The Hiding Places (2017) by Katherine Webb Description ‘What could be more important than finding the truth?’ Wiltshire, 1922. Fifteen-year old Pudding Cartwright has begun the career she always wanted, as ‘girl groom’ to the Hadleigh family’s horses at Manor Farm. Irene Hadleigh is struggling to adjust to her new Read more…
Top 10: myths retold or reimagined Ten of the best novels inspired by Greek mythology.
Lessons in Chemistry (2022) by Bonnie Garmus Description THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES and #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The multi-million copy bestsellerAs read on BBC Radio 4 Book at BedtimeWinner of the Goodreads Choice Best Debut Novel AwardBritish Book Awards Author of the Year ‘Sparky, rip-roaring, funny, with big-hearted fully formed, loveable characters’ SUNDAY TIMES Read more…
Top 10: nautical fiction Whether you’re into mutineers and buccaneers, or murder and madness, all aboard for high seas adventures with this top ten. Bubbling under
A Little Life (2022) by Hanya Yanagihara Description The million-copy bestseller, Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life, by the author of To Paradise and The People in the Trees, is an immensely powerful and heartbreaking novel of brotherly love and the limits of human endurance. Winner of Fiction of the Year at the British Book AwardsShortlisted for the Read more…
Klara & the Sun (2022) by Kazuo Ishiguro Description ‘The Sun always has ways to reach us.’ From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behaviour of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass in the street Read more…
Top 10: fiction books in which real people appear From walk-on part to protagonist, ten great examples of real-life people in fiction. Bubbling under
Top 10 in Food Fiction Ten of the best for foodies of all tastes. Bubbling Under
A double-header this month to complete the book club’s nominations from last year. Read either or both. Book One: The Room in the Attic (2021) by Louise Douglas Description A child who does not know her name… In 1903 fishermen find a wrecked boat containing a woman, who has been Read more…