Location:
La Fonda
2358 Hosea L Williams Dr NE
Atlanta, GA 30317

We're the -est of all the superlative literary book clubs at A Cappella. Our group reads and discusses contemporary literary fiction and selections by women writers and writers of color.

The Best Lit Book Club meets at the La Fonda East Lake location on the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m.

Book Club Liaison: Samantha Allen and Lauren Hughes

Unfortunately, this book club is full and not accepting new members.

August Selection

Whistler by Ann Patchett

Previous Selections

Whidbey by T Kira Madden

Kin by Tayari Jones

Just Watch Me by Lior Torenberg

The Slip by Lucas Schaefer

A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar

These Heathens by Mia McKenzie

Heart the Lover by Lily King

Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin

Audition by Kate Kitamura

Food Person by Adams Roberts

Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Dream State by Eric Puchner

The Most by Jessica Anthony 

All Fours by Miranda July

James by Percival Everett

Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

We Burn Daylight by Bret Anthony Johnston

Honey by Isabel Banta

Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips

Exhibit by R.O. Kwon

Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

Help Wanted by Adelle Waldman

Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Cespedes

Happiness Falls by Angie Kim

Absolution by Alice McDermott

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott

The Fraud by Zadie Smith

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Sing Her Down by Ivy Pochoda

The Beach by Alex Garland

The Half Moon: A Novel by Mary Beth Keane

Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez

Sam by Allegra Goodman

I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai

Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty

Nobody Gets Out Alive by Leigh Newman

Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley 

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Vladimir by Julia May Jonas

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

Joan is Okay by Weike Wang

Luster by Raven Leilani

Matrix by Lauren Groff

Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

Annie and the Wolves by Andromeda Romano-Lax

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia

We Run the Tides by Vida Vendela

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

The Mercies by Kirian Hargrave

Like a Bird by Fariha Róisín

Monogamy by Sue Miller

White Ivy by Susie Yang

The Great Offshore Grounds by Vanessa Veselka

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante

Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld

Writers & Lovers by Lily King

Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips

The Children's Crusade by Ann Packer

Weather by Jenny Offill

Everything Under by Daisy Johnson

Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday

Black Light: Stories by Kimberly King Parsons

Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett

Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Acker-Brodessner

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi 

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

A Place for Us by Fatima Mirza

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murat

Marlena by Julie Buntin