This new WICE book group, the Bookers, picks from a treasure trove of international great books, winners in different categories, but each acting as a bridge to connect us to universal threads of humanity, empathy and understanding to celebrate the rich tapestry of global literature.

From this diversity of authors from every corner of the globe, one book will be chosen every month, as a passport to different cultures.

Join us on Fridays (once a month) as we delve into wisdom, imagination and human experience throughout time and place.

The schedule of upcoming novels for discussion is shared below. While this list is curated by the Bookers team, we are always open to hear about and include other/new novels that meet the criteria. 

Note: Our book reading groups are among the most popular activities in WICE, and available seats get taken quickly, so we will reserve two seats each month in this group for anyone new who would like to join.

If you would like more information or if you have questions, please email:

literature@wice-paris.org


UPCOMING EVENTS

  • LO301 Booker Books: The End of Everything, by M. John Harrison

    • 30 Oct 2026
    • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
    • Upstairs at Le Nelson's, 16 Rue Coquillière, 75001
    • 5
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    M. John Harrison’s The End of Everything is a darkly comic and unsettling post-apocalyptic novel centered on Phillip Tennent, who survives by collecting strange objects washed ashore from the English Channel. In a world altered by an unexplained catastrophe—where governments have weakened, the natural world has changed, and familiar geographies seem uncertain—Phillip discovers a mysterious, shape-shifting object he cannot simply leave behind. What follows is both an adventure and a meditation on uncertainty, perception, and the limits of what human beings can understand.

    The Booker Book group reads and discusses—in English—books that have either received, or been on the short list for, the Booker Prize.

    Two spaces are reserved for new WICE members. If no new WICE members have registered five days prior to the meeting, those two spaces will become available to the general WICE membership.

    Registration for the October meeting opens on Saturday, 26 September.

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  • LN271 Booker Books: The Things We Never Say, by Elizabeth Strout

    • 27 Nov 2026
    • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
    • Upstairs at Le Nelson's, 16 Rue Coquillière, 75001
    • 11

    Elizabeth Strout’s The Things We Never Say follows Artie Dam, a high-school history teacher whose outwardly stable life conceals a profound sense of estrangement from the people and world around him. When he discovers a long-hidden secret, the assumptions on which he has built his life begin to shift, forcing him to reconsider his marriage, his relationships, and his understanding of himself. With Strout’s characteristic attentiveness to ordinary lives, the novel explores loneliness, intimacy, secrecy, and the fragile bonds that connect us to one another. Ellen Bryson will be the guest leader for this discussion.

    The Booker Book group reads and discusses—in English—books that have either received, or been on the short list for, the Booker Prize.

    Two spaces are reserved for new WICE members. If no new WICE members have registered five days prior to the meeting, those two spaces will become available to the general WICE membership.

    Registration for the November meeting opens on Saturday, 24 October.

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