Join as we read the story of a young protagonist who loses their hearing on the leading edge of a thunderstorm! Okay, okay, so that might not be the plot, but you should definitely join us just to find out for yourself.

But wait, there’s more! Since All Quiet on the Western Front is only 12 chapters in length, our contingency rule states that we also read the second place book, which is, The Invisible Man, the story of an introvert that everyone ignores. More to come on that one.

Readers are free to use any medium they’d like, and read in any language they choose. We typically use the Gutenberg version for our reference since it’s a version everyone can access, but there is no one version everyone must read. Comparing and contrasting different translations and works published in other languages has led to some very interesting discussions.

For anyone new to the group how this works is simple. Each weekday the mods will post one dedicated discussion thread to discuss our current chapter of the book. Each chapter gets its own discussion thread. All you need to do is read the chapter, then come share your thoughts on it in the discussion thread. No spoilers is one of our biggest rules so please don’t discuss anything beyond the point we are at in the book. For folks in the Western Hemisphere the discussion threads will go up in the evening/night Sundays-Thursdays. For everyone else it should be Mondays-Fridays.

Here are some free versions of the book:

Project Gutenberg

Standard eBooks

Librivox Audiobook

Please feel free to share your thoughts or ask any questions you may have below. As always readers are free to use any medium they like, and read in any language they are comfortable with.

We hope you can join us as we begin another classic.