Twelve of our fantastic reading groups shadowed the Winton Prize for Science Books this year and their reviews and comments were given to the Royal Society judges to help them with their final decision.

Books and comments

Here's a selection of some of the comments the reading groups made on the shortlisted books.

Reading groups

The following reading groups took part:

• Between the Lines - Worcestershire
• Books and Banter - Slough
• Brighton Belles - East Sussex
• Gallery Book Club - Essex
• North Bridlington Library Readers Group - East Riding
• Professor Yaffle's Reading Group - Hampshire
• Reading in the Bath - Somerset
• Royal Society of Chemistry Book Club - Cambridgeshire
• St Regulus - Fife
• Time and Tide - Northamptonshire
• Woolwich Reading Group - London
• Words, Wine & Wisdom - Cheshire

Get involved

Find a reading group in your area on our Reading Groups for Everyone site

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