The best answer to that question is probably to show you the list of books that "Foreverman" (that's me!) has read over the past year or so. That will give you a good idea of whether the books discussed in this club in the future might be at least somewhat to your tastes - as eclectic as the list may seem.
First, the books I read in 2011:
The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood [Begun in 2010]
The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood
Playing For Pizza, by John Grisham
Breathless, by Dean Koontz
The Apostle, by Brad Thor
Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte
Agnes Grey, by Anne Bronte
Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
Dark Tower IV, (Wizard and Glass), by Stephen King
Your Heart Belongs to Me, by Dean Koontz
Buddhism Without Beliefs, by Stephen Batchelor
Superheroes and Philosophy, ed. by Tom Morris and Matt Morris [Begun in 2010]
Saving Fish From Drowning, by AmyTan
33 A.D., by David McAfee
The Key to Midnight, by Dean Koontz
The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Living Dead in Dallas, by Charlaine Harris
What the Night Knows, by Dean Koontz
Rush and Philosophy, ed. by Jim Berti and Durrell Bowman
Dracula, by Bram Stoker
The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman
The Meaning of Truth, by William James
Frankenstein III: Dead and Alive, by Dean KoontzCatching Fire, by Suzanne Collins
Clichés of Politics, ed. by Mark Spangler
Jude the Obscure, by Thomas Hardy
Knots and Crosses, by Ian Rankin
Frankenstein IV: Lost Souls, by Dean Koontz
Exit Music, by Ian Rankin
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson
the host, by Stephenie Meyer
Essays: Scientific, Political, and Speculative, Vol. I, by Herbert Spencer
Pawn of Prophecy, by David Eddings
Second, books I read in early 2012:
Witch Hunt, by Ian Rankin
Shadowfires, by Dean Koontz
The Revolution, by Ron Paul
Cabal, by Clive Barker
The Water-Method Man, by John Irving
The Comedians, by Graham Greene
Brighton Rock, by Graham Greene
The Power and the Glory, by Graham Greene
You may notice a tendency to rather "dark" reading. Guilty as charged. Please don't interpret this as a reflection of my character; I'm usually pleasant company. For many years I read mostly Science Fiction, but tastes change. Conflict in a novel beween the Protagonist and the Antagonist is often heightened by being presented as a conflict between Good and Evil, which is a stronger flavor; thus, a more interesting flavor to my mind. (I like strongly flavored foods, as well!)
Lovers of Danielle Steele's novels might grimace at the above list. This club is definitely not for them.
You might be wondering, why three Greene novels in a row? Once or twice a year, I like to take an author I have never read - but feel that I should have - and read three in a row. (When I did that with John Steinbeck, I didn't stop until I had read seven!)
I'm currently in the midst of Stephen King's Wolves of the Calla, the fifth book of his Dark Tower series. I'm not recommending that as the first book for club members to read simultaneously, largely because I feel it would be a mistake to read it without having read the first four books in the series beforehand - which I highly recommend doing!
The first book we read together? I'm really not sure yet. I will post it by April 1st. (Or will I?)
Please feel free to suggest a book you are about to read. I'm very open-minded. If it's a book that is part of a series, stick with the first one in the series. But expect us to move on to something completely different for the subsequent book.
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