Open Option
I Never Promised you a Rose Garden (Joanne Greenberg)
I Never Promised you a Rose Garden Author: Joanne Greenberg List: Open Option Year of publication: 1964 Pages: 288 Goodreads: I Never Promised you a Rose Garden
novel
Open Option
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea Author: Ernest Hemingway List: Open Option Year of publication: 1952 Pages: 132 [½] Goodreads: The Old Man and the Sea
Open Option
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse Author: Virginia Woolf List: Open Option Year of publication: 1927 Pages: 209 Goodreads: To the Lighthouse
Open Option
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men Author: John Steinbeck List: Open Option Year of publication: 1937 Pages: 112 [½] Goodreads: Of Mice and Men
Open Option
The Lighthouse (Alison Moore)
The Lighthouse Author: Alison Moore List: Open Option (Man Booker Longlist 2012) Year of publication: 2012 Pages: 184 Goodreads: The Lighthouse
Dystopia
The Wall (John Lanchester)
The Wall Author: John Lanchester List: Open Option (Man Booker Longlist 2019) Project: dystopia – government / environmental / social injustice Year of publication: 2019 Pages: 276 Goodreads: The Wall
Orpheus
Etta and Otto and Russell and James (Emma Hooper)
Etta, Otto, Russell and James is a moving novel that chronicles Etta’s solo journey, leaving her husband Otto and friend Russell behind. Set against a backdrop of shared memories, the story delves into themes of […]
Dystopia
The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood)
Offred, the central character in The Handmaid’s Tale, lives in a dystopian society known as Gilead. The novel explores Offred’s experiences within the oppressive regime, her struggle to retain her individuality and memories, and her […]
War
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 Author: Joseph Heller Project: war – World War II Year of publication: 1961 Pages: 453 Goodreads: Catch-22
Recent Prize Winner
A God in Ruins (Kate Atkinson)
A God in Ruins Author: Kate Atkinson List: Recent Prize Winner Project: war – World War II Year of publication: 2015 Pages: 468 Goodreads: A God in Ruins