Edna O'Brien, The Little Red Chairs

A book of two halves.. some of us preferring the first , some the second. Some wonderful minor characters.
The 171st book we have read  ...not bad going.

Han Kang The vegetarian

A haunting strange but compelling and good read.

Bart van Es - The Cut-Out Girl

Moving and inspiring and interesting .....and a good read

Painter to the King -Amy Sackville

This divided the jury. Some found it rewarding  ,some just too odd to get into

The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen

short stories   - generally went down well.  interesting and humane

Drive your Plow one the Bones of the Dead Olga Tokarczuk

An undoubted success. no real faults with this delightful and subtle complex book

Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie

A definite winner    - gripping, relevant , clever

Purple Hibiscus chimamanda Ngozie Adichie

An undoubted success , An early work by women who gone on to write more good books  . The family as a cipher for the society   in this case post-colonial Nigeria  Highly recommended

Shusako Endo The Samurai

Interesting historical setting  East meets West , One disliked it  one really liked it and the rest of us found it patchy but worthwhile.