Book Club 2025

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Across
  1. 7. A genre that blends autobiography and fiction.
  2. 8. Mina's mother in Kokomo.
  3. 12. Surname of Eva's family in We Need to Talk About Kevin
  4. 15. University where Samantha studies and meets the Bunnies.
  5. 16. Australian attraction where Matilda and Lara were abandoned by their mother in Lonely Mouth.
  6. 18. Name of the restaurant where Matilda works in Lonely Mouth.
  7. 19. Amanda who plays Nina in the 2025 adaptation of The Housemaid
  8. 20. Suburb where Peter 'The Plum' Lum lives.
  9. 21. Title of the 2025 Women's Prize-winning novel.
  10. 24. One-word title of Bri Lee's 2025 Antartica-bound novel.
  11. 26. Title of the 2025 Miles Franklin-winning novel.
  12. 27. Town where Small Things Like These is set.
  13. 30. First country mentioned in the song Kokomo by the Beach Boys
  14. 31. Poet _______ Bukowski, encountered by Peter Lum in Plum.
  15. 32. 2025 novel from Kevin Wilson, Run for the ____
  16. 34. Title of the novel which was awarded the 2025 Stella Prize.
  17. 35. The name of the 'female pope' in legend.
Down
  1. 1. Code name for agent Eloise in The Paris Agent.
  2. 2. One beloved genre, 'Bunny', could be classified as.
  3. 3. Total number of books we have read as a group since 2019.
  4. 4. (Init.) role played by Noah Ainsworth in The Paris Agent.
  5. 5. "Second best ___" – item Shakespeare left to his wife in his will.
  6. 6. A short scene that captures a single moment or a defining detail about a character, idea, or other lement of a story.
  7. 9. Twin sister of Hamnet
  8. 10. Characters in Kevin Wilson's Nothing to See Here, experience spontaneous __________.
  9. 11. Bill Furlong, in Small Things Like These delivers ____ to the residents in his local town.
  10. 13. A figure of speech which contains a blatant exaggeration.
  11. 14. While travelling to this city, Alex discovers his fear of flying in You and Me on Vacation.
  12. 17. The Impossible _______, the latest installment in the Thursday Murder Club series.
  13. 19. A 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter.
  14. 22. R.F Kuang's 2025 Dark Academia novel.
  15. 23. Style of fiction based on letters, like We Need to Talk About Kevin.
  16. 24. Popular reading tracking platform
  17. 25. In any narrative, a character who contrasts with another character – typically contrasting with the protagonist.
  18. 28. University of _______ where Poppy and Alex first meet in You and Me on Vacation.
  19. 29. Title of the 2025 Booker Prize-winning novel.
  20. 33. German town where we meet Agnes in Rapture.