Hughenden Book Club
The Hughenden Book Club meets on the second Friday of the month from 11am at the Hughenden Hotel, 14 Queen Street, Woollahra.
Hughenden 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 |
|---|---|---|
| February | Leila Slimani | Lullaby |
| March | Kate Elizabeth Russell | My Dark Vanessa |
| April | Delia Owens | Where the Crawdads Sing |
| May | Martine Arkady | A Memory Called Empire |
| June | Colm Toibin | Magician |
| July | Meg Mason | Sorrow and Bliss |
| August | Elodie Harper | The Wolf Den |
| September | George Orwell | Keep the Aspidistra Flying |
| October | Geraldine Brooks | Horse |
| November | Richard Osman | Thursday Murder Club |
| December | Robert Harris | Act of Oblivion |
Books discussed in 2022
| Month | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| February | NO MEETING | |
| March | Elif Shafak | 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World |
| April | Alexis Schaitkin | Saint X |
| May | Sue Monk Kidd | The Invention of Wings |
| June | Maggie O'Farrell | Hamnet |
| July | Craig Silvey | Honeybee |
| August | Julia Baird | Phosphorescence |
| September | Douglas Stuart | Shuggie Bain |
| October | Bridget Collins | The Betrayals |
| November | Kazuo Ishiguro | Klara and the Sun |
| December | Helen Garner | The Children's Bach |
Books discussed in 2021
| Month | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| February | Laura Shepherd-Robinson | Blood & Sugar |
| March | Tony Birch | The White Girl |
| April | Louis de Bernières | The Dust that Falls from Dreams |
| May | Alex Michaelides | The Silent Patient |
| June | Kevin Barry | Night Boat to Tangier |
| July | Emma Donoghue | Room |
| August | Elif Shafak | 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World |
| September | Elton John | Me |
| October | Annette Hess | The German House |
| November | Alexis Schaitkin | Saint X |
| December | Maggie O'Farrell | Hamnet |
Books discussed in 2020
| Author | Title |
|---|---|
| Erik Larson | Dead Wake |
| Elizabeth Gilbert | City of Girls |
| Mick Herron | Slow Horses |
| Edmund de Waal | The Hare with Amber Eyes |
| Celeste Ng | Little Fires Everywhere |
| Michelle Obama | Becoming |
| Margaret Atwood | The Handmaid's Tale |
| Laura Shepherd-Robinson | Blood & Sugar |
| Louis de Bernieres | The Dust that Falls from Dreams |
| Cassie Hamer | After the Party |
| Tony Birch | The White Girl |
Books discussed in 2019
| Author | Title |
|---|---|
| Kamila Shamsie | Home Fire |
| Caroline Baum | Only |
| Mohsin Hamid | Exit West |
| John Steinbeck | East of Eden |
| Kent Haruf | Our Souls at Night |
| John le Carré | The Spy Who Came In From the Cold |
| Heather Morris | The Tattooist of Auschwitz |
| Elizabeth Kostova | The Historian |
| Anna Burns | Milkman |
| Min Jin Lee | Pachinko |
| Carlos Ruiz Zafón | The Shadow of the Wind |
Books discussed in 2018
| Author | Title |
|---|---|
| Anne Enright | The Green Road |
| Jhumpa Lahiri | The Namesake |
| Shirley Barrett | Rush Oh! |
| David Mitchell | The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet |
| Graham Greene | Honorary Consul |
| Sunjeev Sahota | The Year of the Runaways |
| Ali Smith | How To Be Both |
| Shashi Tharoor | Inglorious Empire |
| Eve Harris | The Marrying of Chani Kaufman |
| Hisham Matar | The Return |
| Jock Serong | The Rules of Backyard Cricket |
| Ahdaf Soueif | The Map of Love |
Books discussed in 2017
| Author | Title |
|---|---|
| Lauren Groff | Fates and Furies |
| Elizabeth Strout | Olive Kitteridge |
| Alain de Botton | The Course of Love |
| Lissa Evans | Crooked Heart |
| Lisa See | Snow Flower and the Secret Fan |
| Sarah Hall | Wolf Border |
| Michelle de Kretser | Questions of Travel |
| Jessie Burton | The Miniaturist |
| Helen MacDonald | H is for Hawk |
| Zia Haider Rahman | In the Light of What We Know |
| Adhef Soueif | The Map of Love |
| Daniel Mason | The Piano Turner |
Books discussed in 2016
| Author | Title |
|---|---|
| Liane Moriarty | Big Little Lies |
| Geraldine Brooks | Year of Wonders |
| Adam Johnson | The Orphan Master's Son |
| Emily St John Mandel | Station Eleven |
| Ian McEwan | The Children Act |
| Richard Flanagan | The Narrow Road to the Deep North |
| Connie Willis | Passage |
| Karen Joy Fowler | We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves |
| Vikram Seth | An Equal Music |
| Jussi Adler-Olsen | The Keeper of Lost Causes |
| Evie Wyld | All the Birds, Singing |
| Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | Americanah |
Books discussed in 2015
| Author | Title |
|---|---|
| Louise Erdrich | The Round House |
| A M Homes | This Book Will Save Your Life |
| M L Stedman | The Light Between Oceans |
| Mary Doria Russell | The Sparrow |
| Drusilla Modjeska | Stravinsky's Lunch |
| Alex Miller | Autumn Laing |
| Lloyd Jones | Mister Pip |
| Siri Hustvedt | The Blazing World |
| Hilary Mantel | Wolf Hall |