Monday, 5 November 2012

Book selection for 2013


 So everyone has replied to the survey about books for 2013.  Thanks for making the effort.   Here are the results…

A book that has been read by 3 or more people is not being included in the list, so if you want to read these books, you will need to source them yourself.  They are
Caleb's crossing by Geraldine Brooks
Jane Austin book club by Karen Joy Fowler
The Larnachs by Owen Marshall
At home: A short history of private life by Bill Bryson
The Hare With Amber Eyes by Edmund De Waal

The top 25 books that are part of our selection are (in order)
Cellist of Sarajevo, The by Steven Galloway
Something for the birds by Jacqueline Fahey
Paris Wife, The by Paula McLain
In the place of fallen leaves by Tim Pears
Various pets alive and dead by Marina Lewycka
Hand that held mine first, The by Maggie O'Farrell
Before I Go To Sleep by SJ  Watson
Conductor, The by Sarah Quigley
Get on the waka by Witi Ihimaera
Anil's ghost by Michael Ondaatje
State of Wonder by Ann  Patchett
Madonnas of Leningrad, The by Debra Dean
Bright star; Beatrice Hill Tinsley, Astronomer by Christine Cole Catly
Memory Palace, The by Mira Bartok
Cutting for stone by Abraham Verhese
Started early, took my dog by Kate Atkinson
Access Road by Maurice Gee
Degrees of separation by Laurence Fearnley
All that I am by Anna Funder
Every last one by Anna Quindlen
Sense of an ending, The by Julian Barnes
Truth by Peter Temple
When God was a rabbit by Sarah Winman
Colour, The by Rose Tremain
Life Like Other People's, A by Alan Bennett

Unfortunately there is no guarantee that we will get these books, but at least it has been a lot more democratic this time.   I hope you enjoyed the whole process.

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