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Claire Fuller is the author of six novels: Hunger and Thirst, forthcoming in May / June 2026; The Memory of Animals; Unsettled Ground, which won the Costa Novel Award 2021 and was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction; Our Endless Numbered Days, which won the 2015 Desmond Elliott prize; Swimming Lessons, shortlisted for the Encore Prize; and Bitter Orange longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. ...more

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	Swimming Lessons 3.58 avg rating — 25,799 ratings — published 2017 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bitter Orange 3.57 avg rating — 20,558 ratings — published 2018 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unsettled Ground 3.77 avg rating — 17,952 ratings — published 2021 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Endless Numbered Days 3.68 avg rating — 18,080 ratings — published 2015 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Memory of Animals 3.56 avg rating — 6,161 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hunger and Thirst 3.78 avg rating — 2,257 ratings — published 2026 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unquiet Guests by Dan Coxon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author), Grady Hendrix (Goodreads Author) 3.68 avg rating — 405 ratings — published 2025 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After the Fall - Tales of the Apocalypse by Kelly Gardner (Editor), Robert Holtom (Goodreads Author), Paul S. Huggins (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bard: The Short Story Collection by Claire Fuller (Goodreads Author), Chigozie Obioma (Goodreads Author), Marina Lewycka 3.03 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Box of Stars Beneath the Bed: 2016 National Flash-Fiction Day Anthology (National Flash Fiction Day Anthologies Book 5) by Calum Kerr (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nuala Ní Chonchúir (Editor), Santino Prinzi (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Reading Retreat in Tobago with Ella Berthoud (and me!)

A serene balcony view overlooking a calm sea with boats, featuring a hammock, a wicker sofa, and tropical greenery.

I’m very excited to have been invited as a visiting writer (and reader) on a Reading Retreat to Tobago in the Caribbean in May 2027 by bibliotherapist, Ella Berthoud. And this is your invitation to join us! Please direct all enquiries to Ella (ellaberthoud@gmail.com).

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“Writing does not exist unless there is someone to read it, and each reader will take something different from a novel, from a chapter, from a line.”
― Claire Fuller, Swimming Lessons

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“My father was fond of saying 'If you own too many possessions sooner or later they start owning you.”
― Claire Fuller, Our Endless Numbered Days

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“Dates only make us aware of how numbered our days are, how much closer to death we are for each one we cross off. From now on, Punzel, we're going to live by the sun and the seasons.' He picked me up and spun me around, laughing.'Our days will be endless.”
― Claire Fuller, Our Endless Numbered Days

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September Side Read Nominations ~ 1st Poll
Top 5 Books move onto final poll

Next Year in Havana

by Chanel Cleeton

10 votes, 22.2%

The Cutting Season

by Attica Locke

7 votes, 15.6%

That Night

by Chevy Stevens

6 votes, 13.3%

The Heart's Invisible Furies

by John Boyne

6 votes, 13.3%

Moxie

by Jennifer Mathieu

3 votes, 6.7%

Meddling Kids

by Edgar Cantero

3 votes, 6.7%

The Last Suppers

by Mandy Mikulencak

3 votes, 6.7%

Final Girls

by Riley Sager

3 votes, 6.7%

Swimming Lessons

by Claire Fuller

3 votes, 6.7%

Doc

by Mary Doria Russell

1 vote, 2.2%

45 total votes

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message 2: by Jodi (on semi-hiatus)

Jan 05, 2022 11:31AM

Claire, I was so happy to hear you'd won the 2021 Costa Novel Award for Unsettled Ground!! WOW - congratulations! What a huge honour, and so very well-deserved! You must be very happy; I'm sure all your friends and fans are very happy for you, too. Way to go!!📘🥇📚🍾👑🎈🎉🎊🎆🙌🥳

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Sep 19, 2017 02:28PM

hi, Claire! thanks for accepting my friend request! you're cool!

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