2016
As always we have a list of books left over; so if you’re looking for some suggestions – have a look here!
February to March – They all got mixed up in my bag!! So here is a random selection of the books we didn’t pick in the last two months!
FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLE STOP CAFE – Fannie Flagg
PLEASANTVILLE – Attica Locke
ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE – Anthony Doern
VERONICA DECIDES TO DIE – Paolo Coelho
WARM BODIES – Isaac Marion
DEAR THIEF – Samantha Harvey
VIPER WINE – Hermione Eyre
THE MAN FROM PRIMROSE LANE – James Renner
ORLANDO – Virginia Woolf
THE SPINNING HEART – Donal Ryan
ALONE IN BERLIN – Hans Fallada
ALL THE BIRDS SINGING – Evie Wyld
A PERFECTLY GOOD MAN – Patrick Gale
THE SECRET TO NOT DROWNING – Colette Snowden
MY BRILLIANT CAREER – Miles Franklin
THE PASSION OF THE NEW EVE – Angela Carter
THE CITY AND THE CITY – China Mieville
LIFE AFTER LIFE – Kate Atkinson
ROSS POLDARK – Winston Graham
A WHOLE LIFE – Robert Seethaler
Z FOR ZACHARIAH – Robert C O’Brien
This lot looks a lot like Dystopia though!
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN – John Ajvide Lindquist
PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOM – Kyung-Sook Shin
A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD – Jennifer Egan
HALF A KING – Joe Abercrombie
FEED – Mira Grant
WORLD WAR Z – Max Brooks
THE THREE – Sarah Lotz
THE HEART GOES LAST – Margaret Atwood
THE BEES – Laline Paull
THE HUNDRED YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT OF THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED – Jonas Jonasson
Jan – White Swan
THE CITY AND THE PILLAR – Gore Vidal
THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG – Peter Carey
HALF A KING – Joe Abercrombie
ANCILLIARY JUSTICE – Ann Leckie
THE CITY AND THE CITY – China Mieville
THE BEES – Laline Paull
OSAMA – Lavie Tidnor
GO SET A WATCHMAN – Harper Lee
TITUS GROAN – Meryn Peake
FROG MUSIC – Emma Donoghue
THE LADY IN THE VAN – Alan Bennett
2015
Dystopia
Wool by Hugh Howey
Feed by Mira Grant
The Girl with All the Gifts by Mike Carey
Man in the high castle – Philip K. Dick
The Road – Cormac Mcarthy
V for Vendetta
World War Z by Max Brooks
Puffins
The owl Services – Alan Garner
The Witches – Roald dahl
Hagwitch – Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
The magicians Nephew – C.S.Lewis
The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
The animals of farthing wood – Colin Dann
Bitterblue (Graceling Realm, #3) – by Kristin Cashore, Ian Schoenherr
Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin
Elidor by Alan Garner
Across different book clubs – predominantly Medusa and White Swan!
AMERICAN GODS – Neil Gaiman
THE CROW ROAD – Iain Banks
A SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS – Elizabeth Gilbert
IF ON A WINTERS NIGHT A TRAVELLER – Italo Calvino
THE BEES – Laline Paull
THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH – Richard Flanagan
WE ARE NOT OURSELVES – Matthew Thomas
Thanks to Simon (@srjf) for keeping track of these!
HOTEL HONOLULU – Paul Theroux x2
EXCELLENT WOMAN – Barbara Pym
SMALL GODS – Terry Pratchett
BLACK DIAMONDS – Katherine Bailey
ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE – Anthony Doerr
IF ON A WINTERS NIGHT A TRAVELER – Italo Calvino
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN – Paula Hawkins
EVERYTHING I EVER TOLD YOU – Celeste Ng
JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR NORREL – Susanna Clarke
THE LIE – Helen Dunmore
THE CHILDREN’S ACT – Ian McEwan
WATER MUSIC – TC Boyle
THE TALE OF BLANCH AND MARIE – Per Olav Enquist x2
MIDDLESEX – Jeffrey Eugenides
ETTA AND OTTO AND RUSSEL AND JAMES – Emma Hopper
THE BLIND ASSASSIN – Margaret Atwood
DARK PLACES – Gillian Flynn
THE FORREST OF HANDS AND TEETH – Carrie Ryan
THE ENGLISH PATIENT – Michael Ondaatje
READY PLAYER ONE – Ernest Cline
THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS – M.R Carey x2
FED – Mira Grant
THE BEES – Laline Paull
ORLEANS – Sherri L Smith
WOOL – Hugh Howey
PACIFIC EYES – Kim Stanley Robinson
UNDER HEAVEN – Guy Gavriel Kay
DISGRACE – J.M. Coetzee
THE SECRET TO NOT DROWNING – Colette Snowden
THE MAN FROM PRIMROSE LANE – James Renner
HALF A KING – Jow Abercrombie
THE PINES – Blake Crouch
A CHANGE OF CLIMATE – Hilary Mantel
THE THREE – Sarah Lotz
YOU – Caroline Kepnes
UNDER HEAVEN – Guy Garvriel Kay
WHITE TEETH – Zadie Smith
LION’S HONEY – David Grossman
A GOD IN RUINS – Kate Atkinson
DON’T CRY TAI LAKE – Qiu Xiadong
GO SEE THE WATCHMAN – Harper Lee x2
THE LONG EARTH – Terry Pratchett
THING OF BEAUTY – Lisa Samson
IF ON A WINTER’S NIGHT A TRAVELER – Italo Calvino
ELIZABETH IS MISSING – Emma Healey
THE THREE – Sarah Lotz
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN – Paula Hawkins
A FOOLS ALPHABET – Sebastian Faulks
H IS FOR HAWK – Helen MacDonald
IF ON A WINTER’S NIGHT A TRAVELER – Italo Calvino
SHADOW OF THE WIND – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
THE THREE – Sarah Lotz
THE GOLDFINCH – Donna Tartt
GO SET A WATCHMAN – Harper Lee
HOUSE OF ASHES – Monique Roffey
WHIT – Iain Banks
CLOUD ATLAS – David Mitchell
THE TROOP – Nick Cutter
THE 25TH HOUR – David Banioff
THE CASUAL VACANCY – J.K. Rowling
ALIAS GRACE – Margaret Atwood
UNDER HEAVEN – Guy Gavriel Kay
ANANSIS BOYS – Neil Gaiman
THE FIFTEEN LIVES OF HARRY AUGUST – Claire North
A CHANGE OF CLIMATE – Hilary Mantel
BURIAL RITES – Hannah Kent
THE LACUNA – Barbara Kingsolver
THE CRANE WIFE – Patrick Ness
WANDERLUST – Rebecca Solnit
DRACULA – Bram Stoker
REBECCA – Daphne Du Maurier
UNDER HEAVEN – Guy Gavriel Kay x2
HOMICIDE – David Simon
THE WIND UP GIRL – Paolo Bacigalupi
GOOD OMENS – Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDE OURSELVES – Karen Joy Fowler
HOW TO BUILD A GIRL – Caitlin Moran
THE CITY AND THE CITY – China Mieville
ALIAS GRACE – Margaret Atwood
FRAGILE THINGS – Neil Gaiman
EVERYTHING I EVER TOLD YOU – Celeste Ng
THE MINIATURIST – Jessie Burton
THE PENELOPIAD – Margaret Atwood
FRIED GREEN TOMATOES – Fannie Flagg
ELIZABETH IS MISSING – Emma Healey
SALEM’S LOT – Stephen King
THE DEVIL IN THE MARSHALSEA – Antonia Hodgson
THE TROOP – Nick Cutter
THREE – Sarah Lotz
EVERY DEAD THING – John Connelly
A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING – Ruth Ozeki
OWL CATCHERS – Karen Maitland
WATER MUSIC – TC Boyle
INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE – Anne Rice
THE SECOND COMING – John Niven
WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDE OURSELVES – Karen Joy Fowler (x2)
THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH – Richard Flanagan
IF ON A WINTERS NIGHT A TRAVELLER – Italo Calvino
KAFKA ON THE SHORE – Haruki Murakami
THE FIRST FIFTEEN LIVES OF HARRY AUGUST – Claire North
DAUGHTER – Jane Shemilt
CASINO ROYALE – Ian Fleming
INTO THE WILD – A JOURNEY FROM LOST TO FOUND – Cheryl Strayed
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Thanks!