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Latina: Top groups (videre omnia)

  • Lingua Latina (202 sodales)
    For anyone who enjoys Latin, the language of the Romans, the western Church, and -- until recently -- academics of all…
  • Medieval Philosophy (10 sodales)
    This is a group for anyone working on medieval philosophy.
  • Tribbles (3 sodales)
    Tertulia Literaria de Ciencia Ficción de Zaragoza (España) / Science Fiction Reading Group of Zaragoza (Spain)
  • Traditional Catholic Tridentine Mass (2 sodales)
    Traditional Catholicism. Traditional Tridentine Liturgy (TLM). Traditional Novus Ordo Liturgy. Church Latin. Pious…
  • Religious Vocations and the Priesthood. (1 sodalis)
    For all those who have felt a calling towards the Catholic priesthood or the religious life. For those that are monks,…

Groups with the most members

  • Librarians who LibraryThing (6,949 sodales)
    librarians, catalogers, archivists, students... or anyone else who wants to talk about metadata, tagging, FRBR, library…
  • Science Fiction Fans (3,599 sodales)
    For fans of SF, Sci-Fi, Scifi and any other abbreviation you can think of!
  • What Are You Reading Now? (3,168 sodales)
    Whether it's literary fiction, fantasy, crime fiction, history, chick lit, a current bestseller or whatever, please…
  • FantasyFans (2,490 sodales)
    For Fans of Fantasy fiction …
  • Read YA Lit (2,280 sodales)
    For readers of young adult (YA) literature of all ages! Each month we read and discuss a book as a group. Check the…
  • Historical Fiction (2,234 sodales)
    For those that love to delve into the past and get lost in a saga about a past era.
  • Crime, Thriller & Mystery (2,151 sodales)
    For all of you who enjoy a good thriller, a mystery story, bloody or not :o) …
  • The Green Dragon (1,978 sodales)
    Tolkien, Fantasy, SciFi, mythology; all books of wonder! Ale & lively funny lusty chat. Join LibraryThing's best pub!…
  • 50 Book Challenge (1,882 sodales)
    Welcome one and all! 50 Book Challenge is a way to track and share th…
  • Writer-readers (1,751 sodales)
    For those who create as well as consume. A group to share thoughts and books from a writer's perspective.
  • Non-Fiction Readers (1,699 sodales)
    Devoted to those who enjoy reading non-fiction, even when they don't have to.
  • BBC Radio 3 Listeners (1,536 sodales)
    Radio 3 is known as the BBC’s classical music station, but that description sells it short. It provides just over 2…
  • 1001 Books to read before you die (1,446 sodales)
    For anyone trying to complete the set, or just for those who want to disagree with the choices made in the book by…
  • Hogwarts Express (1,374 sodales)
    Welcome to the Hogwarts Express, where Harry Potter fans of all ages gather to discuss the series and, well,…
  • Tea! (1,367 sodales)
    Tea drinkers everywhere, unite!
  • Graduate Students (1,251 sodales)
    For all those in that peculiar and often endless limbo known as graduate or professional school.
  • Ancient History (1,226 sodales)
    Group for talking about ancient history, particularly Greek and Roman, but also including that of other ancient…
  • Early Reviewers (1,175 sodales)
    Note that this is a discussion group. To actually sign up for Early Reviewers make sure to fill out the…
  • Christianity (1,152 sodales)
    Readers and book owners interested in Christianity, theology, the Bible, etc... …
  • Romance - from historical to contemporary (1,145 sodales)
    We are discussing historical, contemporary, paranormal, fantasy, chick lit,... romance novels and everything else that…
  • Philosophy and Theory (1,108 sodales)
    Broadly construed -- meaning traditional philosophy, be it classical, continental, or British; more modern philosophy…
  • Science! (1,103 sodales)
    For readers of popular (and not-so-popular) science books -- Anthropology to Zoology.
  • Children's Fiction (1,059 sodales)
    For children's fiction readers of all ages. Talk about what you like and what you hate.
  • Livejournalers (1,054 sodales)
    For everyone who can also be found in LJ
  • BookMooching (1,049 sodales)
    For BookMooch members: a purely informal group on using BookMooch, or meeting up with LTers who Mooch books, and…
  • Bloggers (1,036 sodales)
    If the first thing you did, when you heard about LibraryThing, was blog about it, then this is your place. …
  • Medieval Europe (1,006 sodales)
    A group for those with an interest in medieval history, art, music, literature, philosophy, theology, language, warfare…
  • Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction (979 sodales)
    For readers of books set in Asia, or Asian Related, Asian writers, Asian American writers, Asian Culture. Contemporary…
  • Knitters Inc. (971 sodales)
    Just knitting. :-)
  • Books that made me think (944 sodales)
    Read a book that changed your thoughts, your habits, your life? Share it here!!
  • Reading Globally (912 sodales)
    "Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere."…
  • I Survived the Great Vowel Shift (894 sodales)
    A group for linguists, armchair linguists, would-be linguists, budding linguists, linguists-in-training, linguistic…
  • Progressive & Liberal! (871 sodales)
    From the just left-of-center to progressive radicalism, a forum to discuss those books and authors which help to shape,…
  • Comics (867 sodales)
    From 100 Bullets and Akira via DC and Judge Dredd, to Marvel through the Phantom and Tintin to Zot and all other things…
  • Happy Heathens (835 sodales)
    Welcome to one of the most active groups on LibraryThing, and we think, humbly of course, that it's one of the best,…
  • A Pearl of Wisdom and Enlightenment (824 sodales)
    What is Wisdom? Enlightenment? Mysticism? Beauty? Self-Knowledge? Truth? Perennial Philosophy? Love? …
  • Children's Literature (741 sodales)
    A place to discuss your favorite children's book.
  • Poetry Fool (732 sodales)
    Are you a fool for poetry? It is an art and a craft, and it requires a daring foolishness to write and appreciate.…
  • Language (712 sodales)
    All language lovers are welcome.
  • Feminist Theory (675 sodales)
    From Mary Wollstonecraft and Simone de Beauvoir to Judith Butler and bell hooks: a group for people who like thinking…
  • 75 Books Challenge for 2009 (646 sodales)
    After a successful 2008 challenge group, most of us wanted to do it again. So here's the place! …
  • Purely Programmers (630 sodales)
    A group for programmers, software developers and those interested in computer languages. Or just those who have books…
  • Australian LibraryThingers (629 sodales)
    A group for everyone who connects with Australia (residents, expats, lovers of Australian literature) and who are part…
  • Travel and Exploration literature (616 sodales)
    Travel literature, Outdoor literature, Nature literature, Exploration accounts .. this is a group for discussing far…
  • Humor (605 sodales)
    Group for people who like books that are funny, fiction or non-fiction.
  • Japanese Culture (599 sodales)
    For those who appreciate Japanese culture, arts, and language. If you'd like to swap information on books about Japan,…
  • Rare, Old or Offbeat (570 sodales)
    A group for those cursed with collector manias of all kinds. Welcome to folks who just have to buy every scrap written…
  • Awful Lit. (557 sodales)
    Literature you can't stand, that was poorly written, that is all too cliche, that you hardly want to admit even…
  • Name that Book (555 sodales)
    Is there a book you once read and now cannot remember the name of? This group is here to help you find it. …
  • Build the Open Shelves Classification (546 sodales)
    I hereby invite you to join the Open Shelves Classification (OSC), a free, "humble," modern, open-source, crowd-sourced…

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Batavica (5,986 messages), Gallica (4,715 messages), Germanica (1,603 messages), Italica (1,058 messages), Hispanica (622 messages), Catalana (603 messages), Fennica (554 messages), Suecica (321 messages), Latina (245 messages), Norvegica (232 messages)

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