Short novel for book group!

The Girls of Slender Means - Muriel Spark.
Quartet in Autumn - Barbara Pym.

ANY BOOKS BY MICHEAL MORPUGO
War Horse
Casper the Cat
Private Peaceful
Toro Toro
Not large books small but real life and informative about history that i never knew about or was taught about at school

Some interesting suggestions here, thanks! We have read some of them, the Claire Keegans, and A Month In The Country, and Orbital. Will be checking several titles!

"Our Souls at Night" by Kent Haruf.
A really quick read.

James Joyce Dubliners. Short stories interlink but work equally well read independantly.

I second Small Things like These by Claire Keegan.

You might try The Belle Fields and sequel Ashes of Roses by Lora Adams? Two short books I really enjoyed! Covers differences above stairs and below stairs in a big house late 1890's early 1900's. Very descriptive, fast moving, happy / sad times and a real surprise ending! Enjoy if these are chosen

I read with the Year 4 children. Strangely interesting series of Sherlock Holmes books

The Gentleman from Peru by André Aciman.

JackK

Susan Hill's 'I'm the King of the Castle', I've just reread it for tutoring purposes and had forgotten how excellent it is!

I'll second that. I think 'The Woman in Black' also by Susan Hill, is very good and quite short.

Kreutzer Sonata/Family Happiness, Tolstoy (novellas).

Another vote for any of Stroutt's Lucy Barton novels.

A Month in the Country by J L Carr. Beautiful book with lots to discuss but pretty short. Our group loved it, even the Polish-speaking lady! And there's a film starring a very young Colin Firth

Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler. Based on The Taming of the Shrew, and very enjoyable.

Susan Hill's 'I'm the King of the Castle', I've just reread it for tutoring purposes and had forgotten how excellent it is!

Another vote for John Boyne! Brilliant writer.

The Elements books by John Boyne need to be read in order

Water by John Boyne
Anything by Claire Keegan

Classics:

Animal Farm by George Orwell

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Fahrenheit 459 by Ray Bradbury.
Terrific book. Much conversation/discussion

On Chesil Beach. I read the whole lot in one go waiting for a hospital appointment

A very good book. I'm reading it now and loving it. Perfect for discussion in a reading group.

Clare Keegan came to my mind immediately too. Small Things Like These would be top of my list.

Which is why our book club (20 years running this November) only meets every 2 months!

We decided when we started it tgat monthly meetings were too prescriptive. Some folk have busy lives, some are slow readers and many decided they wanted more time between meet ups so tgat they would have space to choose their own books.

Works well when you think about it.

Another vote for Claire Keegan's Foster. It was the basis for an excellent film in the Irish language - An cailín cúinn- (the quiet girl).