Meetings: We meet online using Zoom at our usual time each month.
Selection Process: When choosing books we have a limit of 500 pages and £13; we check that there is availability from Herts Libraries, an online supplier and on kindle.
We always score the books we read and over the years have compiled the highest scoring books we have read into our Recommendations list:
BOOK GROUP'S RECOMMENDATIONS 6.pdf
Books Chosen for 2025 - Books set in European Countries
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January
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Maggie O’Farrell
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Country: Italy (Florence)
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The Marriage Portrait
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February
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Michel Bussi
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Country: France (Giverny)
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Black Waterlilies
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March
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Simone van der Vlugt
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Country: Netherlands (Amsterdam, Delft)
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Midnight Blue
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April
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Jon Kalman Stefanson
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Country: Iceland
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Fish Have No Feet
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May
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Victoria Hislop
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Country: Greece
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The Thread
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June
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Ella Gylland
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Country: Denmark
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The Helsingor Sewing Club
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July
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William Boyd
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Country: Numerous
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The Romantic : the real life of Cashel Greville Ross : a novel
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August
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Defne Suman
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Country: Turkey (Smyrna)
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The Silence of Scheherazade
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September
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Andrea Camilleri
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Country: Italy (Sicily)
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The Age of Doubt
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October
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Anja de Jager
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Country: Netherlands (Amsterdam)
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A Cold Death in Amsterdam– first Lotte Meerman mystery
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November
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Elif Shafak
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Country: Cyprus
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The Island of Missing Trees
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December
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Antonio Manzini
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Country: Italy (NW Alps)
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A Cold Death
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Reserve:
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Paul Gallico
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Country: France (Paris)
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Flowers for Mrs Harris/Mrs Harris goes to Paris
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