8 best book club books to discuss, debate and enjoy

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Finding the best books to read with your book club can feel like an uphill battle, especially when you have members with particular tastes, and at least one who will try and wing it on the day. Given the year we’ve just had, that leeway needs to extend to the whole group, so we have rounded up a selection of great book club books that will make you all actively look forward to the next meet-up, rather than wishing you could read something else. We have also chosen books that are of wide enough interest to appeal to even the fussiest genre snob: recent publications to keep things fresh, a crime novel for people who wouldn’t ordinarily try crime, a thoughtful thriller, and a Booker Prize-winner so delightful to read that it’ll make even the most doubting of literary fiction-deniers take a second look the next time they pass a shortlist in their local book shop. The best book club books for 2021 are: