November 2007

We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver [suggested by Rachel Johnston] Two years ago, Eva Khatchadourian’s son, Kevin, […]

October 2007

Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut [suggested by Kathryn Berzins] Now the most-nominated book (this is the third time it’s been […]

September 2007

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee [suggested by Lisa Williams] Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, […]

August 2007

Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller [suggested by Rowena James] Pottery teacher Sheba lets herself be talked into an […]

July 2007

The Many-Coloured Land by Julian May [suggested by John Beresford] Although having achieved some success with short fiction, Julian May […]

June 2007

Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs [suggested by Ben Monk] There is a passage early in Augusten Burroughs’s […]

May 2007

The Outsider by Albert Camus [suggested by Lynsey Rodger] Meursault leads an apparently unremarkable bachelor life in Algiers until he […]

April 2007

Northern Lights by Philip Pullman [suggested by Lisa Williams] Lyra’s life is already sufficiently interesting for a novel before she […]

March 2007

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink [suggested by Susan Owens] Originally published in Switzerland and gracefully translated into English by Carol […]

February 2007

Catcher In The Rye by J.D.Salinger [suggested by Mair Morgan] The Catcher in the Rye was first published in the […]