Susan, although a passionate reader and book lover, had never been a member of a book group, and although several of the members had been, we are finding our way as we go along. We are a cosmopolitan and metropolitan group — this is Islington, after all — comprising singles, grandmothers, divorcées, and including, inter alia, lawyers, journalists, teachers, one Scot, one Australian and one South African.
Now in its sixth year, nothing significant has changed regarding format and style, and most of the original members are still in the group.
 
Every month a member chooses a book, which is agreed by the group, and leads the discussion on her choice; books are chosen a month or two in advance so that members can plan their reading. Eight months in, with the (controversial) choice of Hanya Yanigihara’s A Little Life in September, we decided that no choice should exceed 500 pages.

Most of our choices have been fiction, with an occasional non-fiction title, mostly biography.

Book Group 6 is not currently looking for new members.