Reading (Non-Fiction)
Status:Active, full but can join waiting list
Group leader:
Alistair Wylie Tel: 07879 483489
When: Monthly on Thursday afternoons 3:00 pm
3rd Thursday of the month
Venue: Chepstow Library Hub

We read and discuss non-fiction books on any subject - usually history, geography, biography, occasionally popular science, but all recommendations and suggestions are considered. We choose the book between us informally, a couple of months ahead, and compare impressions at the next meeting. But you are also welcome to make a report on any other non-fiction you have read recently.

Note that this group is full at present. If you’d like to join us, please contact Alistair and he will gladly put you on the waiting list.

See the Forthcoming events, listed below, for the books we are planning to read and review in the coming months.

Please note: The Chepstow Bookshop offer a 10% reduction on the cost of any book to read for our club. Just tell them you’re a member of a U3A book club.

Use the menu at the top of this page for a list of Suggestions for future choices, and an Archive of all the books we have read so far.

Forthcoming events

Thu 17th September 2026
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
An explosive memoir charting one woman’s career at the heart of one of the most influential companies on the planet, Careless People gives you a front-row seat to Facebook, the decisions that have shaped world events in recent decades, and the people who made them.
Thu 15th October 2026
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
In this epic examination of one of the most infamous murders of the twentieth century, bestselling author of The Five, Hallie Rubenhold, gives voice to those who were never properly heard--the women.
Thu 19th November 2026
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
From London via Paris, Naples, Nuremberg, the Swiss Alps, Budapest, Athens and into the furthest corners of Eastern Europe across Romania and Bulgaria, join Tom Chesshyre on his fascinating journey to Istanbul and back