Classics

[close] The Top Shelf Society is a book club hosted by seven rising BookTubers who all have one thing in common--their love of "top shelf" reads! This is a book club dedicated to reading books that we predict will be 5-star reads. At the moment, we are focusing on classics, but our genre could change at any time (as true 5-star reads know no genre!).

[close] I so enjoy reading a book WITH someone! Won't you read with me? I post 3 potential reads every month and give a Poll - you help me pick one then we'll read and chat about the book on the last day of every month. Sound good? Hope so! To get the group started, I've picked the first month's book - BEACH READ by Emily Henry.

[close] This is a group for reading vintage British mysteries from the Golden Age and beyond. During 2020 we will be reading the Inspector Adam Dalgliesh books by P.D. James for our challenge. Previous challenges included Ngaio Marsh, Dorothy L Sayers and Agatha Christie's Miss Marple books. We also read and discuss books by many other authors from the era, including a few from other countries.

[close] Welcome to the Roundtable Our passions include literary fiction, the classics, and serious non-fiction. In 2020 we've planned projects to pick our favourite historical fiction book, to read all those large tomes we've been putting off, to choose subjects for our non-fiction reads and expand our horizons with novels in translation. Perhaps you'd like to join in our Historical Fiction Tournament? Or you can sign on for our yearly TBR reading challenge, and the year-long International Challenge, or the 100 Best Books in Translation project. We also invite you to our list [of books, of course] making frenzy, or to add a discussion thread for your favorite author. The fine print: We're a smallish group, but active, and we'd like to have actively participating members. If you've been a member for more than four months without participating, we will assume that you are not interested in the group and you will be subject to deletion (one post after acceptance into the group is not considered active). This may take the form of participation in one of the structured features described above or something more free-form. While we've all got our guilty pleasures -- vampires in love, celebrity gossip, books from our childhoods -- these books don't fit with the group's vision and purpose. It's strictly "quality" writing for an adult audience; for us this means literary fiction, the classics, and serious non-fiction. We like to see a diversity of opinions about what we read and a strong passion for books is a plus. However, we ask that our group members keep it about the books; be respectful of others and refrain from the ad hominem. Finally, you'll see that we're a private group and you'll need to "apply" to join us. This means that we'd like a word from you about why you'd like to join and what you're hoping to get from a group. It also helps if we can see your shelves and your profile. If your profile is set to private, you will not be approved for membership in the group.