Book Clubs

A Book Club can be created with any number of people, to a maximum of 12. Each club selects someone to act as a coordinator, who is responsible for collecting, distributing and returning the book sets. Your group may choose to meet monthly to discuss the title chosen from the Book Club sets at the Mildura Library. Books are on loan for six weeks to allow for distribution, reading and meetings. Only registered Book Club members can borrow from the Book Club collection. Clubs meet in members' homes, at a coffee shop or café, or your local library.

How do I register as a Book Club?

Each person in your Book Club must be a member of our library service. The coordinator will collect member names and register your Club with the Library. Membership fees are due in March each year and can be paid at any of our branch libraries. Once registered and fees paid, the coordinator will visit the library each month to select chosen title and collect the required number of copies. Information is available below on book titles available for loan.

How much does it cost to join a Book Club?

Individuals - $20 per year (or $10 for July to December)

Coordinators - $10 per year

What if I don’t have a group and want to join as an individual?

We encourage people to form their own Club where possible.

To assist people creating a Club, we run a ‘book chat’ evening once a month at the Mildura Library, where you may find others who would like to start a Book Club. Visit our What’s on at the library page for Book Chat at Mildura Library.

If you need more information, please contact the library on 03 5018 8350 or email library@mildura.vic.gov.au

Browse Book Club fiction titles A - L

		After story by Larissa Behrendt When Indigenous lawyer Jasmine decides to take her mother Della on a tour of England's most revered literary sites, Jasmine hopes it will bring them closer together and help them reconcile the past.
		All our shimmering skies by Trent Dalton All Our Shimmering Skies is a story about gifts that fall from the sky, curses we dig from the earth and the secrets we bury inside ourselves. It is an odyssey of true love and grave danger; of the darkness and the light; of bones and blue skies.
		All the bees in the hollows by Lauren Keegan Bees choose their masters. Bees don't sting good people. Marytè is a devoted beekeeper. She lives by the old rules: work with fellow beekeepers, be a good Christian and a good harvest will follow.
		Beautiful world, where are you by Sally Rooney Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a distribution warehouse, and asks him if he'd like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best friend Eileen is getting over a break-up, and slips back into flirting with Simon, a man she has known since childhood. Alice, Felix, Eileen and Simon are still young - but life is catching up with them.
		Because of you by Dawn French Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock... midnight. The old millennium turns into the new. In the same hospital, two very different women give birth to two very similar daughters. Hope leaves with a beautiful baby girl. Anna leaves with empty arms.
		The beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife, Afra, an artist. They live happily in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo - until the unthinkable happens and they are forced to flee.
		Black sheep by Judy Nunn Black sheep - there's one in every family. Orphaned at sixteen, James Wakefield was determined to be a gun shearer like his father. Now he's killed twice, changed his name, and is on the run from the law.
		Blade runner by Philip K. Dick World War Terminus had left the Earth devastated. Through its ruins, bounty hunter Rick Deckard stalked, in search of the renegade replicants who were his prey. When he wasn't 'retiring' them with his laser weapon, he dreamed of owning a live animal - the ultimate status symbol in a world all but bereft of animal life.
		Bone memories by Sally Piper Even though sixteen years have passed, Billie will never recover from the murder of her daughter, Jess, and clings to her memory - and the site of her death - like a life raft. Daniel, who was a toddler when his mother was killed, can recall little of what happened but knows if he's to have any chance of a better future he needs to move on from that defining event - if only his grandmother would let him.
		The book thief by Markus Zusak It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up an object, partially hidden in the snow.
		The boy in the striped pyjamas by John Boyne Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.
		Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote Holly Golightly, glittering socialite traveller, generally upwards, sometimes sideways and once in a while down. She's up all night drinking cocktails and breaking hearts. She's a shoplifter, a delight, a drifter, and a tease. She hasn't got a past. She doesn't want to belong to anything or anyone.
		Brooklyn by Colm Toibin Young Eilis Lacey dreams of life beyond the confines of her tiny Irish village, but unlike her beautiful sister, Rose, Eilis' gifts are of a more practical nature: she has a head for numbers, and is a loving and dutiful daughter. Yet her ambition cannot be hidden and soon is noted by the Parish Priest, Father Flood.
		Burial rites by Hannah Kent In northern Iceland, 1829, Agnes Magnusdottir is condemned to death for her part in the brutal murder of two men. Agnes is sent to wait out the months leading up to her execution on the farm of district officer Jon Jonsson, his wife and their two daughters.
		Call me Evie by J. P. Pomare Meet Evie, a young woman held captive by a man named Jim in the isolated New Zealand beach town of Maketu. Jim says he's hiding Evie to protect her, that she did something terrible back home in Melbourne.
		Charlotte Pass by Lee Christine When ski patroller, Vanessa Bell, discovers human bones high on Mount Stilwell at Charlotte Pass ski resort, Detective Sergeant Pierce Ryder of Sydney Homicide Squad is called to lead the investigative team.
		Cloudstreet by Tim Winton After two separate catastrophes, two very different families leave the country for the bright lights of Perth. Change, hardship, and the war force them to swallow their dignity and share a great, breathing, shuddering house called Cloudstreet.
		The cryptic clue by Amanda Hampson Welcome back to Zig Zag Lane in the heart of Sydney's rag-trade district, where our intrepid tea ladies, Hazel, Betty and Irene, have their work cut out. Solving a murder, kidnapping and arson case, and outwitting an arch criminal, earned them the respect of a local police officer.
		The death of Dora Black by Lainie Anderson Summer, Adelaide, 1917. The impeccably dressed Miss Kate Cocks might look more like a schoolmistress than a policewoman, but don't let that fool you. She's a household name, wrangling wayward husbands into repentance, seeing through deceptive clairvoyants, and rescuing young women (whether they like it or not).
		The dictionary of lost words by Pip Williams Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the 'Scriptorium', a garden shed in Oxford where her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary.
		Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler Through every family run memories which bind it together - despite everything. The Tulls of Baltimore were no exception. Abandoned by her salesman husband, Pearl is left to bring up her three children alone. Now as Pearl lies dying, stiffly encased in her pride and solitude, the past is unlocked and with it, its secrets.
		The dressmaker's secret by Rosalie Ham We rejoin Tilly Dunnage, two years after she left her hometown in flames. Now it is 1953 and the fashion pages are awash with royal fever. The young queen's coronation means a season of society balls and a rush to reproduce the latest styles. Why, then, is the best dressmaker in Melbourne squandering her talents in a second-rate Collins Street salon?
		The drowning by Bryan Brown The body of a local teenage boy is found on the beach of a sleepy northern New South Wales town. David went for an evening swim and got into trouble... at least, that's what it looks like.
		Dusk by Robbie Arnott In the distant highlands, a puma named Dusk is killing shepherds. Down in the lowlands, twins Iris and Floyd are out of work, money and friends. When they hear that a bounty has been placed on Dusk, they reluctantly decide to join the hunt.
		Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko When Mulanyin meets the beautiful Nita in Edenglassie, their saltwater people still outnumber the British. As colonial unrest peaks, Mulanyin dreams of taking his bride home to Yugambeh Country, but his plans for independence collide with white justice.
		Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman Eleanor Oliphant leads a simple life. She wears the same clothes to work every day, eats the same meal deal for lunch every day and buys the same two bottles of vodka to drink every weekend. Eleanor Oliphant is happy.
		The elegance of the hedgehog by Muriel Barbery Renee is the concierge of a grand Parisian apartment building, home to members of the great and the good. Over the years she has maintained her carefully constructed persona as someone reliable but totally uncultivated, in keeping, she feels, with society's expectations of what a concierge should be.
		Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury In a future totalitarian state where books are banned and destroyed by the government, Guy Montag, a fireman in charge of burning books, meets a revolutionary schoolteacher who dares to read and a girl who tells him of a past when people did not live in fear.
		Foster by Claire Keegan A small girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm in rural Ireland, without knowing when she will return home. In the strangers' house, she finds a warmth and affection she has not known before and slowly begins to blossom in their care. And then a secret is revealed and suddenly, she realizes how fragile her idyll is.
		Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Navigating the Arctic, the captain of a ship rescues a man wandering near death across the ice caps. How the man got there reveals itself in a story of ambition, murder and revenge. As a young scientist, Victor Frankenstein pushed moral boundaries to cross the final frontier and create life.
		The frozen river by Ariel Lawhon Maine, 1789: When a man is found entombed in the frozen Kennebec River, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As the local midwife and healer, Martha is good at keeping secrets.
		A gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles When, in 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the Count is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin.
		The girl in the letter by Emily Gunnis 1956. When Ivy Jenkins falls pregnant, she is sent in disgrace to St Margaret's, a dark, brooding house for unmarried mothers. Her baby is adopted against her will. Ivy will never leave. Present day. Samantha Harper is a journalist desperate for a break. When she stumbles on a letter from the past, the contents shock and move her.
		Gone girl by Gillian Flynn Just how well can you ever know the person you love? This is the question that Nick Dunne must ask himself on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, when his wife Amy suddenly disappears.
		The good wife of Bath: a (mostly) true story by Karen Brooks In the middle ages, a poet told a story that mocked a strong woman. It became a literary classic. But what if the woman in question had a chance to tell her own version? Who would you believe?
		Great expectations by Charles Dickens Great Expectations is the beloved coming-of-age classic by Charles Dickens that follows the life of an orphan named Pip and his quest to discover the truth about himself.
		The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer As London is emerging from the shadow of World War II, writer Juliet Ashton discovers her next subject in a book club on Guernsey--a club born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi after its members are discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island.
		Half Moon Lake by Kirsten Alexander Inspired by the true story of a missing child who, when eventually found, was claimed by two mothers, Half Moon Lake is a captivating novel about the parent-child bond, identity, and what it really means to be part of a family.
		Happy place by Emily Henry They broke up five months ago. And still haven't told their best friends. Which is how they find themselves sharing a bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group's yearly getaway for the last decade.
		Here one moment by Liane Moriarty If you knew when you were going to die, what would you do differently? It all begins on a flight from Hobart to Sydney. The flight will be smooth. It will land safely. Everyone who gets on the plane will get off the plane. But almost all of them will be changed forever.
		Horse by Geraldine Brooks Kentucky, 1850. Jarrett, an enslaved groom, and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South.
		The housemate by Sarah Bailey Dubbed the Housemate Homicide, it's a mystery that has baffled Australians for almost a decade. Melbourne-based journalist Olive Groves worked on the story as a junior reporter and became obsessed by the case. Now, nine years later, the missing housemate turns up dead on a remote property.
		The husband's secret by Liane Moriarty The story of a woman who finds a letter from her husband. It says: For my wife, Cecilia Fitzpatrick. To be opened only in the event of my death. Her husband is very much alive.
		I heard the owl call my name by Margaret Craven Amid the grandeur of British Columbia stands the village of Kingcome, a place of salmon runs and ancient totems. Yet in this Eden of such natural beauty and richness, the old culture is under attack.
		In the margins by Gail Holmes England, 1647. As civil war gives way to an uneasy peace and Puritanism becomes the letter of the law, Frances Wolfreston, a rector's wife, is charged with enforcing religious compliance by informing on her parishioners.
		I shot the devil by Ruth McIver Erin Sloane was sixteen when high school senior Andre Villiers was murdered by his friends. They were her friends, too.
		The last thing he told me by Laura Dave Before Owen Michaels disappears, he manages to smuggle a note to his new wife, Hannah: protect her.
		The last woman in the world by Inga Simpson It's night, and the walls of Rachel's home creak as they settle into the cover of darkness. Fear has led her to a reclusive life on the land, her only occasional contact with her sister.
		The ledge by Christian White When human remains are discovered in a forest, police are baffled, the locals are shocked and one group of old friends starts to panic. Their long-held secret is about to be uncovered.
		Lessons in chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing.
		The lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan Forced into an overcrowded lifeboat after a mysterious explosion on their trans-Atlantic ocean liner, newly widowed Grace Winter battles the elements and her fellow survivors and remembers her husband, Henry, who set his own safety aside to ensure Grace's.
		The light between oceans by M. L. Stedman 1926. Tom Sherbourne is a young lighthouse keeper on a remote island off Western Australia, and lives there with his wife. One April morning a boat washes ashore carrying a dead man and an infant.
		The lightkeeper's daughter by Jean Pendziwoi Elizabeth's eyes have failed. She can no longer read the books she loves or see the paintings that move her, but her mind remains sharp and music fills the vacancy left by her blindness.
		The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter.
		The lion women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untimely death of her father, forcing Ellie and her mother to move to a tiny home downtown.
		The lost flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland After her family suffers a tragedy, nine-year-old Alice Hart is forced to leave her idyllic seaside home. She is taken in by her grandmother, June, a flower farmer who raises Alice on the language of Australian native flowers.
		The lost man by Jane Harper Two brothers meet at the remote fence line separating their cattle ranches in the lonely outback. In an isolated belt of Western Australia, they are each other's nearest neighbor, their homes four hours' drive apart. The third brother lies dead at their feet.

Browse Book Club fiction titles M - Z

		Maestro by Peter Goldsworthy Against the backdrop of Darwin, that small, tropical hothouse of a port, half-outback, half-oriental, lying at the tip of northern Australia, a young and newly arrived southerner encounters the 'maestro', a Viennese refugee with a shadowed past.
		Mallee sky by Kerry McGinnis Kate Gilmore hasn't been home in years, but with her marriage over and her job in jeopardy she doesn't know where else to turn. Desperate for comfort, Kate retreats to the Mallee, a place crawling with dark secrets and lingering childhood memories.
		The messenger by Markus Zusak Meet Ed Kennedy—underage cabdriver, pathetic cardplayer, and useless at romance. He lives in a shack with his coffee-addicted dog, the Doorman, and he's hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence, until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery.
		Milkman by Anna Burns In this unnamed city, to be interesting is dangerous. Middle sister, our protagonist, is busy attempting to keep her mother from discovering her maybe-boyfriend and to keep everyone in the dark about her encounter with Milkman.
		The miniaturist by Jessie Burton On an autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman knocks at the door of a grand house in the wealthiest quarter of Amsterdam. She has come from the country to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt, but instead she is met by his sharp-tongued sister, Marin.
		Moonlight and the pearler's daughter by Lizzie Pook Western Australia, 1886: As the pearling ships return to Bannin Bay after a long diving season, twenty-year-old Eliza Brightwell nervously awaits the arrival of her father's boat.
		Mr Rosenblum's list; or, Friendly guidance for the aspiring Englishman by Natasha Solomons Jack Rosenblum is five foot three and a half inches of sheer tenacity. He's writing a list so he can become a Very English Gentleman. It's 1952, and despite his best efforts, his bid to blend in is fraught with unexpected hurdles - including his wife.
		My brilliant friend by Elena Ferrante My friendship with Lila began the day we decided to go up the dark stairs that led, step after step, flight after flight, to the door of Don Achille's apartment...
		My sister, the serial killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite Satire meets slasher in this short, darkly funny hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends.
		The Nancy's by R. W. R. McDonald Tippy Chan is eleven and lives in a small town in a very quiet part of the world - the place her Uncle Pike escaped from the first chance he got as a teenager. Now Pike is back with his new boyfriend Devon to look after Tippy while her mum's on a cruise.
		North Woods by Daniel Mason When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike.
		The nowhere child by Christian White On a break between teaching photography classes, Kim is approached by a stranger investigating the disappearance of a little girl from her Kentucky home 28 years earlier. He believes Kim is that girl.
		One hundred years of Betty by Debra Oswald Meet Betty: storyteller, feminist, eternally curious and phenomenally old. On the eve of her 100th birthday party, Betty tells us her story.
		On the Java Ridge by Jock Serong Amid the furious ocean there was no human sound on deck: some people standing, watching the wave, but no one capable of words. On the Java Ridge, skipper Isi Natoli and a group of Australian surf tourists are anchored beside an idyllic reef off the Indonesian island of Dana.
		The other side of her by Ber Carroll Busy parents Mia and Ryan were devastated when their former nanny, Irish backpacker Tara, tragically disappeared. But that was two years ago. Now they want to move on and focus on their son ... so why are the police questioning them again?
		The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller Before anyone else is awake, on a perfect August morning, Elle Bishop heads out for a swim in the glorious fresh water pond below 'The Paper Palace' - the gently decaying summer camp in the back woods of Cape Cod where her family has spent every summer for generations.
		A piece of red cloth: a novel from Arnhem Land by Leonie Norrington It's early in the wet season. A flock of crested terns sweeps into the bay and dives towards Batjani. The birds are saying the foreigners are coming, as they do every year, but why are they so full of menace?
		Pride and prejudice by Jane Austen Few readers have failed to be charmed by the witty and independent spirit of Elizabeth Bennet. Her early determination to dislike Mr. Darcy - who is quite the most handsome and eligible bachelor in the whole of English literature - is a misjudgement only matched in folly by Darcy's arrogant pride.
		Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo Told in the voice of Private Tommo Peaceful, the story follows twenty-four hours at the front, and captures his memories of his family and his village life--by no means as tranquil as it appeared.
		Prodigal daughter by Jane Carter Twenty years ago, in a hot-headed rage, Diana Crawford left the family farm to build a new life in London.
		Rapture by Emily Maguire The motherless child of an English priest living in ninth-century Mainz, Agnes is a wild and brilliant girl with a deep, visceral love of God. At eighteen, to avoid a future as a wife or nun, Agnes enlists the help of a lovesick Benedictine monk to disguise herself as a man and devote her life to the study she is denied as a woman.
		Restless Dolly Maunder by Kate Grenville An exquisite fictional portrait of Kate Grenville's complex, conflicted grandmother--a woman Kate feared as a child, and only came to understand in adulthood.
		A room made of leaves by Kate Grenville What if Elizabeth Macarthur - wife of the notorious John Macarthur, wool baron in early Sydney - had written a shockingly frank secret memoir?
		The Rosie project by Graeme C. Simsion A first date dud, socially awkward and overly fond of quick dry clothes, Don Tillman has given up on love. Until a chance encounter gives him an idea.
		The salt madonna by Catherine Noske This is the story of a crime. This is the story of a miracle. There are two stories here. Hannah Mulvey left her wind-lashed island home as a teenager. But her stubborn, defiant mother is dying, and Hannah has returned to Chesil.
		The secret river by Kate Grenville William Thornhill along with his wife Sal and their children arrive in the harsh land of New South Wales. It is the year 1806 and William has been transported for the term of his natural life.
		Sheerwater by Leah Swann Ava and her two young sons, Max and Teddy, are driving to their new home in Sheerwater, hopeful of making a fresh start in a new town, although Ava can't but help keep looking over her shoulder.
		The silent inheritance by Joy Dettman Sarah Carter, mother of twelve-year-old Marni, is raising her daughter alone in a small granny flat in suburban Melbourne. A serial killer, dubbed The Freeway Killer, is headline news and when Marni's classmate is abducted from the mall where Sarah and Marni shop, their city no longer feels safe.
		The silkworm by Robert Galbraith When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, Mrs. Quine just thinks her husband has gone off by himself for a few days--as he has done before--and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home.
		Small mercies by Richard Anderson After enduring months of extreme drought on their modest freehold, farming couple Dimple and Ruthie face uncertain times on more than one front. Ruthie receives the news every woman dreads.
		So late in the day by Claire Keegan After an uneventful Friday at the Dublin office, Cathal faces into the long weekend and takes the bus home. There, his mind agitates over a woman named Sabine with whom he could have spent his life, had he acted differently.
		Someone else's shoes by Jojo Moyes A story of mix-ups, mess-ups and making the most of second chances. Who are you when you are forced to walk in someone else's shoes?
		Something in the water by Catherine Steadman Erin is a documentary filmmaker on the brink of a professional breakthrough, Mark a handsome investment banker with big plans. Passionately in love, they embark on a dream honeymoon to the tropical island of Bora Bora...
		The soulmate by Sally Hepworth Gabe has become somewhat of a local hero since his family moved to the cliff house, talking seven people down from stepping off the edge. But when Gabe fails to save the eighth, a sordid web of secrets begins to unravel.
		The spare room by Helen Garner In this short and powerful novel one of Australia's bestselling and most admired writers tells an extraordinary story about two women. Helen lives in Melbourne, and her friend Nicola flies down from Sydney for a three-week visit. She will sleep in Helen's house, in her lovingly prepared spare room. This is no ordinary visit.
		The storied life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Fikry owns a failing bookshop. His wife has just died, in tragic circumstances. His rare and valuable first edition has been stolen. His life is a wreck.
		The sugar palace by Fiona McIntosh Under the clamour of the Sydney Harbour Bridge being built nearby, Grace Fairweather is working in her father's grocery shop in The Rocks when she begins making her own confectionery.
		The tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris I tattooed a number on her arm. She tattooed her name on my heart. In 1942, Lale Sokolov arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival.
		The tea ladies by Amanda Hampson Sydney, 1965: After a chance encounter with a stranger, tea ladies Hazel, Betty and Irene become accidental sleuths, stumbling into a world of ruthless crooks and racketeers in search of a young woman believed to be in danger.
		Tell me everything: a novel by Elizabeth Strout Elizabeth Strout returns to the town of Crosby, Maine, and to her beloved cast of characters as they deal with a shocking crime in their midst; fall in love and yet choose to be apart; and grapple with the question, as Lucy Barton puts it: What does anyone's life mean?
		The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved killings. But when a local property developer shows up dead, "The Thursday Murder Club" find themselves in the middle of their first live case.
		Till death, or a little light maiming, do us part by Kathy Lette When Jason Riley is missing, feared killed by a shark, his family - make that families - are informed he is presumed dead.
		Time of the child by Niall Williams Doctor Jack Troy was born and raised in the little town of Faha, but his responsibilities for the sick and his care for the dying mean he has always been set apart from his community.
		Tiny tales by Alexander McCall Smith Stories do not have to be long. In the space of a couple of sentences - or even a page or two - we may see the human heart exposed in a way that is more powerful than occurs in many much longer narratives.
		To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s with both compassion and humour.
		Trail of broken wings by Sejal Badani When her father falls into a coma, Indian American photographer Sonya reluctantly returns to the family she'd fled years before.
		The twilight wife by A. J. Banner Thirty-four-year-old marine biologist Kyra Winthrop remembers nothing about the diving accident that left her with a complex form of memory loss.
		Voss by Patrick White Set in nineteenth century Australia Voss is the story of the secret passion between an explorer and a naive young woman.
		Wearing paper dresses by Anne Brinsden Elise, a beautiful and artistic, if slightly brittle, city girl is rudely transplanted to the undulating, unforgiving plains of the Mallee when her husband is called home to save the family property. Poor Elise struggles with the rural life
		Where'd you go, Bernadette by Maria Semple Bernadette Fox is notorious. To Elgie Branch, a Microsoft wunderkind, she's his hilarious, volatile, talented, troubled wife. To fellow mothers at the school gate, she's a menace.
		Where the crawdads sing by Delia Owens For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. She's barefoot and wild; unfit for polite society.
		The white girl by Tony Birch This novel explores the lengths we will go to in order to save the people we love.
		Winter's bone by Daniel Woodrell Ree Dolly's father has skipped bail on charges that he ran a crystal meth lab, and the Dollys will lose their house if he doesn't show up for his next court date.
		The winter soldier by Daniel Mason Vienna, 1914. Lucius is a twenty-two-year-old medical student when World War One explodes across Europe. Enraptured by romantic tales of battlefield surgery, he enlists, expecting a position at a well-organized field hospital.
		The woman in the window by A. J. Finn It isn't paranoia if it's really happening... Anna Fox lives alone -- a recluse in her New York City home, drinking too much wine, watching old movies... and spying on her neighbors.
		Woman on fire by Lisa Barr After talking her way into a job with Dan Mansfield, the leading investigative reporter in Chicago, rising young journalist Jules Roth is given an unusual-and very secret-assignment.
		The women by Kristin Hannah 'Women can be heroes, too'. When twenty-year-old nursing student, Frances "Frankie" McGrath, hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation.
		The women in black by Madeleine St. John The Women in Black is a perfect-pitch comedy of manners set in the ladies' cocktail section of F.G. Goode, a department store in 1950s Sydney.

Browse Book Club non-fiction titles

		84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff This book is the very simple story of the love affair between Miss Helene Hanff of New York and Messrs Marks and Co, sellers of rare and second-hand books, at 84 Charing Cross Road, London.
		Becoming by Michelle Obama An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era.
		The boys in the boat: an epic journey to the heart of Hitler's Berlin by Daniel Brown Cast aside by his family at an early age, abandoned and left to fend for himself in the woods of Washington State, young Joe Rantz turns to rowing as a way of escaping his past.
		Brainstorm: a dedicated doctor, a devastating diagnosis, a chance for a medical revolution by Richard A. Scolyer Skin cancer is this country's most common cancer, and melanoma the deadliest form of it. Richard has dedicated years to groundbreaking research and succeeded in transforming even the most advanced forms of melanoma into a largely curable disease, bringing hope and healing to many.
		The devil's work by Garry Linnell He was a murderer, swindler, bigamist and suspect in the Jack the Ripper killings. Frederick Deeming was also the most hated man in the world.
		Dreams from my father by Barack Obama In this memoir written at the age of 33, Barack Obama, son of a black African father and a white American mother, describes the search for meaning in his life as a black American.
		The elements of Marie Curie: how the glow of radium lit a path for women in science by Dava Sobel For decades Marie Curie was the only woman in the room at international scientific gatherings, and despite constant illness she travelled far and wide to share the secrets of radioactivity, a term she coined. She is still the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields.
		The erratics by Vicki Laveau-Harvie When her elderly mother is hospitalised unexpectedly, Vicki travels to her parents' isolated ranch home in Alberta, Canada, to help her father.
		The freedom circus: one family's death-defying act to escape Nazis and start a new life in Australia by Sue Smethurst The Freedom Circus is an epic story of courage, hope, humanity, survival and, ultimately, love.
		The husband poisoner by Tanya Bretherton Shocking real-life stories of murderous women who used rat poison to rid themselves of husbands and other inconvenient family members.
		Lies my mirror told me by Wendy Harmer Wendy Harmer has had an extraordinary life. From being born with a severe facial deformity, to performing as a stand-up comedian, a national television host and then going on to be the highest paid woman in the cut-throat world of Sydney FM radio ...
		Matters of the heart: a memoir by Jacinta Yangapi Nampijinpa Price A deeply personal reflection of how a young Indigenous woman, growing up surrounded by violence and tragedy, beat the odds to become one of the most powerful political voices of our time.
		Memorial days by Geraldine Brooks Many cultural and religious traditions expect those who are grieving to step away from the world. In contemporary life, we are more often met with red tape and to-do lists.
		My dream time by Ash Barty It's a tennis story. It's a family story. It's a teamwork story. It's the story of how I got to where and who I am today.
		My lovely wife in the psych ward: a memoir by Mark Lukach An intensely personal odyssey through the harrowing years of his wife's mental illness, anchored by an abiding devotion to family that will affirm readers' faith in the power of love.
		Nothing bad ever happens here by Heather Rose After a shocking family tragedy transforms Heather Rose's Tasmanian childhood, she becomes 'a seeker of life and all its mysteries'.
		Phosphorescence: on awe, wonder & things that sustain you when the world goes dark by Julia Baird A beautiful, intimate and inspiring investigation into how we can find and nurture within ourselves that essential quality of internal happiness.
		Question 7 by Richard Flanagan By way of H. G. Wells and Rebecca West's affair through 1930s nuclear physics to Flanagan's father working as a slave labourer near Hiroshima when the atom bomb is dropped, this genre-defying daisy chain of events reaches fission when Flanagan as a young man finds himself trapped in a rapid on a wild river not knowing if he is to live or to die.
		Reckoning: a memoir by Magda Szubanski Heartbreaking, joyous, traumatic, intimate and revelatory, Reckoning is the book where Magda Szubanski, one of Australia's most beloved performers, tells her story.
		The resilience project: finding happiness through gratitude, empathy & mindfulness by Hugh Van Cuylenburg Hugh van Cuylenburg was a primary school teacher volunteering in northern India when he had a life-changing realisation...
		The season by Helen Garner Garner's first new work in a decade is a tender portrayal of the relationship between grandmother and grandson, and of that moment on the cusp of adulthood when a boy is both child and man.
		Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's invisible life by Anna Funder A riveting work about the woman who sacrificed her future for one of the most famous writers of the twentieth century and a probing look at what it means to be a wife and a writer in the modern world.