Past book choices:
2014
Selected Stories by Alice Munro
Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (JKR)
Harvest by Jim Crace
Journey into the Past by Stefan Zweig
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
The Humans by Matt Haig
Skios by Michael Frayn
Man in a Wooden Hat by Jane Gardam
The Golfinch by Donna Tartt
2013
Rogue Male by Geofrey Household
Please Look After Mother by Kyung-Sook Shin
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
The Sea by John Banville
The Potter's Hand by A.N.Wilson
Stoner by John Williams
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
Please Look After Mother by Kyung-Sook Shin
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
The Sea by John Banville
The Potter's Hand by A.N.Wilson
Stoner by John Williams
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
2012
The Last Train from Liguria by Christine Dwyer Hickey
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D.James
A Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Candide by Voltaire
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
The Last Hundred Days by Patrick McGuinness
Julian by Gore Vidal
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Troubles by J.G.Farrel
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D.James
A Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Candide by Voltaire
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
The Last Hundred Days by Patrick McGuinness
Julian by Gore Vidal
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Troubles by J.G.Farrel
2011
The Masters by C P Snow
The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Phillip Pullman
The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantell
The Hare with the Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal
The Yacoubian Building by Alaa-Al Aswany
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Phillip Pullman
The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantell
The Hare with the Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal
The Yacoubian Building by Alaa-Al Aswany
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
2010
Old Filth by Jane Gardham
The Siege of Krishnapur by J.G.Farrell
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
The Behaviour of Moths by Poppy Adams
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
The Eye of the Leopard by Henning Mankell
Don Quixote by Cervantes
Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
The Hanging Garden by Ian Rankin
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Siege of Krishnapur by J.G.Farrell
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
The Behaviour of Moths by Poppy Adams
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
The Eye of the Leopard by Henning Mankell
Don Quixote by Cervantes
Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
The Hanging Garden by Ian Rankin
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
2009
The Island by Victoria Hislop
The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing
Rabbit Redux by John Updyke
My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
Miss Milla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick Gale
The Suspicions of Mr. Witcher by Kate Summerscale
The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing
Rabbit Redux by John Updyke
My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
Miss Milla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick Gale
The Suspicions of Mr. Witcher by Kate Summerscale
2008
Music and Silence by Rose Tremain
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
The Diary of an Ordinary Woman by Margaret Forster
Siddhatha by Herman Hesse
The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Engleby by Sebastian Faulks
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
The Diary of an Ordinary Woman by Margaret Forster
Siddhatha by Herman Hesse
The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Engleby by Sebastian Faulks
2007
The Colour by Rose Tremain
The Lambs of London by Peter Ackroyd
Imperium by Robert Hughes
The Kite Runner by Khaled Husseini
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruis Zafon
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson
The Lambs of London by Peter Ackroyd
Imperium by Robert Hughes
The Kite Runner by Khaled Husseini
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruis Zafon
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson
2006
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
The Mating Game by P.G.Wodehouse
Saturday by Ian McEwan
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemmingway
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
The Inheritance of Loss by Hiran Desai
Fork in the Road by Denis Hemmill
The Promise of Happiness by Justin Cartwright
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
The Mating Game by P.G.Wodehouse
Saturday by Ian McEwan
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemmingway
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
The Inheritance of Loss by Hiran Desai
Fork in the Road by Denis Hemmill
The Promise of Happiness by Justin Cartwright
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico
2005
Mapp and Lucia by E.F.Benson
My Sister's Keeper by Judith Pickoult
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
The Line of Beauty by Alan Holinghurst
A Town Like Alice by Neville Shute
The Sports Writer by Richard Ford
Mrs Dalaway by Virginia Wolf
A History of the World in 10.5 Chapters by Julian Barnes
Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov
The Prince by Machiavelli
My Sister's Keeper by Judith Pickoult
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
The Line of Beauty by Alan Holinghurst
A Town Like Alice by Neville Shute
The Sports Writer by Richard Ford
Mrs Dalaway by Virginia Wolf
A History of the World in 10.5 Chapters by Julian Barnes
Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov
The Prince by Machiavelli
2004
Fathers and Sons by Alexander Turganev
Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Life of Pi by Yan Martell
Periodic Table by Primo Levi
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon
Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy
Brick Lane by Monica Ali
The Leopard by Giuseppi Tomas de Lampedusa
The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carre
Driving Over Lemons by Chris Stewart
Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Life of Pi by Yan Martell
Periodic Table by Primo Levi
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon
Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy
Brick Lane by Monica Ali
The Leopard by Giuseppi Tomas de Lampedusa
The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carre
Driving Over Lemons by Chris Stewart
2003
Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Waterland by Graham Swift
Mort by Terry Pratchett
A Prayer for Owen Meaney by John Irving
Unless by Carol Shields
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Beowulf by Seamus Heaney
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorn
Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal
Waterland by Graham Swift
Mort by Terry Pratchett
A Prayer for Owen Meaney by John Irving
Unless by Carol Shields
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Beowulf by Seamus Heaney
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorn
Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal
2002
Silas Marner by George Elliot
Dying Embers Margaret Murphy
A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Outsider by Albert Camus
Border Crossing by Pat Barker
The Alchemist by Paul Coehlo
Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman
Bitter Lemons by Laurence Durrell
Cakes and Ale by Somerset Maugham
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Dying Embers Margaret Murphy
A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Outsider by Albert Camus
Border Crossing by Pat Barker
The Alchemist by Paul Coehlo
Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman
Bitter Lemons by Laurence Durrell
Cakes and Ale by Somerset Maugham
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
2001
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding
About a Boy by Nick Hornby
The Immoralist by Andre Gide
The Cone Gatherers by Robin Jenkins
Shikasta by Doris Lessing
Waiting by Ha Jin
Death in Venice by Thomas Mann
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Miss Garnet's Angel by Sally Vickers
Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding
About a Boy by Nick Hornby
The Immoralist by Andre Gide
The Cone Gatherers by Robin Jenkins
Shikasta by Doris Lessing
Waiting by Ha Jin
Death in Venice by Thomas Mann
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Miss Garnet's Angel by Sally Vickers
Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
2000
Mansfield Park by Jane Austin
The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
Changing Places by David Lodge
Tender Is the Night by Scott Fitzgerald
The Last Resort by Alison Laurie
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Lady Anna by Anthony Trollope
Headlong by Michael Frayne
Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain Fournier
The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
Changing Places by David Lodge
Tender Is the Night by Scott Fitzgerald
The Last Resort by Alison Laurie
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Lady Anna by Anthony Trollope
Headlong by Michael Frayne
Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain Fournier
1999
Enduring Love by Ian McEwan
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Among Women by John McGovern
Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
Madam Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd
The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith
The Magician's Wife by Brian Moore
To Kill a Mocking Bird by Lee Harper
The Giant O'Brien by Hilary Mantel
Villette by Charlotte Bronte
Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Among Women by John McGovern
Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
Madam Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd
The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith
The Magician's Wife by Brian Moore
To Kill a Mocking Bird by Lee Harper
The Giant O'Brien by Hilary Mantel
Villette by Charlotte Bronte
Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge
1997-8
The Queen of the Tambourines by Jane Gardam
The Power and the Glory by Graham Green
Money by Amis Martin
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
The Orchard on Fire by Shena Mackay
Sons and Lovers by D.H.Lawrence
Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
Aspen Papers by Henry James
The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul by Douglas Adams
Odyssey from Homer
39 Steps by John Buchan
Shadow Baby by Margaret Foster
The Good Soldier by Ford Maddox Ford
The Power and the Glory by Graham Green
Money by Amis Martin
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
The Orchard on Fire by Shena Mackay
Sons and Lovers by D.H.Lawrence
Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
Aspen Papers by Henry James
The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul by Douglas Adams
Odyssey from Homer
39 Steps by John Buchan
Shadow Baby by Margaret Foster
The Good Soldier by Ford Maddox Ford