Fiction

Modern Fiction Book of the Month – April 2025

In the aftermath of a shocking death, students and teachers at an elite English school grapple with their disorientation and grief. Yet the bell continues to ring, and amidst sorrow, normal life – lessons, arguments, flirtations – goes on. At the seeming centre of the clock’s sweeping hands is Tin, feared and adored in equal measure, and newly betrayed by Robin, her best friend. As the heat of the late spring day intensifies, allegiances strain, rivalries escalate, and old secrets begin to surface…  // Discuss in the Fiction reading group  //  

Dark Like Under

Alice Chadwick
Dark Like Under
Paperback

Modern Fiction Book of the Month – March 2025

A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England told through the lives of those who inhabit it across the centuries: young lovers from a Puritan Colony, an English soldier turned apple farmer, a lovelorn painter, a conman, a crime reporter, a stalking panther, a lusty beetle. Traversing cycles of history, nature, and even literature, North Woods shows the myriad, magical ways in which we’re connected to our environment and to one another, across time, language and space. It is an unforgettable novel about secrets and fates that asks the timeless question: How do we live on, even after we’re gone?  // Discuss in the Fiction reading group  //   

North Woods

Daniel Mason
North Woods
Paperback

The Happy Hour

Cressida McLaughlin
The Happy Hour
Paperback

Pity

Andrew McMillan
Pity
Paperback

Modern Fiction Book of the Month – February 2025

Imprisoned in the quarries of Syracuse, thousands of defeated Athenians hang on by the thinnest of threads. They’re fading in the baking heat, but not everything is lost: they can still recite lines from Greek tragedy when tempted by Lampo and Gelon with goatskins of wine and scraps of food. And so an idea is born. Because, after all, you can hate the invaders but still love their poetry… The funniest tragedy you’ll ever read. //  Discuss in the Fiction reading group  //    

Glorious Exploits

Ferdia Lennon
Glorious Exploits
Paperback

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison
Invisible Man
Paperback

The Vintage Dress Shop in Primrose Hill

Annie Darling
The Vintage Dress Shop in Primrose Hill
Paperback

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