First book for 2016

In January 2016 we will be discussing the Miles Franklin winner of 2014, All the Birds Singing, by Evie Wyld.

Complete list of Book Group books 1997-2015

I have updated the list of books our group has read since we started back in 1997.

The complete list from 1997 to 2015, including the top three books we voted on each year is here

Bookgroup votes for 2014

Our group voted best books for the year as:

1. Hannah Kent's Burial Rites, 2. Hazel Rowley's Franklin and Eleanor 3. Tim Winton's Eyrie

During 2014 we read seven book altogether.

Eyrie, Tim Winton
Franklin and Eleanor, Hazel Rowley
Burial Rites, Hannah Kent
Elemental, Amanda Curtin
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, Simon Mawer
Summer House With Swimming Pool, Herman Koch
Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez

Books read by the group in 2015 so far

So far in 2015 we have read

The Narrow Road to the Deep North, by Richard Flanagan
Nora Webster, by Colm Toibin
Housekeeping, by Marilynne Robinson

Right now we are reading the latest novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, The Buried Giant.

Complete Group of 97 Book List back to 1997

I have updated the Complete Book List back to 1997 and it is here

http://groupof97list.blogspot.com.au/

First book choice for 2014, Eyrie by Tim Winton

Jenn has chosen the book for our next meeting on January 30th 2014. We will be reading Tim Winton's Eyrie

Book votes 2013

In 2013 we read:

Sarah Thornhill, Kate Grenville chosen by  Anne
Restless, William Boyd   chosen by Jenn
A Different Sky, Meira Chand chosen by  Julia
As the River Flows, Stephen Scourfield chosen by Pat
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald chosen by Marguerite
The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion chosen by Maree
The Young Desire It, Kenneth McKenzie chosen by Beverly

Votes for the best book of 2013:

1. The Rosie Project
2. The Great Gatsby
2. A Different Sky
3. Restless

We had a tie for 2nd place