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Olton and District

Book Group

Status:Active, open to new members
Coordinator:
When: Monthly 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Either first Monday or first Thursday of the month.
Venue: Member's Home

Are you interested in reading and reviewing a plethora of books? If so, then this Interest Group is the one for you.

Book Group 1 meets on the first Monday of the month and Book Group 2 meets on the first Thursday of the month. In order to undertake the complex and thought-provoking task of discussing a book, there is always definite need for tea and biscuits!!

The facilitator for this group is Linda T.

Reading List 2025

  • Beekeepers Promise - Fiona Valpy
  • Mayflies - Andrew O’Hagan
  • Entry Island - Peter May
  • Essex Serpent - Sarah Perry
  • Greengage Summer - Rummer Godden
  • A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
  • Trees - Percival Everett
  • Before the Coffee gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi
  • Wonder - R J Palacio
  • Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus
  • You are Here - David Nichols

Reading List 2026

  • 10 minutes and 38 seconds - Elif Shafak
  • The Frozen River - Ariel Lawton
  • Shy - Max Porter
  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrow
  • Strange Sally Diamond - Liz Nugent
  • Whalefall - Elizabeth O'Connor
  • A Body in the Bath House - Lindsey Davis
  • A Rising Man - Abir Mukergee
  • Dear Evan Hanson - Steven Levenson
  • Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver
  • Glorious Exploits - Ferdia Lennon

Forthcoming events

Monday 3rd August 2026
2:00 pm
Meeting
A Rising Man (Abir Mukergee)
Venue: Member's Home
Thursday 6th August 2026
2:00 pm
Meeting
A Rising Man (Abir Mukergee)
Venue: Member's Home