Last week we exchanged banter on Shelterrific’s first bookclub read, Manhunt and we were pleased to have a few of you join in. To make the next one even more engaging, we want you to help us chose the book. Here are four that we’re considering, but if there’s another current title that you’re dying to read speak up. We’ll announce the selection by the end of the week, and then give ourselves a month to read. So please, help us decide:
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1. Heat: An Amateur’s Adventures as a Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany The title gives you a clear idea of what this new book is about, though it doesn’t tell you the kitchen he worked in was Mario Batali’s. The New Yorker featured an expert a few weeks ago that was laugh out loud funny. This will be a real treat, and we’re not just saying that ’cause we love Italian food. Visit Random House’s site for more info.

2. A Death in Belmont We saw Sebastian Junger (Perfect Storm) discussing his new book on the Today show and it sounded fascinating. You see, the man who confessed to the Boston Strangler crimes worked on a construction job in Junger’s childhood home. Though nonfiction, reviews say this one reads like a mystery novel. Click here to read the NYTimes Book Review.

3. Saturday by Ian McEwan Just out in paperback, this novel from the author of Atonement is supposed to be masterful. It accounts a single day in a neurosurgeon’s life and touches upon 9/11 and the beginnings of the Iraqi war. Visit the author’s website to read an excerpt.

4. Philip Roth’s new book, Everyman From the man who is often called America’s greatest living novelist, his just released book is about a Jersey man facing death, old age and his own vanity. Read the slate.com review.