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Book Group

Meet other readers in Camden, enjoy good company, good books and a lively discussion each month!

Each month we discuss a new book, giving the Camden community the opportunity to come together and share ideas and opinions on the latest novel and the themes the author explores. 

How to get involved:

  1. Take a look at the dates and locations below to find a book club close to you.
  2. To join, email bookgroup@ageukcamden.org.uk or just come along!
  3. Email bookgroup@ageukcamden.org.uk to join the email list - we'll send you discussion points, further reading and reminders about upcoming groups.

The reading list for 2025 is:

  • January - How To Stop Time by Matt Haig
  • February - She Speaks! What Shakespeare's Women Might Have Said by Harriet Walter
  • March - Another Country by James Baldwin
  • April - Orbital by Samantha Harvey
  • May - The Marmalade Diaries by Ben Aitken
  • June - All The Young Men: How One Woman Risked It All To Care For The Dying – by Ruth Coker Burks
  • July - There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
  • August - Travels with my Aunt by Graham Greene 
  • September - Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
  • October - The Death of a Comrade President by Alain Mabanckou
  • November - Butter by Asako Yuzuki
  • December - The Café with No Name Robert Seethaler

British Library - The Last Word Community Hub, 96 Euston Road, NW1 2DB

Wednesdays, 11am - 12:30pm

  • 25th June
  • 30th July
  • 27th August
  • 24th September
  • 29th October
  • 26th November
  • 17th December

West Hampstead Community Centre - 17 Dornfell Street, NW6 1QN

The last Thursday of the month, 11:30am - 1pm

If you're looking for reading inspiration, why not take a look at our reading list and past books:

Click here for the reading list

2024

  • My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante                     
  • Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner
  • A Life of My Own by Claire Tomalin
  • All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
  • Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick Gale
  • Excellent Women by Barbara Pym
  • Queens of the Underworld by Caitlin Davies
  • The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi
  • Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
  • The Last Reich by Brian Klein
  • The Golden Rule by Dr Lucy Pollock
  • The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

2023

  • The Salt Path by Raynor Winn                     
  • Ali & Nino by Kurban Said             
  • Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens  
  • The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim  
  • The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak        
  • Eight Months on Ghazzah Street by Hilary Mantel       
  • Educated by Tara Westover
  • A Month in the Country by JL Carr        
  • The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett    
  • My Name is Why by Lemn Sissay            
  • Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus         
  • The 100 Year Old Man who climbed out of the window and disappeared - Jonas Jonassen    

2022

  • Becoming by Michelle Obama
  • All Among the Barley by Melissa Harrison
  • Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
  • Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi
  • Terms & Conditions by Ysenda Maxtone Graham
  • All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville West
  • England's Lane by Joseph Connolly
  • The Old Boys by William Trevor
  • The fortnight in September by RC Sherriff
  • Their Eyes were watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
  • The Promise by Damon Galgut
  • Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner