The TV Book Club, returning to Channel 4 on 29th January, has announced the ten books that will be covered in the series. Viewers are encouraged to read along with the show, individually or as a group, and submit reviews of the featured books. The ten books, and the dates of the corresponding shows, are:
29th January
Before I go to Sleep by S J Watson
A psychological thriller about a woman suffering from amnesia. Each day she wakes with no knowledge of who she is and the novel follows her as she tries to reconstruct her memories from a journal she has been keeping.
5th February
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
The Sisters brothers are hired to murder Hermann Warm, a prospector. But when they find him, they discover he has developed a chemical formula for finding gold, and decide to join his prospecting operation instead.
12th FebruaryThe Somnambulist by Essie Fox
A Victorian gothic mystery that takes the reader from London to a desolate Herefordshire mansion as 17-year old Phoebe Turner embarks on a journey to unlock the darkest of family secrets.
19th February
Into The Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
Catherine meets Lee who seems perfect, but there is a dark side to him which forces her to plan a meticulous escape. Four years later she dares to believe she might be safe, until one phone call changes everything.
26th February
Rules Of Civility by Amor Towles
Katey Kontent learns many things in New York in 1938, including that riches can turn to rags in the trip of a heartbeat, and that chance encounters can be fated, and the word 'yes' can be a poison.
4th March
Girl Reading by Katie Ward
Seven portraits. Seven artists. Seven girls and women reading. Each chapter takes the reader into a perfectly imagined tale of how each portrait came to be, and the connections between them.
11th March
The Report by Jessica Francis Kane
1943, and an air-raid siren wails out over the East End of London. But at the tube station entrance, something goes badly wrong, the crowd panics, and 173 people are crushed to death. Years later, the case is reopened, and the dark truth comes to light.
18 March
The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
The Fang family create art, and controversy. The two children escape, but as their lives fall apart, they are forced to return home where their parents have been planning their most ambitious project yet. And they have no choice but to participate.
25th March
Half Of The Human Race by Anthony Quinn
London 1911, and the streets ring to the cries of suffragist women marching for the vote. This is a book about men and women and their difficulties in understanding each other at a turning-point in history.
1st April
You Deserve Nothing by Alexander Maksik
Set in an international high school in Paris, the story is told in three voices: Will, a charismatic young teacher, Gilad, a student who has grown up behind compound walls, and Marie, the beautiful, vulnerable senior with whom Will is having an illicit affair.
What do you think of the list? Which books have you read? Which are you looking forward to reading?
What do you think of the list? Which books have you read? Which are you looking forward to reading?
The only one I've read is Before I Go to Sleep, and it was good. It was interesting and the kind of book you want to pass on to someone else.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a great variety of books they've chosen, and I think The Family Fang will have to go on my reading list.
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