A ‘different choice' for our group but we thought it appropriate to read a Jane Austen novel in the 250th anniversary year of her birth. Read more

This is an intricately woven, multigenerational novel which travels from London to Australia and across several decades. Read more

Martin Sixsmith uses interviews with survivors to survey the horrific Nazi invasion of the Netherlands in 1940. Read more

The subtitle of this extraordinary book ‘Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants' indicates its content. Read more

Set in 1660.  The search for two Englishmen accused of regicide. Read more

In this novel, Elif Shafak gave us three stories, connected by water. Read more

Sunday Times Bestseller and shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023.  This is a reimagining of a young woman whose proximity to power places her in mortal danger. Read more

Set in 1937, this is the first novel in the bestselling Cazalet Chronicles.  Every summer, the Cazalet brothers – Hugh, Edward and Rupert – return to the family home in the heart of the Sussex countryside with their wives and children. Read more

Ancient Sicily. Enter GELON: visionary, dreamer, theatre lover.  Enter LAMPO: feckless, jobless, in need of a distraction - what could possibly go wrong?  This was possibly the first book, since Book Group 3's inception over a decade ago, that no one in our group felt they could recommend to others. Read more

Full of breath-taking amazements and open only at night, the circus seems to cast a spell over all who enter. But behind the glitter, a fierce competition is underway. Read more