National Reading Group Month: Great Group Reads

National Reading Group Month, sponsored by the Women's National Book Association, kicks off on Thursday. Click here for a listing of events taking place across the country in conjunction with the association's chapters.

Whether or not you can attend the festivities, check out the National Reading Group Month list of "Great Group Reads" for 2009:

Appassionata by Eva Hoffman (Other Press)
The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist (Other Press)
The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë by Syrie James (Avon A)
The House on Fortune Street by Margot Livesey (Harper Perennial)
Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal by Julie Metz (Voice)
While I'm Falling by Laura Moriarty (Hyperion)
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (Picador)
Cost by Roxana Robinson (Picador)
Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie (Picador)