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The Book Club:

List of books read and reviewed since the club began:

A - Adichie to Atwood

• Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• The Five People you meet in Heaven, by Mitch Albom
• Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom
• Walking Home, by Simon Armitage
• The Enchanted April, by Elizabeth von Arnim
• Water, Ox-tales Anthology
• Started Early, Took My Dog, by Kate Atkinson
• Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson
• The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood

B - Ballard to Brown

• Empire of the Sun, by J G Ballard
• Casualties by Lynne Reid Banks
• The L-Shaped Room, by Lynne Reid Banks
• Duet for Three, by Joan Barfoot
• The Silence of the Girls, by Pat Barker
• A Long, Long Way, by Sebastian Barry
• The Secret Scripture, by Sebastian Barry
• The Jacaranda Tree, by H.E. Bates
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, by Jean-Dominique Bauby
• The Uncommon Reader, by Alan Bennett
• Captain Corelli's Mandolin, by Louis de Bernieres
• Along the Enchanted Way, by William Blacker
• Guernica, by Dave Boling
• Sweet Caress, by William Boyd
• Any Human Heart , by William Boyd
• Restless , by William Boyd
• Testament of Youth, by Vera Brittain
• Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
• The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown

C - Carey to Cumming

• The True History of the Kelly Gang, by Peter Carey
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
• 203: Under the Sea Wind by Rachel Carson
• The Song Before it is Sung, by Justin Cartwright
• The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins
• Farewell My Lovely, by Raymond Chandler
• A Single Thread, by Tracy Chevalier
• MARPLE by Agatha Christie
• The Death of Grass, by John Christopher
• Rendezvous with Rama, by Arthur C Clarke
• The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho
• The Secret Agent, by Joseph Conrad
• A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding, by Jackie Copleton
• On Chapel Sands by Laura Cumming

D - Daré to Dunmore

• The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
• Wildwood, by Roger Deakin
• The Dreaming Suburb, by R.E. Delderfield
• The Man in the High Castle, by Philip K Dick
• Great Expectations , by Charles Dickens
• A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
• Guantanamo, by Dorothea Dieckmann
• Desert Flower, by Waris Dirie
• All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr
• The March, by E.L. Doctorow
• Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
• Exposure, by Helen Dunmore
• The Lie, by Helen Dunmore
• The Siege , by Helen Dunmore

E - Eng to Extence

• The Garden of Evening Mists, by Tan Twan Eng
• Like Water for Chocolate, by Laura Esquivel
• Girl, Woman, Other Bernadine Evaristo
• The Mirror World of Melody Black, by Gavin Extence
• The Universe versus Alex Woods, by Gavin Extence

F - Farrel to Fortey

• The Siege of Krishnapur, by JG Farrell
• Engelby, by Sebastian Faulks
• The Great Gatsby, by FScott Fitzgerald
• Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, by Fannie Flagg
• The Narrow Road to the Deep North, by Richard Flanagan
• The Wood for the Trees, by Richard Fortey

G - Gale to Guterson

• Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick Gale
• The Promise by Damon Galgut
• The Cellist of Sarajevo, by Steven Galloway
• Old Filth, by Graham Gardham
• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
• Little Egypt, by Lesley Glaister
• The Year Without Summer, by Guinivere Glasfurd
• Our Hidden Lives , by Simon Garfield
• The Hendersons, by Daphne Glazer
• by the tide of humber, by Daphne Glazer
• The Princess Bride by William Goldman
• Still Here by Linda Grant
• The Quiet American, by Graham Greene
• The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith
• Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson

H - Haddon to Huxley

• A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, by Mark Haddon
• This Other Eden by Paul Harding
• Clever Girl, by Tessa Hadley
• Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
• The Dance Tree, by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
• Gentlemen and Players, by Joanne Harris
• Enigma, by Robert Harris
• Pompeii by Robert Harris
• Round Ireland With a Fridge by Tony Hawks
• A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
• The Book of Negroes, by Lawrence Hill
• A Kestrel for a Knave, by Barry Hines
• Bury the Chains, by Adam Hochschild
• South Riding, by Winifrid Holtby
• Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
• Wake, by Anna Hope
• A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby
• Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
• The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
• A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini
• The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley

I - Isherwood to Ivey

• Goodbye to Berlin, by Christopher Isherwood
• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
• The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
• The Snow Child, by Eowin Ivey

J - Jacobson to Joyce

• The Finkler Question, by Howard Jacobson
• The Sound Mirror, by Heidi James
• Three Men in a Boat, by Jerome K Jerome
• The One Hundred Year Old Man, by Jonas Jonasson
• This Boy, by Alan Johnson M.P.
• Mister Pip, by Lloyd Jones
• An American Marriage, by Tayari Jones
• The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, by Rachel Joyce

K - Keegan to Kay

• Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
• Measuring the World, by Danny Kelmann
• Burial Rites, by Hannah Kent
• Ellis Island, by Kate Kerrigan
• Trumpet by Jackie Kay

L - Lavery to Lively

• The Headscarf Revolutionaries, by Brian Lavery
• Notes to my Mother-in-Law, by Phylida Law
• A Town Callled Solace by Mary Lawson
• The Last King of Lydia, by Tim Leach
• As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, by Laurie Lee
• The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
• Songbirds by Christy Lefteri
• Small Island, by Andrea Levy
• Two Caravans, by Marina Lewycka
• A Short History of Tractors, by Marina Lewicka
• Family Album, by Penelope Lively

M - MacFarlane to Myers

• The Wild Places, by Robert MacFarlane
• How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie
• Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel
• The Sealwoman's Gift, by Sally Magnusson
• The Zealot's Bones by David Mark
• Life of Pi, by Yan Martel
• Stuart: A Life Backwards, by Alexander Masters
• Let the Great World Spin, by Colum McCann
• The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
• Saturday, by Ian McEwan
• That They May Face the Rising Sun, by John McGahern
• The Trip of a Lifetime, by Monica McInerney
• Snowdrops , by A.D. Miller
• Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell
• Black Swan Green, by David Mitchell
• The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer
• The Offing by Benjamin Myers

N - Nemirovsky to Nichols

• Suite Francaise, by Irene Nemirovsky
• Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng
• One Day, by David Nichols

O - Obama to Owens

• Dreams from my Father, by Barack Obama
• Becoming by Michelle Obama
• Rooms of Dust, by Sarah Pat O'Brien
• Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
• Welcome to Lagos by Chibundu Onuzo
• The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
• Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

P - Pamuk to Pym

• Snow, by Orhan Pamuk
• Titus Groan Mervyn Peake
• The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper, by Phaedra Patrick
• Margrave of the Marshes, by John Peel
• The Essex Serpent, by Sarah Perry
• My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult
• Freedom next Time, by John Pilger
• Nation, by Terry Pratchett
• The Truth, by Terry Pratchett
• Hogfather, by Terry Pratchett
• Bright Day, by J B Priestly
• The Shipping News, by Annie Proulx
• Excellent Women by Barbara Pym

R - Rabinyan to Ryan

• All the Rivers by Dorit Rabinyan
• God's Own Country by Ross Raisin
• The Complaints , by Ian Rankin
• The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul, by Deborah Rodriguez
• Many Different kinds of Love by Michael Rosen
• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
• The Spinning Heart, by Donal Ryan

S - Sansom to Sȕskind

• Winter in Madrid, by CJ Sansom
• The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold
• The Flea Palace, by Elif Shafak
• Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Shaffer and Barrows
• Kololo Hill by Neema Shah
• Afghanistan, Where God only comes to Weep, by Siba Shakib
• Home Fire by Kamila Shamsi
• 1599, A Year in the Life of Willim Shakespeare, by James Shapiro
• We Need to Talk about Kevin, by Kionel Shriver
• On The Beach, by Neville Shute
• Touching the Void, by Joe Simpson
• No Bed for Bacon by Caryl Sims
• The Visible World, by Mark Slouka
• On Beauty, by Zadie Smith
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, by Muriel Spark
• The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck
• The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
• The Agony and the Ecstasy, by Irving Stone
• Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
• Perfume, by Patrick Sȕskind

T - Tan to Tyler

• The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan
• The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt
• Dylan Thomas and other poets
• In Restoration, by Valerie Thornhill
• Short Stories Valerie Thornhill
• The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
• The Story of Lucy Gault, by Willaim Trevor
• Frank's Wild Years, by Nick Triplow
• A Spool of Blue Thread, by Anne Tyler
• The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler

V - to Vonnegut

• Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut

W - Waugh to Wroe

• Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh
• The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
• The Cross and the Switchblade, by David Wilkerson
• Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
• The Salt Path, by Raynor Winn
• Christmas Days, by Jeanette Winterson
• The Code of the Woosters, by P.G. Wodehouse
• A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe

X - to Xinran

• Sky Burial, by Xue Xinran

Z - to Zweig

• The Post Office Girl , by Stefan Zweig