The following were the most popular book club books during September based on votes from book club readers in more than 88,000 book clubs registered at Bookmovement.com:
1. The Women: A Novel by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin's Press)
2. The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (Doubleday)
3. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride (Riverhead Books)
4. James: A Novel by Percival Everett (Doubleday)
5. First Lie Wins: A Novel by Ashley Elston (Pamela Dorman Books)
6. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese (Grove Press)
7. All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (Crown)
8. Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See (Scribner)
9. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (Harper)
10. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Riverhead)
Rising Stars:
The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin (Simon & Schuster)
The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger (Atria)