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Tameside Libraries Readers' Groups Titles 2023

Do you love reading? See what titles our Readers' Groups will be reading. 

 

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Ashton Library GroupsDenton Group | Droylsden Groups | Dukinfield Group | Hyde Groups | Mossley Groups | Stalybridge Groups | Virtual Readers' Group 


 

Location Meeting Time Contact Person and details

Ashton Library Readers' Group

Month

Title

Author
January The Woman in Cabin 10  Ruth Ware
February The Museum of You  Carys Bray
March Fools and Mortals  Bernard Cornwell
April My Name is Lucy Barton  Elizabeth Strout
May The Essex Serpent Sarah Perry
June Nine Perfect Strangers  Liane Moriarty
July Garden of Lost and Found Harriet Evans
August The Midnight Library  Matt Haig
September Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine  Gail Honeyman
October The Little Red Chairs Edna O'Brien
November The Wych Elm  Tana French
December The Foundling  Stacey Halls

Denton Library Readers' Group

Month

Title

Author
January Circe
and The Cutting Season (Quick Read)
Madeline Miller
M W Craven
February Circus of Wonders
and Cut Off (Quick Read)
Elizabeth MacNeal
Mark Billingham
March

The Appeal
and The Great Cornish Getaway (Quick Read)

Janice Hallett
Fern Britton
April The Wild Silence
and Too Good to be True (Quick Read)
Raynor Winn
Ann Cleeves
May

The Lighthouse Witches
and A Very Distant Shore (Quick Read)

C J Cooke
Jenny Colgan

June Ordinary People
and One False Move (Quick Read)
Diana Evans
Dreda Say Mitchell
July Follow Me to Ground
and The Motive (Quick Read)
Sue Rainsford
Khurram Rahman 
August Transcription
and The Skylight (Quick Read)
Kate Atkinson
Louise Candlish
September The Guest List
and Dead Simple (Quick Read)
Lucy Foley
Harry Bingham
October The Woman in Cabin 10 
and Looking for Captain Poldark (Quick Read)
Ruth Ware
Rowan Coleman
November The Coward
and Saving the Day (Quick Read)
Jarred McGinnis
Katie Fforde
December The Christmas Bookshop 
and Dead Man Talking (Quick Read)
Jenny Colgan
Roddy Doyle

Droylsden Library Readers' Group

Month

Title

Author
January The Long Call Ann Cleeves
February Hobson's Choice Harold Brighouse
March Various titles Brontes
April Redhead at the side of the road  Anne Tyler
May The Midnight Library Matt Haig
June The woman in Cabin 10 Ruth Ware
July A Force of Nature Jane Harper
August Various titles Stephen King
September The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman
October A High Mortality of Doves Kate Ellis
November Various titles Thomas Hardy
December Garden of lost and found Harriet Evans

Dukinfield Library Readers' Group

Month

Title

Author
January The Woman in the Window A. J. Finn
February Tidelands Philippa Gregory
March Hitman Anders and the meaning of it all Jonas Jonasson
April Transcription Kate Atkinson
May Normal People Sally Rooney
June A High Mortality of Doves Kate Ellis
July The Devil and the Dark Water Stuart Turton
August The Binding Bridget Collins
September Blood & Sugar Laura Shepherd-Robinson
October Lamplighters Emma Stonex
November The Word is Murder Anthony Horowitz
December My Cousin Rachel Daphne Du Maurier

Hyde Library Readers' Groups

Afternoon Readers' Group    

Month

Title

Author
January Take nothing with you Patrick Gale
February Ordinary People Diana Evans 
March Cloud Cuckoo land Anthony Doerr
April The confession Jessie Burton
May Stay with me Adebayo Ayobami
June The good, the bad and the little bit stupid Marina Lewycka
July Girl, Woman, other Bernardine Evaristo
August The Mercies Kiran Millwood Hargrave
September The Testaments Margaret Atwood
October The couple next door Shari Lapena
November The girl with the louding voice Abi Dare
December Mr Cadmus Peter Ackroyd
Evening Readers' Group    

Month

Title

Author
February American dirt Jeanine Cummins
March Fool me once Harlan Coben
April The Midnight Library Matt Haig
May Two kinds of truth Michael Connelly
June The Mercies Kiran Millwood Hargrave
July A Keeper Graham Norton
August Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus
September Wind Through the Keyhole Stephen King
October The Foundling Stacey Halls
November A Legacy of Spies John Le Carre
December The Lying Life of Adults Elena Ferrante
January 2024 Never Greener Ruth Jones

Mossley Library Readers' Groups

Morning Readers' Group    

Month

Title

Author
January Wind Through the Keyhole Stephen King
February The Locked Room Elly Griffiths
March Nine Perfect Strangers Liane Moriarty
April A Force of Nature Jane Harper
May Transcription Kate Atkinson
June Tidelands Phillipa Gregory
July
Where My Heart Used to Beat
Sebastian Faulks
August One August Night Victoria Hislop
September Apples Never Fall Liane Moriarty
October The Midnight Library Matt Haig
November Fools and Mortals Bernard Cornwell
December Hamnet Maggie O'Farrell
Afternoon Readers' Group    

Month

Title

Author
January Girl, Woman, Other Bernadine Evaristo
February The Moonstone Wilkie Collins
March Sorrow and Bliss Meg Mason
April Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens
May The Museum of you Carys Bray
June Shuggie Bain Douglas Stuart
July Klara and the Sun Kazuo Ishiguro
August The Vanishing half Britt Bennett
September Susanna Clarke Piranesi
October The Keeper of Lost Things Ruth Hogan
November Redhead at the side of the road Anne Tyler
December Where my heart used to beat Sebastian Faulks

Stalybridge Library Afternoon Readers' Group

Month

Title

Author
January The Break Marian Keyes
February The Music Shop Rachel Joyce
March A brief history of seven killings Marlon James
April A midsummer’s equation Naoki Higashino
May A game for all the family Sophie Hannah
June The confidant Helene Gremillon
July The house of eyes Kate Ellis
August My Cousin Rachel Daphne Du Maurier
September Fools and Mortals Bernard Cornwell
October Murder on the Orient Express Agatha Christie
November A Ladder to the Sky John Boyne
December American dirt Jeanine Cummins

Stalybridge Library Non-Fiction Readers' Group

Stalybridge Non-Fiction Readers' Group agrees on a topic to read about rather than a specific book. They also meet every two weeks.
     
     
Virtual Readers' Group

Virtual Group Via Zoom
The group agrees a book each month to discuss next month that's available as an eBook and eAudiobook via BorrowBox

Meets on the first Monday of the month, 6-7pm.
Zoom is easy to use via the internet or by downloading the app. See our brief guide to using Zoom pdf or give us a call and we can explain how it works.

Contact 0161 342 2031 or email information.direct@tameside.gov.uk.

 

 
     


Want to set up your own Readers’ Group? Contact information.direct@tameside.gov.uk for more details.
Tameside Libraries offer:

  • Multiple copies of books for loan to readers’ groups
  • Staff assistance with setting up and running groups.


Please note some groups meet during Open+ hours. To attend you will need to be registered for Open+ access. For full details please visits http://www.tameside.gov.uk/libraries/openplus or contact the library during staffed hours.

Tameside Libraries also offer Book Time for Yourself clubs, which provide a new type of reading experience. Unlike standard readers’ groups members do not need to read the book in advance.