Recommended reads

Book Club members share recommended reads during our online meetings and on the WhatsApp MET Book Club community. We've compiled a non-exhaustive list of these recommendations to inspire our future picks and keep you happily and bookishly engaged.

Enjoy!
 
Updated after Book Club session on 1 September 2026, in no particular order:

The Dictionary of Lost Words, Pip Williams
How to Build a Girl and How to be Famous, Caitlin Moran
The Names, Florence Knapp
The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood
Les armoires vides, Annie Ernaux
Florida, Lauren Groff
Après le virage, c’est chez moi, Marie Kock
Retour à Reims, Didier Eribon
Un désir démesuré d’amitié, Hélène Giannecchini
Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
Livret de famille, Patrick Mondiano
The Decagon House Murders, Yukito Ayatsuji, trans. Ho-Ling Wong
Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer
Temporada de huracanes, Fernanda Melchor
Dirt Music, Tim Winton
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, Elisabeth Tova Bailey
A Bad Birdwatcher's Companion, Simon Barnes
The Women, Kristin Hannah
The Four Winds, Kristin Hannah
The Ministry of Time, Kaliane Bradley
The Pact, Jodi Picoult
Le Coeur en retrograde, Pascale Hubert
Mr Loverman, Bernadine Evaristo
Guilty by Definition, Susie Dent
The Correspondent, Virginia Evans
The Sentence, Louise Erdrich
Less, Andrew Sean Greer
Flesh, David Szalay
Shy Creatures, Claire Chambers
On the Calculation of Volume I, Solvej Balle
Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt
Ira Dei: The Wrath of God, Mariano Gambin
The Liar's Dictionary, Eley Williams
Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series, books 1-4, Val McDermid
Exit Strategy, Lee Child
The Rooster Bar, John Grisham