Recommended Reads for February

We’ve had a fantastic first month of reading, and we can’t wait to move onto the February challenge! If you’re just joining us now, don’t panic – you can start the reading challenge at any time and follow along at your own pace. To find out the full list of challenges for the year, check out our challenge overview.

February’s challenge is:

If you’re on the lookout for inspiration, why not try one of our staff-suggested reads?

Short Story Collections:

William Boyd – The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth
Tracy Chevalier (ed.) – Reader, I Married Him
Victoria Hislop – Last Dance & Other Stories OR Cartes Postales from Greece
Joanne Harris – A Cat, a Hat & a Piece of String
Penny Vincenzi – Love in the Afternoon & Other Delights
Rose Tremain – The American Lover & Other Stories
Ali Smith – Public Library & Other Stories
Peter James – A Twist of the Knife
Rachel Joyce – Snow Garden & Other Stories
John Boyne – Beneath the Earth
Tom Hanks – Uncommon Type

Cecilia Ahern – Roar
Jojo Moyes – Paris for One & Other Stories
Alison Macleod – All the Beloved Ghosts
Kate Mosse – Mistletoe Bride & Other Haunting Tales
Carys Bray – Sweet Home
Maeve Binchy – This Year It Will Be Different
Curtis Sittenfeld – You Think It I’ll Say It
Zadie Smith – Grand Union
James Joyce – Dubliners
George Saunders – Tenth of December
Raymond Carver – What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
J.D. Salinger – For Esme with Love and Squalor
Ray Bradbury – The Illustrated Man
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – The Thing Around Your Neck
Shirley Jackson – The Lottery and Other Stories
Lee Child – First Thrills

Reserve any of these books to collect from your local library by visiting our library catalogue. You can also spot even more short story collections by going to the fiction section of your local library and looking for the SHO sticker on the spine!

What will you be reading this February? Let us know by submitting a review, posting in our Facebook group or tweeting us @WSCCLibraries using the hashtag #MidSussexReadingChallenge!