Fiction

The Bees

Laline Paull
The Bees
Paperback

Book of the month – January

Matt Haig – The Humans is our book of the month for January. Nominated for the 2014 Edgar AwardAfter an 'incident' one wet Friday night where Professor Andrew Martin is found walking naked through the streets of Cambridge, he is not feeling quite himself. Food sickens him. Clothes confound him. He feels lost amongst a crazy alien species and hates everyone on the planet. Everyone, that is, except Newton, and he's a dog.

The Gardener's Son

McCarthy Cormac
The Gardener's Son
Paperback

Tehran at Twilight

Salar Abdoh
Tehran at Twilight
Trade Paperback

A Sudden Light

Garth Stein
A Sudden Light
Trade Paperback

Book of the month – December

T. Jefferson Parker – Full Measure is our book of the month for December. Patrick Norris returns to rural California after serving with the US Army in Iraq. Fire has ravaged his home farm and it has all become too much for his parents and brother to manage. The country has changed though, notably after the mass killings of children in schools across the United States, invariably by lone gunmen, and a great tension exists in the people.

Classic of the Month – December

Stella Gibbons  – Cold Comfort Farm is our Classic of the Month for December. 'We are not like other folk, maybe, but there have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm...'

Heart Does Not Grow Back

Fred Venturini
Heart Does Not Grow Back
Paperback

Death of a River Guide

Richard Flanagan
Death of a River Guide
Paperback

Laughing Monsters

Denis Johnson
Laughing Monsters
Trade Paperback

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