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[close] Join our new Osher Map Library & Smith Center for Cartographic Education Online Book Club! Each month we will choose a new book that we will read and invite you to read along with us. Our book selections focus on making connections with maps and history inspired by current exhibitions and our collections.

[close] Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or exploring the world through books, you have come to the right place! ATW80 began in 2009 as a challenge on TNBBC. The separate group was established in 2011. Anyone can join and participate in the challenges or readings at any time. Challenge participation is not a requirement of joining. Anyone who loves reading books from around the world is welcome here. The main purpose of this group is to travel the world through books, experiencing new authors and cultures along the way. Want to read about the world? We have close to 50,000 books cataloged by setting and more are added each month. Globe Stand Photo: Daniel Loiselle/Getty Images "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” - Dr. Suess “There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I haven’t kept long enough.” ― Irwin Shaw

[close] a book club on all things travel and allows anyone from anywhere to contribute

[close] The Guardian put together an excellent list entitled '1000 Novels Everyone Must Read', and this group will read books each month from a selection of the categories. The books, each with the Guardian's critique and within their categories, can be viewed through this link A list of the books by category can be found here. This can be useful for a quick check to see if a book is on the list. Also, your reading progress can be tracked through this link to List Challenges. With grateful thanks to the Guardian newspaper for agreeing to our being affiliated with them.