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Jane Austen July 2026
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— last activity Aug 27, 2026 08:16AM
Jane Austen July is a month-long readathon, all about reading Jane Austen and related works. We are mostly using Discord now, so please head on over ...more
Nonfiction November
— 2622 members
— last activity Oct 12, 2025 12:31PM
**Note** This event is no longer active. Thank you for 10 wonderful years! Please feel free to keep using this page as a resource. Welcome to Nonfict ...more
Big Book Summer Reading Challenge 2024
— 232 members
— last activity Aug 05, 2025 08:58AM
My annual Reading Challenge to tackle those Big Books (400 pages or more) during the lazy days of summer! Join the fun and sign up here (in the Sign-U ...more
Books and Jams Readalong
— 653 members
— last activity Dec 29, 2020 06:54AM
I always enjoy reading books with other people and chatting along the way. Recently I've had a bunch of people ask to do buddy reads. So I thought sta ...more
VICTOBER 2025
— 1920 members
— last activity Sep 11, 2026 03:20PM
Greetings all! Victober is a month-long readathon hosted each October all about reading Victorian literature. The Goodreads group remains in place, ...more
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