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About us

Between Two Books was started in 2012, when an Irish teen tweeted Florence with the idea that she should have her own book club. She was quickly joined by a small group of Florence and the Machine fans from all over the world.

Florence loved the idea, started recommending books immediately, and BTB was born.

It has grown into a vibrant online community, still led by original members, Kate and Leah, along with Florence, Maria and Terri-Jane. The club regularly features guest recommendations from artists, writers, musicians and directors such as Greta Gerwig, Nick Cave, Fiona Apple, Adwoa Aboah, Jeremy O. Harris, Grayson Perry and Sally Rooney.

Our book discussions take place on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, where we feature readings and Q&As with authors including Yrsa Daley Ward, Emma Glass, Olivia Laing, C Pam Zhang and Lola Olufemi.

All you have to do to be a member is pick up a book and join in!

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Book list

Book list
Isolation reading list
  1. 'Opposed Positions' by Gwendoline Riley (Florence recommendation)
  2. 'The Ice Age' by Kirsten Reed (Florence recommendation)
  3. 'Your Voice In My Head' by Emma Forrest (Florence recommendation)
  4. ‘Why Not Say What Happened? By Ivana Lowell (Emma Forrest recommendation)
  5. 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' by Zora Neale Hurston (Florence recommendation)
  6. 'Songs of the Dragons Flying To Heaven and Other Plays' by Young Jean Lee (guest recommendation from Jeremy O'Harris)
  7. 'A Confederacy Of Dunces' by John Kennedy Toole (Florence recommendation)
  8. 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Florence recommendation)
  9. 'The Marriage Plot' by Jeffrey Eugenides (Florence recommendation)
  10. 'The Day Of The Triffids' by John Wyndham (guest recommendation from Isabella Summers)
  11. 'The Goldfinch' by Donna Tartt (Florence recommendation)
  12. 'Not That Kind of Girl' by Lena Dunham (Florence recommendation)
  13. 'Heartburn' by Nora Ephron (Florence recommendation)
  14. 'I Will Never Be Beautiful Enough To Make Us Beautiful Together' by Mira Gonzalez (Florence recommendation)
  15. 'Birthday Letters' by Ted Hughes (Florence recommendation)
  16. ‘Just Kids’, by Patti Smith (Florence recommendation)
  17. ‘Night Flower: The Life and Art of Vali Myers’ by Martin McIntosh & Gemma Jones (Florence recommendation)
  18. ‘The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle’ by Haruki Murakami (guest recommendation from The Maccabees)
  19. ‘Fates & Furies’ by Lauren Groff (Florence recommendation)
  20. ‘salt.’ by Nayyirah Waheed (Florence recommendation)
  21. ‘Bone’ by Yrsa Daley-Ward (guest recommendation from Nayyirah Waheed)
  22. 'Geek Love' by Katherine Dunn (guest recommendation from Adwoa Aboah)
  23. ‘The Rose That Grew From Concrete’ by Tupac Shakur (guest recommendation from Adwoa Aboah)
  24. 'The Descent of Man' by Grayson Perry (Florence recommendation)
  25. 'In Praise of Shadows’ by Jun’ichiro Tanizaki (guest recommendation from Grayson Perry)
  26. 'Last Exit to Brooklyn' by Hubert Selby Jr (guest recommendation from Natasha Khan of Bat for Lashes)
  27. 'Here I Am' by Jonathan Safran- Foer (guest recommendation from Nick Cave)
  28. ‘The Lesser Bohemians’ by Eimear McBride (Between Two Books) selected for Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas, 2017.
  29. 'Too Much and Not the Mood' by Durga Chew-Bose (guest recommendation from Tavi Gevinson)
  30. 'The Outrun' by Amy Liptrot (Florence recommendation)
  31. ‘The Argonauts’ by Maggie Nelson (guest recommendation by Greta Gerwig)
  32. ‘The Empathy Exams’ by Leslie Jamison (recommendation by Kate Litman & Leah Moloney – who run the book club)
  33. ‘On Boxing’ by Joyce Carol-Oates (recommendation by Fiona Apple)
  34. ‘The Lonely City’ by Olivia Laing (recommended by Florence)
  35. ‘Normal People’ by Sally Rooney (B2B recommendation)
  36. ‘Daniel Deronda’ by George Eliot (guest recommendation by Sally Rooney)
  37. ‘Hera Lindsay Bird’ by Hera Lindsay Bird (Florence recommendation)
  38. ‘Pamper Me to Hell & Back’ by Hera Lindsay Bird (Florence recommendation)
  39. ‘The Summer Book’ by Tove Jansson (guest recommendation by Hera Lindsay Bird)
  40. ‘The Terrible’ by Yrsa Daley-Ward (Florence recommendation for FORM Arcosanti, Arizona 2019)
  41. ‘My Mother Was A Freedom Fighter’ by Aja Monet (Florence recommendation for FORM Arcosanti, Arizona 2019)
  42. ‘Read and Riot: A Pussy Riot Guide to Activism’ by Nadya Tolokonnikova (Florence recommendatio for FORM Arcosanti, Arizona 2019)
  43. ‘The Importance of Music to Girls’ by Lavinia Greenlaw (Florence recommendation for Hyde Park 2019 book club tent)
  44. ‘Rest and be Thankful’ By Emma Glass (Lockdown recommendation)
  45. ‘Minor Feelings’ By Cathy Park Hong (Lockdown recommendation)
  46. ‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’ by Ottessa Moshfegh (Lockdown recommendation)
  47. ‘Trick Mirror’ By Jia Tolentino (Lockdown recommendation)
  48. ‘The Undying’ By Anne Boyer (Lockdown recommendation)
  49. ‘How Much of These Hills is Gold’ by C Pam Zhang
  50. ‘Year of the Monkey’ by Patti Smith
  51. ‘Writing’ by Marguerite Duras (guest recommendation by Patti Smith)
  52. 'Everything You Ever Wanted' by Luiza Sauma
  53. 'The Year of Magical Thinking' by Joan Didion (guest recommendation by Arlo Parks
  54. ‘If I Had Your Face’ by Frances Cha

Rest & Be Thankful, Emma Glass
Minor Feelings, Cathy Park Hong
My Year Of Rest And Relaxation, Ottessa Moshfegh
Trick Mirror, Jia Tolentino
The Undying, Anne Boyer

COMPASSION

Witch, Rebecca Tamás
Notes To Self, Emilie Pine
Satan Says, Sharon Olds
Mrs Bridge, Evan S Connell
Deaf Republic, Ilya Kaminsky

REBIRTH

Feminism Interrupted, Lola Olufemi
Lila, Marilynne Robinson
Hope In The Dark, Rebecca Solnit
The Grassling, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett
The Body Keeps The Score, Bessel Van Der Kolk
When I Grow Up I Want To Be A List Of Further Possibilities, Chen Chen

ART IN AN EMERGENCY

The Waterfront Journals, David Wojnarowicz
Art As Therapy, Alain de Botton and John Armstrong
Citizen: An American Lyric, Claudia Rankine
Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency, Olivia Laing
I’ve Seen the Future and I’m Not Going, Peter McGough
Women Who Read Are Dangerous, Stefan Bollmann
Frida Kahlo’s diary

MAGIC & MEDICINE

Water Shall Refuse Them, Lucie McKnight Hardy
Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks
My Mother Was A Freedom Fighter, Aja Monet
Illness as Metaphor, Susan Sontag

COMMUNITY

America Is Not The Heart, Elaine Castillo
Constellations, Sinéad Gleeson
Bone, Yrsa Daley Ward
The Left Hand Of Darkness, Ursula K Le Guin
Harvest, Jim Crace

RESISTANCE

Nasty Women, ed. Laura Jones & Heather McDaid
The Princess Diarist, Carrie Fisher
The Recovering, Leslie Jamison
Your Silence Will Not Protect You, Audre Lorde
Our History Is The Future, Nick Estes
Resistance, Tori Amos

COMEDY

Inappropriation, Lexi Frieman
Exciting Times, Naoise Dolan
Hera Lindsay Bird, Hera Lindsay Bird
Wow, No Thank You, Samantha Irby

NOURISHMENT

Tiny Moons, Nina Mingya Powles
Just Eat It, Laura Thomas PhD
Cornucopia, from Cornucopia restaurant
Delight, JB Priestley
Carry On, Warrior, Glennon Doyle
Eat Up!, Ruby Tandoh
The Food Lab, J Kenji Lopez-Alt
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, Samin Nosrat

LOVE

The Argonauts, Maggie Nelson
Normal People, Sally Rooney
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, Ocean Vuong
Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
Zami: A New Spelling of my Name, Audre Lorde

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