Verso Book Club Reading Group
The Verso Book Club is a monthly curated subscription service where our members receive best-selling titles in the mail, every new ebook we release, and get 50% off all website purchases.
As the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English-speaking world, we believe that a revolutionary pedagogy is vital to building a liberatory future. This new addition to the Verso Book Club moves beyond the initial reading of a book, asking readers to dig into the critical, though often messy, next stage of discussing, arguing, reflecting, and expanding upon the text.
Each month, we will meet over Zoom to hear from the author(s) themselves, or from a scholar, writer, or thinker who has had a key influence on the topic at hand. Guest speakers are not asked to lecture per se, but to be in conversation with their own reading of the text, highlighting key moments, explicating subtleties, and suggesting questions for further dialogue in advance of small group discussion. We also encourage members to self-organize either in person or virtual satellite meetups.
The Reading Group is open to all members of the Verso Book Club. Join the Club to take part!
Unless otherwise noted, meetings will take place at 2pm EST / 7pm GMT.
May 24th, 2026
On May 24th, the VBC Reading Group was joined by Henry Snow to discuss their book Control Science: How Management Made the Modern World alongside Verso's Publishing Director, Nicole Aschoff.
April 26th, 2026
On April 26th, the VBC Reading Group was joined by Dean Spade and Beatrice Adler-Bolton to discuss the new edition of Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next).
March 22nd, 2026
In March the VBC Reading Group was joined by Timothy Mitchell, acclaimed author of Carbon Democracy, and Noah Kulwin, co-host of the Blowback podcast, to discuss Mitchell's latest book, The Alibi of Capital: How We Broke the Earth to Steal the Future on the Promise of a Better Tomorrow.
February 22nd, 2026
On February 24th Verso Books will publish The Story of Capital: What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works, the latest book by the world's preeminent Marxist geographer, David Harvey. In anticipation of its release, the February VBC Reading Group will feature a discussion of this critical work with its author.
January 25th, 2026
Gaza: The Story of a Genocide gathers first-hand accounts that reflect on the devastating impact of ongoing conflict on people’s lives, their land and their future. Verso Book Club members were joined in January by two of the book's contributors for a discussion on Palestinian poetry, education, and resistance to the ongoing genocide.
December 14th, 2025
To commemorate the arrival of John Berger’s centenary in 2026, the Verso Book Club hosted a conversation between Tom Overton, author of John Berger: A Life, and Maria Nadotti, Berger's Italian translator and friend, on his vital contributions to worlds of art history, politics, photography, translation, drama, fiction, and criticism.
November 30th, 2025
October 19th, 2025
September 14th 2025 at 2pm EST / 7pm GMT
Our September meeting was a discussion of Citizens of the Whole World: Anti-Zionism and the Cultures of the American Jewish Left with author Benjamin Balthaser in conversation with poet and essayist Dania Rajendra.
In advance of the call, we read the book's introduction and chapters 1–3.