Book Club
The BCA Book Club is a great opportunity for avid readers and lovers of literature to get together to discuss the latest reads. The Club chooses its reading list for the year in advance to give everyone the opportunity to jump right in.
CURRENT BOOK LIST FOR 2024/25
November 18: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garman
December 16: True Biz by Sara Novic
January 20: The House of Doors by Tan Twang Eng
February 17: Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
March 17: Bournville by Jonathan Coe
April 21: Less by Andrew Sean Greer
May 19: Still Life by Sarah Winman
June 16: The Fraud by Zadie Smith
--No meeting in July and August --
September 15: On Beauty by Zadie Smith
October 20: Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
BOOKS CHOSEN FOR 2023/24
September 18: By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah.
October 16: The Years by Annie Ernaux
November 20: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
December 18: Horse by Geraldine Brooks
January 15: The Green Road by Anne Enright
February 19: Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland
March 18: The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
April 15: Fruit of the Lemon by Andrea Levy
May 20: Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
June 17: The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks
——--
September 16: Mme Fourcade’s Secret War by Lynne Olson
October 21: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
BOOKS CHOSEN FOR 2022/23
October 17: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett.
November 21: The Promise by Damon Galgut.
December 19: The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak.
January 16: Beautiful World Where Are You? by Sally Rooney.
February 20: The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead.
March 20: Intimacies by Katie Kitamura.
April 17: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro.
May 15: The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker.
June 19: The Giver of Stars by JoJo Moyes.
CURRENT BOOK LIST FOR 2024/25
November 18: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garman
December 16: True Biz by Sara Novic
January 20: The House of Doors by Tan Twang Eng
February 17: Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
March 17: Bournville by Jonathan Coe
April 21: Less by Andrew Sean Greer
May 19: Still Life by Sarah Winman
June 16: The Fraud by Zadie Smith
--No meeting in July and August --
September 15: On Beauty by Zadie Smith
October 20: Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
BOOKS CHOSEN FOR 2023/24
September 18: By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah.
October 16: The Years by Annie Ernaux
November 20: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
December 18: Horse by Geraldine Brooks
January 15: The Green Road by Anne Enright
February 19: Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland
March 18: The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
April 15: Fruit of the Lemon by Andrea Levy
May 20: Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
June 17: The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks
——--
September 16: Mme Fourcade’s Secret War by Lynne Olson
October 21: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
BOOKS CHOSEN FOR 2022/23
October 17: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett.
November 21: The Promise by Damon Galgut.
December 19: The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak.
January 16: Beautiful World Where Are You? by Sally Rooney.
February 20: The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead.
March 20: Intimacies by Katie Kitamura.
April 17: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro.
May 15: The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker.
June 19: The Giver of Stars by JoJo Moyes.