| Contact Name | see "More Information for Members" |
| Contact Telephone | see "More Information for Members" |
| Email prefix | reading2 |
| Frequency/Day/Time | 3rd Thursday, 10.15am to 12.15pm |
| Venue | various |
| Cost | |
| Vacancies | No |
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This group is fully participatory with books and approaches decided by members who host in turn. Meetings are lively, but the Chairman always ensures speaking space for each member.
We tackle a book a month. Recent choices are listed below. Books read in previous years are listed on a separate page. If you are logged in as a member, you can use the "More Information for Members" button above to see these.
Books selected -
2020
January North and South Mrs Gaskell
February Milkman Anna Burns
March Persuasion Jane Austen
April Dusky Ruth A E Coppard (short stories)
May Engleby Sebastian Faulks
June Pereira Maintains Antonio Tabucchi
July The Frozen Heart Almundina Grandes
August Solar Ian McKewan
September A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles
October Rebecca Daphne du Maurier
November Red Sorghum Mo Yan
December A Boy Made of Blocks Keith Stuart
2021
January Mothering Sunday Graham Swift
February Selected Stories D H Lawrence (Penguin Classis, ed: Sue Wilson)
March Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert
April Greengage Summer Rumer Godden
May An Equal Music Vikram Seth
June Three Hours Rosamund Lupton
July Dance of Happy Shades Alice Munro
August White Tiger Aravind Adiga
September In The Name of the Family Sarah Dunant
October Solaris Stanislaw Lem
November Old Filth Jane Gardam
December Special Programme (each member to bring a short reading - about 3 minutes)
2022
January Grand Union Zadie Smith
February The Towers of Trebizold Rose Macauley
March Travels with Charlie John Steinbeck
April The Woodlanders Thomas Hardy
May The Oak Papers James Canton (non-fiction)
June Less Andrew Sean Greer (Romance)
July Guards Guards Terry Pratchett (Science Fiction Fantasy)
August Hamnet Maggie O'Farrell (History)
September Where Crawdads Sing Delia Owens (Bildungsroman)
October Lucky Jim Kingsley Amis (Realistic)
November 100 Years of Solitude Gabriel Marquez (Magic Realism)
December Each member to give a reading that made us laugh
2023
January Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo (Non-fiction)
February Innocence Penelope Fitzgerald (Romance)
March How the Dead Speak Val McDermid (Mystery)
April Grey Bees Andrev Kurkov
May Anything is Possible Elizabeth Strout
June Momo Michael Ende
July Best Short Stories Anton Chekov
August The Dark Room Rachel Seiffert
September Your Inner Hedgehog Alexander McCall Smith
October Mr Ma and Son Lao She
November Collected Short Stories Guy de Maupassant
December "Nuggets" of Wisdom Selection by each member
2024
January Under Milk Wood Dylan Thomas
February Bournville Jonathan Coe
March The Murder of my Aunt Richard Hull
April Suite Francaise Irene Nemirovsky
May Still Life Sarah Winman
June Stone Blind Natalie Haynes
July The French Lieutenant's Woman John Fowles
August Convenience Store Woman Sayaka Murata
September Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus
October The Garden of Evening Mists Tan Twan Eng
November The Turn of The Screw and The Aspern Papers Henry James
