Reading groups
Book club packs for our previous shortlisted books can be found below. Our packs contain a fuller synopsis, information about the author, discussion questions, a sample passage and suggested further reading.
2012 prize year
The reading packs produced for the 2012 Book Prize shortlist are:
Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif [PDF 100KB] - plus a short film
Perfect People by Peter James [PDF 104KB] - plus a short film
Merivel: A Man of His Time by Rose Tremain [PDF 116KB] - plus a short film
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf by John Coates [PDF 100KB] - plus a short film
The Train in the Night by Nick Coleman [PDF 104KB] - plus a short film
Circulation by Thomas Wright [PDF 100KB] - plus a short film
2011 prize year
The reading packs produced for the 2011 book prize shortlist include:
Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante [PDF 121KB]
Nemesis by Philip Roth [PDF 122KB]
My Dear I wanted to Tell You by Louisa Young [PDF 126KB]
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett [PDF 126KB]
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee [PDF 127KB]
The Two Kinds of Decay by Sarah Manguso [PDF 120KB]
2010 prize year
The book packs produced for 2010 book prize shortlist include:
So Much for That by Lionel Shriver [PDF 180KB]
Grace Williams Says it Loud by Emma Henderson [PDF 230KB]
Medic: Saving lives - from Dunkirk to Afghanistan by John Nichol and Tony Rennell [PDF 190KB]
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot [PDF 200KB]
Teach Us to Sit Still by Tim Parks [PDF 190KB]
Angel of Death: The story of smallpox by Gareth Williams [PDF 190KB]