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Twenty one titles to keep your book club humming in 2021.

Some books are solo endeavours – literary tomes best tackled alone (and all in good time). Others are flat-out too embarrassing to share with your book club buddies (we won’t tell anyone). And then there are books that are simply made to be ruminated upon, digested and shared (once a month with a select group of friends and virtual strangers). Here are twenty one titles calling out for their book-club homes.

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Landfall book club questions

A gripping climate-driven thriller set in Sydney.

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The Book of Guilt book club questions

A creepy, compelling novel to read with your book club.

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The Sex Lives of Married Women book club questions

A sexy, funny, surprising tale of female friendship to read with your book club.

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The Deadly Dispute book club questions

The delightfully entertaining new novel in The Tea Ladies cosy crime series. Perfect for reading with your book club!

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The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife book club questions

A heartwarming debut novel to read with your book club about mistaken identity, loneliness, and the quest for belonging.

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Half Truth book club questions

A moving drama about family, loss and belonging to read with your book club.

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The Mix-up book club questions

A thought-provoking new novel about a mix-up that leaves two children wondering who they really are and where they belong.

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Blood pact book club questions

Fiona McIntosh's explosive new Jack Hawksworth thriller, perfect to read with your book club.

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Stories from the Otto Bin Empire book club questions

A collection of stories from Judy Nunn about friendship, community and finding family in the unlikeliest of places.

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This Kingdom of Dust book club questions

An epic reimagining of the Apollo mission to read with your book club.

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Cactus Pear For My Beloved book club questions

A family story from Gaza to read with your book club.

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The Fallen Woman book club questions

A heart-stopping historical adventure to read with your book club.

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The Venice Hotel book club questions

A deliciously twisty novel set against a backdrop the romantic backdrop of Venice.

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Translations book club questions

A deeply moving novel to read with your book club.

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Winter of the Wolf book club questions

A gripping debut that blends history with paranormal and feminist themes, with a moving queer romance at its core.

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Eleanor Jones Can't Keep a Secret book club questions

A tense and quirky mystery novel to read with your book club.

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Jade and Emerald book club questions

A fierce, emotional, and nostalgic novel to read with your book club.

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The Lyrebird Lake Ladies Choir book club questions

A lyrical, deeply moving story to read with your book club.

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The Little Clothes book club questions

A humorous, provocative and affectionate novel to read with your book club.

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Psykhe book club questions

A new twist on a Greek myth that gives voice, power and agency to the woman at the centre of the story.

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The Studio Girls book club Questions

A sumptuous, nostalgic book about the Golden Age of cinema to read with your book club

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The Cryptic Clue book club questions

The second book in The Tea Ladies series is a fun mystery to read with your book club.

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