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.
Surrounded
Set during the Sino-Japanese war, Qian Zhongshu explores academic frauds and failed marriage in Fortress Besieged.
Shakespeare's middle years
The passionate and destructive love triangle that consumed Shakespeare in his troubled middle years: A Waste of Shame.
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.
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.
Come Bunburrying with us
This month, a change of pace as we read Oscar Wilde's comedy of manners, The Importance Of Being Earnest.
Oedipus adapted
The same story gets a different treatment to fit the times of the retelling, as shown by competing Oedipus myths.