Book clubs in Croydon

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

Ladyblue

Lover of moderately intelligent fiction and the occasional 'guilty pleasure'/rapid read. Currently reading a pilot's memoir and prize-winning Booker shorts. Also like reading plays.

Blue Shed Girl

Would love to connect with fellow readers to discuss & hear different perspectives on book I’ve read & also get suggestions for new books. Currently reading lots of nature-inspired books (I love gardening, hiking, wildlife etc) but enjoy other genres too, especially those with well developed & interesting characters. Would be great to find a local reading group with like-minded people!

Blue Shed Girl recommends:

Sacred Country

by Rose Tremain | Learn more and buy

Beautiful writing, well-developed characters, challenging subjects handled with sensitivity

Ruth

Recently retired and need an impetus to find really good reads to keep my brain active! To meet like minded people . I enjoy a range of books , book of the year type books!

Ruth recommends:

The Miniaturist

by Jessie Burton | Learn more and buy

Loved the characters and the links between the miniature dos house pieces that land on her doorstep. Life mirrors art!

Anne

In my 30s, looking to read and discuss books with fellow local readers.

The Relaxed Book Group

This is a group with a difference; everyone reads a book of their own choice it's about sharing our differences in discussing once every 2 weeks locally. It's aim is to motivate and help meet like minded people. We will have set questions to open up discussion on things such as storyline, characters and learning. Taking interest currently so please get InTouch meeting place TBC but should be every other Monday at 7pm to 9pm at a quiet Croydon pub. There is a disclaimer no horror stories or grotesque detailed books no dark spiritual books either such as witches or demons etc

Addiscombe book club

A group that meets once a month on a Monday. We read all fiction from classics to the best sellers such as Yellowface. We welcome people who really enjoy reading, who are interested in tackling all the genres of reading and who are interested I debating and thinking about the novel from different angles.

JS

I’m moving to S Croydon and am looking forward to having more time for reading! Looking to find a welcoming book group, would also be interested in a feminist book group.

Amber

I love reading! I mostly read fiction (lit fiction, horror, thrillers, historical fiction). I would love to join/start a book club to discuss and meet with others.

Amber recommends:

Gone with the wind

by Margaret Mitchell | Learn more and buy

Old but gold

Olivia_in_a_book

I really enjoy reading, but sometimes I find that life gets in the way and a couple of months have passed since I last picked up a book. It would be nice to find some people to talk books with and to suggest new things to read. I don't have a specific type of book that I enjoy - I'll read anything from classics, to sci-fi to biographies.

Olivia_in_a_book recommends:

So Late in the Day

by Claire Keegan | Learn more and buy

This is a short book, but packed with emotion. It's so clever how the story is slowly revealed as the book progresses - it's so subtly done but it seems almost inevitable when you get to the end, although that's never what you would have imagined at the beginning.

Sarah avid reader

I would like to join a book club to read different styles and types of book and discuss them with like minded

bubs

I have been retired for nearly ten years and started to read around this time and started to read the well mown classics which I have always wanted to do.I thought it might be nice to shaer reading experiences as I am always open to new ideas.

bubs recommends:

Jude the obscure

by Thomas Hardy | Learn more and buy

The period in which it is set and how the main chalecter fate slowly unfolds

Tess of the Durberville

by Thomas Hardy | Learn more and buy

I find that I like the period in which it is set in also the language being used for that period in time

Tess of the Derbafields

by Thomas Hardy | Learn more and buy

Period in which it was set and also the use of language

Jude the obsure

by Thomas Hardy | Learn more and buy

I like the period it is set in and how the fatalist characters slowly unfolds

LillianPresscot

Hiya, I’m Lillian. I love literature and books, they’ve been a great passion of mine, a source of pleasure and addiction. I would love to have like minded people to chat to and discuss books with.

Kirstie

Love reading, but have done so too little in recent years! Would love to join a book group to motivate me to read more frequently and get together to enjoy discussions on books we've read.

missejohn

52 yr old looking to join a local book club (and meet new people). Fell out of the habit of reading for years. Set myself a new year resolution on 01/01/2023 to read one book a month in 2023. Its October and have read 24 books to date. Smashing this resolution and have absolutely fallen back in love with reading :) New goal set of 30 books read by midnight 31/12/2023. Joining a book club should hopefully keep me breaking personal reading goals and also boost my social life. Making friends in your 50s is no joke! Maybe that could be my 2024 goal :)

Lacequeen

I gave a particular love of golden age crime novels but enjoy all fiction both contemporary and historical. I would like to discuss books in a group and discover new authors.

Emma

I love books. always have. It's great to lose yourself in a story. I often pick up those murder or crime books, though there is nothing like some fantasy or non-fiction, it's great to be taught something by a book. I am in my 30s and looking for a group who meets once a month or so to share their interests in books.

Joe

Love talking and reading

Mand

42 loves reading - current read yellow face

Ros

Hello I am in my early sixties and working part time as a care assistant after serving many years in the Civil Service. I enjoy reading and think it would be fun to read a book and then discuss the characters and storyline etc.

Emma

I'm in my 30s and would love to find a local book club to meet up with monthly. I enjoy reading a mix of genres

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Book clubs in Croydon

Ladyblue

Blue Shed Girl

Blue Shed Girl recommends:

Ruth

Ruth recommends:

Anne

The Relaxed Book Group

Addiscombe book club

JS

Amber

Amber recommends:

Olivia_in_a_book

Olivia_in_a_book recommends:

Sarah avid reader

bubs

bubs recommends:

LillianPresscot

Kirstie

missejohn

Lacequeen

Emma

Joe

Mand

Ros

Emma

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