Litopia Book Club Selections February – September

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I’m delighted to give you an early peak into this year’s Litopia Book Club selections, together with relevant purchase links. It’s a particularly strong and carefully-selected list, and as you’ll know if you’ve attended one of Jason’s riotous Zoom sessions, a good time can be guaranteed for all!

For further information and exact dates, please consult the Book Club area within the Colony

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February

Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison

Funny, biting, sweet, and ultimately inspiring novel, bestselling author Jonathan Evison’s coming-of-age novel evokes the lives of working class people with compassion and honesty.

Find out more… UK / USA

March

The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale

An enchanting, magical novel set in a mysterious toyshop – perfect for fans of Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus, Stephanie Garber’s Caraval and Jessie Burton’s The Miniaturist.

Find out more… UK / USA

April

Boy’s Life by Robert McCammon

An Alabama boy’s innocence is shaken by murder and madness in the 1960s South in this novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of Swan Song.

Find out more… UK / USA

May

All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

A murderous android discovers itself in All Systems Red, a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial Intelligence.

Find out more… UK / USA

June

Blue Angel: A Novel by Francine Prose

“Screamingly funny … Blue Angel culminates in a sexual harassment hearing that rivals the Salem witch trials.” —USA Today

Find out more… UK / USA

July

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

The spectacular new novel from the bestselling author of JONATHAN STRANGE & MR NORRELL, ‘one of our greatest living authors’ (NEW YORK MAGAZINE)

Find out more… UK / USA

August

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

Experience one of the most enduring classics of the twentieth century and the book that The Atlantic has called “one of the best fantasy novels ever.”

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September

The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse

“To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some of the most elegantly turned phrases in the English language.”―Ben Schott

Find out more… UK / USA

Litopia Book Club Selections February – September by TheAgent.

 

[Pamela Jo]

Lawn Boy.
One of the American Library Association's Top 10 Most Banned Books for the past two years, this award-winning coming-of-age novel takes readers into the heart and humor of a young man determined to achieve the ever-changing American dream. He just happens to find himself along the way.

Bought on Kindle. Now I cant wait to read the banned bits...

 

[James Charles]

Lawn Boy.
One of the American Library Association's Top 10 Most Banned Books for the past two years, this award-winning coming-of-age novel takes readers into the heart and humor of a young man determined to achieve the ever-changing American dream. He just happens to find himself along the way.

Bought on Kindle. Now I cant wait to read the banned bits...

Just started it. 10% in. Don't see anything worth banning yet...

 

[MattScho]

Just started it. 10% in. Don't see anything worth banning yet...

I mean, there is a lot of topiary

 

[James Charles]

I mean, there is a lot of topiary

Ha! I am now a third in and I think I know why it's banned in some places; Florida, Jason? @Jason L.

There's a lot of fag talk (Yikes, not as in British) but, well, you know. And touching someones unit...not only with their hand... BANNED!

 

[Pamela Jo]

Topiary branches standing tall and erect thrusting against the sky, then? And a young man who knows just what to do to them? Oh MY! And I thought pool boys had all the fun. ‘God Forbid’: In wildly entertaining doc, pool boy tells all about affair with powerful evangelical’s wife