Double Bay Book Club
Double Bay Book Club meets on the third Thursday of every month from 6:30-7:30pm at Woollahra Library at Double Bay.
Double Bay Book Club is currently full. If you are interested in joining a waitlist, please contact Woollahra Libraries at libraryspaces@woollahra.nsw.gov.au, or by phone 9391 7100.
Books to be discussed in 2023
| Month | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| January | Liane Moriarty | Husband's Secret |
| February | Kingsley Amis | The Old Devils |
| March | Alain De Botton | The Course of Love |
| April | Bonnie Garmus | Lessons in Chemistry |
| May | Craig Silvey | Honeybee |
| June | Amor Towles | The Lincoln Highway |
| July | Howard Jacobson | The Making of Henry |
| August | OPEN READING | OPEN READING |
| September | Nelson Mandela | The Long Walk to Freedom |
| October | David Nicolls | Us |
| November | Joseph Conrad | Heart of Darkness |
| December | Kate Atkinson | Festive Spirits |
Books discussed in 2022
| Month | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| February | Anthony Doerr | All the Light we Cannot See |
| March | Geraldine Brooks | The Secret Chord |
| April | Harper Lee | To Kill A Mockingbird |
| May | Hannah Kent | The Good People |
| June | Andy Weir | The Martian |
| July | Helen Garner | Monkey Grip |
| August | Pip Williams | The Dictionary of Lost Words |
| September | Kamala Harris | The Truths We Hold |
| October | Liane Moriarty | Big Little Lies |
| November | Hank Green | An Absolutely Remarkable Thing |
| December | Colson Whitehead | Harlem Shuffle |
Books discussed in 2021
| Month | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| February | N/A | N/A |
| March | Michael Ondaatje | Warlight |
| April | Elizabeth Gilbert | City of Girls |
| May | Min Jin Lee | Pachinko |
| June | John Carreyrou | Bad Blood |
| July | Siri Hustvedt | The Blazing World |
| August | Tara June Winch | The Yield |
| September | Amor Towles | Rules of Civility |
| October | Anne Enright | The Green Road |
| November | Arundhati Roy | The God of Small Things |
| December | Delia Owens | Where the Crawdads Sing |
Books discussed in 2020
| Author | Title |
|---|---|
| Trent Dalton | Boy Swallows Universe |
| Arundhati Roy | The God of Small Things |
| Siri Hustvedt | The Blazing World |
| Jane Austen | Persuasion |
| Belinda Bauer | Snap |
| Amor Towles | Rules of Civility |
| Anne Enright | The Green Road |
| Min Jin Lee | Pachinko |
| John Carreyrou | Bad Blood |
| Michelle Obama | Becoming |
| Delia Owens | Where the Crawdads Sing |
Books discussed in 2019
| Month | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| February | Jane Harper | The Dry |
| March | Victoria Hislop | The Island |
| April | F. Scott Fitzgerald | The Great Gatsby |
| May | Gail Honeyman | Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine |
| June | Karin Slaughter | The Good Daughter |
| July | Oscar Wilde | The Picture of Dorian Gray |
| August | Amor Towles | A Gentleman in Moscow |
| September | Elizabeth Stead | The Sparrows of Edward Street |
| October | Atul Gawande | Being Mortal |
| November | Fredrik Backman | A Man Called Ove |
| December | Celeste Ng | Little Fires Everywhere |
Books discussed in 2018
| Author | Title |
|---|---|
| Richard Flanagan | The Narrow Road to the Deep North |
| Ian McEwan | The Children Act |
| Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | Americanah |
| Khalid Hosseini | And the Mountains Echoed |
| Charlotte Bronte | Jane Eyre |
| Lauren Groff | Fates and Furies |
| Joseph Conrad | Heart of Darkness |
| Kate Atkinson | Life After Life |
| Karen Joy Fowler | We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves |
| Katherine Boo | Behind the Beautiful Forevers |
| Sarah Hall | The Wolf Border |
| Sofie Laguna | The Choke |
Books discussed in 2017
| Author | Title |
|---|---|
| Emily St John Mandel | Station Eleven |
| Erik Larson | Dead Wake: The Crossing of the Lusitania |
| Evie Wyld | All the Birds, Singing |
| Elizabeth Strout | Olive Kitteridge |
| Rohinton Mistry | A Fine Balance |
| Abraham Verghese | Cutting for Stone |
| Geraldine Brooks | The Secret Chord |
| Sarah Winman | When God was a Rabbit |
| Alain de Botton | The Course of Love |
| John Lanchester | Capital |
| Elena Ferrante | My Brilliant Friend |
Books discussed in 2016
| Author | Title |
|---|---|
| M.L. Stedman | The Light Between Oceans |
| Anthony Doerr | All the Light We Cannot See |
| Curtis Sittenfeld | Eligible |