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Plato
Gorgias non-fiction

Socrates debates the famed orator Gorgias about rhetoric, power, justice and what it truly means to live well.

Monday, 8 December, 19:00
Amsterdam
Unthinkable
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Sosa Villada
Bad Girls queer fiction

In Córdoba, Argentina, a tight-knit group of trans sex workers forms a makeshift family after rescuing an abandoned baby, confronting violence with ferocious love.

Wednesday, 10 December, 20:00
Amsterdam
LGBTQIA+ Book Club Amsterdam
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Andy Weir
Project Hail Mary science fiction

A lone astronaut with amnesia must save Earth by solving a cosmic extinction threat, teaming up with an unlikely alien partner through science and grit.

Thursday, 11 December, 19:00
Enschede
FRIDA Book Club
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Ursula K Le Guin
The Left Hand of Darkness science fiction

On the icy planet Gethen, an envoy navigates court intrigue and a perilous trek while confronting a society whose people are ambisexual.

Thursday, 11 December, 19:00
Utrecht
Utrecht Queer Book Club
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Margaret Atwood
Oryx and Crake dystopian

In a biotech-ravaged future, the last man pieces together how friendship, profit, and hubris engineered humanity’s undoing.

Thursday, 11 December, 19:30
Amsterdam
Amsterdam Book Club
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Andy Weir
Project Hail Mary science fiction

A lone astronaut with amnesia must save Earth by solving a cosmic extinction threat, teaming up with an unlikely alien partner through science and grit.

Saturday, 13 December, 11:00
Enschede
FRIDA Book Club
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Friedrich Nietzsche
The Gay Science non-fiction

In sharp, playful aphorisms, Nietzsche proclaims the “death of God” and explores art, science, joy, and the challenge of creating values anew.

Sunday, 14 December, 12:00
Den Haag
Philosophy Book Club
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Florence Knapp
The Names literary fiction

A mother’s choice of her newborn’s name splits into three timelines, tracing how one decision reverberates across 35 years.

Sunday, 14 December, 13:00
Amsterdam
Amsterdam Book Club
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Adrian Tchaikovsky
Children of Time science fiction

As humanity flees a dying Earth, a terraformed world fosters uplifted spiders who evolve a civilization destined to confront their human makers.

Sunday, 14 December, 14:00
Rotterdam
Rotterdam English Book Club
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Eva Illouz
Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation non-fiction

Illouz argues that modern institutions and markets shape how we love and why it so often leads to pain.

Sunday, 14 December, 15:00
Amsterdam
Non-Fiction Reading Group Amsterdam
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José Saramago
Blindness dystopian

A city stricken by a contagion of “white blindness” descends into brutal chaos, forcing a small group to confront the fragility of civilization.

Sunday, 14 December, 15:00
Utrecht
The Utrecht Contemporary Fiction Book Club
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Plato
Gorgias non-fiction

Socrates debates the famed orator Gorgias about rhetoric, power, justice and what it truly means to live well.

Wednesday, 17 December, 19:00
Amsterdam
Unthinkable
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Mona Awad
Rouge satire

A grieving woman is lured into a cultish world of luxury skincare and beauty rituals that warp reality, leading her down a gothic rabbit hole of obsession and self-erasure.

Thursday, 18 December, 19:00
Enschede
FRIDA Book Club
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Amor Towles
A Gentleman in Moscow historical fiction

An aristocrat is sentenced to house arrest in a grand hotel, where decades of Russian history pass just beyond its doors.

Thursday, 18 December, 19:15
Eindhoven
Eindhoven Expats Book Club
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Nisi Shawl
Everfair science fiction

An alternate-history steampunk epic where reformers and revolutionaries build a free nation in the Congo amid Leopold’s brutal regime.

Saturday, 20 December, 10:30
Amsterdam
Meeuwenhof : Bijlm3r Community Book Club
Cover of Rouge
Mona Awad
Rouge satire

A grieving woman is lured into a cultish world of luxury skincare and beauty rituals that warp reality, leading her down a gothic rabbit hole of obsession and self-erasure.

Saturday, 20 December, 11:00
Enschede
FRIDA Book Club
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Chip & Dan Heath
The Power of Moments non-fiction

Why certain brief experiences spark outsized impact—and how to design more of them by engineering elevation, insight, pride, and connection.

Sunday, 21 December, 14:00
Amsterdam
Non-Fictive.NL Book Club
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Slavoj Žižek
Like a Thief at Broad Daylight non-fiction

Rapid-fire essays dissect how power, technology, and late capitalism shape everyday life—and where emancipatory cracks might open.

Sunday, 21 December, 14:15
Rotterdam
Rotterdam Philosophy guided reading group
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Sophie Gilbert
Girl on Girl non-fiction

A cultural critic traces how late-’90s/2000s pop culture taught women to turn against themselves, equating objectification with empowerment.

Sunday, 21 December, 15:00
Amsterdam
Long Story Short Book Club
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Plato
Gorgias non-fiction

Socrates debates the famed orator Gorgias about rhetoric, power, justice and what it truly means to live well.

Tuesday, 30 December, 19:00
Amsterdam
Unthinkable
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Jaqueline Harpman
I Who Have Never Known Men dystopian

A girl raised in captivity escapes into a desolate world and searches for meaning and memory among the ruins of humanity.

Saturday, 3 January 2026, 15:00
Amersfoort
Amersfoort English Book and Movie Club
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Sarah J. Maas
Crown of Midnight fantasy

(Pt. 2 of Throne of Glass series.) Now the king’s champion, the assassin balances secret loyalties and brutal orders as rebellion, love, and treachery collide.

Sunday, 4 January 2026, 14:00
Zaandam
Zaanstad Women's Meet-up
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Aldous Huxley
Brave New World dystopian

In a pleasure-soaked, genetically engineered caste society, cracks appear when conditioned conformity collides with individuality and desire.

Wednesday, 14 January 2026, 19:00
Amsterdam
English Book Club Amsterdam
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Alana S. Portero
Bad Habit queer fiction

A trans girl comes of age in working-class Madrid in the 1980s–90s, finding language and community to name herself against hostility and silence.

Thursday, 15 January 2026, 19:00
Utrecht
Utrecht Queer Book Club
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Michael Booth
The Almost Nearly Perfect People non-fiction

A witty tour of the Nordic countries that probes the realities behind their reputation for happiness and success.

Thursday, 15 January 2026, 19:15
Eindhoven
Eindhoven Expats Book Club
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James Clear
Atomic Habits non-fiction

A practical guide showing how small, consistent behavior changes—built with cues, cravings, responses, and rewards—compound into remarkable results over time.

Saturday, 17 January 2026, 10:30
Den Haag
Achievement Unlocked! - Level Up IRL
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Elif Shafak
The Forty Rules of Love literary fiction

A discontented American housewife’s life is transformed by a novel about Rumi and Shams, intertwining her present-day awakening with Sufi teachings on love.

Sunday, 18 January 2026, 14:00
Rotterdam
BeSquare Rotterdam
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Sarah J. Maas
Heir of Fire fantasy

(Pt. 3 of Throne of Glass series.) Exiled and hunted, a young queen-in-waiting must master forbidden power abroad while new monsters and allies rise at home.

Sunday, 1 February 2026, 14:00
Zaandam
Zaanstad Women's Meet-up
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Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451 dystopian

A future where books are banned and firemen burn knowledge to enforce conformity.

Friday, 6 February 2026, 19:45
Eindhoven
Dead Writers Book Club
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Ray Dalio
Principles non-fiction

An investor-entrepreneur distills life and work into practical rules for clear thinking, radical transparency, and building an idea meritocracy.

Saturday, 7 February 2026, 10:30
Den Haag
Achievement Unlocked! - Level Up IRL
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Richard Osman
The Thursday Murder Club mystery

Four sharp-witted pensioners in a retirement village team up to solve a real murder that lands in their laps.

Saturday, 7 February 2026, 15:00
Amersfoort
Amersfoort English Book and Movie Club
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Anthony Burgess
A Clockwork Orange dystopian

A violent satire exploring free will, morality, and state control.

Friday, 6 March 2026, 19:45
Eindhoven
Dead Writers Book Club
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Anthony Doerr
All The Light We Cannot See historical fiction

During WWII, a blind French girl and a German boy’s lives intersect in occupied Saint-Malo as they’re drawn toward a fateful crossroads.

Saturday, 7 March 2026, 15:00
Amersfoort
Amersfoort English Book and Movie Club
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Haruki Murakami
Kafka On The Shore literary fiction

A runaway teen and an elderly man who talks to cats embark on parallel, dreamlike quests that blur reality, fate, and myth.

Saturday, 4 April 2026, 15:00
Amersfoort
Amersfoort English Book and Movie Club
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Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid’s Tale dystopian

A dystopian tale of female oppression and resistance in a theocratic regime.

Friday, 1 May 2026, 19:45
Eindhoven
Dead Writers Book Club
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Sayaka Murata
Convenience Store Woman literary fiction

A socially unconventional woman finds purpose in the strict routines of a Tokyo convenience store, challenging society’s expectations of “normal.”

Saturday, 2 May 2026, 15:00
Amersfoort
Amersfoort English Book and Movie Club
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