Category: Philosophical
READ FOR BOOKERTHON The story of István, a Hungarian teen who lives with his mother and is subjected to a traumatic event. From there we bear witness to a collection of intimate moments set over years, chronicling the demands of life for an everyday… Continue Reading “Flesh – David Szalay”
Category: Booker Prize, Coming of Age, Contemporary fiction, Cultural, Existentialist, Immigrant story, Literary fiction, Philosophical, Psychological, Realist, UK author, War storyTags: Booker Prize, Free Range Bookclub 2025
READ FOR BOOKERTHON When Tom Layward’s wife had an affair he resolved to leave her as soon as his youngest daughter turned eighteen. Twelve years later, while taking her to Pittsburgh to start university, he remembers his pact, and keeps driving West. This road… Continue Reading “The Rest Of Our Lives – Ben Markovits”
Category: Booker Prize, Contemporary fiction, Domestic Fiction, Family drama, Literary fiction, Philosophical, Psychological, Realist, Road Trip, US fictionTags: Booker Prize, Free Range Bookclub 2025
READ FOR WOMEN’S PRIZEElizabeth Strout returns the reader to the town of Crosby, Maine, and finally brings together characters from her past fictional successes: Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge and Bob Burgess. There is a shocking crime committed, relationships examined and many stories told as… Continue Reading “Tell Me Everything – Elizabeth Strout”
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChaired by Tessa Triplet orphans spend their life isolated in a special home cared for by Mother Morning, Mother Afternoon and Mother Night, learning about the world from The Book of Knowledge, having their dreams analysed in The Book of Dreams and… Continue Reading “The Book of Guilt – Catherine Chidgey”
Category: Colonisation, Coming of Age, Dystopian, Historical Fiction, Literary fiction, NZ Book Awards, Philosophical, Political, Psychological, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Thriller, Translated, Unreliable Narrator, War storyTags: Free Range Bookclub 2025, Kiwi Fiction, Ockham NZ Book Awards
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Jodie Mieczysław, a student suffering from tuberculosis, arrives at the Wilhelm Opitz’s Guesthouse for Gentlemen but discovers there are many mysterious goings on, involving deaths, misogyny and the occult. Set in a Polish sanatorium in 1913, The Empusium blends horror,… Continue Reading “The Empusium – Olga Tokarczuk”
Category: Allegory, Experimental fiction, Female Experience, Feminism, Gothic, Historical Fiction, Horror, Humour, Literary fiction, Mthyical/folklore, Philosophical, Political, Psychological, Queer, Satire, Surreal, TranslatedTags: Free Range Bookclub 2025
READ FOR BOOKERTHON One day in the life of six astronauts in a space station, hurtling around earth 16 times. They admire and ponder life from afar, considering humanity from the Big Bang, current environmental crises through to thoughts on where humanity might end… Continue Reading “Orbital – Samantha Harvey”
Category: Booker Prize, Climate Fiction, Climate Fiction Prize, Contemporary fiction, Environmental fiction, Existentialist, Experimental fiction, Literary fiction, Philosophical, Political, Psychological, Stream Of Consciousness, UK authorTags: Booker Prize, Free Range Bookclub 2024
READ FOR BOOKERTHON Beginning with a soldier injured in the WWI trenches and observing three subsequent generations of family, Held is a kaleidoscopic narrative of memories, dreams and the supernatural. Held together by symbols, metaphors and motifs rather than a traditional linear narrative, Michaels… Continue Reading “Held – Anne Michaels”
Category: Art, Booker Prize, Canadian Author, Environmental fiction, Faith & Religion, Family drama, Female Experience, Ghost story, Historical Fiction, Literary fiction, Philosophical, Psychological, Stream Of Consciousness, War storyTags: Booker Prize, Free Range Bookclub 2024
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”
Category: Australian author, Booker Prize, Climate Fiction, Contemporary fiction, Covid Fiction, Environmental fiction, Existentialist, Faith & Religion, Female Experience, Literary fiction, Mystery/Crime, Philosophical, Psychological, RealistTags: Booker Prize, Free Range Bookclub 2024
READ FOR BOOKERTHON A re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but told from the point of view of the slave, Jim, or James as he prefers to be called in this book. James escapes his owner when he hears he is to be… Continue Reading “James – Percival Everett”
Category: Adventure, Booker Prize, Cultural, Family drama, Historical Fiction, Humour, Literary fiction, Metafiction, National Book Awards, Philosophical, Political, Psychological, Pulitzer Prize, Satire, US fictionTags: Booker Prize, Free Range Bookclub 2024
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Suzy Set in the 1580s, this book is about Shakespeare and the events that led to him writing the play Hamlet. It is told not from his point of view, but from that of his wife, who is left in… Continue Reading “Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell”
Category: Art, Domestic Fiction, Family drama, Female Experience, Historical Fiction, Irish, Literary fiction, Philosophical, Psychological, UK author, Women's PrizeTags: Booker Prize, Free Range Bookclub 2024
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