Urban junkies, competitive mothers, adolescent girls caught in the world of Charles Manson ... Lara Feigel picks her 10 favourites
Donna Tartt, The Secret History
My generation grew up with this story of brilliance and murder among a group of college students. Group allegiance among their glittering set means cutting your ties with the wider world.
Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie
Book of the year at this year’s British book awards,this is the story of the eponymous Queenie and her “Corgis” – her WhatsApp group of close friends who see her through a breakup and more.
Vasily Grossman, Stalingrad
The prequel to Life and Fate opens with a group of friends gathered at a matriarch’s supper table. It unfolds into a great, epic tale of a world under siege, in which very few of these characters will survive.Anna Hope,Expectation
Hopes and rivalries intertwine in a smartly structured novel that encounters friends Cate, Hannah and Lissa at different stages of their lives – from 12 to 44 years old.
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