Members’ Book Group

Our members' book group has been running successfully for many years. We meet on the second Tuesday of every month from 2.30pm - 4.00pm at the Institution. We are a member run group and choose our book selection at the end of the year for the year ahead, all members of the group are encouraged to make suggestions.

The group is currently at capacity, but if you would like to join our waiting list or find out more about the group the contact email is listed below. Here is the 2024 book list, you can always read along.

Each year a book list is compiled by taking suggestions from members, which are then put to a vote. The final list is circulated to members at the beginning of the year. There is a wide variety of genres and authors catering for different tastes and interests.

2024 Book List

Date	Title	Author(s)
January 9th	The True Deceiver	Tove Jansson
February 13th	Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe	Judith Herrin
March 12th	The Conductor	Sarah Quigley
April 9th	Old God’s Time	Sebastian Barry
May 14th	The Queen of Dirt Island	Donal Ryan
June 11th	The Elephant’s Journey	Jose Saramago & Margaret Costa
July 9th	Miss Garnet’s Angel	Salley Vickers
August 13th	Lessons in Chemistry	Bonnie Garmus
September 10th	The Dictionary of Lost Words	Pip Williams
October 8th	Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk	Kathleen Rooney
November 12th	Violeta	Isabel Allende
December 10th	Matrix	Lauren Groff

2023 Book List

January 10^th	The Comedians	Graham Greene
February 11^th	An Instance of the Fingerpost	Ian Pears
March 14^th	The Island of Missing Trees	Elif Shafak
April 11^th	The Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Giorgio Bassani
May 9^th	Hotel du Lac.	Anita Brookner
June 13^th	The Sea Change	Elizabeth Jane Howard
July 11^th	The Nightingale	Kristin Hannah
August 8^th	The Lincoln Highway	Amor Towles
September 12^th	Spiderweb	Penelope Lively
October 10^th	A Game of Hide and Seek	Elizabeth Taylor
November 14^th	Golden Hill	Francis Spufford
December 12^th	Mudlarking	Lara Maiklem

If you would like to enquire about joining the Book Group waiting list, please contact Clare Radstone via [email protected] .