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GregP Jun 2019 8:21am, 29 Jun 2019 113,007 posts	0 GregP ¡El camino de la sal!
McGoohan Jun 2019 8:31am, 29 Jun 2019 40,252 posts	0 McGoohan ¡Basta!
Diogenes Jul 2019 1:47pm, 1 Jul 2019 38,168 posts	0 Diogenes I've started Normal People. It's not my normal sort of book, and yet seems similar to a lot of books I've read before, and not just because of the Oirishness of it. I'm not sure I can understand the overwhelmingly positive reaction I've seen everywhere.
Bintmcskint Jul 2019 1:54pm, 1 Jul 2019 43,449 posts	0 Bintmcskint I can report that both The Salt Path and The Gun Seller are still in the tourist office in Chamonix.
Diogenes Jul 2019 10:23pm, 2 Jul 2019 38,229 posts	0 Diogenes Really struggling to understand all the hype around Normal People, it’s not floating my boat at all. Old Filth however, is a work of subtle, abstract genius.
McGoohan Jul 2019 10:40pm, 2 Jul 2019 40,302 posts	0 McGoohan Pleased to hear that - it's been on my TBR pile for ages (and the sequel. In fact hasn't she done three now?)
Serendippily Jul 2019 11:05pm, 2 Jul 2019 13,162 posts	0 Serendippily I read the man in the hat one. They have a touch of the Graham Greene to them it’s the colonial thing I think
Diogenes Jul 2019 2:44pm, 3 Jul 2019 38,246 posts	0 Diogenes I never realised that there is a trilogy
Diogenes Jul 2019 9:18pm, 4 Jul 2019 38,279 posts	0 Diogenes Right, tonight I’m going to have a crack at Mrs Dalloway.
McGoohan Jul 2019 9:20pm, 4 Jul 2019 40,344 posts	0 McGoohan In the red corner...!

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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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