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This week is a Freebie with participants asked to come up with their own topic. I’ve chosen to look ahead to the nine (yes, only nine!) books left on my 20 Books of Summer list, the annual challenge hosted by Cathy at 746Books . I’ve added one – The Wanderers – which is the previous book to The Redeemed in Tim Pears’ The West Country Trilogy.
- The Truth Must Dazzle Gradually by Helen Cullen – described as ” a celebration of the complex, flawed and stubbornly optimistic human heart”
- The Gap in the Curtain by John Buchan – five people are given a glimpse of the future but how will that knowledge affect them?
- A Prince of the Captivity by John Buchan – the story of the courage of a man imprisoned for a crime he did not commit
- The Wanderers by Tim Pears – continuing the story of Leo Sercombe begun in The Horseman
- The Redeemed by Tim Pears – the final book in the trilogy, shortlisted for The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2020
- A House of Ghosts by W. C. Ryan – described as “a gripping mystery with a classic feel…And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie meets The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell”
- The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce – a novel about learning how to listen and how to feel, about second chances and choosing to be brave despite the odds
- Liar by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen – how one mistake can have a thousand consequences
- Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult – described as a book that tackles “race, privilege, prejudice, justice, and compassion – and doesn’t offer easy answers”
- Those Who Are Loved by Victoria Hislop – historical novel set against the backdrop of the German occupation of Greece in WW2, the subsequent civil war and a military dictatorship
My local literary festival is 
Therefore as a reminder of happier, less socially-distanced times I thought I’d share some highlights from previous Henley Literary Festivals
What Cathy Read Next... 