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[close] "Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodreads and these are some of our Focus Areas. We have welcomed many new worldwide members from 171 countries; we are a large international group which spans the globe. The tenth global History Book Club Readathon begins on Saturday at 8AM - December 17th - hurry and sign up - so you and your books can be counted. You must first join the group and then you can sign up here. Also, Reading Challenges on Japan and a new one on Ireland - sign up here. Discussions which are on-going are: Bentley is leading a spotlighted discussion of Washington, A Life by Ron Chernow - see here. The December/January 2016/2017 Book of the Month - Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville kicked off October 1st - led by HBC moderators - check it out here. . Dec/Jan BOTM - Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

[close] This is a group for lovers of manga. Anything goes. You can like Shojo, Shonen, saoi, anything! Talk about your favorite series' characters and anything else. Even post your own stuff.

[close] As Murakami once said: "When we talk about a story, the author and the reader have equal rights to access that text. You don’t have to admire me as an author. We are equal. It’s a very democratic world, the world of narrative," READING HARUKI MURAKAMI is our form of tribute to Haruki Murakami and his works, a place for us, his readers, to exchange views, discuss, criticize, and analyze Murakami's works. The intention is simple: to share influences from his works to ourselves, and eventually, we will love and understand his works even more. Indeed "... It's a very democratic world, the world of narrative." Enjoy Murakami! :) Books of Haruki Murakami Novels • Hear the Wind Sing (1979) • Pinball, 1973 (1980) • A Wild Sheep Chase (1982) • Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (1985) • Norwegian Wood (1987) • Dance Dance Dance (1988) • South of the Border, West of the Sun (1992) • The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1992-1995) • Sputnik Sweetheart (1999) • Kafka on the Shore (2002) • After Dark (2004) • 1Q84 (2009) • The Colorless Tsukuru Tasaki and His Year of Pilgrimage (2013) Novella: • The Strange Library (2014) Short story collections • The Elephant Vanishes (1993) • Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2006) • after the quake (2000) Non-fiction • Underground (1997-98) • What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (2007) • Murakami Diary 2009 (diary)

[close] A group dedicated to books all about Asia. Come in, discover and help others to discover Asia.