May 2012
The Queen's Diamond Jubilee takes place in 2012. What great books can you recommend about Royalty? Tell us more on the Penguin Readers' Forum.

- Readers' Group Book Ideas

Our reviewers for May, review All That I Am by Anna Funder All That I Am.
Penguin was the first publisher to have its own website dedicated to providing a service for Reading Groups. Here we give you our top tips on setting up your own group.

- Coming Soon

The German Boy
by Tricia Wastvedt
'a readable and dramatic scoot through the first half of the 20th century', The Guardian
Wild Abandon
by Joe Dunthorne
'a quirkily enjoyable second novel', The Telegraph

- Review a book for Penguin Readers'

Every month, we invite Book Groups to read and review a book for us. It's a great opportunity to discover new books and become part of our reading community. If you'd like to be one of our Reading Groups, email us here.
To enter, simply email your name and address here, heading your email offer, with the title of the book and the first 10 readers will receive a copy.
To find out more about this month's book, and to enter the competition click here.
by Brendan Barrington,
Senior Editor, Penguin Ireland
Senior Editor, Brendan Barrington, has picked Circles around the Sun as his choice this month.
Welcome to Book Group Notes. These are reading guides on the books we publish to help kick-start ideas and discussions for our Readers.





















































