Book clubs in Co Durham

Below you'll find every active listing we have for book clubs and readers in Co Durham

All listings in Co Durham

sophie (Barnard Castle)

Looking to meet new friends to share interest in books. Enjoy thrillers, crime, true crime, mystery and can be persuaded by a romcom if it's gripping. Open to trying any genre!

Annie (Durham)

Love crime thrillers/action and romance. Need some structure to motivate my reading. Enjoy a chat about what I have read!

Joanne (Consett)

Hi, I love reading I always have. Books about ghosts or the paranormal is my main interest or anything based on a true story. Family issues based on relatives drama or secrets within families. If you would like to share your interest based on the above, please get in touch.

Melissa (Durham)

Hello I’d like to discuss books about psychology, science or mystery.

Jan T (Chester-le-Street)

Recently retired and have not read a book for a long time busy with work and family but now would like to join a Book Club and suggestions of what to read. Like Fantasy, mystery, crime. I Like Anne Cleeves, JK Rowling.

charzbooks18 (Durham)

Hi I am 18 and currently in Durham and wanting some more book friends or people to discuss with. I love fantasy, romance and mystery books!

Chantel (Bishop Auckland)

Lifelong reader, recently moved to Spennymoor and interested in trying out a book club! Currently caught up in all the romantasy hype but historical fiction and a good mystery/thriller have always been my go-to genres :)

Katie (Durham)

I like romance and fantasy, also murder mysteries! I would like to find people to discuss books with.

Katie recommends:

Twisted Love

by Ana Huang | Buy this book

The plot twists are great

Eleanor (Durham)

Eleanor, 36, love reading books but finding it difficult to have the perseverance to do it in busy life. I find joining a book club gives me the structure to read more regularly and I love chatting books with others. I moved to Durham just over a year ago and am looking to meet new friends.

Charlie (Darlington)

I’m currently loving thriller books at the moment but i always love a good romance with a story, would love to meet some people close by to share my passion with !

Charlie recommends:

Never lie

by Freida McFadden | Buy this book

A plot twist I never seen coming

Darren (Sedgefield)

Middle aged male looking to get back into reading and away from binge watching TV. I mainly like thrillers and UK detective books. Would be great to interact with other likeminded people.

Katherine (Seaham)

Lifelong reader, had a massive reading slump due to work and life. Got back into reading a year ago with Acotar and Forth wing, munching away 20 books a month

Katherine recommends:

Anathema

by Keri Lane | Buy this book

The writing is superb, one of the best I found in the last year. Worldbuilding is fun and not too complicated, but enough to keep you engaged. Story a bit dark, spooky and perfect for lover or gothic stories.

Adele92 (Chester-le-Street)

I love reading all genres and will give anything a go. I’ve just finished mystery novel The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley and would like to join a book club to find some new reading material and also get the chance to discuss books after reading them.

Chris (Durham)

Haven't read much new in a while but trying to broaden my horizons a bit now. Previous themes/authors include Martin Amis, John Grisham, Terry Pratchett for fun, and various random bits and bobs and modern european history, currently on a departure with a greek text about pythagoras and a history of women in mathematics, heading on towards babylon or tibet for my next read.

jessisnotreading (Durham)

I enjoy fantasy, romance, romantasy, thrillers, horrors! I’d love to make some new book friends :)

Laura (Sedgefield)

33, lifetime love of reading, recently re-sparked by Fourth Wing and Iron Flame. 🔥 Definitely in my fantasy - romance era, but open to reading most things! Love coffee, cake and book chat!

Laura recommends:

Fourth Wing

by Rebecca Yarros | Buy this book

Getting lost in a world of dragons, suspense, characters you can root for and a bit of spice for good measure!

Durham Book Club (Durham)

Member ran book club - we communicate via what’s app however you don’t need to join the chat to partake. We meet at Dragonville Starbucks @ 6pm on the first Tuesday of every month. We have an instagram page to keep track of the book club picks. @thedurhambookclub

Safc (Bishop Auckland)

Like crime fiction look for some good recommendations I do like a good series when you get to know characters. Some I had read Angela Masson Mj Arlidge

Jackie2407 (Barnard Castle)

New to town and looking for a group that loves to read women's fiction, some classics and a bit of chic lit now and again, drink coffee and eat cake and chat about what we've been reading.

Laura (Bishop Auckland)

I’m a transplant to the UK from the US, 43, and a longtime book lover. I read mostly literature—classic and contemporary—but I’m also up for philosophy or non-fiction, anything that makes me stop to rethink the human condition. I would love to join a group or meet a friend interested in chatting about books and life over a coffee or on a walk (perhaps with my pup in tow)🙂

Laura recommends:

Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy | Buy this book

Impossible to pick favorite books, but this is one that I return to every few years and get some new richness that I either missed or had not lived long enough to fully appreciate. I love the way Tolstoy lets us into even the most seemingly minor characters’ minds for glimpses of ourselves, no matter how different we might consider ourselves to the personalities or choices represented. Every character is both flawed and beautiful in their way, everyone the main protagonist in their own story.

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