Help - I need to choose a book for my book club.

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig provided a lot of discussion in our group, we were a bit divided but it was an interesting evening!

Another vote for Hamnet by Maggie O Farrell

A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backmann is probably my all-time favourite book, along with Mr Rosenblum's List. Too difficult to choose between them...

Where the Crawdads Sing
The Dry
All the Light We Cannot See
The Carer

Thanks for the link Flexagon.Not read La Lacuna,will add it to my book list.

Portuna421

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver.Set in the Belgian Congo starting in the late 1950’s.Told by the wife and four daughters of a fierce evangelical missionary.I thoroughly enjoyed this book,very thought provoking.

I think dragonfly46 chose her next book quite a long way upthread but, yes, (almost) anything by Barbara Kingsolver. I loved La Lacuna.

www.theguardian.com/books/2009/nov/07/barbara-kingsolver-lacuna-book-review

I wasn't so keen on Unsheltered.

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver.Set in the Belgian Congo starting in the late 1950’s.Told by the wife and four daughters of a fierce evangelical missionary.I thoroughly enjoyed this book,very thought provoking.

I second "Small Pleasures" by Clare Chambers - loved it.

I love this thread. So many good books to read. ‘Eucalyptus’ by
Murray Bail is an interesting Australian tale,a bit different and some beautiful prose.

Hearts Invisible Furies,Ireland against unwed mothers and homosexuality

Small Great Things,

Heard a WI talk a few weeks ago by a retired Silk, absolutely fascinating information about the Inns of Court, Temple etc. His name is Simon Michael and he has published 6 books so far, starting with The Brief. They are set in 60's London and I rapidly went through the whole lot. So pleased to hear books 7 and 8 are in the pipeline. Hope you enjoy them if you choose these. He is a delightful gentleman too.

I have recently discovered Clare Chambers and have read about 3 recently. Great characters and easy reads but not chick lit at all. Small Pleasures was up for one of the awards

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

My Book Group’s next theme is Detrctive fiction, old and new. I have been re-Reading Agatha Christie and P D James. James certainly loves describing meals, clothes and rooms!

The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill - first in a brilliant series

For a sad but essential read Lemn Sissay “ My name is why” his poems are included.

Edward P Roe “ He fell in love with his wife’ this is from the free audio book portal called Libravox. Just download the ap and you can listen free to any book that is out of copyright.
He fell in love with his wife is a beautiful love story, but without sugary syrup.

We seem to be the only 2 who loved Where the Crawdads Sing

I also loved Crawdads...

The Heart Goes Last. Another dystopian story in the near future by Margaret Atwood

We've just read The Beekeeper of Aleppo. A multi layered story, harrowing in places and very thought provoking. Well researched and contemporary. Much room for discussion.

Also Miss Scarletts Angel, Crwadads, Eleanor Oliphant is Perfectly Fine have also been well received.

I see that you have chosen The Midnight Library, but if anyone is still looking for a good book I would recommend The Diary Of A Somebody by Brian Bilston. It's funny and clever, particularly if you enjoy poetry.

Replying to a post by secondwind - we too had a lovely book club supported by the local library, we just paid the reservation fee. However that stopped well before lockdown, with cuts to service. Now all but a small number of our libraries are run as independent charities.
I have loved I Capture the Castle, and a fantastic first line (I've used it in quizzes!)

MerylStreep

Sarnia
We seem to be the only 2 who loved Where the Crawdads Sing
The most beautiful book.

No you're not, I loved it, most people on the 50 Books, book thread seemed to have enjoyed it.............on the other hand, I didn't like Midnight Library at all, thought it might be a little bit like Life After Life, after reading the blurb, a great favourite, but sadly not, well not for me at any rate I thought it was awful.

The Frequency of Us by Keith Stuart. I really enjoyed this book and am going to suggest it at the next meeting of my book club.

Lynda Rutledge - Going West with Giraffes. I’ve just finished this and it’s a great read, the story of moving a pair of Giraffes from New York to San Diego and the adventure i between.

I also love 'Where the Crawdads Sing'. Never read anything quite like this.