Book clubs in Southampton
Below you'll find every book club we know of in Southampton, as well as readers looking for one.
Nick
Seeking a book club
I really enjoy reading the classics, especially the great Russian authors. It would be interesting to discuss the big questions these books pose. Another persons perspective would add further layers to the work. I am semi-retired and have now got the time to deep dive into great works of literature. I live in Southampton.
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Cait
Seeking a book club
Hi! I’m Caitlin, 26 and looking to find others who are into books as much as me! :)
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Seeking a book club
Hi! I am 27 & have just moved to the Southampton area and am looking for like-minded people who love a good book! I love fiction and will read almost any subgenre - fantasy, historical, sci-fi you name it! Ultimately I just love a book that will move me - the best books make me laugh, cry & all the emotions in between. Would love to meet new friends who also share my passion for reading.
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Sean
Seeking a book club
The idea: a small, easygoing group meeting once a month in a cosy café around Southampton (open to New Forest spots too, depending who's keen) to talk about the kind of books that actually earn their length — Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, John Williams' Stoner, Jack London's Martin Eden. Big questions, flawed characters, sentences worth re-reading. Doesn't have to stay strictly Russian-and-American — anything in that same vein is fair game. No pressure if you haven't finished the book. No one-upmanship. Just good coffee, better conversation, and people who actually want to talk about what they're reading rather than just being seen to read it. If that sounds like your kind of Saturday morning (or Tuesday evening — happy to find what works for the group), get in touch. Even just tell me the last book that properly wrecked you — that's usually the best icebreaker.
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I am a retired Engineer , 67 years, living in Southampton. I spend time reading literature and history . My favourites include books on history of British India , literary classics like those from Dostoyevsky , Flaubert , Maupassant , Balzac , Thomas Mann, Conrad et al . Among modern writers, my favourites are Saramago and Umberto Eco.
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I am a University History Graduate. I love history books, especially British and American. I am looking to join like-minded book people who love reading books. I like both non-fiction and fiction. I also really like movies that that develop from fiction and non-fiction books.
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Seeking a book club
I am 56 year old learning support assistant who just loves reading. I read on average about 70 books a year. Belonged to a bookclub years ago and loved it, would like to join one again.
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The Page Turner's (Shirley, Southampton)
Book club
Very small (2 members) looking for more people to join us , on the last Wednesday of the month in Shirley or Lordshill area
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Seeking a book club
My friend and I want to start or join a book club I'm retired but my friend Jenny is still working so we'd like to meet in the evening. I love reading, I always have a book on the go, my husband and I read to each other and I have a Audible subscription.
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I love to read , and would like to meet up with people to socialise make and read books. My nearest area is Shirley/Lordshill
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Hi! I am looking to bond / connect over the love of books!!! Love fiction and romance, but happy to delve outside of this!
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active 90, love reading anything (fiction or faction) ,good to meet younger friends and chat retired medical background , based Bitterne Park Southampton
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Hi, my name is Juliana and I am a book lover! I really want to find a book club near me.
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Seeking a book club
I moved to Southampton about 2 years ago and love reading. I'd like to meet new people and preferably join a book club that we can discuss all sorts of genres and read lots of different books from biographies to murder/mystery, historical to anything really!! Would love coffee/cake and wine involved and Shirley is my nearest area.
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I ama "young" senior citizen. Passionate reader of all kinds if literature. Lost my wife 6mnths ago but need to reconnect with thre world|
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I am a nurse and I am a big fan of reading murder mysteries and murder thriller type books
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Seeking a book club
Outgoing when I’m comfortable and know my subject. I’m warm, open and honest.
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Bella Bookworm
Seeking a book club
As a lifelong avid reader I am looking to join or start an in person book group to meet likeminded people with a passion for reading and even creative writing. My main literary passions are crime, psychological thrillers, character driven novels and social justice. I also do like to dip into the classics and a smattering of Gothic. I love Sabine Durrant, Liz Nugent, Kate Elizabeth Russell -but I could list forever. Please contact me if you have a group or are interested in joining me to start one!
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Lucyanna123
Seeking a book club
I like reading romance and fantasy books, I’m also in the start of writing 2 books a solo project and one with my husband. Am looking to make new friends
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