An end of summer memoir with Forty Autumns

Try this for your reading group:  Every August choose a biography/memoir/true life story as an end to the summer finale.  Usually in the fall  'Go Beyond' is thankful for biographies and considers them must reads at least once a year in a book club.  Books that celebrate amazing lives and doing amazing things.  Other end of the summer reading suggestions:  Half Broke Horses,  Educated: a Memoir, and Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies on Amazon.com
Forty Autumns on Amazon.com

A summer quote, “What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” ~ John Steinbeck
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Summer blogposts from Book Club Blogger

News of the World book club review
Top biographies for Dads
Book clubs are for kids too!
Summer reading guide
Summer with my favorite book

Novel Inspired ideas​ that are easy to do

​Check out our holiday pages and blog posts with themed book clubs and ​novel suggestions for anytime of the year!
Historical Fiction
Biography and True-Life Fiction
Classic Literature
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How does your group read make the best books list? 
  • ​You can't stop talking about the plot before your next book club​
  • Book discussion goes on longer than usual​​ - always a good thing!
  • Reading another novel from the same author is a must and soon
  • The honorary novel gets an extra special celebration with a theme meal, more wine and fun book club ideas
Book club tips and ideas on Go Beyond Book CLub
Not sure what genre to read?  Start by asking your group! Have everyone share their favorite genre and then add them all to your future reads.  Historical fiction? Biographies? Science fiction?  Non Fiction? Let all reading voices be heard and in the end a happy book club will stay together for years to come