All current and forthcoming reads

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It's September and another month of exciting reads with plenty more in the coming months


This is a locked post which contains a complete overview of all the current and forthcoming reads here at RTTC


Please feel free to comment on any of these reads at any time


Also anyone can suggest a buddy read - it only takes a couple of participants and you're good to go

Everyone is welcome. Come and get involved


September 2025

Vera by Elizabeth von Arnim (Group Read)
Clown Town by Mick Herron (Buddy Read)
Crampton Hodnet by Barbara Pym (Buddy Read)
Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw (Buddy Read)
The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse (Buddy Read)
Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt (Buddy Read)
Vol 5 - The Prisoner and the Fugitive by Marcel Proust (Buddy Read)
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (Buddy Read)


October 2025

Another Country by James Baldwin (Group Read)
The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer (Buddy Read)
A Murder of Quality (1962) by John le Carré (Buddy Read)
Vol 5 - The Prisoner and the Fugitive by Marcel Proust (Buddy Read)
Don't Go to Sleep in the Dark by Celia Fremlin (Halloween Buddy Read)


November 2025

The Group by Mary McCarthy (Group Read)
Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott (Buddy Read)
The Blunderer by Patricia Highsmith (Buddy Read)
Some Tame Gazelle (1950) by Barbara Pym (Buddy Read)
Vol 6 - Finding Time Again by Marcel Proust (Buddy Read)
Mr Norris Changes Trains by Christopher Isherwood (Buddy Read)


December 2025

Wonderland by Joyce Carol Oates (Buddy Read)
Carry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse (Buddy Read)
Vol 6 - Finding Time Again by Marcel Proust (Buddy Read)
Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood (Buddy Read)
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963) by John le Carré (Buddy Read)


January 2026

Excellent Women (1952) by Barbara Pym (Buddy Read)


February 2026

The Looking Glass War (1965) by John le Carré (Buddy Read)


March 2026

Jane and Prudence (1953) by Barbara Pym (Buddy Read)
Washington Square by Henry James (Buddy Read)



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Barbara Pym reads:

Crampton Hodnet (completed circa 1940, published posthumously, 1985) - Sept 25
Some Tame Gazelle (1950) - Nov 25
Excellent Women (1952) - Jan 26
Jane and Prudence (1953) - March - 26
Less than Angels (1955) - May 26
A Glass of Blessings (1958) - July 26
No Fond Return of Love (1961) - Sept 26
An Unsuitable Attachment (written 1963; published posthumously, 1982) - Nov 26
Quartet in Autumn (1977) - Jan 27
The Sweet Dove Died (1978) - March 26
A Few Green Leaves (completed 1979/1980; published posthumously, 1980) - May 27

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John le Carré's Smiley books

1. Call for the Dead (1961) (August 2025)
2. A Murder of Quality (1962) (October 2025)
3. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963) (December 2025)
4. The Looking Glass War (1965) (February 2026)
5. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1974) (April 2026)
6. The Honourable Schoolboy (1977) (June 2026)
7. Smiley's People (1979) (August 2026)
8. The Secret Pilgrim (1990) (October 2026)
9. A Legacy of Spies (2017) (December 2026)
10. Karla's Choice (Nick Harkaway) (2024) (February 2027)

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Henry James books

Washington Square - March 2026
Not fixed - June 2026
Not fixed - September 2026
The Ambassadors - December 2026