Conversation 1 : The Eat, Pray, Love customer
It sounds like the customer wants a personal story: she enjoyed the introspective elements of EPL. Oprah books also tend to offer emotionally engaging stories. She’s looking for a book club book, so something discussable.
What I’d recommend: Wild by Cheryl Strayed. The story also involves travel—a solo journey hiking the Pacific Crest Trail—but the journey acts as a parallel to her inner voyage processing the death of her mother and other personal hardships.
Conversation 2: The Not-Twilight customer
The customer wants a fast-paced vampire story sans the pining of Twilight.
I might recommend the Sookie Stackhouse novels—faster paced, yet still dark and… vampire-y. Also, perhaps Laurell K. Hamilton for compelling, steamier-than-Twilight novels.
Conversation 3: The fascinating, fast-paced narrative non-fiction customer
The customer wants a narrative NF story that has a thrilling adventure element to it.
Novelist seems to want this customer to read more about Teddy Roosevelt, but I thought the customer was more interested in a true, captivating story than about TR. I’d suggest the Erik Larson titles, Devil in the White City, etc. for their quick pacing and can’t-believe-it’s-true storylines.
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