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Summer reading in the long light
Plan the summer’s reading before September arrives: one book to have read, one to be reading.
Staff pick: The Left Hand of Darkness
Science fiction for people who say they do not read science fiction.
How the club picks its book
Two ballots, five rules and one tie-break: how a room of strong opinions settles on a single book every month.
Staff pick: The Remains of the Day
A short, quiet novel about what a person chooses not to say.
Our reading retreat, in photos
Forty-eight hours, eleven members, one rule: no screens until the evening. A weekend away, as seen from the armchairs.
Staff pick: Middlemarch
A very long book that rewards a slow read, and the one we are reading together now.
Middlemarch, one part at a time
Eight parts, six weeks and a great many opinions about Mr Casaubon. My reading notes, kept as I went along.
Five small code tips from the club’s website
Our reading list page is a few dozen lines of code. Here is what we learned writing it, with every snippet ready to paste and run.
