Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2012.

Includes bibliographical references.

Crossing to safety -- Appointment in Samarra -- Seventy verses on emptiness -- Marjorie Morningstar -- The hobbit -- Daily strength for daily needs -- The people of the book -- I am sorrow -- The uncommon reader -- The lizard cage -- Brat Farrar -- Continental drift -- The painted veil -- Murder in the cathedral -- Wherever you go, there you are -- Kokoro -- The price of salt -- The reluctant fundamentalist -- The year of magical thinking -- Olive Kitteridge -- Girls like us -- Suite francaise -- The bite of the mango -- The elegance of the hedgehog -- The girl with the dragon tattoo -- Brooklyn -- My father's tears -- Too much happiness.

The inspiring story of a son and his dying mother, who form a "book club" that brings them together as her life comes to a close.