The Free-Range Bookclub
Bookclubbers without boundaries in Nelson, New Zealand
Category: UK author
What We Can Know – Ian McEwan
Posted on July 8, 2026 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Sally In 2014 a great poem is read aloud and never heard again. For generations, people speculate about its message, but no copy has yet been found. In 2119 the lowlands of the UK have been submerged by rising seas.… Continue Reading “What We Can Know – Ian McEwan”
Kingfisher – Rozie Kelly
Posted on May 22, 2026 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR WOMEN’S PRIZE An unnamed creative writing academic becomes increasingly drawn to an older colleague, a poet he calls his kingfisher. Their attraction develops and disrupts his established life with his partner Michael. As he moves between these two worlds, illness affecting those… Continue Reading “Kingfisher – Rozie Kelly”
The Mercy Step – Marcia Hutchison
Posted on May 15, 2026 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR WOMEN’S PRIZE The Mercy Step follows Mercy, the daughter of Jamaican immigrants growing up in Bradford in the 1960s. The seventh daughter in a large family, she spends much of her childhood navigating a crowded home, a deeply religious community and a… Continue Reading “The Mercy Step – Marcia Hutchison”
Love is Blind – William Boyd
Posted on February 4, 2026 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Sally Brodie Moncur is a young Scottish piano tuner who moves to Paris for a job and to escape his tyrannical father. There, a fateful encounter with a famous pianist changes his future and sparks an obsessive love affair with… Continue Reading “Love is Blind – William Boyd”
Category: Adventure, Art, Faith & Religion, Historical Fiction, Literary fiction, Psychological, Romance, UK authorTags: Free Range Bookclub 2026
Flesh – David Szalay
Posted on October 11, 2025 by thefreerangebookclub
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”
The Land In Winter – Andrew Miller
Posted on October 5, 2025 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKERTHON Bristol, 1962, post-war optimism is fading, and a new, modern world forming. Two young couples live next to each other: a doctor and his wife in a beautiful cottage, a farmer and his wife in a rundown, under-heated farmhouse. Both women… Continue Reading “The Land In Winter – Andrew Miller”
Fundamentally – Nussaibah Younis
Posted on June 3, 2025 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR WOMEN’S PRIZE Nadia Amin, a PhD graduate, publishes an article on deradicalisation, and ends up with a job rehabilitating Isis brides in Iraq. Relishing the opportunity to escape her claustophobic mother and broken relationship she realises she needs to heal herself as… Continue Reading “Fundamentally – Nussaibah Younis”
Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell
Posted on October 11, 2024 by thefreerangebookclub
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: Allegory, Literary fiction, UK author
The Girl With All The Gifts – M R Carey
Posted on March 22, 2023 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Jo The Girl With All The Gifts is set in a medical facility in a dystopian reality. There, a group of young children are held in cells and transferred to a sterile concrete classroom strapped into wheelchairs with loaded weapons… Continue Reading “The Girl With All The Gifts – M R Carey”
Category: Dystopian, Science Fiction, UK author
Lessons – Ian McEwan
Posted on January 27, 2023 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Jodie In a type of anti-memoir, McEwan has created Roland, a character who has lived the same years as him, observed the same global events and pondered the same questions about humanity and society. Roland has even lived in some… Continue Reading “Lessons – Ian McEwan”
Category: Domestic Fiction, Family drama, Historical Fiction, Literary fiction, UK author
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