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Dead Sea Book Club
Join our Online Book Club - new for 2026! Read great books delivered monthly & connect with our online community of fellow book lovers.
Plans to suit you - monthly subscriptions or pre-paid.
Reading together, wherever you are.
(Looking for St Davids Book Club? Click here!)
Delivery is included for Book Club purchases; so no additional delivery charges to pay. Hurrah!
Monthly books are dispatched from the 1st of each month - see FAQs below for more details.
THE LOW-DOWN
What’s the deal with the Book Club?
Dead Sea Book Club is a monthly book subscription where all members read the same book each month, carefully chosen by Nicola - our experienced bookseller here at Dead Sea Collective. We then share our thoughts in our online community space.Our discussion is asynchronous and takes place in Facebook group chats so you can access it anytime and can join in whenever suits you best - no requirement to finish by a certain day, no fixed meetings.
Each month, you will receive:
• A paperback copy of the monthly book from our thoughtfully curated reading list (with delivery cost included)
• Access to our online discussion community each month (please note - you will need a Facebook account to join the monthly discussion)
• Monthly discussion prompts, posted from mid-month, to help you engage with and think around the book.
Is this the right book club for me?
Dead Sea Book Club is perfect for you if you're looking for:
- A structured rhythm to get you back into reading
- To be steered gently out of your reading comfort zone
- Someone to take the responsibility of choosing a book away from you!
- Connection with other readers online, on your own terms.
- Written conversation without pressure
- Permission to read a good book, guilt-free and with a purpose.
What Dead Sea Book Club is NOT:
- This is not our in-person book club - but we do have one of those! See FAQs for more details.
- We do not meet 'live' online, all the chat is written as comments or posts in our Facebook group.
- A flashback to GCSE English Lit - no forced contributions, no fancy literary language and absolutely no requirement to read aloud!!
- A drain on your time and energy - everything is on YOUR TERMS; you get to decide how much time you have to contribute and how much you want to engage. We are here to support you on your reading journey and cheer you on!
- A huge, scary, faceless book club machine - it's me, I'm Nicola. I love to read and I hate pretentious book chat. Books are for everyone and everyone's opinion of a book is like a little sprinkle of magic to me, I cherish them all! Our club is small so you won't feel overwhelmed or lost in the crowd.
📚 Rolling Monthly Subscription — £16.50 per month
- Monthly book deliveries with postage included, until you cancel
- Full access to the private book club Facebook group
- No long-term commitment, with the option to skip a box
- Invitation to our in-person Christmas book club and book swap here in Pembrokeshire for all active members in December.
- Extra treats in your box from time-to-time to reward your loyalty :)
Billing & Delivery
• All payments are taken monthly on the same date as your original sign-up (e.g. sign up on 12 Feb, your next payment will be 12 March etc.) but your book will be dispatched on the 1st of each month.
• UK delivery included in pricing (or free collection)
• After your minimum subscription length, your membership will continue on a rolling monthly basis at the same price until cancelled (with the exception of the six-month prepaid option).
• Dispatch by the 1st of each month for reading at your own pace
• Discussions open in our private Facebook group from the 15th of each month
Please check the FAQ's for further details, and previous titles.
FAQs
A bit of everything! We love to nudge you gently out of your comfort zone and get you to try something new. We mostly read fiction suitable for a general audience; everything from literary fiction and light fantasy to historical fiction, classics and thrillers, and all the things in between. We include at least two new paperback releases each year and will also feature Welsh authors. We occasionally read a memoir or other narrative non-fiction.
Here's what we read in 2025, to give you an idea:
Jan - Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers
Feb - The Sirens by Emilia Hart
Mar - The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall
April - Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty
May - You Are Here by David Nicholls
June - Butter by Asako Yuzuki
July/Aug - Life Impossible by Matt Haig (read over two months for summer)
Sept - The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
Oct - Rock, Paper, Scissors by Alice Feeney
Nov - Until August by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Dec - The Herd by Emily Edwards
If you join after the books have been dispatched on the 1st of the month, your first book will be NEXT month's choice (e.g. if you order on the 25th April, your first book will be May's choice, which will be dispatched on the 1st of May; if you join the week after, on the 2nd May, your first book will be the June book, which will be dispatched on the 1st June).
The online discussion takes place in our private Facebook group (therefore you will need a Facebook account to access the discussion).
The discussion takes place asynchronously (i.e. it is not live) and is text-based. Prompts will be posted in the group from the 10th of the month, and you are free to respond to them in your own time. We also encourage you to introduce yourself to the group and get chatting with your new book buddies :)
This page is for the online book club ONLY and does not include attendance at an in-person book club. However, the 12-month option includes an invitation to our Book Club Christmas Party, held in Pembrokeshire, if you'd like to meet some of your fellow Book Club crew in person.
We do host a monthly in-person book club in St Davids, Pembrokeshire. This is hosted at Drifter Cafe on the last Thursday of the month and spaces must be pre-booked. You can grab your space here.
Prior to dispatch each month, we will announce the next month's book. If you already have a copy, you can select an alternative book choice for your shipment that month.
You can do this up to:
- once in a three-month membership
- twice in a six-month membership
- four times in a twelve-month membership.
There will be fixed options for the alternative choices. Please note that if you select an alternative, the discussion will ONLY be for the primary book choice. Alternatives must be requested PRIOR to shipment, no exchanges can be offered once your parcel has left our premises (on the 1st of the month).
No problemo! Drop us a message on Instagram @thebookstoppembs or email us: thebookstoppembs@hotmail.com