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Claire Fuller

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Claire Fuller is the author of five novels: The Memory of Animals published in the UK
and forthcoming (June 23) in the US and Canada. Her previous, 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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Average rating: 3.64 · 69,171 ratings · 9,321 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	Swimming Lessons 3.59 avg rating — 23,163 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Bitter Orange 3.58 avg rating — 16,805 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
	Our Endless Numbered Days 3.67 avg rating — 15,987 ratings — published 2015 — 47 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 3.80 avg rating — 12,627 ratings — published 2021 — 26 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 3.83 avg rating — 472 ratings — published 2023 — 7 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, Paul S. Huggins (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 141 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 liked it 3.00 avg rating — 76 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
	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
	How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House, Unsettled Ground, Transcendent Kingdom 3 Books Collection Set by Cherie Jones, Claire Fuller (Goodreads Author), Yaa Gyasi (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	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
	Il coraggio di vivere by Claire Fuller (Goodreads Author), Federica Aceto (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	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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US and Canadian Tour Dates

I’m very excited to be able to let you know the dates and locations I’ll be in North America during June. All links to more information, including event times are available on my Up-coming events page.

I’ll be in conversation with some amazing authors from Catherine Newman (at Odyssey Bookshop, South Hadley MA), author of the recently published (and wonderful) novel, We All Want Impossible Thi

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Claire Fuller rated a book really liked it The End We Start From by Megan Hunter (Goodreads Author)	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
I loved this. I loved how Hunter let us fill in the gaps. It's 127 pages and all have very few words, so there isn't room for description or explanation. A bit like a horror film (it's not horror) where we're never shown the monster, this novella was ...more
May 22, 2023 10:10AM · 31 likes · like · see review
Claire Fuller has read The Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch (Goodreads Author)	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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Claire Fuller has read We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman (Goodreads Author)	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
Ash's best and oldest friend Edi is dying of ovarian cancer. Ash visits her every day in between worrying about her daughters, her ex-husband, and having sex with various people. Witty and funny, and smart, and very sad, a wonderful novel about femal ...more
May 15, 2023 06:27AM · 11 likes · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Claire Fuller wants to read God Is An Octopus: Loss, Love and a Calling to Nature by Ben Goldsmith	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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Claire Fuller rated a book it was amazing The Worst Thing a Suburban Girl Could Imagine by Melissa Bank	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
This apparently reprises the character of Jane who first appeared in Bank's debut novel, The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing, which I haven't read. And now I am going to go and buy a copy because I loved this! It's only 58 pages long (a long shor ...more
May 13, 2023 02:56AM · 18 likes · like · see review
Claire Fuller has read Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon	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
Set in Syracuse, Sicily, during the Peloponnesian War (412 BC) Lennon's debut is dark and funny. A load of Athenians have been defeated and imprisoned in an abandoned quarry just outside the city when the narrator, Lampo and his friend Galon decide t ...more
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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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