Academy Book Club

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Come together and discuss award-winning fiction, memoir, and other genres, all the while improving your English conversation skills. The Academy Book Club meets approximately 4-5 times annually in Loenen aan de Vecht (between Amsterdam and Utrecht). Inspire.Create.Connect.

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
―Stephen King

Books we’ve read:

  • Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

  • Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

  • Chances Are by Richard Russo

  • Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane

  • Educated by Tara Westover

  • Normal People by Sally Rooney

  • Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

  • The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

  • I’m Just Happy to be Here by Janelle Hanchett

  • Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

  • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (Feb 2023)

  • Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed (May 2023)

  • All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Sept 2023)

  • Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout (Nov 2023)

  • Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnis Garmus (Feb 2024)

    Up next: All These Wonders, The Moth (May 2024)

Ready to read?

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