Large Print Discussion Kits Available

Genres: Biography/Reminiscences, Christian Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction, History, Horror, Kentucky Authors, Kits with videorecordings, Mystery/Suspense, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Self Help, Softer Selections, True Crime, Westerns

The State Library owns these Large Print Book Discussion Kits:

Biography/Reminiscences

• Big Russ and Me by Tim Russert
• Defending Baltimore Against Enemy Attack by Charles Osgood
• Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism by Bob Edwards
• Every Second Counts by Lance Armstrong with Sally Jenkins
• Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation by Cokie Roberts
• John Adams by David McCullough
• Life in Letters: Ann Landers’ Letters To Her Only Child by Margo Howard
• Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan
• My Life So Far by Jane Fonda
• Nancy: A Portrait of My Years with Nancy Reagan by Michael K. Deaver
• Nothing Is Impossible: Reflections On a New Life by Christopher Reeve
• The Soul of a Butterfly Muhammad Ali with Hana Yasmeen Ali
• Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

Christian Fiction

• The Betrayal by Beverly Lewis
• A Case of Bad Taste: a Morning Shade Mystery by Lori Copeland
• Hidden Places by Lynn Austin
• Light from Heaven by Jan Karon
• Moonlight on the Millpond by Lori Wick
• The Peacemaker by Lori Copeland
• Shepherds Abiding by Jan Karon

Classics

• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
• Good Earth by Pearl Buck
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
• My Antonia by Willa Cather
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

General Fiction

• All He Ever Wanted by Anita Shreve
• Beloved by Toni Morrison
• Between, Georgia by Joshilyn Jackson
• Between Sisters by Kristin Hannah
• The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
• Cane River by Lalita Tademy
• Can't Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg
• The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiere
• The Christmas Train by David Baldacci
• The Coal Tattoo by Silas House
• Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
• Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
• Digging to America by Anne Tyler
• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
• The Edge of Winter by Luanne Rice
• Family Tree by Barbara Delinsky
• Finding Noel by Richard Paul Evans
• Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom
• For One More Day by Mitch Albom
• Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
• Home to Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani
• The Interruption of Everything by Terry McMillan
• Johnny Angel by Danielle Steel
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel
• Light on Snow by Anita Shreve
• Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich
• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
• Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
• Miss Julia Stands Her Ground by Ann B. Ross
• Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
• Oh My Stars by Lorna Landvik
• Parchment of Leaves by Silas House
• Peony in Love by Lisa See
• Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
• A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg
• Second Glance by Jodi Picoult
• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
• Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg
• Swift As Desire by Laura Esquivel
• The Tea House on Mulberry Street by Sharon Owens
• Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier
• The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
• Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen
• The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks
• When Madeline Was Young by Jane Hamilton
• The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg

Historical Fiction

• All He Ever Wanted by Anita Shreve
• Beloved by Toni Morrison
• The Betrayal by Beverly Lewis
• The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
• Cane River by Lalita Tademy
• Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour
• Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
• Guardian of the Horizon by Elizabeth Peters
• Hidden Places by Lynn Austin
• The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard
• Jester by James Patterson and Andrew Gross
• Lie by Moonlight by Amanda Quick
• Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich
• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
• Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
• Moonlight on the Millpond by Lori Wick
• Oh My Stars by Lorna Landvik
• Our Lady of Pain by Marion Chesney
• Parchment of Leaves by Silas House
• The Peacemaker by Lori Copeland
• Peony in Love by Lisa See
• Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
• The Sugar Camp Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini
• Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
• Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas
• Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
• Unholy Fire: A Novel of the Civil War by Robert J. Mrazek

History

• Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides
• Flyboys: A True Story of Courage by James Bradley
• The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw
• Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
• Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
• To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Race For Flight by James Tobin

Horror

• Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill

Kentucky Authors

• Bait by Karen Robards
• The Coal Tattoo by Silas House
• Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism by Bob Edwards
• The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
• Parchment of Leaves by Silas House
• Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
• The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey by Muhammad Ali with Hana Yasmeen Ali

Kits with Videorecordings

• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
• The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Mystery/Suspense

• 3rd Degree by James Patterson and Andrew Gross
• Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
• Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs
• Bleeding Hearts by Susan Wittig Albert
• Bone Harvest by Mary Logue
• The Broker by  John Grisham
• Burglar on the Prowl by Lawrence Block
• A Case of Bad Taste: a Morning Shade Mystery by Lori Copeland
• The Cat Who Went Bananas by Lilian Jackson Braun
• Cat's Eyewitness by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown
• The Cloud of Unknowing by Thomas H. Cook
• Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter by Blaize Clement
• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
• Dead Ringer by Lisa Scottoline
• Death of a Dreamer by M. C. Beaton
• The Drowning Tree by Carol Goodman
• Exit Wounds J.A. Jance
• Guardian of the Horizon by Elizabeth Peters
• The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard
• In a Dark House by Deborah Crombie
• Killer Smile by Lisa Scottoline
• The Last Juror by John Grisham
• Last To Die by James Grippando
• Letter from Home by Carolyn Hart
• London Bridges by James Patterson
• Lost Light by Michael Connelly
• Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear
• Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
• Narrows by Michael Connelly
• Nighttime Is My Time by Mary Higgins Clark
• Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
• Our Lady of Pain by Marion Chesney
• The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl
• The Serpent's Trail by Sue Henry
• Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
• The Sign of the Book by John Dunning
• Sinister Pig by Tony Hillerman
• Stealing with Style
• Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
• Sunstroke by Jesse Kellerman
• Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas
• Thirteen Steps Down by Ruth Rendell
• Ties That Bind by Phillip Margolin
• Tool & Die by Sarah Graves
• Unholy Fire: A Novel of the Civil War by Robert J. Mrazek
• The Water’s Lovely by Ruth Rendell
• Winter’s Child by Margaret Maron

Romance

• Ain’t She Sweet? by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
• Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
• Hidden Places by Lynn Austin
• Impossible by Danielle Steel
• Lie by Moonlight by Amanda Quick
• Moonlight on the Millpond by Lori Wick
• The Peacemaker by Lori Copeland
• Peony in Love by Lisa See
• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Romantic Suspense

• Bait by Karen Robards
• Blue Smoke by Nora Roberts
• Guardian by Nicholas Sparks
• Looking for Peyton Place by Barbara Delinsky
• Northern Lights by Nora Roberts
• One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
• Sailing to Capri by Elizabeth Adler
• Survivor in Death J.D. Robb
• To the Nines by Janet Evanovich

Sci Fi/Fantasy/Horror

• The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
• The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
• For One More Day by Mitch Albom
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
• Johnny Angel by Danielle Steel
• Second Glance by Jodi Picoult
• Survivor in Death by J.D. Robb
• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Self-Help

• Boundaries: When To Say Yes, When To Say No, To Take Control of Your Life by Henry Cloud and John Townsend

Softer Selections

• The Betrayal by Beverly Lewis
• Bleeding Hearts by Susan Wittig Albert
• Can't Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg
• A Case of Bad Taste: a Morning Shade Mystery by Lori Copeland
• The Cat Who Went Bananas by Lilian Jackson Braun
• The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiere
• Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
• Death of a Dreamer: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery by M. C. Beaton
• Finding Noel by Richard Paul Evans
• Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom
• For One More Day by Mitch Albom
• Guardian of the Horizon by Elizabeth Peters
• Hidden Places by Lynn Austin
• Home to Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani
• The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood
• Light from Heaven by Jan Karon
• Light on Snow by Anita Shreve
• Miss Julia Stands Her Ground by Ann B. Ross
• Moonlight on the Millpond by Lori Wick
• Our Lady of Pain by Marion Chesney
• The Peacemaker by Lori Copeland
• A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg
• The Serpent's Trail by Sue Henry
• Shepherds Abiding by Jan Karon
• Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg
• The Sugar Camp Quilt: an Elm Creek Quilts Novel by Jennifer Chiaverini
• The Tea House on Mulberry Street by Sharon Owens
• Tool & Die by Sarah Graves
• The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks

True Crime

• Innocent Man by John Grisham
• Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
• Under the Banner of Heaven by John Krakauer

Westerns

• Collected Short Stories of Louis L’Amour
• The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard
• The Peacemaker by Lori Copeland