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Bishop's Cleeve

Book Circle 1

Status:Active, open to new members
Leader:
When: Monthly on Wednesday afternoons
1st Wednesday 2pm
Venue: St Michael's Centre

We are a group of book lovers who meet for lively book related discussions.

The books are chosen by the group with a mix of fiction and non-fiction. Each month we read the chosen book. At the meeting one group member presents the author and another member presents the book before the informal group discussion.

  • Recent and current book selection

    MeetingAuthor and Title
    Jan 2026Samantha Harvey - Orbital
    FebJohn Steinbeck - Tortilla Flat
    MarJosie Ferguson - The Silence in Between
    AprPam Ayres - The Necessary Aptitude
    MayJanice Hallett - The Examiner
    JuneRobert Harris - Precipice
    JulyDavid Baldacci - Strangers in Time

  • Books read in 2025

    AuthorTitle
    Robert ThorogoodThe Marlow Murder Club
    David NichollsYou Are Here
    Victoria HislopFigurine
    Judi DenchShakespeare: The Man who Pays the Rent
    Matt HaigThe Midnight Library
    Marina LewyckaVarious Pets Alive and Dead
    David GrannThe Wager
    Jennie GodfreyThe List of Suspicious Things
    Elif ShafakThere are Rivers in the Sky
    William BoydGabriel's Moon
    Tracy ChevalierThe Glass Maker
    Alistair CookeSix Men
  • Books read in 2024

    AuthorTitle
    John GrishamSkipping Christmas
    Gabrielle ZevinTomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
    Georgina HowellDaughter of the Desert
    Alan GarnerTreacle Walker
    Lucy WorsleyAgatha Christie
    Elaine FeeneyHow to Build a Boat
    Michael PalinErebus
    Penelope FitzgeraldThe Bookshop
    Tracy ChevalierRemarkable Creatures
    David GrannKillers of the Flower Moon
    Benjamin MyersThe Offing
    Bill BrysonOne Summer: America 1927