This page lists the titles of the books we will read and discuss in 2026. When we have full details for events (date and venue for discussion, free resources and more), there will be a link to a separate page on this site for each event.
Our discussions for the rest of this year are being held at Borderless Books in Stroud town centre, and they are generously offering 10% off those titles to people who mention the Radical Reading Group. Entry is free – with collections of donations to cover costs – please bring what you can afford to contribute to hosting costs. People will always be welcome to join us to listen to the discussion if they have not read the month’s book.
We provide this list in advance of full details so that people can plan and budget ahead, perhaps picking a few books from the year they would most like to focus on, or times when they are most able to find time to read. If you can find the time to read all the books and join us for all the discussions, that’s wonderful – but we are more than happy to welcome people along to a single session on a topic they are most interested in.
2026 book list:
January: The Matchbox Girl by Alice Jolly – at Redz
February: In Pursuit of Revolutionary Love: Precarity, Power, Communities by Joy James – at Redz
March – Climate Breakdown – What Now? event – with book talk by Nicolas Beuret and talk by Jo Woolfall on a local Lifehouse initiative – at Redz
- Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition by Nicholas Beuret
- Lifehouse – taking care of ourselves in a world on fire by Adam Greenfield
April: Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler – at Redz
May: We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope, Edited by Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Ann Older (link is to Yellow-Lighted Bookshop page only) – at Redz
June – Men’s World Cup Football session at Redz, choose either:
- A People’s History of Football – A Graphic Chronicle by Mickaël Correia and JC Deveney (link is to Yellow-Lighted Bookshop page only)
- A People’s History of Football by Mickaël Correia (text version, link is to Yellow-Lighted Bookshop page only)
July: News from Nowhere by William Morris – last session at Redz
August 19th: Woman On The Edge of Time by Marge Piercy – first session at Borderless Books
September 30th: Woman, Life, Freedom at Borderless Books – choose either:
- Woman, Life, Freedom by Marjane Satrapi
- Woman Life Freedom: Voices and Art from the Women’s Protests in Iran, Edited by Malu Halasa
October 21st: How Long ’til Black Future Month? by N. K. Jemisin at Borderless Books
November 18th: No Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca Solnit at Borderless Books
December 16th: Close to the Knives by David Wojnarowicz at Borderless Books
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