and sibling rivalry in The Other Boleyn Girl.
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Him Her Him Again The End of Him
An American gets dumped by a British academic, then she becomes comically obsessed with him.
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Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name
One woman’s search for her father, her mother and her own identity.
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