The 2004 Book Club
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
Watching from heaven, Susie sees her happy, suburban family devastated by her death, isolated even from one another as they each try to cope with their terrible loss alone.
The Bookseller of Kabul - Asne Seierstad
A moving portrait of a family and a clear-eyed assessment of a country struggling to free itself from history.
Notes on Scandal - Zoe Heller
'Fascinating, brilliant, horribly addictive' Guardian
The Know - Martina Cole
When Joanie's beautiful teenage daughter is raped and murdered, only one thing will stop her pain - seeing her daughter's killer brought to justice.
White Mughals - William Dalrymple
White Mughals is the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time.
Starter for Ten - David Nicholls
Starter for Ten is a comedy about love, class, growing-up and the all-important difference between knowledge and wisdom.
Brick Lane - Monica Ali
Strikingly imagined, gracious and funny, this novel is at once epic and intimate.
Lucia, Lucia - Adriana Trigiana
Lucia, Lucia is the story of a girl who risks everything for the belief that a woman could - and should - be able to have it all.
The Star of the Sea - Joseph O'Connor
In a spellbinding story of tragedy and mercy, love and healing, the further the ship sails towards the Promised Land, the more her passengers seem moored to a past which will never let them go.
Toast - Nigel Slater
Toast is Nigel Slater's truly extraordinary story of a childhood remembered through food.