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My Book Club Books
Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics)Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics) by Charlotte Brontë
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £2.50
A classic, and so far our favourite book.
The Kite RunnerThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £0.01
Is there a book club that hasn't read this one?
Human TracesHuman Traces by Sebastian Faulks
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £0.01
Half loved it, half hated it - you decide (I hated it - prefer Engleby).
The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (Canongate Myths)The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (Canongate Myths) by Margaret Atwood
Buy new: £4.76 / Used from: £0.01
I loved it, most of the others didn't.
The White TigerThe White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £0.64
Unputdown-able
The Man in the High Castle (Penguin Modern Classics)The Man in the High Castle (Penguin Modern Classics) by Philip K. Dick
Buy new: £5.73 / Used from: £1.68
We all enjoyed this one - a classic from Philip K Dick.
HeadlongHeadlong by Michael Frayn
Buy new: £6.36 / Used from: £0.01
A modern Greek tragedy and a rollercoaster ride.
Busman's Honeymoon: A Love Story with Detective Interruptions (A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery)Busman's Honeymoon: A Love Story with Detective Interruptions (A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery) by Dorothy L Sayers
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01
Romance and murder - a curious mix.
Shakespeare: The World as a Stage (Eminent Lives)Shakespeare: The World as a Stage (Eminent Lives) by Bill Bryson
Buy used from: £0.01
Brief, but highlights how little we really know about our Will.
Cakes and Ale (Vintage Classics)Cakes and Ale (Vintage Classics) by William Somerset Maugham
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.39
Very dated - none of us enjoyed it.
On Chesil BeachOn Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
Buy new: £4.82 / Used from: £0.01
Well-written but ultimately pointless.
Sour SweetSour Sweet by Timothy Mo
Buy new: £4.46 / Used from: £1.42
Poignant.
A Thousand Splendid SunsA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £1.95
Harrowing.
The Book ThiefThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Buy new: £3.95 / Used from: £2.27
Good for a debut novel.
Words from a Glass Bubble (Salt Modern Fiction)Words from a Glass Bubble (Salt Modern Fiction) by Vanessa Gebbie
Buy new: £6.49 / Used from: £13.16
Depressing - could find no humour in these at all.
RococoRococo by Adriana Trigiani
Buy new: £5.48 / Used from: £0.01
Truly awful! The worst book any of us have so far read (not all of us managed to finish it)
A Small Death in LisbonA Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson
Buy new: £6.16 / Used from: £1.00
I couldn't finish it - too violent and misogynistic
Jamaica InnJamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £0.01
Very atmospheric
Behind the Scenes at the MuseumBehind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
Buy new: £4.89 / Used from: £0.01
Not Atkinson's best - but OK for a debut novel
Persuasion (Penguin Classics)Persuasion (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen
Buy new: £4.18 / Used from: £0.50
You can't call yourself a proper bookclub unless you've read JA!
Oracle NightOracle Night by Paul Auster
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £0.01
One member's summary was 'The author leads you up the garden path, says **** you, and abandons you!'
Life of PiLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £0.01
Truly excellent - and proof that we really do prefer circles to straight lines
Great ApesGreat Apes by Will Self
Buy new: £6.84 / Used from: £0.01
Planet of the Apes on acid (or rather, on cocaine, ecstasy and alcohol).
FingersmithFingersmith by Sarah Waters
Buy new: £4.49 / Used from: £0.01
Wonderfully-constructed - the plot is deep, dark, twisting and treacherous, like the river that runs through it.
The Shadow Of The WindThe Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £0.01
So-so - overhyped.