Book Group

Started in the summer of 2012, the group discusses mainstream fiction and biographies from a Christian perspective. How do we, as Christians, respond to characters and events from books we read? Our answers will never be complete and lead to definite conclusions, but it will hopefully raise a number of issues for us to consider. Our aim is to have a good discussion, share fellowship, a chat, fun, a glass of wine, and generally a good evening.

If you are interested you would be very welcome to join us. Please contact the Church Office for more information.

 

Books We've Read

The reading list since we started is as follows:

 

DATE

TITLE

AUTHOR

108
19-04-2024
Unsettled Ground Claire Fuller
107
08-03-2024
Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus
106
19-01-2024
The Ballad of Peckham Ry Muriel Spark
105
24-11-2023
The Offing Benjamin Myers
104
13-10-2023
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
103
01-09-2023
Small Island Andrea Levy
102
14-07-2023
Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell
101
02-06-2023
How To Stop Time Matt Haig
100.
14-04-2023
Under the Skin Michel Faber
99
10-03-2023
When the Lights Go Out Carys Bray
98
27-01-2023
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Stuart Turton
97
19-12-2022
Vesper Flights Helen Macdonald
96
28-10-2022
The Road Home Rose Tremaine
95
16-09-2022
Golden Hil Francis Spufford
94
05-08-2022
This Lovely City Louise Hare
93
24-06-2022
My Brilliant Friend Elena Ferrante
92.
22-04-2022
Hamnet Maggie O'Farrell
91.
11-3-2022
The Mercies Kiran Millwood Hargrave
90.
28-1-2022
The accidental recluse Tom McCulloch
89.
5-11-2021
How green was my valley Richard Llewellyn
88.
24-09-2021
On the Beach Neville Shute
87.
13-08-2021
Dissolution C J Samson
86.
02-07-2021
The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli
85.
21-05-2021
Conclave Robert Harris
84.
09-04-2021
The Millstone Margaret Drabble
83.
26-02-2021
The Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams
82.
15-01-2021
Summer's lease John Mortimer
81.
04-12-2020
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C S Lewis
80.
06-11-2020
The Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Conan Doyle
79.
02-10-2020
Girl, Woman, Other Bernardine Everisto
78.
21-08-2020
To Sir with Love E R Braithwaite
77.
17-07-2020
Lucky Jim Kingsley Amis
76.
26-06-2020
The Redemption of Galen Pike Carys Davis
75.
05-06-2020
The Ashes of London Andrew Taylor
74.
08-05-2020
The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy
73.
17-04-2020
Dark Places Gillian Flynn
72.
06-03-2020
The Dinner Herman Koch
71.
24-01-2020
Cold Comfort Farm Stella Gibbons
70.
29-11-2019
Changing Places David Lodge
69.
11-10-2019
Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead
68.
30-08-2019
Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson
67.
26-07-2019
Mrs Dalloway Virginia Woolf
66.
21-06-2019
Frankenstein Mary Shelley
65.
24-05-2019
The Kindness of Strangers Kate Adie
64.
05-04-2019
The Painted Veil Somerset Maugham
63.
22-02-2019
The Diary of a Nobody George and Weedon Grossmith
62.
11-01-2019
The Broker John Grisham
61.
09-11-2018
The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde
60.
21-09-2018
All the Light we Cannot See Anthony Doerr
59.
17-08-2018
The Rain before it falls Jonathan Coe
58.
06-07-2018
The Spy who came in from the cold John le Carré
57.
25-05-2018
The House on the Strand Daphne du Maurier
56.
06-04-2018
A Pale View of Hills Kazuo Ishiguro
55.
23-02-2018
Palace Walk Naguib Mahfouz
54.
12-01-2018
The Ascent of Rum Doodle William Ernest Bowman
53.
20-10-2017
The Story of my Boyhood and Youth John Muir
52.
08-09-2017
The Grass is Singing Doris Lessing
51.
04-08-2017
Metamorphosis Franz Kafka
50.
07-07-2017
Chocolat Joanne Harris
49.
26-05-2017
Sunset Song Lewis Grassic Gibbon
48.
07-04-2017
Instructions for a Heatwave Maggie O'Farrell
47.
03-03-2017
The Blackhouse Peter May
46.
27-01-2017
Northanger Abbey Jane Austen
45.
09-12-2016
The Willows at Christmas William Horwood
44.
11-11-2016
No Highway Neville Shute
43.
14-10-2016
From the Holy Mountain William Dalrymple
42.
07-09-2016
The Wife of Martin Guerre Janet Lewis
41.
08-07-2016
Brokeback Mountain Annie Proulx
40.
03-06-2016
The Ice Twins S K Tremayne
39.
22-04-2016
The Leopard Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
38.
11-03-2016
Full Tilt Dervla Murphy
37.
29-01-2016
Walking Home Simon Armitage
36.
18-12-2015
The Gift Cecelia Ahern
35.
20-11-2015
In Another Light Andrew Greig
34.
16-10-2015
The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne
33.
28-8-2015
Gweilo Martin Booth
32.
17-7-2015
Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Alborn
31.
15-6-2015
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont Elizabeth Taylor
30.
24-4-2015
The Knight's Tale Geoffrey Chaucer
29.
13-3-2015
The Alchemist Paulo Coelho
28.
30-1-2015
Cannery Row John Steinbeck
27.
19-12-2014
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens
26.
21-11-2014
Old Filth Jane Gardam
25.
17-10-2014
Engleby Sebastian Faulks
24.
12-9-2014
Breakfast at Tiffany's Truman Capote
23.
1-08-2014
Whit Iain Banks
22.
20-06-2014
The New Men C P Snow
21.
16-05-2014
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner Alan Sillitoe
20.
04-04-2014
Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
19.
21-02-2014
The hare with Amber Eyes Edmund de Waal
18.
17-01-2014
the Riders Tim Winton
17.
13-12-2013
Chocky John Wyndham
16.
15-11-2013
The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde
15.
4-10-2013
The Railway Man Eric Lomax
14.
30-8-2013
Not Scared Niccolo Ammaniti
13.
26-7-2013
The Shack William Paul Young
12.
14-6-2013
Me before you Jojo Moyes
11.
10-5-2013
The Autobiography of Malcolm X Alex Haley & Malcolm X
10.
5-4-2013
Trumpet Jackie Kay
9.
15-3-2013
Long Way Down Nick Hornby
8.
15-2-2013
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson
8.
15-2-2013
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson
8.
15-2-2013
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson
8.
15-2-2013
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson
8.
15-2-2013
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson
8.
15-2-2013
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson
8.
15-2-2013
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson
8.
15-2-2013
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson
8.
15-2-2013
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson
8.
15-2-2013
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson
8.
15-2-2013
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson
8.
15-2-2013
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson
8.
15-2-2013
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson
7.
18-1-2013
The End of the Affair Graham Greene
6.
14-12-2012
Skipping Christmas John Grisham
5.
9-11-2012
The God of Small Things Arundathi Roy
4.
5-10-2012
The Truth Terry Pratchett
3.
24-08-2012
Consider the Lilies Iain Crichton Smith
2.
13-7-2012
Children of Men P.D. James
1.
8-6-2012
The War of the Worlds H.G. Wells