The Fitzhead Book Group meets approximately every 6 weeks in members’ houses. The meeting host chooses a book and hosts the meeting. We read a wide range of titles and if you are interest in joining, please email carryclear@btopenworld.com.
Reading list
These are the books that we have read to date:
2008
Book
Author
Host
Date
Birds without Wings
Louis de Bernières
Henrietta
January
Short Stories – Fireworks
Angela Carter
Nicki S
February
The Marsh Arabs
Wilfred Thesigner
Nicki P
March
The Island
Victoria Hislop
Carry
April
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
Kim Edwards
Sue
May
Tulip Fever
Deborah Moggach
Jane
July
Forever Today
Deborah Wearing
Dawn
September
A House Unlocked
Penelope Lively
Linda
October
Once in a House on Fire
Andrea Ashworth
Anna
November
Secret Scripture
Sebastian Barry
Sue
December
2009
Book
Author
Host
Date
A Spot of Bother
Mark Haddon
Norma
January
My Sister’s Keeper
Jodi Picoult
Denise
March
Animal’s People
Indra Sinh
Muriel
May
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
Sarah
June
Restless
William Boyd
Linda
August
The Road Home
Rose Tremain
Frances
September
The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan
Jane
December
2010
Book
Author
Host
Date
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stig Larsson
Gill
March
A History of the World in 10 and a Half Chapters
Julian Barnes
Lorriane
April
The Red Tent
Anita Diamant
Carry
June
Hens Dancing
Raffaella Barker
Anna
September
Not Without My Daughter
Betty Mahmoody
Denise
October
Sister
Osamund Lupton
Muriel
December
2011
Book
Author
Host
Date
Amsterdam
Ian McEwan
Sarah
January
The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen
Rachel
March
Somewhere Towards the End
Diana Athill
Linda
June
I Don’t Know How She Does It
Allison Pearson
Frances
August
One Day
David Nicholls
Jane
October
The Tigers Wife
Tea Obrecht
Carry
December
2012
Book
Author
Host
Date
Allias Grace
Margaret Attwood
Gill
February
Five People You Meet in Heaven
Mitch Albom
Carry
April
The Bolter
Frances Osborn
Nicki P
June
Before I go to Sleep
S J Watson
Denise
August
The Summer Book
Tove Janssen
Muriel
October
Room
Emma Donoghue
Lynda P
December
2013
Book
Author
Host
Date
I’m the King of the Castle
Susan Hill
Sarah A
February
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
Alex
April
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Dai Sijie
Linda M
July
Bitter Fame – A Life of Sylvia Plath
Anne Stevenson
Frances
October
Ferney
James Long
Jane
December
2014
Book
Author
Host
Date
The Snow Child
Eowyn Ivey
Gill M
February
The Garden of Evening Mists
Tan Twan Eng
Carry
March
The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
Jonas Jonasson
Nikki
May
In the Midst of Life
Jennifer Worth
Denise
June
A Month in the Country
J L Carr
Muriel
July
My Animals and Other Friends
Clare Balding
Lynda
September
A Long Walk Home
Judith Tebbutt
Alison
November
2015
Book
Author
Host
Date
The Rosie Project
Graeme Simsion
Louise
January
Elizabeth is Missing
Emma Healey
Cat
February
The Sunrise
Victoria Hislop
Jenny K
April
Mist Over Pendle
Robert Neill
Pat
May
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery
Henry Marsh
Linda M
July
The Husband’s Secret
Liane Moriarty
Jane
August
The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins
Gill M
October
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
Jan Phillip Sendker
Carry
December
2016
Book
Author
Host
Date
The Piano Teacher
Janice YK Lee
Nikki
February
The Girl in the Red Coat
Kate Hamer
Denise
March
The Ocean at the end of the Lane
Neil Gaiman
Muriel
April
The Fever Tree
Jennifer McVie
Lynda P
May
The Camomile Lawn
Mary Wesley
Alison
July
Requiem for a Wren
Neville Shute
Louise W
September
A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman
Liz
October
2017
Book
Author
Host
Date
The Reader on the 6.27
Jean-Paul Didierlaurent
Louise M
January
My Life in Houses
Margaret Forster
Janet
February
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
Natasha Pulley
Pat
April
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer
Jane
June
Starter for Ten
David Nicholls
Colin
July
Sweet Little Lies
Caz Frear
Cat
September
To the Bright Edge of the World
Eowyn Ivey
Gill
November
A Whole Life
Robert Seethaler
Muriel
December
2018
Book
Author
Host
Date
The Little Big Things
Henry Fraser
Denise
February
His Bloody Project
Graeme Macrae Burnet
Rosie
March
Loving Frank
Nancy Horan
Lynda P
April
Sky Burial
Xinran
Alison
July
In the Wet
Neville Shute
Carry
September
Snap
Belinda Bauer
Sally-Ann
October
Silk
Alessandro Baricco
Louise
December
2019
Book
Author
Host
Date
Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer
Louise
February
Dirt Music
Tim Winton
Liz
April
Running Hare: The Secret Life of Farmland
John Lewis-Stempel
Janet
May
Lark Rise to Candleford
Flora Thompson
Pat
July
The Salt Path
Raynor Winn
Jane
September
The Horseman
Tim Pears
Colin
November
2020
Book
Author
Host
Date
An English Murder
Cyril Hare
Cat
January
Book Club suspended for the emailer of 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions.
