"Art is not a thing; it is a way."

Elbert Hubbard

3Rs Book Club


The Collector
by John Fowles


Heather's theme - prison and imprisonment

ROUND 1 VOTE
The Collector by John Fowles - 15 votes
Face In The Water by Janet Frame - 4 votes
Fish: A Memoir Of A Boy In A Man's Prison by T. J. Parsell - 5 votes
The Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck - 4 votes
In The Sanctuary Of Outcasts by Neil White - 2 votes



The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
Ellen's favourite
3.05/5.0

Di - 3.0
Ellen -3.75
Heather -3.5
Kim -3.0
Liam - 2.0


Darkness Visible
by William Styron
4.6/5.0
&
The Pigeon
by Patrick Süskind
4.0/5.0
Di's theme - mental health in literature

Di - 5.0 & 4.0 respectively
Ellen - 4.5 & 4.5 respectively
Heather - 4.0 & 4.0 respectively
Kim - 4.5 & 4.0 respectively
Liam - 5.0 & 3.5 respectively

ROUND 1 VOTE
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath - 7 votes
Darkness Visible by William Styron & The Pigeon by Patrick Süskind - 9 votes
First Person Plural: My Life As A Multiple by Cameron West - 6 votes
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey - 4 votes
Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs - 0 votes
Strange Places: A Memoir Of Mental Illness by Will Elliott - 4 votes
Veronika Decides To Die by Paulo Coelho - 0 votes





Her Fearful Symmetry
by Audrey Niffenegger 
Ellen's theme - twins in fiction
2.0/5.0
Di - 3.5
Ellen - 2.5
Heather - 2.0
Kim - 2.0
Liam - 0. 0

ROUND 1 VOTE
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger - 10 votes
I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb - 6 votes
Identical Strangers: A Memoir Of Twins Separated And Reunited by Elyse Schein & Paula Bernstein - 7 votes
In The Country Of The Young by Lisa Carey - 4 votes
A Spanish Lover by Joanna Trolloppe - 0 votes
26a by Diana Evans - 3 votes

A Confederacy Of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole 
Kim's theme - Marieke Hardy recommends
3.3/5.0

ROUND 1 VOTE
Ask The Dust by John Fante - 2 votes
A Confederacy Of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole - 7 votes
Dear Diary by Lesley Arfin - 3 votes
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer - 2 votes
Factotum by Charles Bukowski - 7 votes
Lucky Jim by Martin Amis - 0 votes
1988 by Andrew McGahan - 3 votes
Praise by Andrew McGahan - 0 votes

ROUND 2 VOTE
A Confederacy Of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole - 2 votes
Factotum by Charles Bukowski - 2 votes

ROUND 3 VOTE
A Confederacy Of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole - 1 vote

Being Dead 
by Jim Crace 
Liam's favourite
4.5/5.0








The Dark Room 
by Rachel Seiffert 
Liam's theme - Books of Booker
4.0/5.0








Ash Wednesday 
by Ethan Hawke 
Heather's theme - celebrity authors
1.2/5.0








Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned 
by Wells Tower 
Di's theme - short stories
3.5/5.0








The Miracle Life Of Edgar Mint 
by Brady Udall 
Di's favourite 
3.3/5.0








A Long Way Gone: The True Story Of A Child Soldier 
by Ishmael Beah 
Ellen's theme - biographies
2.9/5.0








Frankenstein 
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 
Kim's theme - gothic literature 
4.0/5.0








The Artist Is A Thief 
by Stephen Gray 
Liam's theme - debut novels 
2.0/5.0








House Of Leaves 
by Mark Z. Danielewski 
Liam's theme - debut novels 
(unavailable)








Angel's Gate
by Gary Crew 
Heather's favourite
3.3/5.0








The Turning 
by Tim Winton 
Heather's theme - Australian literature
4.2/5.0








The 19th Wife 
by David Ebershoff 
Di's theme - religious fiction
2.3/5.0








Revolutionary Road 
by Richard Yates 
Kobie's theme - psychology in literature
4.4/5.0








Life Of Pi 
by Yann Martel 
Kim's favourite
4.0/5.0










The Outsider / The Stranger 
by Albert Camus 
Kim's theme - existentialism in literature




















Tropic Of Cancer 
by Henry Miller 
theme - banned books









The Household Guide To Dying 
by Debra Adelaide 










White Oleander 
by Janet Fitch 
Kobie's favourite









The Memory Keeper's Daughter 
by Kim Edwards










Sugarbabe 
by Holly Hill