Year 1: 2015 - 16
Sept - Dianne - Davis, Francis, James, Yorke – 4 Detective stories by women writers
Oct - Dianne - Gabrielle Zevin - The Storied Life of AJ Fikry
Nov - Janet - Jessie Burton - The Miniaturist
Dec - Festive Lunch! plus Dickens Christmas stories
Jan - Jude - Fredrik Backman - A Man called Ove
Feb - Mags - Paula Hawkins - The Girl on the Train
Mar - Clare - Anthony Doerr - All the Light we Cannot See
Apr - Valerie - JoJo Moyes - Me before You
May - Barbara - David Nicholls - Us
June - Gourmet Cruise to St Malo!
Year 2: 2016 – 17
Sept - Dianne - David Lodge - Deaf Sentence
Oct - Valerie - Annie Proulx - The Shipping News
Nov - Barbara - Kate Atkinson - A God in Ruins
Dec - Festive Lunch! - plus Dylan Thomas A Child’s Christmas in Wales
Jan - Dianne - Paul Beatty - The Sellout
Feb - Anne - Ann Patchett - State of Wonder
Mar - Marion - Graham Swift - Mothering Sunday
Apr - Mags - Colm Toibin - Brooklyn
May - Clare - Julian Barnes - Sense of an Ending (also film at Has Hall)
June - Valerie - Kristin Hannah - The Nightingale
Year 3: 2017 – 18
Sept - Jude - Maggie O’Farrell - Instructions for a Heatwave
Oct - Valerie - John Le Carre - A Perfect Spy
Nov - Anne - Sarah Perry - The Essex Serpent
Dec - Lunch! plus ‘A book I’ve enjoyed recently’
Jan - Clare - Ian McEwan - Enduring Love
Feb - Marion - Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid’s Tale
Mar - Mags - Richard Yates - Revolutionary Road
Apr - Jackie - Jane Harper - The Dry
May - Mandy - Andrea Levy - Small Island
June - Phyllis - Molly Keane - Good Behaviour
July - Cinema ‘Book Club’ based on 50 Shades of Grey
Year 4: 2018 – 19
Sept - Marion - Gail Honeyman - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Oct - Barbara - Celeste Ng - Everything I never told you
Nov - Anne - Armando L Correa - The German Girl
Dec - Festive Lunch!
Jan - Dianne - Minette Walters - The Last Hours
Feb - Janet - Helen Dunmore - Birdcage Walk
Mar - Valerie - Penelope Fitzgerald - The Gate of Angels
May - Fran - William Boyd - Love is Blind
June - Clare - Alice Walker - The Color Purple
July - Jude - Jean Pendziwol - The Lightkeeper’s Daughters
Year 5: 2019-20
Sept - Dianne - Rose Tremain - The Road Home
Oct - Mags - Graeme Macrae Burnet - His Bloody Project
Nov - Jackie - Raynor Winn - The Salt Path
Dec - Festive Lunch!
Jan - Marion - Lissa Evans - Old Baggage
Feb - Phyllis - Tara Westover - Educated
Mar - Mandy - Marie Benedict - The Only Woman in the Room - START OF ZOOM MEETINGS
May - Charlotte - F Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
June - Barbara - Erin Kinsley - Found
July - Janet - Lucy Atkins - Magpie Lane
Year 6: 2020-21
Sept - Fran - Christy Leferti - The Beekeeper of Aleppo
Oct - Jane - Miss Benson’s Beetle CANCELLED as only expensive hardback available
Nov - Valerie - Kent Haruf - Our Souls at Night
Dec - Dianne - Isabella Tree - Wilding
Jan - Clare - Pat Barker - The Silence of the Girls
Feb - Judith - Delia Owens - Where the Crawdads sing
Mar - Jackie - Victoria Hislop - The Island
April - Marion - Tracy Chevalier - A Single Thread - LAST ZOOM
May - Mags - Rachel Joyce - Miss Benson’s Beetle - WITH LUNCH OUTDOORS AT THE MILL
June - Mandy - Imogen H Gower - The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock - BACK TO HAS. HALL!
July - Phyllis - Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm
Year 7: 2021-22
Sept - Charlotte - Douglas Stuart - Shuggie Bain
Oct - Janet - Kate Morton - The Hidden Garden
Nov - Valerie - Esther Freud - Mr Mac and Me
Jan Festive Lunch cancelled because of Omicron variant
Jan - Dianne - Robert Harris - The Second Sleep
Feb - Jude - Emma Donaghue - The Pull of the Stars
Mar - Clare - Chigozie Obioma - The Fishermen
May - Jackie - Clare Chambers - Small Pleasures
June - Mags - E.M. Forster - Maurice
July - Marion - Kazuo Ishiguro - Klara and the Sun
Year 8: 2022-23
Sept - Suzy - Hilary Mantel - A Change of Climate
Oct - Mandy - Pip Williams - The Dictionary of Lost Words
Nov - Liz - Elif Shafak - The Island of Missing Trees
Jan - Phyllis - J.L.Carr - A Month in the Country
Feb - Charlotte - Marjorie Wallace - The Silent Twins
Mar - Janet - Emma Stonex - The Lamplighters
May - Dianne - Mohsin Hamid - Exit West
June - Valerie - Cecile Pin - Wandering Souls
July - Jude - Abi Daré - The Girl with the Louding Voice
Year 9: 2023-24
Sept - Debbie - Jeanine Cummins - American Dirt
Oct - Clare - Mary Lawson - A Town called Solace
Nov - Jackie - Sarah Dunant - The Birth of Venus
Jan - Marion - Joanna Quinn - The Whalebone Theatre
Feb - Suzy - Jo Callaghan - In the Blink of an Eye
Mar - Helen - Susannah Clarke - Piranesi
May - Liz - Tan Twan Eng - The House of Doors
June - Mandy - Emilia Hart - Weyward
July - Charlotte - Muriel Spark - The Girls of Slender Means
Year 10: 2024 - 25
Sept - Dianne - Joseph O'Connor - Star of the Sea
Oct - Mags - Donal Ryan - Strange Flowers
Nov - Janet - Rosamund Lupton - Afterwards
Dec - Q+A with Margot Shepherd - Never Closer
Jan - Val/Helen - Sebastian Barry - Days without End
Feb - Jude - Marian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday