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Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members – October 2023

Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read?

At the October 2023 Just Desserts meeting, 19 group members and guests participated in a discussion of the life and works of classic American author Dashiell Hammett.

Following the “assigned reading” portion of the meeting, we held our monthly “round robin” in which attendees shared recommendations of what other books they’ve been reading recently, with an emphasis on mysteries/suspense/thrillers. We continued a new policy that began earlier this year, to make sure everyone got a turn in the Round Robin – everyone could share a single title during their verbal recommendations, but could share additional titles on a paper form – ALL titles recommended are shared below. The titles marked by an * are those specifically mentioned verbally during the Round Robin.

Here’s the list of mystery, thriller and suspense books recommended by Just Desserts members in October 2023:

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members also recommended in October 2023:

What mysteries have you been reading lately that you’d recommend?

Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members in September 2022

Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read?

At the September 2022 Just Desserts meeting, 18 group members participated in our discussion of The Maid by Nita Prose.

Following the “assigned reading” portion of the meeting, we held our monthly round robin in which all 18 attendees were able to share recommendations of what other books they’ve been reading recently, with an emphasis on mysteries/suspense/thrillers. And one absent member shared a recent recommended read as well.

Here’s the list of mystery, thriller and suspense books recommended by Just Desserts members in September 2022:

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members also recommended in September 2022:

What mysteries have you been reading lately that you’d recommend?

Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members – February 2022

At the February 24th, 2022 meeting of the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group on Zoom, following the discussion of the assigned topic of the month (The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides), we held our monthly Round Robin, in which all eleven online attendees were able to share recommendations of what other books they’ve been reading recently.

Here’s the list of mystery, thriller and suspense books recommended by Just Desserts members in February 2022:

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members also recommended in February 2022:

What mysteries (or other things) have you been reading lately that you’d recommend?

Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members – September 2021

Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read?

At the September 2021 Just Desserts meeting that took place in-person at the Bennett Martin Public Library, 14 group members participated in a discussion of Victoria Thompson’s “Gaslight Mystery” series. Following that discussion, we held our monthly round robin in which all 14 attendees were able to share recommendations of what other books they’ve been reading recently.

Here’s the list of mystery, thriller and suspense books recommended by Just Desserts members in September 2021:

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members also recommended in September 2021:

What mysteries have you been reading lately that you’d recommend?

Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members – August 2021

Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read?

At the August 2021 Just Desserts meeting that took place in-person at the Bennett Martin Public Library, 13 group members participated in a discussion of Chris Bohjalian’s The Red Lotus. Following that discussion, we held our monthly round robin in which all 13 attendees were able to share recommendations of what other books they’ve been reading recently.

Here’s the list of mystery, thriller and suspense books recommended by Just Desserts members in August 2021:

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members also recommended in August 2021:

What mysteries have you been reading lately that you’d recommend?