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Further Reading (perhaps)
These are just a few of the books mentioned at our meetings, (not necessarily recommendations), and books recommended by sundry friends/relations.
Books mentioned at meetings
| Title |
Author |
| The Game |
A.S. Byatt |
| The Red Tent |
Anita Diamant |
| Dracula |
Bram Stoker |
| Rebecca |
Daphne du Maurier |
| Secret History |
Donna Tart |
| The Reading Group |
Elizabeth Noble |
| The Loved One |
Evelyn Waugh |
| The Loved One |
Evelyn Waugh |
| War of the World |
H G Wells |
| Eight Months on Gaza Street |
Hilary Mantell |
| A Month in the Country |
JL Carr |
| Star of the Sea |
Joseph O'Connor |
| Magus of Stonewylde |
Kit Berry |
| Bad Blood |
Lorna sage |
| Trade Wind |
M.M. Kaye |
| The Far Pavilions |
M.M.Kaye |
| A Summer Birdcage |
Margaret Drabble |
| Sushi for Beginners |
Marian Keyes |
| A Short History of the Tractor in Ukranian |
Marina Lewyecka |
| Spies |
Michael Frayn |
| Goodnight Mr Tom |
Michelle Magorian |
| The Alchemist |
Paulo Coelho |
| Archangel |
Robert Harris |
| The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist |
Robert Tressel |
| Fingersmith |
Sarah Waters |
| Fallen Angels |
Tracy Chevalier |
| The Girl with the Pearl Earring |
Tracy Chevalier |
Recommendations from friends and relations!
| Title |
Author |
Note |
| Atlas Shrugged |
Ayn Rand |
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| Out of Ireland |
Christopher Koch |
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| Astonishing Splashes of Colour |
Clare Morrall |
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| e=mc squared |
David Bodanis |
Factual and fascinating
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| Auto da Fay |
Fay Weldon |
Autobiography
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| Joe Cinque's Consolation |
Helen Garner |
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| The Holy Place |
Henry Lincoln |
An unsolved mystery in Spain
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| Zorro |
Isabel Allende |
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| My Crowded Solitude |
Jack McLaren |
Australian classic - hard to find though |
| Fisher's Face |
Jan Morris |
Historical
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| Never Tell me Never |
Janine Shepherd |
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| Princess Sultana's Daughters |
Jean Sasson |
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| The Gift |
Mia Dolan |
A psychic
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| Uncle Tungsten |
Oliver Sachs |
His boyhood
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| Truth |
Peter Temple |
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| Broken Shore |
Peter Temple |
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| The Human Stain |
Philip Roth |
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| Belonging |
Renee Goosens |
Daughter of Eugene G - riches to rags
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| Music and Silence |
Rose Tremain |
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| The Poet and the Murderer |
Simon Werrell |
Amazing
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| The Surgeon of Crowthorne |
Simon Winchester |
Factual
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