NYT Best Books of the 21st Century Book Club

The NYT Best Books of the 21st Century Book Club has voted to stop reading in reverse chronological order. This month the club will be reading, Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, #15 on the list. In this New York Times bestseller, four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan. In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger. When she discovers she is pregnant–and that her lover is married—she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle, sickly minister passing through on his way to Japan. But her decision to abandon her home, and to reject her son's powerful father, sets off a dramatic saga that will echo down through the generations. Profoundly moving, Pachinko is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • #1 BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER • USA TODAY BESTSELLER • WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER AWARDS • 2017 National Book Award • 2017 Reading Women Award short-listed • 2018 Dayton Literary Peace Prize • 2018 Dayton Literary Peace Prize • 2017 National Book Award • 2018 Dayton Literary Peace Prize runner-up • 2017 National Book Award runner-up