Book clubs in Durham

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

sarah

🍓26 from durham! love reading (& buying books) would love to meet some fellow book lovers, and chat about faves, and have/ join a book club :)

sarah recommends:

Permafrost

by Eva Baltasar | Buy this book

Oh it's so good! I read it in a single sitting, it consumed me. It’s poetic, it’s dark, funny, sad, weird, and relatable! It follows an unnamed lesbian female narrator, just a beautiful book that I’ll return back to again and again. Often songs come into my head when I read, this book felt like Mitski’s ‘Last Words Of a Shooting Star.

Stef

Hi, I'm 33 and none of my friends read, I have always wanted to have a group of friends who can read books and discuss them. Some of my favourites are Perks of Being a Wallflower. The Invisible life of Addie LaRue. Ready Player One. Six of Crows Duology. Illuminae. Anything by Kasie West, Taylor Jenkins Reid and Beth O'Leary. I also love to read smut, very dark romance smut. I own over 1000 physical books. I just love to read :)

Stef recommends:

Credence

by Penelope Douglas | Buy this book

Smut, nothing more needs to be said.

Mary

Hello! My partner is getting his PhD at Durham, and I'm looking to meet some new friends to hang out with - I'm an avid reader (well, audiobook listener) and though I've got a soft spot for fantasy, I've found books in almost every genre that I've enjoyed! I would love to meet some people for coffee some weekend, get some recommendations on books and chat -

Mary recommends:

Piranesi

by susanna clarke | Buy this book

From the same author as Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, I loved having such an unreliable narrator, and such unique world building - very satisfying putting all the pieces together by the end!

Samantha_98

I’m 25 and live near Consett. I’m looking to make new friends who love reading as much as I do. I love romance and smut, and I haven’t really branched out into other genres but I’d be open to trying something new.

Sarah

I'm looking to join a book club to discuss favourite books and swap recommendations with like minded people. I'm not bothered about genre as long as it sounds interesting!

Gillian

Recently moved to the area would like to join a book club and maybe meet like minded people who love to relax with a good book.

Lillian

I am very much a homebody and enjoy reading thrillers, dystopian or just any good book in general. Would love to join a book club to be more social. I will be 30 this year.

Moss

Active. Witty. Nice guy, generous.

Moss recommends:

Hungry As The Sea

by Wilbur Smith | Buy this book

Transports the reader.

Moss

Always reading something. Action adventure mostly. Retired and would like to socialise with likeminded folk.

Moss recommends:

Hungry As The Sea

by Wilbur Smith | Buy this book

Transports the reader.

MamaBee

I’m a new mammy to a beautiful little girl. I’m 23 (almost 24) and love new adult fantasy romance books - but I’m open to anything! During and after pregnancy I have lost who I am as a person, and I’m hoping that by finding a community of people with similar passions to me I can start to find myself again.

MamaBee recommends:

A Touch of Darkness

by Scarlett St Clair | Buy this book

It’s a retelling of Hades and Persephone. It has a modern touch and is filled with self discovery, romance, magic and just enough of Persephone being a badass.

BookDemon136

I am 23 years old recently graduated and I love reading books a lot. I am a moody reader and would read anything that springs my fancy however I am also an avid romance reader so would love to just be in community where I can discuss and share all my love for the genre.

Tilly

I love reading different genres and authors, each book speaks we just have to attune

Harry

I just arrived in Durham a month ago and joined Durham University. I like all genres, however, I like history and adventure more. I am looking for like-minded people to connect with and give and get recommendations for good books.

Harry recommends:

The Diary of a Young Girl

by Anne Frank | Buy this book

The way Anne is expressing her thoughts and that at the very young age of 13 years old is beyond my imagination.

Olivia

I am a 21 year old book reader who enjoys nothing more than to sit at home with a good book. I am into fantasy, romance (which can be dark at times), thriller, horror, mystery etc. I don't settle for one genre and I will try all books. I don't have many people that around me that read <3

Olivia recommends:

They Both Die At The End

by Adam Silvera | Buy this book

Two people that are brought together by death. Enjoying each others company before they leave the world they live in. Heart-breaking, but such an amazing read.

Joanne

I will read most things but not into sci fi, horror or fantasy

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Book clubs in Durham

sarah

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Stef

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Mary

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Samantha_98

Sarah

Gillian

Lillian

Moss

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Moss

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MamaBee

MamaBee recommends:

BookDemon136

Tilly

Harry

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Olivia

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Joanne

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