There are eight fantastic novels that you can read & discuss in an English book club course starting in the week beginning 13th November. These are for five weeks.

For upper-intermediate level there is Tracey Chevalier's great novel The Girl With The Pearl Earring about the model in the famous painting by Vermeer. Another choice is Verity by Colleen Hoover which is a much loved thriller, telling the story of a writer doing research into another writer's life.

At a more advanced level we have The Handmaid's Tale - a powerful insight into a possible future in which some women's rights and freedoms have changed. Margaret Atwood is a fantastic writer who subsequently was awarded the Booker Prize. Another female writer is the New Zealander Katherine Mansfield who is one of the finest ever short story writers. Her collection The Garden Party and Other Stories is a must read book in the centenary year of her death.

Another Booker Prize winner is Damon Galgut for The Promise. This modern South African writer tells the story of a family divided by its responses to the death of a much loved female servant. There are also some great classics to choose from - The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger is a book everyone should read once! Another giant of American literature is William Faulkner. His novel The Sound and The Fury is a challenging book, but well worth it. And we also have the 1985 modern classic Perfume by Patrick Süskind - the story of a murderer!

Come and join our international book club. Book Club School makes it enjoyable to use and improve your English online. You read or listen to the books you like and then discuss them in your online English book club class, with correction and improvement from your teacher.