Bookclubs in the Gutter Bookshop

Available places for all of our bookclubs are advertised first via our monthly newsletter. If you are interested in joining a bookclub, do sign-up to the Newsletter by clicking on the link above.

Cow’s Lane Bookclubs
Classics Bookclub – 2nd Tuesday of the Month at 6pm (CURRENTLY FULL)
Third Tuesday Bookclub – 3rd Tuesday of the Month at 6pm (CURRENTLY FULL)
The Gutter Bookclub – 4th Tuesday of the Month at 6pm (CURRENTLY FULL)
Get Active Bookclub – 4th Thursday of the Month at 11am (for Retired Over 60s) (CURRENTLY FULL)
Our Cow’s Lane Bookclubs will be facilitated by Maeve and Marta and last for one hour.

Dalkey Bookclub
Dalkey Bookclub – 2nd Wednesday of the Month at 6pm (CURRENTLY FULL)
Our Dalkey Bookclub will be facilitated by May and last for one hour.

2026 Bookclub Dates and Books

January 2026
Tue 13th Jan 6pm – Classics Bookclub – Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Wed 14th Jan 6pm – Dalkey Bookclub – Culpability by Bruce Holsinger
Tue 20th Jan 6pm – Third Tuesday Bookclub  – Culpability by Bruce Holsinger
Thur 22nd Jan 11am – Get Active Bookclub – 1984 by George Orwell
Tue 27th Jan 6pm – Gutter Bookclub – Big Kiss, Bye-Bye by Claire-Louise Bennett

February 2026
Tue 10th Feb 6pm – Classics Bookclub – Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence
Wed 11th Feb 6pm – Dalkey Bookclub – Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way by Elaine Feeney
Tue 17th Feb 6pm – Third Tuesday Bookclub  – Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
Tue 24th Feb 6pm – Gutter Bookclub – The Silver Book by Olivia Laing
Thur 26th Feb 11am – Get Active Bookclub – The River Is Waiting by Wally Lamb

March 2026
Tue 10th Mar 6pm – Classics Bookclub – Crooked Cross by Sally Carson
Wed 11th Mar 6pm – Dalkey Bookclub – The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
Thur 12th Mar 6pm – Third Tuesday Bookclub – Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash
Tue 24th Mar 6pm – Gutter Bookclub Bookclub – Venetian Vespers by John Banville
Thur 26th Mar 11am – Get Active Bookclub – Departure(s) by Julian Barnes

April 2026
Wed 8th Apr 6pm – Dalkey Bookclub – Look What You Made Me Do by John Lanchester
Tue 14th Apr 6pm – Classics Bookclub – Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali
Tue 21st Apr 6pm – Third Tuesday Bookclub  – A Far-flung Life by M L Stedman
Thur 23rd Apr 11am – Get Active Bookclub – The Place of Tides by James Rebanks
Tue 28th Apr 6pm – Gutter Bookclub – The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

May 2026
Tuesday 12th May 6pm – Classics Bookclub – Orlando by Virginia Woolf
Wednesday 13th May 6pm – Dalkey Bookclub – A Beautiful Loan by Mary Costello
Tuesday 19th May 6pm – Third Tuesday Bookclub  – Rituals by Danielle McLaughlin
Tuesday 26th May 6pm – Gutter Bookclub – Confessions by Catherine Airey
Thursday 28th May 11am – Get Active Bookclub – Love Lane by Patrick Gale

June 2026
Tuesday 9th June 6pm – Classics Bookclub – Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
Wednesday 10th June 6pm – Dalkey Bookclub – The Tarot Reader of Versailles by Anya Bergman
Tuesday 16th June 6pm – Third Tuesday Bookclub  – Left And The Lucky by Willy Vlautin
Tuesday 23rd June 6pm – Gutter Bookclub – Transcription by Ben Lerner
Thursday 25th June 11am – Get Active Bookclub – The News from Dublin by Colm Tóibín

July 2026
Tuesday 14th July 6pm – Classics Bookclub – Daisy Miller by Henry James
Wednesday 8th July 6pm – Dalkey Bookclub – SUMMER BREAK
Tuesday 21st July 6pm – Third Tuesday Bookclub  – Whistler by Ann Patchett
Tuesday 23rd July 6pm – Get Active Bookclub – Whistler by Ann Patchett
Thursday 28th July 11am – Gutter Bookclub – John of John by Douglas Stuart

August 2026
Tuesday 11th Aug 6pm – Classics Bookclub – Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Wednesday 12th Aug 6pm – Dalkey Bookclub – SUMMER BREAK
Tuesday 18th Aug 6pm – Third Tuesday Bookclub  – London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe
Tuesday 25th Aug 6pm – Gutter Bookclub – Left And The Lucky by Willy Vlautin
Thursday 27th Aug 11am – Get Active Bookclub – The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

September 2026
Tuesday 8th Sept 6pm – Classics Bookclub – The Easter Parade by Richard Yates
Wednesday 9th Sept 6pm – Dalkey Bookclub – How to End a Story : Collected Diaries by Helen Garner
Tuesday 15th Sept 6pm – Third Tuesday Bookclub  – Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler
Tuesday 22nd Sept 6pm – Gutter Bookclub – The Red Mouth By Shelia Armstrong
Thursday 24th Sept 11am – Get Active Bookclub – Rituals by Danielle McLaughlin

October 2026
Tuesday 13th Oct 6pm – Classics Bookclub – Rising Tide by Molly Keane
Wednesday 14th Oct 6pm – Dalkey Bookclub –
Tuesday 20th Oct 6pm – Third Tuesday Bookclub  – Life of M by Rachel Cusk
Tuesday 27th Oct 6pm – Gutter Bookclub –
Thursday 22nd Oct 11am – Get Active Bookclub – This is Also a Love Story by Sally Hayden

November 2026
Tuesday 10th Nov 6pm – Classics Bookclub –
Wednesday 11th Nov 6pm – Dalkey Bookclub –
Tuesday 17th Nov 6pm – Third Tuesday Bookclub  –
Tuesday 24th Nov 6pm – Gutter Bookclub –
Thursday 26th Nov 11am – Get Active Bookclub –

If you’d like to join one of our bookclubs do sign-up for our monthly newsletter – that way you’ll be first to hear when places become available! It’s also well worth asking at your local library or other nearby community organisations as many are now running local bookclubs.

Previous Bookclub Picks – 2025

January 2025
Horror Bookclub – A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez
Dalkey Bookclub – The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier
Classics Bookclub – Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Third Tuesday Bookclub – Playground by Richard Powers
Gutter Bookclub – Service by Sarah Gilmartin
Get Active Bookclub – Frankie by Graham Norton

February 2025
Horror Bookclub – Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval
Classics Bookclub – Far from Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Dalkey Bookclub – Butter by Asako Yuzuki
Third Tuesday Bookclub – Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Gutter Bookclub – Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Get Active Bookclub – The Party by Tessa Hadley

March 2025
Horror Bookclub – Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta
Classics Bookclub – Trial by Franz Kafka
Dalkey Bookclub – On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Third Tuesday Bookclub – There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
Gutter Bookclub – The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes
Get Active Bookclub – The Ghosts Of Rome by Joseph O’Connor

April 2025
Horror Bookclub – The Lamb by Lucy Rose
Classics Bookclub – Another Country by James Baldwin
Dalkey Bookclub – Forgotten on Sunday by Valerie Perrin
Third Tuesday Bookclub – The Granddaughter by Bernhard Schlink
Gutter Bookclub – Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
Get Active Bookclub – The Granddaughter by Bernhard Schlink

May 2025
Horror Bookclub – Strange Pictures by Uketsu
Classics Bookclub – The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Dalkey Bookclub – Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Third Tuesday Bookclub  – The Homemade God by Rachel Joyce
Gutter Bookclub – Nesting by Roisin O’Donnell
Get Active Bookclub – The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue

June 2025
Horror Bookclub – Diavola by Jennifer Thorne
Classics Bookclub – Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Dalkey Bookclub – Vianne by Joanne Harris
Third Tuesday Bookclub  – The Names by Florence Knapp
Gutter Bookclub – Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico
Get Active Bookclub – The Boy from the Sea by Garrett Carr

July 2025
Classics Bookclub – Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell
Dalkey Bookclub – SUMMER BREAK
Third Tuesday Bookclub  – Dawn : Lilith’s Brood 1 by Octavia E. Butler
Gutter Bookclub – The Adversary by Michael Crummey
Get Active Bookclub – The Homemade God by Rachel Joyce

August 2025
Classics Bookclub – So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell
Dalkey Bookclub – SUMMER BREAK
Third Tuesday Bookclub  – On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle
Gutter Bookclub – The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
Get Active Bookclub – My Name is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende

September 2025
LGBTQ+ Bookclub – All Fours by Miranda July
Classics Bookclub – Inspector Imanishi Investigates by Seicho Matsumoto
Dalkey Bookclub – Our London Lives by Christine Dwyer Hickey AND/OR Assembly by Natasha Brown
Third Tuesday Bookclub  – The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater
Gutter Bookclub – The Names by Florence Knapp
Get Active Bookclub – Nesting by Roisin O’Donnell

October 2025
LGBTQ+ Bookclub – Ordinary Saints by Niamh Mhaoileoin
Dalkey Bookclub – My Friends by Hisham Matar
Classics Bookclub – One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Third Tuesday Bookclub  – What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
Get Active Bookclub – Culpability by Bruce Holsinger
Gutter Bookclub – Love Forms by Clair Adam

November 2025
LGBTQ+ Bookclub – Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis
Classics Bookclub – Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh
Dalkey Bookclub – What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
Third Tuesday Bookclub  – Big Kiss, Bye-Bye by Claire-Louise Bennett
Gutter Bookclub – What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
Get Active Bookclub – Endling by Maria Reva

December 2025
Dalkey Bookclub – The Silver Book by Olivia Laing

Previous Bookclub Picks – 2024

January 2024
Classics Bookclub – Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Dalkey Bookclub – The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Third Tuesday Bookclub – The Witches of Vardo by Anya Bergman
Gutter Bookclub – Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Get Active Bookclub – The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

February 2024
Dalkey Bookclub – Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
Classics Bookclub – Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Third Tuesday Bookclub – Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
Get Active Bookclub – The House of Doors by Tan Twen Eng
Gutter Bookclub – The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

March 2024
Classics Bookclub – Vera by Elizabeth von Arnim
Dalkey Bookclub – Wild Houses by Colin Barrett
Third Tuesday Bookclub – This Other Eden by Paul Harding
Gutter Bookclub – Breakdown by Cathy Sweeney
Thursday 28th March 11am – Get Active Bookclub – Snowflake by Louise Nealon

April 2024
Classics Bookclub – Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
Dalkey Bookclub – Snowflake by Louise Nealon
Third Tuesday Bookclub – Strangers by Taichi Yamada
Gutter Bookclub – Snowflake by Louise Nealon

May 2024
Classics Bookclub – Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Dalkey Bookclub – Welcome to the  Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum
Third Tuesday Bookclub – Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
Get Active Bookclub – Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
Gutter Bookclub – Butter by Asako Yuzuki

June 2024
Classics Bookclub – East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Dalkey Bookclub – In Memoriam by Alice Winn
Third Tuesday Bookclub – Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor
Gutter Bookclub – Concerning My Daughter by Kim Hye-jin
Get Active Bookclub – Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

July 2024
Classics Bookclub – The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
Dalkey Bookclub – SUMMER BREAK
Third Tuesday Bookclub – Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck
Gutter Bookclub – The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
Get Active Bookclub – The Summer Book by Tove Jansson

August 2024
Classics Bookclub – The Quiet American by Graham Greene
Dalkey Bookclub – SUMMER BREAK
Third Tuesday Bookclub – Private Rites by Julia Armfield
Get Active Bookclub – Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck
Gutter Bookclub – Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan

September 2024
Horror Bookclub – Rouge by Mona Awad
Classics Bookclub – The Painted Veil by Somerset Maugham
Dalkey Bookclub – Long Island by Colm Toibin
Third Tuesday Bookclub – If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
Gutter Bookclub – Goodnight Tokyo by Atsuhiro Yoshida
Get Active Bookclub – Welcome to the Hyunam- Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum

October 2024
Horror Bookclub – Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin
Classics Bookclub – Dracula by Bram Stoker
Dalkey Bookclub – Fresh Water for Flowers by Valerie Perrin
Third Tuesday Bookclub – Sparks of Bright Matter by Leeanne O’Donnell
Gutter Bookclub – Wild Houses by Colin Barrett
Get Active Bookclub – Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad

November 2024
Horror Bookclub – A Spring of Love by Celia Dale
Classics Bookclub – Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Dalkey Bookclub – The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
Third Tuesday Bookclub – The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
Gutter Bookclub – Evenings and Weekends by Oisin McKenna
Get Active Bookclub – Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout

December 2024
Dalkey Bookclub – Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Previous Bookclub Picks – 2023

January 2023
Classics Bookclub – The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
Third Tuesday Bookclub – The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
Gutter Bookclub – Mayflies by Andrew O’Hagan
Get Active Bookclub -We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange

February 2023
Classics Bookclub – All Our Yesterdays by Natalia Ginzburg
Dalkey Bookclub – Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Third Tuesday Bookclub – The Forest of Wool and Steel by Natsu Miyashita
Get Active Bookclub – Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
Gutter Bookclub – The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

March 2023
Dalkey Bookclub – The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
Classics Bookclub – Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Third Tuesday Bookclub – Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors
Gutter Bookclub – We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange

April 2023
Dalkey Bookclub – Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov
Classics Bookclub – Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Third Tuesday Bookclub – Voting Day by Clare O’Dea
Gutter Bookclub – All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Get Active Bookclub – Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout

May 2023
Classics Bookclub – All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Dalkey Bookclub – The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex
Third Tuesday Bookclub – We Are Not in The World by Conor O’Callaghan
Gutter Bookclub – How to Gut a Fish by Sheila Armstrong
Get Active Bookclub – Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry

June 2023
Dalkey Bookclub – A Fortunate Woman by Polly Morland
Classics Bookclub – A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
Third Tuesday Bookclub – Marzahn, Mon Amour by Katja Oskamp
Get Active Bookclub – Still Life by Sarah Winman
Gutter Bookclub – Still Life by Sarah Winman

July 2023
Classics Bookclub – Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Dalkey Bookclub – SUMMER BREAK
Third Tuesday Bookclub – Tell Me What I Am by Una Mannion
Gutter Bookclub – The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
Get Active Bookclub – The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

August 2023
Classics Bookclub – The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Dalkey Bookclub – SUMMER BREAK
Third Tuesday Bookclub – The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt
Gutter Bookclub – Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Get Active Bookclub – Marzahn, Mon Amour by Katja Oskamp

September 2023
Classics Bookclub – Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor
Dalkey Bookclub – All Our Yesterdays by Natalia Ginzburg and/or Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel
Third Tuesday Bookclub – Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
Gutter Bookclub – Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Get Active Bookclub – Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver