Reading the 20th Century discussion

This is a locked post which contains a complete overview of all the current and forthcoming reads here at RTTC


Please feel free to comment on any of these reading discussions at any time

Also anyone can suggest a buddy read - it only takes a couple of participants and you're good to go

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MAY 2026

📖 The Mussel Feast by Birgit Vanderbeke (1990) 🔹️ discussion
📖 Birding by Rose Ruane (2024) 🔹️ discussion
📖 Less Than Angels by Barbara Pym (1955) 🔹️ discussion
📖 Under the Net by Iris Murdoch (1954) 🔹️ discussion
📖 The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham (1944) 🔹️ discussion
📖 The Snake Pit by Mary Jane Ward (1941) 🔹️ discussion


JUNE 2026

📖 Alone in Berlin aka Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada (1947) 🔹️ discussion
📖 The Witch of Exmoor by Margaret Drabble (1996) 🔹️ discussion
📖 The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré (1977) 🔹️ discussion
📖 The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati (1940) 🔹️ discussion
📖 A Girl in Winter by Philip Larkin (1947) 🔹️ discussion
📖 The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James (1881) 🔹️ discussion


JULY 2026

📖 Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck (1961)🔹️ discussion
📖 The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (1920) 🔹️ discussion
📖 The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers (1946) 🔹️ discussion
📖 A Glass of Blessings by Barbara Pym (1958) 🔹️ discussion
📖 Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller (1934) 🔹️ discussion
📖 The Vet's Daughter by Barbara Comyns (1959) 🔹️ discussion


AUGUST 2026

📖 Great Granny Webster by Caroline Blackwood (1977) 🔹️ discussion
📖 Summer Moonshine by P.G. Wodehouse (1937) 🔹️ discussion
📖 Berlin Game (Bernard Samson #1) by Len Deighton (1983) 🔹️ discussion


SEPTEMBER 2026

📖 Providence by Anita Brookner (1989) 🔹️ discussion
📖 The Flight from the Enchanter by Iris Murdoch (1956) 🔹️ discussion


OCTOBER 2026

📖 The Play Room by Olivia Manning (1969) 🔹️ discussion


NOVEMBER 2026

📖 The Glass Cell by Patricia Highsmith (1964) 🔹️ discussion





Barbara Pym reads:

Crampton Hodnet (completed circa 1940, published posthumously, 1985) - Sept 25
Some Tame Gazelle (1950) - Nov 25
Excellent Women (1952) - Jan 26
Jane and Prudence (1953) - March - 26
Less than Angels (1955) - May 26
A Glass of Blessings (1958) - July 26
No Fond Return of Love (1961) - Sept 26
An Unsuitable Attachment (written 1963; published posthumously, 1982) - Nov 26
Quartet in Autumn (1977) - Jan 27
The Sweet Dove Died (1978) - March 26
A Few Green Leaves (completed 1979/1980; published posthumously, 1980) - May 27

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John le Carré's Smiley books

1. Call for the Dead (1961) (August 2025)
2. A Murder of Quality (1962) (October 2025)
3. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963) (December 2025)
4. The Looking Glass War (1965) (February 2026)
5. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1974) (April 2026)
6. The Honourable Schoolboy (1977) (June 2026)
7. Smiley's People (1979) (August 2026)
8. The Secret Pilgrim (1990) (October 2026)
9. A Legacy of Spies (2017) (December 2026)
10. Karla's Choice (Nick Harkaway) (2024) (February 2027)

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Henry James books

Washington Square - March 2026
The Portrait Of A Lady - June 2026
Not fixed - September 2026
The Ambassadors - December 2026




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