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To get The Orion Reading Room started we’ve picked a few of our favourite reading group titles, books that generate discussion, debate and some arguments! All of these titles are published with extensive reading group notes.

The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
£9.99 PB

A story which truly grabs you from the start – and a perfect tale for bibliophiles! The atmosphere of old Barcelona is captured in a magical and absorbing novel.

The Reader
Bernhard Schlink
£6.99 PB

A powerful novel with fantastic themes to discuss: guilt, memory and betrayal entwined with the legacy of the Holocaust.

The Color Purple
Alice Walker
£6.99 PB

The classic tale of the Deep South in the early twentieth century, which won the Pulitzer Prize and was memorably filmed by Steven Spielberg.

Sophie's World
Jostein Gaarder
£7.99 PB

Can a novel ask too many questions? This tale incorporates a history of Western philosophy from Democritus to the present day, and certainly repays the concentrated reader!

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Paul Torday
£7.99 PB

This wonderful, warm novel has delightful characters and an intriguing structure to keep your discussion flowing as smoothly as a river.

Labyrinth
Kate Mosse
£7.99 PB

This intricate novel weaves the stories of two women from different centuries through themes of love, loyalty and religion, to a stunning conclusion.

The Thirteenth Tale
Diane Setterfield
£6.99 PB

A truly gothic tale of incest, memory and storytelling with many intricate twists and turns, this is a compelling story with many themes for discussion.

A Quiet Belief in Angels
R. J. Ellory
£7.99 PB

A crime novel unlike any other, this beautiful tale encompasses childhood and responsibility as well as the thrilling and horrifying crime mystery at its core.

The Rose of Sebastopol
Katharine McMahon
£7.99 PB