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Gripping read, epic twist. Liane Moriarty's books are always worth a read
Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty
A generational drama that tries to pinpoint where it all went wrong for an Irish family.
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Continuing the series that asks the question: what would you do if you were stuck in the 18th of November? I'm so keen to continue the story, I've got the 4th book in Danish.
On the Calculation of Volume III - Solvej Balle translated by Sophia Hersi Smith ...
A lovely, chatty memoir about the power of working really hard to find your niche in life that brings people joy.
Average at Best | Book by Astrid Jorgensen | Official Publisher Page
The 2025 Booker Prize winner. To quote the main character, “It was… okay.”
Flesh by David Szalay
Heartwarming, sad, brutal fiction set in a German village in WW2.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Not to be confused with the book of the same title, The Correspondent is Peter Greste's memoir of being a foreign correspondent and being imprisoned in Egypt in the mid-2010s. He does a great job of responding to the question: how did the (geopolitic...
The Correspondent
Glad to have read Ocean Vuong's work. He can describe the tedium of working in a fast food restaurant really well but some of the plot and characterisation was off.
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
I always enjoy a TJR book and this one about the rise and demise of 1970s rock band was no different.
Daisy Jones & the Six: Reese's Book Club
A historical view of schizophrenia treatment throughout the 20th century told through the story of Galvin family.
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker
Would recommend this novel to better understand the fraught relationship between First Nations folks and settler-colonialists in 1800s Australia. A necessary read.
The Secret River
One of those books where I wasn't fully sure what was going on half the time and just had to let the words wash over me.
Will There Ever Be Another You: : Patricia Lockwood
Cute read about not so much time travel but communicating with loved ones through time with a magic landline telephone.
Landline: A Novel: Rowell, Rainbow: 9781250049377
This was a book a friend of mine left at my place when she was visiting. A nice, short book, recounting separated poet's summer without men back in her regional hometown. I really liked the subplots with each of the groups she encountered in the town...
The Summer Without Men by Siri Hustvedt
I listened to this on audiobook because it was narrated by the author. I love Helen Garner's book about following her teenage grandson's Australian Rules Football team over the course of a season. A nice book about the importance of teamwork, family ...
The Season by Helen Garner – a 'nanna's book about footy' from an Australian ...
Side Quest Book Club reads
Side Quest Book Club is reading books from BRICS+ countries this year
2026 is Side Quest book club's BRICS+ challenge. The Obscene Madame D was our read for Brazil. It was not my usual kind of read but good to discuss over lunch.
Obscene Madame D - Hilda Hilst, translated by Nathanael and Rachel ...
A Side Quest Book Club read for Russia. A meandering journey from Moscow to Siberia that explores grief, family and illness. Another book where you've got to let the words wash over you.
Wound - by Oksana Vasyakina
Our India read on our BRICS+ challenge for 2026. My favourite book in this year's book club list so far. It's a long epic, which is one part family drama, another part relationship drama and yet another part magical realism. I wish this had won the 2...
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai