The Insole Court Book Club is a monthly book club that specifically explores a diverse ranges of authors, for those who wants to discover something new. The book club is a friendly and social club, where we can get together to discuss the book (even if you haven’t finished it, life is too short to read a book that you don’t enjoy!) have a cuppa in beautiful surroundings, and meet other readers.
The book club takes place in the Reading Room of Insole Court, Cardiff, CF5 2LN. There is plenty of free parking on site, access for cars and pedestrians is on Fairwater Road. Further details can be found here.
Join us on the last Tuesday of every month, from 7 until 8.30pm.
If you would like to come along, please let me know by email: offbeatbookclub@gmail.com
- Tuesday 31 May – Piranesi by Susanna Clarke – We return to in-person meetings!
- Tuesday 28 June – Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Tuesday 26 July – Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
- Tuesday 30 August – The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
- Tuesday 27 September – Educated by Tara Westover
- Tuesday 25 October – The Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohammed
- Tuesday 29 November – One August Night by Victoria Hislop
- Tuesday 27 December – My Name is Why by Lemn Sissey
- Tuesday 31 January – Fake Law by the Secret Barrister
If you have any trouble finding the book at all, please let me know and I will source one for you.
Happy reading!
Books read so far, in chronological order:
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Eight Months on Ghazzah Street by Hilary Mantel
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo
Lanny by Max Porter
Hello World by Hannah Fry
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Gunaratne
Skint Estate by Cash Carraway
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
Motherwell by Deborah Orr
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
Sway by Pragya Agarwal
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Happy Families by Julie Ma
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Louis and Louise by Julie Cohen
Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan
Empireland by Sathnam Sanghere
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
A Bit of A Stretch by Chris Atkins
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