HBG: Poll of the year 2025

HOVE BOOK GROUP: End of year poll 2025 SCORES…

1. Favourite read

Our book of the year, by a landslide, was James. Well done to Robin who selected this gem. Here’s the top three run down…

1st: James by Percival Everett (RF)

2nd: The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds by John Higgs (NB)

2nd: Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz (TR)

3rd: A Legacy of Spies by John Le Carre (NS)

2. Favourite music 

1st: Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (NS)

2nd: Minimum Maximum by Kraftwerk (NS)

3rd: Pixies - Surfer Rosa (NB)

3. Favourite watch

1st: Before Sunrise dir by Richard Linklater (NS)

2nd: Cabaret (RM)

3rd: The Apprentice dir by Ali Abbasi (KH)

4. Favourite theme

1st: Before Sunrise dir by Richard Linklater (NS)

2nd: Reappraisal (HW)

2nd: Retirement (NS)

2nd: Mid-century Cairo (TR)