Showing 1-10 of 17
Historical Mystery Lovers
— 1517 members
— Last Activity 20 minutes ago
Books & Literature →
Mystery & Thrillers
""Come, Watson, come! The game is afoot." ~Sherlock Holmes
(The Adventure of the Abbey Grange)
This group is dedicated to the discussion and sharing of
""Come, Watson, come! The game is afoot." ~Sherlock Holmes
(The Adventure of the Abbey Grange)
This group is dedicated to the discussion and sharing of information about historical mysteries.
...more
The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group
— 31375 members
— Last Activity 58 minutes ago
Books & Literature →
Mystery & Thrillers
“It was a dark and stormy night. Lightning flashed and thunder rolled across the sky. Rain spattered a mysterious, hooded stranger who peered over the
“It was a dark and stormy night. Lightning flashed and thunder rolled across the sky. Rain spattered a mysterious, hooded stranger who peered over the hedgerow at the darkened, quiet house.”
Do lines like these quicken your heartbeat and pique your interest? Then Welcome to the Mystery, Crime and Thriller Group! This is the place for you.
Join our intrepid moderators as we read and discuss our favourites, recommend new authors and explore the Genre.
This is the meeting place for readers to discuss their favourites and recommend new authors, and the place for budding and established mystery, crime and thriller writers to introduce us to their efforts. You can travel into the past to discover great characters like Sherlock Holmes, Inspector Maigret and others; journey around the world to other countries and meet Aussie Phryne Fisher, Norwegian Harry Hole and so many others; just relax on your couch and experience the wonders of Hercule Poirot, Lord Peter Wimsey, etc; or hard-boiled, tired gumshoes like Travis McGee and Kinsey Milhone. Of course, this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the wonderfully varied world that is Mystery, Crime and Thrillers.
Join us and have a great time!
Your Moderators: Randy and Nancy.
...more
Baker Street Irregulars
— 1328 members
— Last Activity 3 hours, 11 min ago
Books & Literature →
Mystery & Thrillers
Book club devoted to the great consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and his dear friend and colleague Dr. John Watson.
We choose, read and discuss a pa
Book club devoted to the great consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and his dear friend and colleague Dr. John Watson.
We choose, read and discuss a pastiche and a canon adventure every month.
...more
English Mysteries Club
— 2857 members
— Last Activity 16 hours, 40 min ago
Books & Literature →
Mystery & Thrillers
Do you love mysteries written in the "English" style? Why not come and join us? We are an established group of mystery readers, which has just re-laun
Do you love mysteries written in the "English" style? Why not come and join us? We are an established group of mystery readers, which has just re-launched in 2020.
We read and share about every sort of English mystery, and have an optional group read once a month. We read from the "Golden Age" novels of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers to the "cosy mysteries" of Simon Brett; through series and stand-alone quick to read "whodunits", to bang up to date modern lengthy novels, heavy on the psychology. You might prefer Ruth Rendell, P.D. James, Colin Dexter, or Kate Atkinson ... or a myriad of others. Or perhaps you like the classic 19th century mysteries by Wilkie Collins or featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes? Whatever your personal choice, you will find fellow aficionados here. Welcome!
...more
VICTOBER 2025
— 1913 members
— Last Activity Sep 07, 2025 01:50PM
Books & Literature →
Literature & Fiction
Greetings all!
Victober is a month-long readathon hosted each October all about reading Victorian literature.
The Goodreads group remains in place, but
Greetings all!
Victober is a month-long readathon hosted each October all about reading Victorian literature.
The Goodreads group remains in place, but most of our discussions these days happen over on Discord: https://discord.com/invite/CzmtyGAnwJ
---THE 2025 CHALLENGES---
Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian book where friendship is featured.
Katie’s challenge: Read a work of Victorian literature that is not a novel (i.e. a play, short story, poem or work of non-fiction).
Marissa’s challenge: Read a work of Victorian literature where a character experiences a change in class status (social mobility, rags to riches, fallen women, etc.).
Ros’s challenge: Empire spotting: see how many times you can spot signs of the Empire in your Victober reading.
Elizabeth’s challenge: Read a work by an underrated Victorian woman writer.
Hannah’s challenge: Read a Victorian work that discusses education.
Jess’s challenge: Step back in time – read a Victorian work set in a different era.
Milena’s challenge: Spin a (digital) colourwheel and pick a Victorian book with a cover that primarily features that colour. You can pick any edition.
Roy’s challenge: Read a Victorian work of fantasy.
Catherine’s challenge: Read a Victorian book that has a connection to Jane Austen.
Completed 1–3 challenges = Mr Micawber level
Completed 4–6 challenges = Jane Eyre level
Completed 7–9 challenges = Sherlock Holmes level
Completed 10 challenges = Dracula level
Scorecard: https://drive.google.com/file/d/168mY...
---THE READALONG---
Group Read: Hester, Margaret Oliphant
Schedule:
2 chapters a day 1st to 22nd October, with three chapters on the final day.
...more
Silent World — A discussion group
— 1468 members
— Last Activity Sep 05, 2025 02:17PM
Friends & Common Interest →
Beliefs & Causes
A place to discuss all the unique aspects of Deaf culture as highlighted in the thriller Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes) by Lance & Jame
A place to discuss all the unique aspects of Deaf culture as highlighted in the thriller Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes) by Lance & James Morcan. This group can also be an intersection of sorts where Deaf and hearing people can engage and learn from each other.
...more
Hardboiled American Crime and Worldwide Noir Fiction
— 174 members
— Last Activity Aug 11, 2025 02:32PM
Books & Literature →
Mystery & Thrillers
Started somewhat as a reaction to the British cozy mystery of the Agatha Christie style (think Murder She Wrote), there came a demand for something mo
Started somewhat as a reaction to the British cozy mystery of the Agatha Christie style (think Murder She Wrote), there came a demand for something more real, action where the stakes were higher, the participants (good and bad) sleazier, the police on the take, the ladies fatal for any would-be patsy. Thus was born, largely in the 1920s, and often in the pulps (foremost among them Black Mask), the American answer to Sherlock Holmes, the genre that in turn became the basis for the film noir revolution of the 1940s. Our original big three writers in this genre are Dashiel Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and James M. Cain.
This modest beginning spawned an international phenomenon with writers in other countries picking up the tropes, some adhering to original themes, others blending in other genres such as science fiction dystopia or urban fantasy, to craft a new literature known simply as noir. These writers and settings come from communities as diverse and complex as can be found throughout the modern world.
Half our focus is on original hardboiled crime fiction, its formation in the middle third of twentieth century United States. The other half is on modern noir throughout the world as it has developed since. Join in on the fun as the outsider champion of justice tries to bring its criminal elements to account, won't you?
...more
Lighthouse Library Mystery Book Club
— 50 members
— Last Activity Jul 23, 2025 02:04PM
Books & Literature →
Mystery & Thrillers
January: Queens of Mystery: Agatha Christie
February: Queens of Mystery: Ngaoi Marsh
March: Queens of Mystery: Dorothy L. Sayers
April: The Butler Did It
January: Queens of Mystery: Agatha Christie
February: Queens of Mystery: Ngaoi Marsh
March: Queens of Mystery: Dorothy L. Sayers
April: The Butler Did It: Classic Locked Room Mysteries
May: As Seen on TV: crime novels that became film classics
June: I knew this dame was trouble the moment she walked into my office: classic noir
July: American Classics
August: British Classics
September: Gumshoe Appreciation Month
October: Sherlock Holmes Appreciation Month
November: Classic Capers or Thrillers
December: Have yourself a merry little murder (choose your own vintage mystery)
...more
Safe RP group
— 36 members
— Last Activity May 25, 2025 09:49PM
Friends & Common Interest →
Activities
Welcome to, as the name suggests a safe RP group! Please read and follow the rules before jumping in.
For a description of roleplays, please check http
Welcome to, as the name suggests a safe RP group! Please read and follow the rules before jumping in.
For a description of roleplays, please check https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... that topic!
Roleplays:
Marvel
Maze Runner
Hunger Games
Percy Jackson
Pirates of the Caribbean
Keeper of the Lost Cities
Harry Potter
The Lunar Chronicles
Chronicles of Narnia
Wings of Fire
Sherlock Holmes
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Legends (Various legends!)
School (Roleplaying in a school- with a twist!)
Fantasy Sea (Not based on a book)
✨Now offering One-on-One Roleplays!✨
...more
Classics Without All the Class
— 4363 members
— Last Activity May 24, 2025 03:42PM
Books & Literature →
Literature & Fiction
You don’t have to be an English or Literature Major to enjoy great books! We want people to read for the fun of it and not worry about feeling they ne
You don’t have to be an English or Literature Major to enjoy great books! We want people to read for the fun of it and not worry about feeling they need to be "smart."
We will be reading both traditional, and more modern classic novels. Please feel free to openly discuss any aspects of the books that we read in the forums, and remember that we're reading these books for FUN! So pour yourself a yummy beverage and let's discuss these books like we're sitting with a bunch of friends!
We all vote on what book to read next and we read in a three month rotation (Pre-1910, 1910-1959, 1960-2004), so please visit our polls to help us select our next book https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/7...
(we pick a book two months ahead in case there is a monster read, people can get started on it early if they desire [Anna Karenina comes to mind....]
Our Facebook can be found at the link below. https://www.facebook.com/ClassicsWith...
Our Twitter account is @CWATC_bookclub.
If you would like to see what book we have already read, or what might be coming up or if you just need some ideas on what classics to read, visit our bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...
We don't have our podcast anymore, but if you want to go back and listen to our previous episodes, you can do so via itunes you can do so here:
itpc://classicswithoutclass.libsyn.com/rss
Old Blog
http://cwatc-bookclub.blogspot.com/
...more
