The Official Unofficial Book Group Book Discussion thread

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Hanneke Aug 2021 10:22pm, 16 Aug 2021 77,952 posts	0 Hanneke I read Moby Dick. I seem to remember it was part of my school curriculum. I liked it but I don't remember much of it...
GregP Aug 2021 7:27am, 17 Aug 2021 128,681 posts	0 GregP Can't we rig Dio as choosinator next month then we can all read the Anitatatata B?
LindsD Aug 2021 7:28am, 17 Aug 2021 49,113 posts	0 LindsD
Hanneke Aug 2021 9:30am, 17 Aug 2021 77,970 posts	0 Hanneke I fancy that one as well GreP...
Diogenes Aug 2021 9:51am, 17 Aug 2021 62,157 posts	0 Diogenes Funnily enough, of the three I picked up and read the first couple of pages of (I'm not fit enough to lift the Mantel at the moment), the Brookner was the most difficult to get into and too similar in tone to my previous read, whereas The Whale was the most immediately accessible. I ended up beginning the Le Carre.
Angus Clydesdale Aug 2021 9:53am, 17 Aug 2021 23,097 posts	0 Angus Clydesdale I’ve restarted my relationship with Aubrey and Maturin.
GregP Aug 2021 10:08am, 17 Aug 2021 128,690 posts	0 GregP Give you joy, Sir.
Angus Clydesdale Aug 2021 10:44am, 17 Aug 2021 23,098 posts	0 Angus Clydesdale
Hanneke Aug 2021 10:50am, 17 Aug 2021 77,992 posts	0 Hanneke I better finish last month's and this month's chozzes first, before I start something else...
GregP Aug 2021 9:15am, 21 Aug 2021 128,844 posts	0 GregP Scoff if you must, but I was delighted to find this in a pulp thriller (Rules of Prey by John Sandford): A digital clock punched red electronic minutes into the silence.

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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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