Fiction

The Cry

Helen Fitzgerald
The Cry
Paperback

England's Lane

Joseph Connolly
England's Lane
Paperback

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie

Ayana Mathis
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
Paperback

The Kitchen House

Kathleen Grissom
The Kitchen House
Paperback

What Helena read in the summer of 2013 (the shortlisted version)

The Year of the Ladybird: A Ghost Story by Graham Joyce

The effortlessly genre defying Joyce's new novel takes place in the blistering summer of 1976. David, a young student, has come to the coastal town of Skegness to work at a holiday camp and, hopefully, watch his life begin.

What Jan read the summer of 2013

Howard Cunnell - Marine Boy
Well, it started really good - bleak, dark, southern England. Then I forgot the book on a ferry in Greece... In my defense the boat *was* rocking quite heavily.

Daniel O'Malley - The Rook
This was super entertaining. Starts with a woman without memory waking up in a body she doesn't recognize in a private park in London with a dozen dead people on the ground around her all wearing rubber gloves ... And it only gets better.

Max Barry - Lexicon
Very exciting, made me think of The Magicians and The Secret History, but with more of an action feel to it. Good idea, good read.

Howard Cunnell - Marine Boy Daniel O'Malley - The Rook Max Barry - Lexicon

Anton DiSclafani - The Yonahlossee Riding Camp For Girls
I really enjoyed this; the tale of a girl in 1930 messing up and

Instructions for a Heatwave

Maggie O'Farrell
Instructions for a Heatwave
Paperback

Harvest

Jim Crace
Harvest
Trade Paperback

Almost English

Charlotte Mendelson
Almost English
Trade Paperback

The Bookstore

Deborah Meyler
The Bookstore
Trade Paperback

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