There’s nothing like a good book club. Here are a bunch of books that I feel like a lot of different people would enjoy and are also books you could get a good discussion out of.

Idol – Louise O’Neill

Samantha Miller is an influencer and to her young fans – ‘her ‘girls’ – she’s everything they want to be. She tells them how to live their lives, how to be happy and how to find their truth. Determined to speak her truth, she writes an essay about her sexual awakening with her female best friend, Lisa. Sam hasn’t spoken to Lisa for years, but then Lisa gets in touch to say she remembers the experience very different… and a lot darker.

True Crime Story – Joseph Knox

Told as though it’s a true crime novel, this book tells the story of Zoe Nolan, a 19-year-old Manchester University student who walked out of a party at her shared acommodation and was never seen again. 7 years later, 2 writers discuss what happened to her and, through interviews with her friends and family, attempt to piece together what actually happened to her.

The Woman in Me – Britney Spears

Britney Spears details her incredible journey from her childhood to her career as a musician to the horrifying conservatorship she was put under.

Mad Honey – Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan

After her husband revealed a darker side, Olivia and her son, Asher, ended up back in her hometown where she took over her dad’s beekeeping business. 

Lily is also familiar with fresh starts – she moved to a new town with her mother in hopes of a new life. And, for a while that’s exactly what she gets. Lily ends up falling for Asher, Olivia’s son, and she feels happy for the first time.

And then one day, Olivia receives a phone call: Lily is dead, and Asher is being questioned by the police. Olivia is sure her son is innocent … but she would also be lying if she said she never saw her ex-husband’s temper in him, and as the case unfolds Olivia realises there are secrets her son has hidden from her.

The Memory Police – Yoko Ogawa

On an unnamed island, objects are disappearing. It starts with small things and slowly things become more serious. 

Almost everyone is oblivious to the changes – when things change, they just forget and move on with their lives. But then there are people that remember the lost objects who live in fear of the Memory Police who are committed to ensuring that what has disappeared remains forgotten.

Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir

Ryland Grace has just woken up on a space ship millions of miles away from Earth and he has no idea what his mission is. All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very long time and the rest of his crew died a long time ago.

What he doesn’t know is that he is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission – and if he fails, planet Earth will be destroyed.

Educated – Tara Westover

Tara Westover grew up in the mountains of Idaho where she and her family prepared for the end of the world. She’s never seen a doctor so everyone was treated at home, even for serious injuries, they recieved no formal education and they were completely isolated from society.

But Tara began educating herself and by 17 years old she’d started attending high school before making her way to Brigham Young University. This is her story.

My Sister, the Serial Killer – Oyinkan Braithwaite

Ayoola has killed her last 3 boyfriends in what she claims is self-defence and her sister, Korede, is always there to help her clean up the mess afterwards. That is, until, Ayoola becomes interest in Korede’s long time crush, a doctor that she works with… but saving him would mean sacrificing her sister.

Book Lovers – Emily Henry

Nora Stephens is a city girl whose entire life is books but she’s not the typical heroine. She always seems to be the woman that is left behind for a man to find his perfect true love. 

Her beloved little sister, Libby, convinces Nora to go on a trip to Sunshine Falls, a small town straight out of their favourite romance novel. But when she gets there, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a brooding book editor that she’s clashed with in the city.

Penance – Eliza Clark

It’s been nearly a decade since the horrifying murder of a 16-year-old girl rocked a small seaside town and for the first time, the story of what happened is being published in a book.

Alec Z. Carelli, a journalist, has constructed what he calls the ‘definitive account’ of the murder and everything that led to it. He spent countless hours investigating and interviewing everyone involved. The only question is: how much of it is true?