Hughenden Book Club

The Hughenden Book Club meets on the second Friday of the month from 11am at the Hughenden Hotel, 14 Queen Street, Woollahra.

Hughenden Book Club is currently full. If you are interested in joining a waitlist, please contact Woollahra Libraries at libraryspaces@woollahra.nsw.gov.au, or by phone 9391 7100.

Books to be discussed in 2025

MONTH AUTHOR TITLE
February Nancy Mitford The pursuit of love
March David Grann Killers of the flower moon
April Emily Maguire Rapture
May Rachel Kushner Creation Lake
June Mick Herron The secret hours
July Jessica Au Cold enough for snow
August Samantha Harvey Orbital
September Colm Toibin Long island
October Jacqueline Bublitz Before you knew my name
November Fiona McFarlane Highway 13
December Kaliane Bradley Ministry of time

Books discussed in 2024

MONTH AUTHOR TITLE
February Elif Shafak The Island of Missing Trees
March Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice
April Guiseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa The Leopard
May Kate Atkinson Behind the Scenes at the Museum
June Claire Keegan Small Things Like These
July Amitav Ghosh The Glass Palace
August Taylor Jenkins Reid Daisy Jones and the Six
September Zadie Smith The Fraud
October Anna Funder Wifedom
November Rebecca F Kuang Yellowface
December Pip Williams The Bookbinder of Jericho

Books discussed in 2023

MONTH AUTHOR TITLE
February Leila Slimani Lullaby
March Kate Elizabeth Russell My Dark Vanessa
April Delia Owens Where the Crawdads Sing
May Martine Arkady A Memory Called Empire
June Colm Toibin Magician
July Meg Mason Sorrow and Bliss
August Elodie Harper The Wolf Den
September George Orwell Keep the Aspidistra Flying
October Geraldine Brooks Horse
November Richard Osman Thursday Murder Club
December Robert Harris Act of Oblivion

Books discussed in 2022

MONTH AUTHOR TITLE
February NO MEETING
March Elif Shafak 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World
April Alexis Schaitkin Saint X
May Sue Monk Kidd The Invention of Wings
June Maggie O'Farrell Hamnet
July Craig Silvey Honeybee
August Julia Baird Phosphorescence
September Douglas Stuart Shuggie Bain
October Bridget Collins The Betrayals
November Kazuo Ishiguro Klara and the Sun
December Helen Garner The Children's Bach

Books discussed in 2021

MONTH AUTHOR TITLE
February Laura Shepherd-Robinson Blood & Sugar
March Tony Birch The White Girl
April Louis de Bernières The Dust that Falls from Dreams
May Alex Michaelides The Silent Patient
June Kevin Barry Night Boat to Tangier
July Emma Donoghue Room
August Elif Shafak 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World
September Elton John Me
October Annette Hess The German House
November Alexis Schaitkin Saint X
December Maggie O'Farrell Hamnet
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