Welcome to Book Bar's official Historical Fiction Book Club. For June, the selected book is The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue (book description is located at the bottom of this listing).
So come out, grab a drink at our beverage bar, and join us for a lively book discussion! When you purchase this book club pick from us, your support will help us be here for a long time and put on more events! Purchasing options are below:
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Audiobook: You can purchase audiobooks from us on Libro.fm. This audiobook can be easily found on our June 2025 Book Club Picks playlist here (we will receive a percentage of this sale):
https://libro.fm/playlists/9440?bookstore=bookbarus
We look forward to seeing you!
NOTE: The selected book for July is The Eights by Joanna Miller (for those who wish to read ahead).
Book Description:
Emma Donoghue, the “soul-stirring” (Oprah Daily) nationally bestselling author of Room, returns with a sweeping historical novel about an infamous 1895 disaster at the Paris Montparnasse train station.
Based on an 1895 disaster that went down in history when it was captured in a series of surreal, extraordinary photographs, The Paris Express is a propulsive novel set on a train packed with a fascinating cast of characters who hail from as close as Brittany and as far as Russia, Ireland, Algeria, Pennsylvania, and Cambodia. Members of parliament hurry back to Paris to vote; a medical student suspects a girl may be dying; a secretary tries to convince her boss of the potential of moving pictures; two of the train’s crew build a life away from their wives; a young anarchist makes a terrifying plan, and much more.
From an author whose “writing is superb alchemy” (Audrey Niffenegger, New York Times bestselling author), The Paris Express is an evocative masterpiece that effortlessly captures the politics, glamour, chaos, and speed that marked the end of the 19th century.