#9065, aired 2024-03-22 | NONFICTION $1000: Published in 1962, it's Barbara Tuchman's acclaimed book detailing the first month of World War I The Guns of August |
#8341, aired 2021-02-22 | THROWING THE BOOK AT YOU $2000: "The Prime of" Muriel Spark's writing was this novel, penned in less than a month, according to the author The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
#8332, aired 2021-02-09 | MONTH OF THE BOOK $400: Stephen Ambrose's "D-Day, ____ 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II" June |
#8332, aired 2021-02-09 | MONTH OF THE BOOK $800: Tom Clancy's "The Hunt for Red ____" October |
#8332, aired 2021-02-09 | MONTH OF THE BOOK $1200: Elizabeth von Arnim's "The Enchanted ____" April |
#8332, aired 2021-02-09 | MONTH OF THE BOOK $1600: Knebel & Bailey's political thriller
"Seven Days in ____" May |
#8332, aired 2021-02-09 | MONTH OF THE BOOK $2000: Saul Bellow's "The Adventures of Augie ____" March |
#8125, aired 2019-12-27 | MAIL-ORDER NOVELS $1200: In 1926 "The Sun Also Rises" was one of the first novels mailed by this club that lets you discover new titles 12 times a year the Book of the Month Club |
#8101, aired 2019-11-25 | NEW YORK-SET NOVELS $200: When the Book-of-the-Month Club asked about changing this novel's title, its author said, "Holden Caulfield wouldn't like that" Catcher in the Rye |
#7796, aired 2018-07-02 | BOOK OF THE MONTH $200: "The Ides of ____" by Thornton Wilder March |
#7796, aired 2018-07-02 | BOOK OF THE MONTH $400: "Light in ____" by William Faulkner August |
#7796, aired 2018-07-02 | BOOK OF THE MONTH $600: "All My ____s: My Memories of 12 World Series When the Yankees Ruled Baseball" by Mickey Mantle Octobers |
#7796, aired 2018-07-02 | BOOK OF THE MONTH $800: "Henry and ____" by Anais Nin Henry and June |
#7796, aired 2018-07-02 | BOOK OF THE MONTH $1000: "The Two Faces of ____" by Patricia Highsmith January |
#7636, aired 2017-11-20 | COLORING BOOKS $400: Tom Clancy had the U.S. take a sub to go in this 1984 "Book of the Month" The Hunt for Red October |
#7547, aired 2017-06-06 | TALK OF THE TOWN $1000: The book "Chaos": one of these "stirring in the air today in Peking can transform storm systems next month in New York" a butterfly |
#6392, aired 2012-06-05 | CELEBRATIONS OF THE MONTH $400: International Children's Book Day & Earth Day April |
#5983, aired 2010-09-22 | POPULAR POETS $400: In 1936 a Robert Frost collection sold 50,000 copies as a selection of this club the Book of the Month Club |
#5924, aired 2010-05-20 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE $1200: His 1940 novel "Native Son" was adopted by the Book of the Month Club (Richard) Wright |
#5394, aired 2008-02-07 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS $1200: In 1977 her "Song of Solomon" became the first Book-of-the-Month Club selection by a black author in 37 years Toni Morrison |
#5287, aired 2007-09-11 | BOOK TITLES $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Rowan Oak Home) Faulkner was using "Dark House" as a novel title but on this porch, his wife said there was something about the light in this month August |
#4279, aired 2003-03-20 | YOU SAY POTATO $400: Following in the footsteps of mail order book sellers, Wood Prairie Farm in Maine offers this subscription potato of the month |
#4203, aired 2002-12-04 | TOLL-FREE NUMBERS $800: Not the Book of the Month Club but this "BOMC" can be reached at 800-609-ALES beer |
#4170, aired 2002-10-18 | THE ROARING '20s $800: The Literary Guild began as a competitor to this company abbreviated BOMC Book of the Month Club |
#3621, aired 2000-05-08 | HARDPODGE $600: In 1926 the novel "Lolly Willowes" became the first selection this club sent to its members Book-of-the-Month Club |
#2552, aired 1995-10-10 | FICTION $600: Fe a recent Book-of-the-Month Club poll, her "Atlas Shrugged" ranked as the most influential novel Ayn Rand |
#2017, aired 1993-05-18 | BY THE "BOOK" $600: In April 1926 "Lolly Willowes, or the Loving Huntsman" became its first selection the Book of the Month Club |
#1983, aired 1993-03-31 | LITERATURE $200: The book-of-the-month club calls this Dostoyevsky work "the greatest crime novel ever written" Crime and Punishment |
#1964, aired 1993-03-04 | DEUTERONOMY $400: The book opens in the 11th month of this year of wandering the 40th year |
#1511, aired 1991-03-11 | THE 1920s $400: In April 1926, members of this literary club received their first selection the Book of the Month Club |
#1126, aired 1989-06-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: Members of this "club" that started in 1926 have to indicate when they don't want a selection the Book of the Month club |
#903, aired 1988-07-06 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $400: With Heywood Broun & Christopher Morley among selectors, this club was 1st of its kind in U.S. the Book of the Month club |
#268, aired 1985-09-18 | FIRSTS $200: On April 16, 1926, a novel, "Lolly Willowes" was its 1st selection to be mailed the Book of the Month Club |
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