Highland Libraries has a collection of sets of books for local reading
groups. To borrow these contact your library. In
most cases there are 8 copies of each title. We are in the
process of writing a synopsis of each book to help you choose.
You will find reviews of some of them in the Review section - click the
hyperlinks to go to the reviews. If
there is something you have enjoyed reading, please send a review - you can
do this individually or as a group, using the form on the review page.
Title
Author
Synopsis
The
accidental
Smith, Ali
Accidental optimist's guide to life
Joy, Emily
Altered land
Hardy, Jules
The story of this book
concerns the relationship between a mother and her son, but the theme is
selfless love in its widest sense, its beauty and its power to overcome pain
A laugh-aloud read about
a series of damaged characters who find their way to a cheese farm in
Ireland. Zany and enchanting – Irish humour at its best.
Blue moon book
MacLeod,Anne
Blue Poppies
Falla, Jonathan
Set in a Himalayan
village in Tibet at the time of the Chinese invasion of the 1950s, this is
the story of Jamie, a young Scot and his love for Puton, a crippled widow
shunned by the villagers.
The
Bookseller of Kabul
Seierstad, Asne
Buddha Da
Donovan, Anne
Case histories
Atkinson, Kate
Cinnamon City
Innes, Miranada
Cloud atlas
Mitchell, David
The Colour
Tremain, Rose
Cover to Cover
Craig, Robert
The Curious incident of
the dog in the night time
Haddon, Mark
The dark ship
Macleod, Anne
Diary of an ordinary
woman
Forster, Margaret
Dirt Music
Winton, Tim
Down & out in Paris & London
Orwell, George
Driftnet
Anderson, Lin
Emotional geology
Gillard, Linda
Escape routes for beginners
Cochrane, Kira
Fall of Light
Williams, Niall
Falling leaves
Mah, Adeline Yen
Findings
Jamie, Kathleen
The Five people you meet
in heaven
Albom, Mitch
Fleshmarket Close
Rankin, Ian
Friends,
lovers, chocolate
Smith, Alexander McCall
Ghosting
Erdal, Jennie
Good wives
Forster, Margaret
The highest tide
Lynch, Jim
Home
Myerson, Julie
Hotel World
Smith, Ali
A daring and challenging
read, Ali Smith uses vivid and powerful prose to depict the lives of five
female characters whose only link is the Global Hotel in a northerly English
town.
