Category: Psychological
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Suzy In Netherland, we follow immigrant Dutchman Hans van den Broek, a financial analyst and cricket enthusiast, across a period of social turmoil following the 911 terror attacks on New York City. At the same time, Hans’ wife Rachel… Continue Reading “Netherland – Joseph O’Neill”
READ FOR BOOKERTHON Nearing her 100th birthday, Roseanne McNulty faces an uncertain future, as the Roscommon Regional Mental hospital, where she’s spent the best part of her adult life, prepares for closure. ♥ “Set in an Ireland besieged by conflict, The Secret Scripture is… Continue Reading “The Secret Scripture – Sebastian Barry”
Category: Domestic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Irish, Literary fiction, Psychological, UK authorTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Booker Prize, Books, Books To Read, Irish, Literature, Must Read Books, Sebastian Barry, Secret Scripture
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Suzy Considered the original non-fiction novel, In Cold Blood details the 1959 murders of Kansas farmer Herbert Clutter and his family who were found bound and shot in their home. Capote follows the search for the killers, as they travel… Continue Reading “In Cold Blood – Truman Capote”
Category: Non-Fiction, Psychological, US fictionTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Books, Books To Read, In Cold Blood, Literature, Must Read Books, True Crime
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Nadine This novel discusses who should be loved, and how. And how much. It describes how small things affect people’s behaviour and lives ♥ “The God of Small Things details the lives of fraternal twins Rahel and her brother… Continue Reading “The God Of Small Things – Arundhati Roy”
Category: Booker Prize, Cultural, Domestic Fiction, Literary fiction, PsychologicalTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Booker Prize, Books, Books To Read, God Of Small Things, Literature, Must Read Books
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Nadine In a dystopian future a child is snatched during a routine supermarket visit. ♥ “Stephen Lewis takes his three-year-old daughter to the supermarket one morning. He turns his back for just moments and she is gone. When she… Continue Reading “The Child In Time – Ian McEwan”
Category: Booker Prize, Fantasy, Literary fiction, Psychological, UK authorTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Booker Prize, Books, Books To Read, Ian McEwan, Literature, Must Read Books
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Rachel A South African professor loses everything and takes refuge on his daughter’s farm on the Eastern Cape as he seeks redemption. ♥ “David Lurie is a disgraced professor who leaves behind his university and city life in Capetown… Continue Reading “Disgrace – J M Coetzee”
Category: Booker Prize, Domestic Fiction, Literary fiction, Psychological, South AfricanTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Booker Prize, Books, Books To Read, Coetzee, Disgrace, Literature, Must Read Books
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Nadine Middlesex is a Pulitzer Prize winning novel which chronicles the impact of an intersex gene on three generations of a Greek family. ♥ “Protagonist Calliope (Cal) Stephanides undertakes a rebirth as he comes to terms with his family’s history… Continue Reading “Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides”
Category: Domestic Fiction, Family drama, LGBT, Psychological, US fictionTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Books, Books To Read, Literature, Middlesex, Must Read Books
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Suzy A girl’s half-innocent mistake ruins the lives of those around her, and she spends the rest of her life attempting to atone. The mistake comes in the form of viewing her 9-year-old cousin being assaulted and making presumptions on who… Continue Reading “Atonement – Ian McEwan”
Category: Booker Prize, Family drama, Literary fiction, Psychological, UK author, Unreliable Narrator, War storyTags: Atonement, Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Books, Ian McEwan, Literature
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Rachel Ryder, a famous pianist, arrives in a European city to perform a concert. However, he appears to have lost most of his memory and finds his new environment surreal and dreamlike. As both hero and anti-hero, he wades… Continue Reading “The Unconsoled – Kazuo Ishiguro”
Category: Literary fiction, Magical Realism, Psychological, UK author, Unreliable NarratorTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Books, Books To Read, Kazuo Ishiguro, Literature, Must Read Books
READ FOR BOOKERTHON In this novella a newly married couple reflect on their pasts and as a result question their marriage while honeymooning on Chesil Beach. ⚈ “The opening line of On Chesil Beach sums up the rest of the content: ‘They were young, educated,… Continue Reading “On Chesil Beach – Ian McEwan”
Category: Booker Prize, Literary fiction, PsychologicalTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Booker Prize, Books, Books To Read, Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan, Literature, Must Read Books
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