January: ‘Hamnet’ by Maggie O’Farrell

Hamnet is a 2020 novel Maggie O’Farrell. It is a fictional account of Shakespeare’s son, Hamnet, who died at age 11 in 1596. In 2020, the book won the Women’s Prize for Fiction and national Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.

February: ‘The Sense Of An Ending’ by Julian Barnes

The Sense of an Ending is narrated by a retired man named Tony Webster, who recalls how he and his clique met Adrian Finn at school and vowed to remain friends for life. When the past catches up with Tony, he reflects on the paths he and his friends have taken.

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