Latest Books
Want to know what kinds of books we read? You can find all of our previous selections as well as reviews written by members of our club below. Some they loved, others not so much. We trust you'll make up your own damn mind once you get to turning the pages. Watch out for a few spoilers too!
Books are added each month with our current book being the first in the list! Want to know what we're reading next? You'll have to attend a chapter as we only reveal our next book on the night of our meetings.
Steppenwolf - Hermann Hesse (1927)
September 06, 2023
This month we are reading Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse. Grab a copy and get reading.
Read MoreA Long Petal Of The Sea - Isabel Allende (2019)
September 06, 2023
Our review will be up shortly.
Read MoreShadowboxing - Tony Birch (2006)
July 05, 2023
The trouble with Tony Birch’s semi-autobiographical first book, Shadowboxing, a linked group of short stories set in the pre gentrified Fitzroy working class slums of the late 60s and early 70s is not that it isn’t good. It is a fine read, exemplary in...
Read MoreInterpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri (1999)
June 07, 2023
The book is a cohesive compilation of beautifully written and astutely observed short stories. The thread running through the book is the is the exploration of the complexities of human relationships, particularly within the context of cultural and personal displacement.
Read MoreScoop - Evelyn Waugh (1938)
May 03, 2023
Grab a copy and get reading. this is a test link At first glance Scoop is s novel of chance, coincidence, and manipulation…. but only at first glance. For inside the cover of SCOOP lies the semi-autobiographical confession of a man shunned by...
Read MoreMetamorphosis and Other Stories - Franz Kafka (1915)
April 04, 2023
I approached Kafka with some trepidation, having been amused, but largely confounded by The Metamorphosis many years ago. I am naturally an empirical (some would say concrete) thinker. I like knowable truths and tend to approach books (and film, and art, and music…) with...
Read MoreThe Outsiders - S. E. Hinton (1967)
March 01, 2023
I went into the outsiders with no prior knowledge of the book, author or movie and found myself quickly drawn in, finishing the whole book over two days. I can’t say I always take to the “classic” novels but I found this one easy...
Read MoreThe Magician - Colm Tóibín (2021)
February 01, 2023
The Magician by Colm Toibin is a dramatised biography of the life of German author Thomas Mann, his relationships with family, his writing career from early success to Nobel Prize to political exile, and his influential voice being used (or not used) during the...
Read MoreWolf In White Van - John Darnielle (2014)
December 07, 2022
Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle is a thought-provoking novel that explores the nature of reality, the power of imagination, and the devastating consequences of loneliness. I thought the novel was beautifully written and Darnielle's prose is incredibly readable, relatable, evocative, and in...
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