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2016 Book List!

Below are all the books selected by all the different book clubs over the last year.

In 2016 the community book club read a total of 50 books! Which means in one year we’ve all discovered 50 different characters, stories and other worlds just in 2016!

Here’s to 2017 and a another year of fantastic books!

January 2016-

Karen’s Monday- Continuing ‘Black-Eyed Susan’ by Julia Haeberlin

Nic’s Monday- ‘Breakfast at Tiffanys’ by Truman Capote

Thursday- Continuing ‘The Road Home’ by Rose Tremain

February 2016-

Karen’s Monday- ‘How to be Brave’ by Louise Beech

Nic’s Monday- ‘Goodnight Mr Tom’ by Michelle Magorian

Thursday- ‘The Good Girl’ by Fiona Neill

March 2016-

Karen’s Monday- ‘Room’ by Emma Donoghue

Nic’s Monday- ‘God Mother- The Secret Cinderella’ by Caroline Turgeon

Thursday- ‘Reasons to Stay Alive’ by Matt Haig

April 2016-

Karen’s Monday- ‘Behind Closed Doors’ by B.A Paris

Nic’s Monday- ‘The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra’ by Vaseem Khan

Thursday- ‘Girl in Translation’ by Jean Kwok

May 2016-

Karen’s Monday- ‘Star Sand’ by Roger Pulvers

Nic’s Monday- ‘The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra’ by Vaseem Kahn

Thursday- ‘Behind Closed Doors’ by BA Paris

June 2016-

Karen’s Monday- ‘The Dressmaker’ by Rosaline Ham

Nic’s Monday- ‘Kill Me Again’ by Rachel Abbott

Thursday- ‘The House we Grew up in’ by Lisa Jewell

July 2016-

Karen’s Monday- ‘Viking Resurrection’ by Steve Dunn

Nic’s Monday- ‘A Prayer for Owen Meany’ by John Irving

K&J’s Monday- ‘Rule Britannia’ by Daphne Du Maurier

Thursday- ‘Dead Simple’ by Peter James

August 2016-

Karen’s Monday- ‘Life After Life’ by Kate Atkinson

Nic’s Monday- ‘Summer Secrets’ by Jane Green

K&J’s Monday- ‘We need to talk about Kevin’ by Lionel Shriver.

Thursday- ‘I know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ by Maya Angelou

September 2016-

Karen’s Monday- ‘The Four Streets’ by Nadine Dorries

Nic’s Monday- ‘The Lakehouse’ by Kate Morton

K&J’s Monday- ‘The Kiterunner’ by Khaled Hosseini

Thursday- ‘The Martian’ by Andy Weir

October 2016-

Karen’s Monday- ‘Beside Myself’ by Ann Morgan

Nic’s Monday- Continuing The Lakehouse

K&J’s Monday- ‘A year of being single’ by Fiona Collins

Thursday- ‘A Man Called Ove’ by Fredrik Backman

November 2016-

Karen’s Monday- ‘Pigeon English’ by Stephen Kelman

Nic’s Monday- ‘Skipping Christmas’ by John Grisham

K&J’s Monday- ‘The Taming of the Queen’ by Philippa Gregory

Thursday- ‘I Am Legend’ Richard Matheson

December 2016-

Karen’s Monday- Secret Santa Books

Nic’s Monday- Secret Santa Books

Thursday- ‘I Alex Cross’ by James Patterson

Wednesday Book Club-

-‘The Storied Life of A.J Fickry’ by Gabrielle Zevlin

– ‘The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society’ by Mary Ann Shaffer

-‘The Fault in Our Stars’ by John Green

-‘A Man Called Ove’ by Fredrik Backman

-‘NW’ by Zadie Smith

-‘1984’ by George Orwell

– ‘Captain Corelli’s Mandolin’ by Louis de Bernieres

– ‘To kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee

– ‘Alice in Wonderland’ by Lewis Carroll