Open Option
Unsettled Ground (Claire Fuller)
Unsettled Ground Author: Claire Fuller List: Recent Prize Winner [Costa Book Awards – Winner 2021] Year of publication: 2021 Pages: 289 Goodreads: Unsettled Ground
survival
War
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain tells the story of Inman, a Confederate soldier who deserts the army during the Civil War to make his way back home to Ada, the woman he loves. The novel explores Inman’s arduous […]
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 Cellist of Sarajevo (Steven Galloway)
The Cellist of Sarajevo Author: Steven Galloway Project: Orpheus – power of music Year of publication: 2008 Pages: 235 Goodreads: The Cellist of Sarajevo “A survival novel about the power of music during […]
War
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha Author: Arthur Golden Project: war – World War II Year of publication: 1997 Pages: 434 Goodreads: Memoirs of a Geisha “Set in World War II this novel tells the […]
War
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls Author: Ernest Hemingway List: Open Option Project: war Year of publication: 1940 Pages: 471 Goodreads: For Whom the Bell Tolls “Set in the Spanish Civil War this novel […]
War
The Yellow Birds (Kevin Powers)
Set against the backdrop of war, this novel delves into the intertwined lives of two soldiers and explores themes of friendship, loss, and the haunting effects of combat. Through a complex narrative, it offers a […]
Dystopia
The Year of the Flood (Margaret Atwood)
The Year of the Flood Author: Margaret Atwood List: Open Option Project: dystopia – environmental / corporate rule Year of publication: 2009 Pages: 434 Goodreads: The Year of the Flood “In a post-apocalyptic, […]
Open Option
Butcher’s Crossing (John Williams)
Butcher’s Crossing follows Will Andrews, a Harvard student who seeks adventure and heads to the Kansas frontier in the 1870s. There, he joins a buffalo hunting expedition led by the enigmatic Miller. As they face […]
Dystopia
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Set in a post-apocalyptic world, Oryx and Crake follows the story of Snowman, the last human survivor, as he reflects on his past and the events that led to the destruction of society. It explores […]