The Official Unofficial Book Group Book Discussion thread

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LindsD Jan 2020 7:30pm, 15 Jan 2020 32,748 posts	0 LindsD Didn't like Eleanor Oliphant. Liked all of Patrick Melrose. Love Douglas Adams, Iain Banks, and usually Rose Tremain but not all of them. Actually the last non book club book that I loved was Commonwealth by Ann Patchett. Dislike description but like language and character.
Serendippily Jan 2020 7:52pm, 15 Jan 2020 15,707 posts	0 Serendippily Liked little fires everywhere. And the book of memory. And Gideon Mack. And tinker tailor soldier spy. Book every year of my life being kind to me at the moment I didn’t much like two of your favourite books: post office and that one with the shrieky bloke. So I’m no help
Diogenes Jan 2020 8:12pm, 15 Jan 2020 44,324 posts	0 Diogenes The one with the shrieky bloke! Owen meany?
Diogenes Jan 2020 8:16pm, 15 Jan 2020 44,325 posts	0 Diogenes Ok, here is my recommendation: The Slaves Of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton
Diogenes Jan 2020 8:18pm, 15 Jan 2020 44,326 posts	0 Diogenes Also, you might like Le Carré’s latest, Agent Running In The Field.
Serendippily Jan 2020 8:20pm, 15 Jan 2020 15,708 posts	0 Serendippily A confederacy of dunces
Diogenes Jan 2020 8:20pm, 15 Jan 2020 44,327 posts	0 Diogenes Headlong by Michael Frayn
Serendippily Jan 2020 8:22pm, 15 Jan 2020 15,709 posts	0 Serendippily Pretty sure I enjoyed that one ^^
Sharkie Jan 2020 8:22pm, 15 Jan 2020 15,673 posts	0 Sharkie Thanks for the New Yorker link to Resevoir 13, Dio. You might recall just how much I love that book - the review - which I hadn't read - does it justice in my eyes!
Diogenes Jan 2020 9:13pm, 15 Jan 2020 44,328 posts	0 Diogenes It’s very good, isn’t it? Made me appreciate the book even more than I did.

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Unofficial books, underground discussion, MASSIVE SPOILERS.

Some of the most discussed books include:

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
(mind-bending mystery with halls and statues)
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The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (geriatric murder mystery from Britain's tallest comedic brainbox)
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The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
(Memoir of a homeless couple walking the SWCP)
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Milkman by Anna Burns
(Superlative prize-winning fiction)
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The Player Of Games by Iain M. Banks (Sci-Fi)
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The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley (weird steampunk)
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