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February 15, 2019March 12, 2019 Glance-a-book

The Year of the Farmer by Rosalie Ham

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A Simple Favour by Darcey Bell

January 22, 2019March 12, 2019 Glance-a-book

The Dry by Jane Harper

December 16, 2018March 12, 2019 Glance-a-book

The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa. Translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel

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  1. Arikawa, Hiro The Travelling Cat Chronicles
  2. Ashley, Melissa The Birdman’s Wife
  3. Atkinson, Kate Transcription
  4. Atwood, Margaret  Hag-Seed
  5. Bauer, Belinda Snap
  6. Bell, Darcey A Simple Favour
  7. Boyd, William Love is Blind
  8. Chater, Lauren The Lace Weaver
  9. Cochrane, Peter The Making of Martin Sparrow
  10. Cooper, Tea The Naturalist’s Daughter
  11. Copleton, Jackie A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding
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  13. Diaz, Hernan In the Distance
  14. Dunmore, Helen Birdcage Walk
  15. Edugyan, Esi Washington Black
  16. Egan, Jennifer Manhattan Beach
  17. Eng, Tan Twan The Gardens of Evening Mist
  18. Forsyth, Frederick The Fox
  19. Fowler, Karen Joy Sister Noon
  20. Frazier, Charles Varina
  21. Fuller, Claire Bitter Orange
  22. Ham, Rosalie The Year of the Farmer
  23. Hamid, Mohsin Exit West
  24. Hammer, Chris Scrublands
  25. Harper, Jane The Dry
  26. Harvey, Samantha The Western Wind
  27. Hawke, Steve The Valley
  28. Heiss, Anita  Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms 
  29. Hills, Lia The Crying Place 
  30. Hooper, Chloe The Arsonist
  31. Hornby, Nick Juliet, Naked
  32. Ishiguro, Kazuo The Remains of the Day
  33. Juchau, Mireille The World Without Us
  34. Kenneally, Tom Two Old Men Dying
  35. Kingsolver, Barbara Unsheltered
  36. Kwon, R. O., The Incendiaries.
  37. Lea, Caroline. The Glass Woman.
  38. Mangan, Christine  Tangerine
  39. Mackintosh, Clare  I Let You Go
  40. Maugham, W. Somerset The Painted Veil
  41. Michaelides, Alex The Silent Patient
  42. Morton, Kate The Clockmaker’s Daughter
  43. Norton, Graham. A Keeper
  44. Oates, Joyce Carol Hazards of Time Travel
  45. O’Grady, Emily The Yellow House
  46. Olsson, Kristina Shell
  47. Patchett, Ann Bel Canto
  48. Perry, Sarah Melmoth
  49. Redhill, Michael Bellevue Square
  50. Saunders, Ken 2028
  51. Serong, Jack Preservation
  52. Setterfield, Diane. Once Upon a River
  53. Smith, Dominic The Beautiful Miscellaneous
  54. Stevenson, Benjamin Greenlight
  55. Suskind, Patrick Perfume: the Story of a Murderer
  56. Vermette, Katherena The Break
  57. Ware, Ruth The Death of Mrs Westaway
  58. Wood, Charlotte The Natural Way of Things
  59. Zusak, Markus Bridge of Clay

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