The Free-Range Bookclub
Bookclubbers without boundaries in Nelson, New Zealand
Category: Australian author
Wild Dark Shore – Charlotte McConaghy
Posted on May 28, 2025 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Rachel Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny sub-antarctic island that is home to the world’s largest seed bank. It is being destroyed by climate change and while the Salts await rescuers, a woman washes… Continue Reading “Wild Dark Shore – Charlotte McConaghy”
Category: Australian author, Climate Fiction, Literary fiction, Speculative Fictio, ThrillerTags: best-books, book-recommendations, book-recs, book-review, book-reviews, bookclub-blog, bookclub-recommendations, Books, charlotte-mcconaghy, fiction, must-read-books, reading, what-to-read, wild-dark-shore
Stone Yard Devotional – Charlotte Wood
Posted on October 25, 2024 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKERTHON A grieving, unnamed narrator attends a spiritual retreat at a convent, departs and returns again with no plan of leaving. As an atheist she is committed to giving back through hard work rather than praying. Set over Covid, the narrator finds… Continue Reading “Stone Yard Devotional – Charlotte Wood”
Restless Dolly Maunder – Kate Grenville
Posted on May 22, 2024 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR WOMEN’S PRIZE Kate Grenville gives life to her grandmother Dolly Maunder by documenting her life in New South Wales at the turn of last century. Her obstacles as a woman of the time and her successes as a strong minded woman are… Continue Reading “Restless Dolly Maunder – Kate Grenville”
The Rabbits – Sophie Overett
Posted on November 29, 2023 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOK CLUBChosen by Rachel 16yo teenager Charlie Rabbit goes missing in the midst of an Australian heatwave. The story is about the collateral damage to the already dysfunctional family which must now navigate Charlie’s absence, too. A contemporary story with a touch… Continue Reading “The Rabbits – Sophie Overett”
The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
Posted on February 15, 2019 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Sonya In 1939 Nazi Germany a young girl with a foster family begins collecting found books and attempting to understand her new reality. ⚑ “The Book Thief was my book choice and I was glad for it, an easy… Continue Reading “The Book Thief – Markus Zusak”
Category: Australian author, War story, YATags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Books, Books To Read, Literature, Markus Zusak, Must Read Books, The Book Thief
Coming Rain – Stephen Daisley
Posted on April 7, 2016 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR NZ BOOK AWARDS Lew McLeod and Painter Hayes have been travelling Western Australia since they were boys, shearing, charcoal burning, whatever work comes. They take shearing jobs for a large farm, where the younger of them, Lew, falls in love with the… Continue Reading “Coming Rain – Stephen Daisley”
The Harp In The South – Ruth Park
Posted on July 1, 2015 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Sophia The portrayal of an Irish-Australian family living in the slums of Surrey Hills in the ’40s. Ruth Park is a New Zealand-born Australian. ❍ “The Harp of The South was a bit of an average read for me. It did make… Continue Reading “The Harp In The South – Ruth Park”
The Narrow Road To The Deep North – Richard Flanagan
Posted on September 26, 2014 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKERTHON ✎ This is the story of Dorrigo Evans, an Australian surgeon. It is about his time in a Japanese prisoner of war camp, his loves, his affairs and his old age. The central event is Dorrigo’s time in the prisoner of… Continue Reading “The Narrow Road To The Deep North – Richard Flanagan”
The Sisters Brothers – Patrick de Witt
Posted on October 6, 2011 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKERTHON Set in the American west coast in 1851, this book is a Western parody ✔ “Eli and Charlie Sisters are brothers and assassins living on the West Coast of America in 1851 during the Nevada Mountain gold rush. They are hired… Continue Reading “The Sisters Brothers – Patrick de Witt”
Category: Adventure, Australian author, Booker Prize, SatireTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Booker Prize, Books, Books To Read, Literature, Must Read Books
Summertime – J M Coetzee
Posted on October 12, 2009 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKERTHON A fictionalised memoir detailing the life of John Coetzee written from the point of view of the biographer. Told from the perspective of five people who have known him including a married woman with whom he had an affair, his cousin… Continue Reading “Summertime – J M Coetzee”
Category: Australian author, South AfricanTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Booker Prize, Books, Books To Read, Literature, Must Read Books
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