The pub based South London Book Club

We meet every 3-4 weeks in the Effra social in Brixton to chat about our current book and then to vote on what we’re reading next using the Brixton Book Group choosing doodle. We read any and every genre of book, from Sci-Fi to the Classics. Everyone is welcome!

Pint and book drawing

What we’re reading next:

So feeling about the Marriage Portrait varied from quite liking it, to almost as bad as Hillbilly Elegy (that one hurt), but quite a busy group again.

Brixton Book Group voting doodle based on the marriage portrait

Book for next time is Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin and we will be meeting on Thursday 3rd of October in the Effra Social from 7.30ish to pitch our spooky Halloween read.

Runners up included Enlightenment by Sarah Perry, Kill your friends by John Niven, Dracula by Bram Stoker, Hungry by Grace Dent, The Southern Bookgroup’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix, Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford, A Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and Neuromancer by William Gibson. 

Remember you can always re-pitch a book again (and again) if you missed out this time.

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How it works

We’re a relaxed group that meets in a pub setting every 3-4 weeks. There’s no joining fee or criteria – it’s open to all.

At the start of each meeting we start with introductions and the opportunity to share your thoughts on the book chosen. We then try to discuss the book in the round, and when the conversation has moved on it’s time to pick what we read next.

You can pitch anything you like – we have read almost every genre available from graphic novels to science fiction (and everything in between) from fiction to non-fiction, classics and contemporary. All the pitches go in the ‘voting doodle’ and then we vote for what to read next. There’s only one rule – if your book wins, you have to come to the next meeting to face the music or revel in the glory of your book choice.

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What we’ve read before

You can view an ever growing list of every book we’ve ever read (since October 2005!) or view our gallery of book group doodles via instagram below.