Top Stories
Stories in BookClub that you'll love, handpicked by our team.
Rachel Reviews: Lunch Tales: Teagan by Lucille Guarino. Top Story - February 2026.
Well, I did enjoy this! Sometimes, all you need is just great storytelling and this is what Lucille Guarino delivers here. There's no big message to this book; it's just about folks and families, living their lives and coping with everything that's being thrown at them and finding their way. But when it's done well, like it is here, then you have characters to whom you can relate, tension which leaves you rooting for a better outcome, attraction which has your heart racing and an urge, as a reader, to see the characters happy with the people with whom they belong.
By Rachel Deeming9 months ago in BookClub
Book Review: Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Top Story - February 2026.
I flipped the book over in my hands in the centre of the small airport book shop. Although I had heard promising reviews of Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid, I hesitated. The synopsis didn’t compel me - I wasn’t much of a space girly. In high school it made me cringe when my peers would talk about the stars.
By sleepy drafts9 months ago in BookClub
Self Help: Grifters' Gospel. Top Story - February 2026.
On Self-Help, Snake Oil, and the Illusion of Change Psychology professionals and students can be imagined on two opposite sides of a line called self-help books: likely a larger group opposes pop-science and step-by-step manuals filled with talk of success, journaling, and not giving a f**k; others love them, but they aren’t many.
By Squeeze D' Avocado9 months ago in BookClub
My New Book is Finally Here. Top Story - January 2026.
My poetry collection Beautiful and Brutal Things is done. It's actually done and finally published over 270 pages. Over a year of my life went into this book. More than a year, really. Long days at my computer, sometimes seven days a week because I couldn't stop even when I probably should have. Then two months of editing that felt harder than the writing itself. But it's finished, and I'm still standing, and the book is real.
By Tim Carmichael9 months ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: The Spiral Archive by Pieter Hendrik. Top Story - January 2026.
It's difficult for me to know where to start with a review of this book as it was, for me, an entirely unique experience and one that I'll probably never have again. I don't want that to be interpreted as unenjoyable but it has left me scratching my head a little and ruminating on its content, its themes and its characters.
By Rachel Deeming9 months ago in BookClub
Is it Ethical to Use Bookstores as a Showroom?. Top Story - November 2025.
There is nothing quite like the joy of wandering around a bookstore. I love digging through the shelves and finding a hidden gem. I love the smell of the worn paper and the background noise of other customers flipping through pages.
By Kera Hollow11 months ago in BookClub
Summer Leaves by S. E. Holz. Top Story - November 2025.
I'm completely embarrassed, but delighted to share my thoughts on this incredible collection from Ms. Holz, A.K.A. by Vocalites as L.C. Shäfer. Embarrassed, because I'm very, very late in writing this. Delighted, because I had the privilege of reading this wonderful collection and giving you my honest opinion of its contents.
By Dana Crandell12 months ago in BookClub
My Top Five Reads This Year. Top Story - November 2025.
Introduction I have read a lot this year, far more than I have written, and I feel that the literal soaking that has happened (pun wholly intended) has benefited me enormously as a writer. So, as writers do, I thought I would write about it for no real reason other than to share what I have read and loved, and why.
By Caroline Jane12 months ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: What Was Forbidden by Jonathan Bockian. Top Story - October 2025.
I, personally, love an historical murder mystery. My requirements are that it must evoke the place and the period firstly but that the action and the characters must also be believable. Jon Bockian's book delivers this to a high degree and he has created a novel which is tense, informative, creates investment in the characters and brings alive 17th century Venice - all good.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in BookClub
