Elizabeth Baines

Clare suggested this 2024 Booker winner, and we were all very interested to read it for its unusual and extremely topical subject matter. Se...

The recent death of Edna O'Brien prompted Ann to suggest this, O'Brien's first novel - and the first in a trilogy of novels abou...

This book was the departing suggestion of Mark, who has been a member of the group since its inception twenty-two years ago but has now left...

Spoiler warning (for those who don't yet know the plot of this very famous book). One day I caught a snippet of a Radio 4 programme in w...

Clare suggested this translation by Jo Heinrich of a short, episodic and autobiographical German novel set in the east Berlin suburb of Marz...

Only four of us to discuss this book suggested by Doug (who couldn't be present), and all four of us found it a worthwhile, if not gripp...

Ann suggested this 1908 novel in which Lucy Honeychurch, travelling in Italy with her cousin and chaperone Charlotte Bartlett, struggles to ...

Mark suggested this book enthusiastically, having previously read it and loved it, a debut that has been shortlisted for several prestigious...

When John suggested this, Elspeth Barker's only novel, the members of our group who glanced at the beginning imagined it was going to be...

I had left it far too long to suggest a book for our next meeting, so I plumped for this as something short that people would be able to rea...

Doug's suggestion, this novel by acclaimed linguist and novelist Diego Marani was received as a 'masterpiece' in his native Ital...