Open Option
Treacle Walker (Alan Garner)
Treacle Walker Author: Alan Garner List: Recent Prize Winner Short List (Man Booker, 2022) Year of publication: 2021 Pages: 152 [½] Goodreads: Treacle Walker
150-200
Dystopia
The Iron Heel (Jack London)
The Iron Heel Author: Jack London Project: dystopia – government / corporate rule Year of publication: 1908 Pages: 195 Goodreads: The Iron Heel [ Download from Gutenberg.org ]
Identity
Giovanni’s Room (James Baldwin)
Author: James Baldwin Project: Identity – sexual Year of publication: 1956 Pages: 169 Goodreads: Giovannis Room
Identity
If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin)
Author: James Baldwin Project: Identity – racial Year of publication: 1974 Pages: 197 Goodreads: If Beale Street Could Talk
War
Cal (Bernard MacLaverty)
Cal Author: Bernard MacLaverty Project: War – The Troubles Year of publication: 1983 Pages: 154 Goodreads: Cal
Orpheus
Orpheus Girl (Brynne Rebele-Henry)
Orpheus Girl Author: Brynne Rebele-Henry Project: Orpheus – love and trust Year of publication: 2019 Pages: 176 Goodreads: Orpheus Girl “Two teenage girls are sent to a conversion camp to ‘cure’ them from their lesbian feelings. […]
Orpheus
The Noise of Time (Julian Barnes)
The Noise of Time Author: Julian Barnes Project: Orpheus – power of music Year of publication: 2016 Pages: 184 Goodreads: The Noise of Time “‘Being hero is easier than being a coward’. During […]
War
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American Author: Graham Greene List: Open Option Category: war Year of publication: 1955 Pages: 180 Goodreads: The Quiet American “Written before the escalation of the Vietnam war this novel explores the […]
War
Lies of Silence (Brian Moore)
Lies of Silence Author: Brian Moore Year of publication: 1990 Pages: 192 Goodreads: Lies of Silence “Would you help terrorists to protect your family? An answer is given in this novel about the […]
Open Option
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway Author: Virginia Woolf Year of publication: 1925 Pages: 194 Goodreads: Mrs. Dalloway “This Modernist novel is still very topical today. It focuses on impressions, on the fleeting moment of being, and […]