Welcome to Reading on Open2, the home of all things literary. Every month we'll suggest a book for discussion, debate and maybe even a little disagreement but remember, you don't have to stick to our choices: anyone and everything is up for consideration in the book club.
A Fraction of the Whole
Australian prisoner, Jasper Dean, is on a quest to find his true identity in our July 2009 book club choice: A Fraction of the Whole.
A summer wedding
Join us for a tale of royal weddings and disgruntled elves: Terry Pratchett's Lords and Ladies.
Sharpen your wits and pencils
Give your writing a workout - everybody from tyro poets to Martin Amis could find ideas and inspiration to get writing.
Surrounded
Set during the Sino-Japanese war, Qian Zhongshu explores academic frauds and failed marriage in Fortress Besieged.
Turn the next page
Want to really get to grips with literature? Could a course be the next step? Try our guide to taking it further.
Why try sci-fi?
Explore what science fiction can achieve with the book club and Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?
Oedipus adapted
The same story gets a different treatment to fit the times of the retelling, as shown by competing Oedipus myths.