Classics

[close] This is a group for people interested in reading Shakespeare in 2020. The schedule is for one play a month, and there will be a discussion page for each book. You don't have to read all twelve plays to be a part of this group or join in the discussion, but you should be involved in some way during the year (or else what's the point?) Here's the schedule: January: Twelfth Night February: Romeo and Juliet March: Julius Caesar April: Hamlet May: Much Ado About Nothing June: A Midsummer's Night Dream July: The Tempest August: The Merchant of Venice September: Richard III October: Macbeth November: King Lear December: The Winter's Tale

[close] This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underreported issues of our era. All you need is an enquiring mind and a desire to gain or share “underground knowledge”. This is also a place to discuss the controversial topics explored in The Underground Knowledge Series (non-fiction books) by James Morcan & Lance Morcan as well as the Underground Knowledge podcast show.

[close] Some of the world's greatest literature was written in New England during the 19th and early 20th centuries. This group will read and discuss the lives and works of authors such as Emerson, Thoreau, Longfellow, Hawthorne, Melville, Whittier, Alcott, Dickinson, and many others!

[close] "Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodreads and these are some of our Focus Areas. We have welcomed worldwide members from over 171 countries; we are a large international group which spans the globe. Discussions: Bentley leads The Splendid and the Vile (Buddy Read); Hell and Other Destinations: A 21st-Century Memoir by Madeleine K. Albright (BOTM), The Great Influenza by John M. Barry and Noah Feldman's book - The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President, White Fragility, Salt and The Federalist Papers - a long term offering continues. The Ghost on the Throne by James Romm - led by Vicki continues. Free Book Offer soon to History Book Club members - stay tuned for details - North America offering - "for HBC members only" Become a Free Reader (only at the HBC) - we will tell you how and we are currently Free Reading Salt and The Threat- next Hoover. Also White Fragility and Stamped. and the classic Faces at the Bottom of the Well and The Room where it Happened. Find Challenges for the Two Koreas, Ireland, Japan here - You can scroll through them and join the challenge that interests you.