poole shop book club

alarm clocks, car pools, text messages, lunches, laundry, emails: at the end of the day sometimes we all need a little escape from the mundane. so poole shop has put together a list of some of our favorite books. from a wall street serial killer to a rock and roll biography, we hope you find something here to spark your interest. if not, check out library.org where you can enter the name of a book that you like and they'll give you suggestions for further reading.


set in new england at an elite vermont college, the secret history by donna tartt chronicles the enter twined lives of six classics students in a novel that new york times critic a.o. scott labeled "a murder mystery in reverse." mirroring the greek tragedies that the main characters study, fate plays a significant role in the novel where melodramatic and bizarre events keep the pages turning.




in 1991 bret easton ellis introduced us to patrick bateman, a manhanttan businessman by day and psychotic serial killer by night. the thrilling (and disturbing) tale that unwinds through the first person narrative of american psycho leaves us wondering if the crimes depicted in the novel actually occurred or were simply delusional fantasies. warning: this book is not for the faint at heart, but the ambiguity and mistaken identity that runs throughout the book will keep you intrigued...


author aldous huxley described his 1932 classic brave new world as a "negative utopia" where developments in reproductive technology and sleep-learning have altered the society of london AD 2540. written during a time when there was a fear of the americanization of europe, reading the novel more than 75 years after it was written will definitely have you thinking.

in wonderful tonight pattie boyd shares her real-life story as a muse during rock 'n' roll's heyday. married to not one but two members of rock 'n' roll royalty (george harrison and eric clapton), the book shares her side of the story, which is worth hearing. as she concludes in the book, "our generation really did have a revolution...i have known some amazing people and had some unforgettable experiences."