Book Club 2025 | Revised

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Across
  1. 3. First country mentioned in the song 'Kokomo' by the Beach Boys.
  2. 4. Bill Furlong, in 'Small Things Like These' delivers ___ to the residents in his local town.
  3. 6. Title of the 2025 Booker Prize-winning novel.
  4. 7. University where Samantha studies and meets the Bunnies.
  5. 8. Twin sister of Hamnet.
  6. 10. In any narrative, a character who contrasts with another character – typically contrasting with the protagonist.
  7. 13. One beloved genre 'Bunny' could be considered as.
  8. 17. Surname of author celebrating 250 years since her birth in 2025.
  9. 19. A short scene that captures a single moment or a defining detail about a chracter, idea, or other element of a story.
  10. 20. Name of the restaurant where Matilda works in 'Lonely Mouth'.
  11. 22. Poet _____ Bukowski, encountered by Peter Lum in 'Plum'.
  12. 23. A genre that blends autobiography and fiction.
  13. 27. Total number of books we have read as a group since 2019.
  14. 28. A narrator who cannot be trusted.
  15. 29. 'Ghost ____', title of the 2025 Miles Franklin-winning novel.
  16. 31. The name of the 'female pope' in legend.
  17. 33. Style of fiction based on letters, like 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'.
  18. 34. 2025 novel from Kevin Wilson, 'Run for the ____'.
  19. 37. Title of the 2025 Women's Prize-winning novel.
  20. 38. Popular reading tracking platform The _______.
Down
  1. 1. Surname of Eva's family in 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'.
  2. 2. A 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter.
  3. 5. The Big _____, Australian attraction where Matilda and Lara were abandoned by their mother in 'Lonely Mouth'.
  4. 9. A figure of speech which contains a blatant exaggeration.
  5. 11. Title of the novel awarded the 2025 Stella Prize 'Theory & ______'.
  6. 12. "Second best ___" – item Shakespeare left to his wife in his will.
  7. 14. One-word title of Bri Lee's 2025 Antartica-bound novel.
  8. 15. University of ______ where Poppy and Alex first meet in 'You and Me on Vacation'.
  9. 16. R.F. Kuang's 2025 dark academia novel.
  10. 18. Town where 'Small Things Like These' is set.
  11. 19. While travelling to this city, Alex discovers his fear of flying in 'You and Me on Vacation'.
  12. 21. Mina's mother in 'Kokomo'
  13. 24. Characters in Kevin Wilson's 'Nothing to See Here' experience spontaneous _________.
  14. 25. 'The Impossible ______', the latest installment in the Thursday Murder Club series.
  15. 26. Amanda who plays Nina in the 2025 adaptation of 'The Housemaid'.
  16. 29. Suburb where Peter 'The Plum' Lum lives.
  17. 30. Protagonist of Suzanne Collins' 2025 Hunger Games prequel – ________ Abernathy.
  18. 32. German town where we meet Agnes in 'Rapture'.
  19. 35. Code name for agent Eloise in 'The Paris Agent'.
  20. 36. Tragic Hamlet character referenced by Taylor Swift in her 2025 lead single.
  21. 38. (Init.) Wartime role played by Noah Ainsworth in 'The Paris Agent'.