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Each month we have themed group reads selected by votes.

We use a cycle process to nominate our themes. Listed below are the monthly themes for each month and the books we've read so far.

Monthly Themes (so far)

2011

October: Spy
November: Historical Mystery/Suspense
December: Treasure Hunt

2012

January: Police/Law Enforcement
February: Military Sci-Fi
March: Ancient/Lost Civilization
April: Espionage
May: Swashbuckling
June: Random
July: Summer Movie Blockbuster
August: Hot Setting
September: Space Opera
October: Creature Feature
November: Time Travel
December: Potpourri

2013

January: Military/Special Ops Action
February: Zombie
March: Detective Action
April: Sword and Sorcery
May: High Tech Treasure Hunt Adventure
June: Random Read
July: Government Assassins
August: Clive Cussler book
September: Epic Fantasy Action
October: Memorable Sidekicks
November: Random Read
December: Geopolitical Suspense/Thriller

2014

January: A New Leaf
February: Unlikely Hero
March: Avenging Angel
April: Avenging Angel (Part II)
May: Magic Noir Urban Fantasy
June: Science Fiction Action/Adventure
July: Cyberpunk Thriller
August: Random Read
September: Random Read
October: Warriors
November: Special Ops
December: Random Read

2015

January: Winter/Cold Setting
February: Alien Invasions
March: Steampunk or Firefly-Style Science Fiction
April: Uniquely Skilled Lead Character
May: Animal Centered Read
June: Random Read
July: Amateur Lead/Fish Out of Water
August: Pirates
September: Globe-Trotting Adventure
October: Globe-Trotting Adventure (Part II)
November: Random Read
December: Heroic Fantasy

2016

January: A New Leaf
February: Non-Stop Action
March: Post-Apocalyptic
April: Random Read
May: Supernatural Action
June: The Heat is On
July: Heroes On the Edge
August: Teamwork
September: From Bookish to Bad*ss
October: Thrills and Chills
November: Random Read
December: Explosive Action aka Out With a Bang

2017

January: Firsts
February: Action at Sea
March: Urban Fantasy Action
April: Book to a Movie
May: Monster Hunters
June: Random Read
July: Technothriller
August: Vintage Action
September: Gritty Action Fantasy
October: Action Horror
November: Random Read
December: Cool Weather Survival/Action

2018

January: Firsts
February: Random Read
March: Jungle/Island Setting
April: Mission Impossible
May: Mission Impossible
June: Random Read
July: Random Read
August: Summer Blockbuster
September: Femme Fatale
October: Lost Worlds
November: Random Read
December: Random Read II

2019

January: Urban Fantasy Action
February: Book Love
March: Space Action/Adventure Part I
April: Space Action/Adventure Part II
May: Supernatural/Weird Western
June: Random Read Part I
July: Random Read Part II
August: Techno-Thriller
September: On the Run
October: Action Thrills and Chills
November: Random Read
December: Group Read Group Movie Combo

2020


January: Random Read Part I
February: Random Read Part II
March: Antihero
April: Random Read
May: Random Read II
June: Random Read III
July: Chockful of Action/Adventure Read
August: Historical Action Adventure
September: Superhero Fiction
October: Assassins
November: LGBT Characters/Authors
December: Military/Spec Ops/Black Ops/PMC

2021

January: Fantasy
February: Cyber Crimes
March: Domestic Thriller Part I
April: Domestic Thriller Part II
May: Archaeology
September: Post Apocalyptic
October: Action Oriented Creature Feature/Monster Story
November: Ocean Marine Setting
December: Antihero Villainous But Heroic

2022

January: Exotic/International Settings
February: Jewel Heists
March: Off Planet Earth Setting
April: Off Planet Setting Part II
May: Military Science Fiction Action/Adventure
June: Robot/AI
July: Ecology-Related
August: Cryptid/Creature Feature
September: Alternative History/Time Slips
October: Ocean/Marine Setting
November: Non-Fiction Biography
December: Genetic Engineering/Manipulation

2023

January: Genre Mashup
February: Espionage
March: Wild Card
April: Wild Card Part II
May: Globe-Trotting Adventure
June: Superhero Theme
July: Underwater Adventure
August: Alternate Worlds
September: Western
October: Wild Card
November: Special Forces
December: Archaeology

2024

January : Battle Fantasy I
February: Battle Fantasy II
March: Apocalypse
April: Australia Setting
May: Military Fiction (high-tech, character-focused, multi-POV)
June: Human Vs. Nature
July: Life Stories
August: Assassins
September: Space Opera
October: Scary Book
November: Historical Fiction Part I
December: Historical Fiction Par II
January 2025: Wild Card

What books can be nominated for group reads?

*Books that fit the intentions of the group--in other words, books that have at least some degree of action/adventure content.
*Books can be the subsequent book in a series so long as we have read the first book as a group read, or the book is constructed to be more or less a standalone in content.
*Books can be written by group members so long as they have been voted for by a majority in a group poll. As a general etiquette request, we ask that authors do not nominate their own books. If another group member nominates a book by an author member, that is fine.
*Books that have already been featured as a group read in the past are ineligible for future group reads. The threads for the past group reads will remain open for additional comments.
*The goal is select books that are readily available so that people who want to participate are able to acquire a copy. For that reason, we ask that members do not nominate books that are out of print (ie, no new copies are available to buy either in print or as an ebook).
*The books are voted on based on the monthly theme. Members may nominate a book that they believe fits the spirit of the theme in a general or specific way. Moderators will not refuse most nominations unless they are clearly not relevant to the selected theme.

What if I want to read a book and have a discussion for it that hasn't been nominated as a group read?

Well you can nominate it for a buddy read! Just post on the Buddy Read thread and/or start a thread and say when you want to read the book. There's probably someone on the group who'd love to join you.

You can find the buddy read folder here.


Any other comments or suggestions?

As always, no group read is mandatory.

Group Reads to Date (Updated 9/21/2024):

A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow
A Perfect Stranger by Shalini Boland
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell
Absolute Power by David Baldacci
All Hallows by Christopher Golden
All Systems Red/Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
Alpha by Stephen Konkoly
Appaloosa by Robert B. Parker
Armor by John Steakley
Asteroid Outpost by John Bowers
Beneath the Dark Ice by Greig Beck
Bloodrush by Ben Galley
Brainrush by Richard Bard
Brotherhood of the Rose by David Morrell
Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini
Caught by Harlen Coben
City of War by Neil Russell
Cleopatra's Dagger by Carole Lawrence
Congo by Michael Crichton
Contest by Matthew Reilly
Control Point by Myke Cole
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Dead Silence by SA Barnes
Death of a Citizen by Donald Hamilton
Deep Fathom by James Rollins
Deep Six by Clive Cussler
Diamonds Aren't Forever by Connie Shelton
Elsewhere by Dean Koontz
Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Event by David Lynn Goleman
Excavation by James Rollins
FAST: A Military Thriller by Shane M. Brown
Fade by Kyle Mills
Fated by Benedict Jacka
First Blood by David Morrell
Glory Road by Robert A. Heinlein
Golden Buddha by Clive Cussler
Goldfinger by Ian Fleming
Hell Divers by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
Heroes Die by Matthew Woodring Stover
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
Ice Hunt by James Rollins
Ice Station Zebra by Alastair MacLean
Ice Station by Matthew Reilly
In Search of the Lost World by Greig Beck
Influx by Daniel Suarez
Kingdom of Bones by James Rollins
Kraken Rising by Greig Beck
Legend by David Lynn Golemon
Leviathan Wakes by SA Corey
Lightning by Dean Koontz
Man on Fire by AJ Quinnell
Metzger's Dog by Thomas Perry
Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch
Mirage by Clive Cussler
Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
Modesty Blaise by Peter O'Donnell
Napoleon's Pyramid by William Dietrich
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanyenko
Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp
Oath of Loyalty by Kyle Mills
Old Man's War by John Scalzi
On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers
Origin by Dan Brown
Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz
Pacific Vortex by Clive Cussler
Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry
Precipice by Leland Davis
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Project Nemesis by Jeremy Robinson
Pulse by Jeremy Robinson
Pushing Brilliance by Tim Tigner
Quarry by Max Allan Collins
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Relic by Douglas Preston
Resenting the Hero by Moira J. Moore
Riptide by Douglas Preston
Sand by Hugh Howey
Sahara by Clive Cussler
Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future by Mike Resnick
SecondWorld by Jeremy Robinson
Seven Deadly Wonders by Matthew Reilly
Shibumi by Trevanian
Six of Crows by Leah Burdugo
Slash and Burn by Matt Hilton
Starship Troopers by Robert E. Heinlein
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
Target Omega by Peter Kirsanow
Terminal Freeze by Lincoln Child
Terms of Enlistment by Marko Kloos
The Alchemist's Secret by Scott Mariani
The Anubis Gate by Tim Powers
The Black Company by Glen Cook
The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
The Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski
The Body Scout by Lincoln Michel
The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
The Breach by Patrick Lee
The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer
The Cleaner by Brett Battles
The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard
The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer
The Fold by Peter Clines
The Geneva Decision by Seeley James
The Gray Man by Mark Greaney
The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly
The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie
The Hammer and the Blade by Paul S. Kemp
The Heretic by Joseph Nassise
The Hunt for Atlantis by Andy McDermott
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
The Hunter by Richard Stark
The Hunter by Tom Wood
The Ice Limit by Douglas Preston
The Innocent by David Baldacci
The Jersey Devil by Hunter Shea
The Killing Game by Toni Anderson
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
The List of Seven by Mark Frost
The Loo Sanction by Trevanian
The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston
The Modeen Factor by Frank H. Jordan
The Nowhere Man by Gregg Hurwitz
The One Man by Andrew Gross
The Paris Protection by Bryan Devore
The Pawn by Steven James
The Perfect Assassin by Ward Larsen
The Postman by David Brin
The Rookie by Scott Sigler
The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne
The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry
The Trench by Steve Alten
The Walking Drum by Louis L'Amour
The Way of the Wolf by EE Knight
The Wolf's Hour by Robert McCammon
This is Gomorrah: the dark web threatens one innocent man by Tom Chatfield
Thunderhead by Douglas Preston Child
Timeline by Michael Crichton
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
True Fiction by Lee Goldberg
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne
Tyrannosaur Canyon by Douglas Preston
Upgrade by Blake Crouch
Vicious by VE Schwab
Where Death Meets The Devil by AJ Hayward
Where Eagles Dare by Alistair MacLean
Whiskey Sour by JA Konrath
Wicked Deceit by Austin Chase
Wild Cards by GRR Martin
Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin
Zero Sight by B. Justin Shier
Zero World by Jason M. Hough



Group reads are archived at the end of each year. The threads stay open, so feel free to find the group read in the Group Reads Archive and post comments there.

Space Open for listing group reads

oh, sorry. :{?>

My bad, (especially since I posted there already).

No worries!

Is anyone interested in coordinating the December group read?

Wow, old list. Just a reminder... we are going to have a featured read where we only pick from authors who are members of the group... or books written by members of the group.


Stand by... more news on that later.

Oh, and.... it's been a while since I've done this... I mean...


Come on Eileen!

You know what I mean

Poor old Johnny Raaay....


Sing along if you know the words...

Too rah, loo rah... aaaayy

We're gonna sing this song for ever

Come on Eileen!

Heh... I knew I forgot to something a while back.

<3 Eileen! ({P-:{D>) (it's the Pirate Mudgeon Emoticon!)

for those who want the lyrics...



bwa...bwa... bwa-da-dever... you'll sing this song for ever... (or something like that.)

There, I feel better now.

LOL...I just noticed your post, Hugh.

I'm happy you feel better....

Now it's stuck in my head and I haven't thought about this song in ages!

Oh, come on Eileen!

heh ([{P-:{D>)

Thanks to everyone who participates in the group reads. We'll be getting another year started in January with Beneath the Dark Ice by Greig Beck.

All the group reads from 2012 will go into the archive folder, but they will stay open, so feel free to post in those threads if you read the book after the fact.

I have archived all group reads prior to September 2013 in the group read archive folder. The threads will stay open.

Danielle The Book Huntress (Back to the Books) wrote: "I have archived all group reads prior to September 2013 in the group read archive folder. The threads will stay open."

Where can I post an entry for a future read? I want to nominate a book but I'm not sure if I'm in the right place. Help! o:

Hi Rory.

This is the thread for the March nominations:

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