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The History Book Club
— 26136 members
— last activity May 11, 2026 04:02PM
"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more
21st Century Literature
— 3641 members
— last activity May 11, 2026 08:51PM
We read literary fiction from 2000 to present, with the intent of finding those literary gems of timeless and enduring quality. We're less focused o ...more
Classics and the Western Canon
— 4959 members
— last activity May 12, 2026 03:49AM
This is a group to read and discuss those books generally referred to as “the classics” or “the Western canon.” Books which have shaped Western though ...more
Reading the Classics
— 4044 members
— last activity May 10, 2025 07:28AM
This is a group for people who want to read the classics and discuss them as a group. Each month we will choose as a group a book to read. Everyone is ...more
THE WORLD WAR TWO GROUP
— 2723 members
— last activity May 11, 2026 03:28PM
A chance to discuss books covering the Second World War, the battles, campaigns, leaders and weapons. Tantum librorum, tam brevi tempore (So many ...more
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