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Sep 21, 2017
From an exploration of raising a transgender child to an imagined re-telling of famous murders in the 19th century, these are some of the best new conversation-starters.

If you’re struggling to recommend a novel for your next book club, The Independent has compiled a list of accessible, exciting and original books to get the conversation started.


Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits

Laura Barnett

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One day. Sixteen songs. The soundtrack of a lifetime. Alone in her studio, Cass Wheeler is taking...


Fiction Contemporary Music
See What I Have Done

See What I Have Done

Sarah Schmidt

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When her father and step-mother are found brutally murdered on a summer morning in 1892, Lizzie...

The Other Hoffmann Sister

The Other Hoffmann Sister

Ben Fergusson

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Gripping historical fiction from the prize-winning author of The Spring of Kasper Meier Shortlisted...


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The Dry

The Dry

Jane Harper

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'One of the most stunning debuts I've ever read...Read it!' David Baldacci 'Packed with sneaky moves...

This is How it Always Is

This is How it Always Is

Laurie Frankel

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This is how a family keeps a secret…and how that secret ends up keeping them. This is how a...


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