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Perfect Books for Reading Groups
If you need help with choosing the next book your reading group reads - why not follow our Twitter Group 'Tweeterbookclub' to get some ideas.
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The Water Theatre
Lindsay Clarke
September 2010 Book of the Month.
This is deeply impressive, with rich imagery, a complex and absorbing plot and a style reminiscent of John Fowles' The Magus. It is a tale of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 09/09/2010
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Room
Emma Donoghue
August 2010 Book of the Month.
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010.
This is probably the most extraordinary book you will read for a long time. Although the premise has been done before...
Format: Hardback - Released: 20/08/2010
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Julia's Chocolates
Cathy Lamb
Julia leaves her abusive fiancé and goes to stay with her aunt in an idyllic farmhouse setting, Introduced to her aunt’s group of slightly eccentric friends Julia begins to rebuild her life and move forward. This book just begs to...
Format: Paperback - Released: 13/09/2010
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Last Night in Twisted River
John Irving
John Irving does not disappoint in this tale of a father and son, spanning 50 years of their relationship at the end of the twentieth century. This is his twelfth novel and although familiar Irving themes are there it is...
Format: Paperback - Released: 16/09/2010
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Second Hand Heart
Catherine Ryan Hyde
A moving story about a young girl who has a heart transplant. Although the story revolves around Vida and her relationship with the husband of her donor this is much more about the wonder of what a life saving operation...
Format: Paperback - Released: 16/09/2010
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Nourishment
Gerard Woodward
Tory Pace’s husband is a Prisoner of War in World War II. When she receives a request from him for spicy letters she is at a loss but soon finds herself on a journey of discovery of carnal desire in...
Format: Hardback - Released: 03/09/2010
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Shades of Grey
Jasper Fforde
The start of a new series from the wonderful writer of the ‘Thursday Next’ and ‘Nursery Crimes’ books. In my opinion this is his best work yet and with it he has attained a new level of brilliance. It’s a...
Format: Hardback - Released: 14/01/2010
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The Legacy
Katherine Webb
July 2010 Debut of the Month.
Voted the public's favourite TV Book Club Summer Read 2010.
Featured on The TV Book Club on More4 on 11 July 2010.
August 2010 Good Housekeeping selection.
July 2010 Editor's...
Format: Paperback - Released: 24/06/2010
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Invisible
Paul Auster
A coming-of-age story in four interlocking parts by three different narrators, a tale of sex and obsession.
September 2010 Guest Editor Belle de Jour on Paul Auster...
Auster is a bit of a Marmite – he puts himself fearlessly into everything...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/2010
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Before the Storm
Diane Chamberlain
May 2010 Book of the Month.
A kids’ social is moved from the youth centre to the local church for various reasons. The church goes up in flames and an autistic child leads...
Format: Paperback - Released: 21/05/2010
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Rupture
Simon Lelic
September 2010 Debut of the Month.
CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Finalist 2010.
It has been some time since I picked up a first novel that I literally couldn’t put down but this...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/09/2010
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The Long Song
Andrea Levy
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010.
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 1 April 2010.
Longlisted for the prestigious 2010 Orange Prize.
February 2010 Book of the Month.
With the recent television...
Format: Hardback - Released: 04/02/2010
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The Boleyn Inheritance
Philippa Gregory
Interestingly told from the point of view of three women, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard and the dreadful Jane Boleyn, this is the Tudor Court brought vividly to life again by a real pro. What a violent and frightening man...
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 08/05/2007
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Did you know that the first recorded reading groups were among women working in factories in the nineteenth century? And now, according to research undertaken a few years ago, there are tens of thousands of groups meeting regularily in the UK reading everything from literary classics to technical manuals!
Of course, if you are in a book group, choosing what to read next can be a serious matter as not every book has subject matter that can really be dicussed. So to help you Lovereading has decided to lend a hand by, each month, selecting a number of books we feel are perfect and will give your group a rewarding discussion as well as a rewarding read.
If you need help with choosing the next book your reading group reads - why not follow our Twitter Group 'Tweeterbookclub' to get some ideas. Click here to find out more.
As one reader has said:
How has it taken me so long to find this treasure of a site? As an avid reader and member of a book group you will be invaluable in selecting future reads. Thanks again for a wonderful site. Angela Whiley
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Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
Winner of the inaugural Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction 2010.
Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction 2010.
Shortlisted for the prestigious 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction.
“I thought...
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Secrets She Left Behind
Diane Chamberlain
This follows directly on from Before the Storm one year later but does stand perfectly well alone – only you’ll get more from it if you have previously read...
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The Confessions of Edward Day
Valerie Martin
Set in the theatre world of the 1970’s this story brings together a group of colourful, charming and calculating characters. A story of misplaced loyalties, a love triangle and the...
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The Mother's Tale
Camilla Noli
A powerful and controversial tale of a career woman being swamped by motherhood as she copes with her demanding 14-month old girl and newly-born son. All mothers will empathise. Then...
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The Year of the Flood
Margaret Atwood
This is essentially a follow up to Oryx and Crake tells the story of that world created there from a totally different prospective. It may help in some ways...
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The Stolen Child
Laura Elliot
A moment of madness determines the fate of two families in this heart-wrenching novel. A two day old child is stolen and destroys one family while pulling another together but...
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The Kindest Thing
Cath Staincliffe
A stunning novel that looks in to the controversial topic of assisted suicide. When a woman helps her husband to die she finds herself in the dock for murder. This...
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Ties That Bind
Catherine Deveney
July 2010 Debut of the Month.
A debut novel exploring the loneliness, secrets and silences that haunt even the most loving of families...
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The Boat to Redemption
Su Tong
A coming of age novel set in China. Dongliang once held high status as the grandson of an admired revolutionary but after his ancestry is questioned his life changes dramatically....
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