The books we read in 2023-24 were:

• Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
• A Curious Life for a Lady by Pat Barr
• The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
• Nomad by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
• Milkman by Anna Burns

Our final book, Milkman, was not an easy read, you certainly had to persevere but we all agreed it was worth the effort and it engendered a great deal of animated discussion for our last meeting.

Some of the choices for the September and January meetings when we choose our own books were:

• The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont
• The Golden Mole by Katherine Rundell
• A Song of Comfortable Chairs by Ian McCall-Smith
• Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
• The Return by Victoria Hislop
• The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
• O, Brother by John Niven

We have a number of suggestions for next year. The final list will be chosen by pulling 6 titles from a hat!