Ok, if people are serious about this, it's time to pick something - I see some suggestions earlier, but someone needs to narrow it down and I'm electing myself unless someone else (Redvan?) wants to step in.
So I was at Evil Corporate Conglomerate bookstore today, and I made the following 4 choices I thought would be appropriate (and appropriately priced for those who don't want to buy a hardcover every month):
Ken Follett:
Pillars of the Earth (a novel set in early 12th century Britain click linky to see info)
Robert Harris:
Imperium (another historical novel, this one set in Republican Rome)
Don DeLillo:
Libra (fictionalized account of the life/death of Lee Harvey Oswald)
Umberto Eco:
The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana (a story about some dude who loses his memory from what I can see on the jacket, but it's Eco, how can you go wrong?)
I stayed away from humour as usually a book club will discuss the book at length, and really, how much can you say about humour except "it was funny" - although Chuck Palahniuk or something would be cool, too.
What I am thinking is everybody who wants to be in, gets a vote by Saturday noon. Just say which book you want, either in this thread or PM me, and we'll go with the consensus choice. Then, around the end of the month, we'll meet somewhere to discuss it, which I am more than happy to also arrange at the time.
For the record, I'm voting for Libra, as I read Underworld by Delillo a few months ago and I thought it was brilliant.