AWC Book Club Reading Selections for 2025-26
Below are the books received as recommendations. Click on the book cover to jump to its goodreads summary. After careful review, go to any of the links for the poll to vote on your choices.
The Disordered Mind (2018)
by Eric R. Kandel
Nationality
Australian-American medical doctor
Type
science of brain to understand behaviors
Pages
304
Availability
Kindle 4€
Paperback 11€
James (2024)
by Percival Everett
*2024 Kirkus Prize and National Book Award for Fiction
Nationality
American
Type
historical
humor
fiction
Pages
320
Availability
Kindle 15€
Paperback 22€
The Teahouse Fire (2006)
By Ellis Avery
Nationality
American
Type
historical fiction
Japan
Pages
465
Availability
Kindle $12
Amazon Paperback $7/22€
No Name (1862)
by Wilkie Collins
Nationality
British
Type
classic 1862; social insights into Victorian life; considered immoral when published
Pages
640
Availability
Kindle 1€
Amazon Paperback 19€
My Brilliant Friend (2011)
by Elena Ferrante
*Netflix series
Nationality
Italian
Type
fiction
Pages
336
Availability
Kindle 12€
Paperback 13€
Long Island (2024)
by Colm Toibin
Nationality
Irish
Type
fiction
Pages
304
Availability
Kindle 16€
Paperback 22€
Dream Count (2025)
by C. Nogzi Adichie
*Longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2025
Nationality
Nigerian, lives in US
Type
fiction
Pages
416
Availability
Kindle 16€
Paperback 21€
A Fine Balance (1995)
by Rohinton Mistry
*1995 Giller Prize
Nationality
Indian-Canadian
Type
historical fiction
Pages
624
Availability
Kindle 10€
Paperback 13€
Normal People (2018)
by Sally Rooney
*TV adaptation; 2018 Waterstone Book of the Year; Best Novel 2018 Costa Book Award
Nationality
Irish
Type
novel/literary fiction
Pages
288
Availability
Kindle 11€
Paperback 12€
Girl, Woman, Other (2019)
by Bernadine Evaristo
*Booker Prize 2019
Nationality
English
Type
contemporary/post colonial literature
Pages
464
Availability
Kindle 11€
Paperback 12€
The Island of Missing Trees (2021)
by Elif Shafak
*The Costa Novel Award 2021 shortlist; The Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022 shortlist; RSL Ondaatje Prize 2022 longlist; A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
Nationality
British/Turkish
Type
historical fiction
Pages
365
Availability
Kindle 9€
Paperback 15€
Anxious People (2019)
by Fredrik Backman
*Netflix series
Nationality
Swedish
Type
comedy/crime
Pages
368
Availability
Kindle 9€
Paperback 9€
In the Blink of an Eye (1992)
by Jo Callaghan
Nationality
British
Type
crime and AI
Pages
384
Availability
Paperback 16€
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (2020)
by Shehan Karunatilaka
*2022 Booker Prize
Nationality
Sri Lanka
Type
mystery
Pages
400
Availability
Kindle 10€
Paperback 11€
The God of the Woods (2024)
by Liz Moore
Nationality
American
Type
mystery thriller drama
Pages
496
Availability
Kindle 15€
Paperback 13€
Weyward (2023)
by Emilia Hart
Nationality
Australian/British
Type
historical fiction/supernatural
Pages
384
Availability
Kindle 13€
Paperback 9€