Book club recommendations

[Jumperorcardi]

Hi, it’s my turn to recommend a couple of books for my book club this month, we then vote to make our choice. Have recently read The Eights, which all enjoyed.
Would love some recommendations please, preferably available in paperback.

I love J.L. Carr's 'A Month in the Country', especially around this time of year, but it is on the shorter side.

I recently read Silas Marner and it was absolutely wonderful. I think it would work well as a Book Club book.

I would suggest The Sealwoman's Gift by Sally Magnusson
The Secret of Blythswood Square by Sara Sheridan
The Portrait Artist by Dani Heywood-Lonsdale
Welcome to Glorious Tuga by Francesca Segal

“All the light we cannot see” went down well at my book club. We also recently read a short story collection called “Show don’t tell” and that was great, really interesting discussing which stories everyone liked best and why.

Thank you so much for the recommendations, have already read All the Light we cannot see, which was enjoyed by all. I will have a look at the others. thanks again.

Two books that I read in hardback recently and enjoyed and are now out in paperback are Buckeye by Patrick Ryan and Heart The Lover by Lily King. Both would be good for book club discussion.

The Woman - Kirsten Hannah
Three Hours - Rosemary Lupton

Both books provoked good discussion in my bookclub. .

I am reading yesteryear. Thoroughly enjoying it

The Correspondent was a book I really enjoyed this summer and would be good for discussion.

Second The Month in the Country and a book with a similar tone is The Painted Veil by Somerset Maughan-wonderful.

A book, which is very different in tone but which could generate a lot of discussion is, The Mare by Angharad Hampshire. I

t is short, beautifully written and is based on the true story of a woman who was a guard in a concentration camp and then disappeared into civilian life until there was a knock on her door.

It was shortlisted for the Walter Scott prize and has had excellent, well deserved, reviews.

Please read Monstrilio. It is fantastic and a great book club book (speaking from experience). Sort of modern day Frankenstein/magical realism.
also from experience not the correspondent.

Kindred by Octavia E Butler
Written in 76, but with time travel back to the American deep South and slavery.

James by Percival Everett.. a re working of Huckleberry Finn. ( written from a slaves perspective )

I've just read Queenie of Norwich which l enjoyed, l like a book based on a true story with not loads of characters. Any suggestions book readers? I also enjoyed all James Herriots books as well.

This is our current book club book and it will be my turn to choose the next one, so thanks, OP, for this thread; it's helpful. None of the books I've read recently have struck me as good discussion fodder.

Two great recommendations👏

Since the nights are drawing in, you want something bright and witty and cheerful.

Aldous Huxley: Chrome Yellow (beautifully written, very funny and very clever – also fairly light)

Oh my goodness - I would love to read that! I recently read 'The Trees' by the same author and it was a fascinating (and weird) book. Highly recommend.

We recently did The Correspondent in our book group and most people (including me) really enjoyed it.

DH's all male book group did Big Brother by Lionel Shriver which they all raved about. I was surprised. - I thought it was brilliant but I also didn't think it would necessarily appeal to men. It would make a great book group discussion.

The Names went down well in our book group a few months ago, as did When The Cranes Fly South.

I’ve read a couple of his including The Trees but James has been my favourite. I enjoy the fact he doesn’t really repeat himself.