Watsons Bay Book Club
Please note all book club meetings have been suspended due to COVID-19 restrictions.
The Watsons Bay Book Club meets on the first Friday of the month at 11am at the Watsons Bay Library, 8 Marine Parade, Watsons Bay.
Watsons 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 7931.
Books to be discussed in 2020
| Month | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| February | Louis de Bernieres | The Dust that Falls from Dreams |
| March | Anne Tyler | Breathing Lessons |
| April | Min Jin Lee | Pachinko |
| May | Nicola Lagioia | Ferocity |
| June | Geraldine Brooks | Nine Parts of Desire |
| July | Kate Atkinson | Life After Life |
| August | Trent Dalton | Boy Swallows Universe |
| September | William Boyd | Ordinary Thunderstorms |
| October | Tim Winton | The Shepherd's Hut |
| November | Madeline Miller | Circe |
| December | Pat Barker | The Silence of the Girls |
Books to be discussed in 2019
| Month | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| February | Curtis Sittenfeld | Eligible |
| March | Kent Haruf | Our Souls at Night |
| April | Heather Morris | Tattooist of Auschwitz |
| May | Heather Rose | Museum of Modern Love |
| June | Gail Honeyman | Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine |
| July | Jessie Burton | The Miniaturist |
| August | Michael Ondaatje | Warlight |
| September | Adam Johnson | The Orphan Master's Son |
| October | Haruki Murakami | Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage |
| November | Elena Ferrante | My Brilliant Friend |
| December | Mohsin Hamid | Exit West |
Books discussed in 2018
| Author | Title |
|---|---|
| Colson Whitehead | The Underground Railroad |
| Amor Towles | A Gentleman in Moscow |
| Shirley Barrett | Rush Oh! |
| Anne Enright | The Green Road |
| Dominic Smith | The Last Painting of Sara de Vos |
| Judy Blume | In the Unlikely Event |
| Erik Larson | Dead Wake |
| Jessie Burton | The Muse |
| Connie Willis | Passage |
| Ann Patchett | Commonwealth |
| Josephine Wilson | Extinctions |
Books discussed in 2017
| Author | Title |
|---|---|
| Richard Flanagan | The Narrow Road to the Deep North |
| Mark Henshaw | The Snow Kimono |
| Geraldine Brooks | The Secret Chord |
| Helen MacDonald | H is for Hawk |
| Elizabeth Strout | Olive Kitteridge |
| Andy Weir | The Martian |
| Joseph Conrad | Heart of Darkness |
| Sarah Hall | The Wolf Border |
| Charlotte Wood | The Natural Way of Things |
| Alain de Botton | The Course of Love |
| Anthony Doerr | All the Light We Cannot See |
Books discussed in 2016
| Author | Title |
|---|---|
| Emily St John Mandel | Station Eleven |
| Ali Smith | How To Be Both |
| Karen Joy Fowler | We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves |
| Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | Americanah |
| Siri Hustvedt | The Blazing World |
| Liane Moriarty | Big Little Lies |
| Evie Wyld | All the Birds, Singing |
| Lauren Groff | Fates and Furies |
| M L Stedman | The Light Between Oceans |
| Ian McEwan | The Children Act |
| Sarah Waters | The Paying Guests |