The Silver&Gold Book Club has been publicizing their ratings since February of 2016. Here’s our list of the Top-Rated Books:
- February 2017: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah — Our Rating: 4.90
- January 2017: The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens — Our Rating: 4.60
- February 2016: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman — Our Rating: 4.60
- April 2017: The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian — Our Rating: 4.60
- August 2018: Under a Dark Summer Sky by Vanessa Lafaye– Our Rating: 4.53
- October 2021: Watchers by Dean Koontz — Our Rating: 4.47
- April 2018: The Secret Wisdom of the Earth by Christopher Scotton — Our Rating: 4.40
- June 2020: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway — Our Rating: 4.36
- August 2019: The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See — Our Rating: 4.36
- February 2024: America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie — Our Rating: 4.34
- January 2022: Flight Of The Sparrow by Amy Belding Brown — Our Rating: 4.32
- February 2022: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee — Our Rating: 4.31
- November 2019: Cemetery Road by Greg Iles — Our Rating: 4.30
- March 2021: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent — Our Rating: 4.28
- January 2021: Pompeii by Robert Harris — Our Rating: 4.27
- August 2022: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson — Our Rating: 4.23
- January 2018: All the Winters After by Seré Prince Halverson — Our Rating: 4.20
- July 2017: Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger — Our Rating: 4.20
- April 2021: If the Creek Don’t Rise by Leah Weiss — Our Rating: 4.17
- February 2023: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith — Our Rating: 4.16
- October 2016: Loving Frank by Nancy Horan — Our Rating: 4.10
- December 2017: Oil & Marble by Stephanie Storey — Our Rating: 4.10
- October 2017: Plainsong by Kent Haruf — Our Rating: 4.10
- October 2020: The Island by Victoria Hislop — Our Rating: 4.05
- November 2020: The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict — Our Rating: 4.04
- November 2023:The Southern Book Clubs Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix– Our Rating: 4.03
- March 2024: The Heretic’s Daughter by Kathleen Kent– Our Rating 4.02
- September 2020: All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood — Our Rating: 4.00
- January 2023: When Winter Comes by V.A. Shannon — Our Rating: 4.00
Note: We had several numerical ties in this list. The group went to a more detailed rating system in late 2018. (Example: 4.53 instead of 4.5).