This site was set up to inform and organize the group reading Anthony Powell’s A Dance to the Music of Time over the course of 2025, but it’s maintained as a basic guide to this wonderful 12-volume novel series.
The reading group met on Zoom the first Monday of the month following each volume based on the schedule below. The links under each volume are to an introductory essay and a selection of original reviews from when each volume was first published.
| Volume – Introduction | Reviews | YouTube Recordings |
| 1. A Question of Upbringing | Original Reviews | February 2025 Recording on YouTube |
| 2. A Buyer’s Market | Original Reviews | March 2025 Recording on YouTube |
| 3. The Acceptance World | Original Reviews | April 2025 Recording on YouTube |
| 4. At Lady Molly’s | Original Reviews | May 2025 Recording on YouTube |
| 5. Casanova’s Chinese Restaurant | Original Reviews | June 2025 Recording on YouTube |
| 6. The Kindly Ones | Original Reviews | July 2025 Recording on YouTube |
| 7. The Valley of Bones | Original Reviews | August 2025 Recording on YouTube |
| 8. The Soldier’s Art | Original Reviews | September 2025 Recording on YouTube |
| 9. The Military Philosophers | Original Reviews | October 2025 Recording on YouTube |
| 10. Books Do Furnish a Room | Original Reviews | November 2025 Recording on YouTube |
| 11. Temporary Kings | Original Reviews | December 2025 Recording on YouTube |
| 12. Hearing Secret Harmonies | Original Reviews | January 2026 Recording on YouTube |
If you have any questions about the reading group or the site, please email editor@musicoftime.com.