| BOOK CLUB -IN-A-BAG TITLES: | AVAILABLE FOR LOAN THROUGH TIPPERARY LIBRARIES | ||
| AUTHORS | TITLES | WE RECOMMEND: | |
| Baldacci David | Wish You Well | Compelling story of a 1940`s family. | |
| Banville, John | The sea | Wonderfully descriptive prose. | |
| Brooks, G | March | Do you remember Mr March from Little Women? Read on! | |
| Carey, Peter | True history of the Kelly Gang | Ned Kelly tells his story in his own words. | |
| Carson, Paul | Scalpel | Irish medical thriller. | |
| Chang, Jung | Wild swans | Vivid accounts of 3 generations of a Chinese family. | |
| Chevalier, Tracy | Girl with a Pearl Earring | Beautifully written, moving, absorbing, a real treat. | |
| Clark, Mary Higgins | Remember Me | A thriller to keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. | |
| Coetzee, JM | Disgrace | Post-apartheid South Africa is the backdrop. | |
| Connelly, Michael | The Poet | A thriller to keep you on the edge from start to finish. | |
| Cullen, Bill | It`s A Long Way From Penny Apples. | Very, very funny and inspirational too…. | |
| Cunningham, Michael | The Hours | 3 Characters all linked by Virginia Woolf`s novel, Mrs Dalloway. | |
| Dai, Sijie | Balzac & the Little Chinese Seamstress | Part historical novel, part fable and part love story | |
| Donnelly, Jennifer | A Gathering Light | An excellent adult and teen read. Very enjoyable. | |
| Doyle, Roddy | Paula Spencer | A year in the life of a recovering alcoholic. You will laugh and cry with Paula. | |
| Eugenides, Jeffrey | Middlesex | Unputdownable, great storyline. | |
| Faulks, Sebastian | On Green Dolphin Street | The 1950`s & 1960`s - Nixon & Kennedy era. | |
| Fitch, Janet | White Oleander | Hardhitting but compelling reading. | |
| Fletcher, Susan | Eve Green | Great images of rural Wales. | |
| Frazier, Charles | Cold Mountain | Much, much better than the film. A great read. | |
| Gaarder, Jostein | Sophie`s World | A novel about the history of philosophy. | |
| Geras, Adele | Facing The Light | Good family saga with lots of skeletons in the closets. | |
| Gibbons, Kaye | The Life All Around Me | You will really care about Ellen after reading this book. | |
| Hagen, George | The Laments | Touching story of the ups and downs of family lie. | |
| Harris, Joanne | Chocolat | French chocolate, good or bad?? Good read | |
| Hoag, Tami | Dead sky | Compelling and page-turning, with two different crimes being intertwined. | |
| Hornby, Nick | About a Boy | Is it an accurate desription of life for the 30 something male? | |
| Ishiguro, Kazuo | The Remains of the Day | The big house and the butler`s stories. | |
| James, PD | The Lighthouse. | Crime fiction at its best. A gripping read. | |
| Kennedy, Douglas | The Pursuit of Happiness | Page turner with a few twists. | |
| Kidd, Sue Monk | The Mermaid Chair | Relationships in all their glory….. | |
| Kingsolver, Barbara | Poisonwood Bible | The Belgian Congo - is it the place for a preacher & his family? | |
| Lawson, Mary | Crow Lake | The lives of a family after both parents are killed in a road accident. | |
| Lewycka, Marina | A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian | A great read, don`t judge this book by its title… | |
| Lowry, Lois | The Giver | A place of: no crime, misery or poverty? But no freedom. Great teen & adult read. | |
| McCarthy, Pete | McCarthy`s Bar | Very, very funny journey of discovery around Ireland. | |
| McGahern, John | That They May Face the Rising Sun | Beautifully written. Detailed & true descriptions. | |
| McLaverty, Bernard | Grace Notes | Great story. Excellent treatment of harsh subjects. | |
| Mah, Adeline Yen | Falling Leaves | The complexities of Chinese society and family life. | |
| Martel, Yann | Life of Pie | An Indian boy & a tiger adrift on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean. | |
| Mitchell, David | Cloud Atlas | 6 Different stories are tied together. | |
| Mosse, Kate | Labyrinth | The lives of 2 women born centuries apart are linked by a common destiny. | |
| Moyes, Jo Jo | Ship of Brides | 635 Australian brides on their way to UK and new lives. | |
| Murphy, Dervla | Full Tilt:from Dublin to Delhi with a bicycle | Dervla Murphy`s descriptions make you want to visit many of these remote places. | |
| Niffenegger, Audrey | The Time traveller`s Wife | Unputdownable…. | |
| Oates, Joyce Carol | The Female of the Species | Tales of mystery and suspense. | |
| O`Brien, Edna | The Country Girls | Banned in 1960`s Ireland, can you see why? | |
| O`Connor, Joseph | The Star of the Sea | Brilliant story that will haunt you after you have finished reading it. | |
| O`Keeffe, Patrick | The Hill Road | A realistic picture of rural Ireland. Enjoyable read. | |
| Ondaatje, Michael | Anil`s Ghost | The lives of people affected indirectly by civil war in Sri Lanka. | |
| Parsons, Julie | Mary, Mary | The characters & storyline will hold your interest. A few surprises…. | |
| Robinson, Marilynne | Gilead | Writing a memoir for a young sun……. | |
| Ryan, Mary | Hope | An Irish American family and The Hope Diamond. There`s a local connection… | |
| Sachaar, Louis | Holes | A moving and worth reading story about a youth offenders unit. Adult & teen read. | |
| Sebold, Alice | Lovely Bones | A murdered woman looks down from her life in Heaven. | |
| See, Lisa | Snow Flower & Secret Fan | 19th century rural China. Worth reading. | |
| Seth, Vikram | An Equal Music | A love affair with music worth reading. | |
| Shreeve, Anita | The Pilot`s Wife | Catherine sets out to discover who her dead husband really was? | |
| Shreeve, Anita | Light on Snow | A great reflection on life, death, loss & love. | |
| Shreeve, Anita | Wedding in December | Interlinking lives & stories. Worth reading. | |
| Sparks, Nicholas | At First Sight | Human relationships, the joy and the despair. | |
| Swift, Graham | Last Orders | 4 men have to scatter the ashes of their friend. Discoveries & secrets…. | |
| Trevor, William | The Story of Lucy Gault | A gripping and well written engaging story. | |
| Trigiani, Adriana | Liucia, Lucia | We guarantee you will want to read every book written by Trigiani. Brilliant. | |
| Tyler, Anne | Digging To America | Multicultural America & everyday observations. | |
| Waters, Sarah | Fingersmith | Totally gripping with lots of twists you won`t see coming…….. | |
| Weldon, Fay | She May Not Leave | Fast paced and engaging. | |
| Wiesel, E | Night | The New York Times sums up this book,`A slim volume of terrifying power`. A must read. | |
| Zafan, Carlos Rui | Shadow Of The wind | A gripping story right from the beginning. | |