Our heartfelt thanks to those of you able to join us for our final bookclub meeting for 2020! As always, so many of you had so many wonderful contributions to share with us, and it is very appreciated. We look forward to welcoming you all back to our Online Book Club in 2021. Till then, happy reading!
Some titles may have an indicated suitable age range next to each title, however this is merely a guide and as always we encourage you to use your own judgement, as you know your students best.
Disclaimer: The lists generated as a result of Book Club discussions are not, by any means, an exhaustive list of all titles or authors for each genre/category discussed. Nor will all titles be suitable for all libraries. We advise staff discretion when referencing these lists, to properly confirm individual title suitability for individual libraries, school and students needs. These are suggested titles only, shared by our members and inclusion on, or exclusion from, a list does not suggest SLAV endorsement or rejection of a title.
Modern Classics
Old Kingdom Series by Garth Nix
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Little Fur Series by Isobelle Carmody
Polly and Buster Trilogy by Sally Rippin
Dragonkeeper Series by Carole Wilkinson
All Sonya Hartnett titles
All Roald Dahl Titles
All Scot Gardner Titles
The Outsiders by SE Hinton
I Am David by Anne Holm
Obernewtyn Series by Isobelle Carmody
Anne Frank Diary of a Young Girl (graphic novel version too)
Hatchet Series by Gary Paulsen (and other titles)
Classics
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Agatha Christie Titles (including new graphic versions)
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell
The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood
All Susan Cooper Titles
My family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
Hidden Gems
Double Life of Cassiel Roadnight by Jenny Valentine
Walk Twenty, Run Twenty by Gary Disher
What We Are Reading
The End of the World is Bigger than Love by Davina Bell (another unreliable narrator is Liar by Justine Larbelestier)
A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville
The Darkest Evening by Ann Cleeves
Untwisted: The Story of My Life by Paul Jennings
Summerwater by Sarah Moss
All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty
Wolf Hall Trilogy by Hilary Mantel
The Unadoptables by Hanna Tooke
The Yield by Tara June Winch
The Dry by Jane Harper (and later titles)
Governess by Wendy Holden
Nancy Wake: A Biography of Our Greatest War Heroine