Size doesn’t matter — at least when it comes to the Bulldog Book Club.

Members of the reading club, which was founded in 2006 by English and theater professor Fran Teague, are not afraid of lengthy novels. They welcome them.

“I’ll tell you one [book] that really surprised the hell out of me was ‘Game of Thrones,’” Teague said. “We did volume one and it’s like 700 pages. Not only did we choose to read it, we got a good turnout of people who slogged through the 700 pages.”

Fran Teague, founder of The Bulldog Book Club, doesn't require members to study a specific major or look for a specific thing in the chosen reading. She only wants them to read. FILE/The Red & Black

Other books such as “Twilight” and “The Hunger Games” drew plenty of readers outside the club’s enthusiastic core group of regulars. But the club embraces more than just fantasy and young adult literature.

Over the years, these avid readers have covered everything from Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” to Chuck Palahniuk’s “Fight Club,” Stephen Colbert’s “I am America – and So Can You,” Mary Roach’s “Stiff: The Curious Lives Of Human Cadavers,” Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express,” and Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Treasure Island.”

“It always introduces me to something I either have loved before and am re-reading, or it’s something I normally wouldn’t have read,” said librarian Elizabeth White. “I probably never would have picked up ‘Kite Runner’ if it hadn’t been for the club.”

The group selects books democratically, with members voting for their favorite books out of a wide selection at the beginning of the semester.

“When this began, I was picking the books because we had to do something to get started so I picked ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ and John Grisham and some things and I asked people who showed up, ‘What do you want to read?’” Teague said.

Since then, Teague has had a minimal role in the selection process, though she ensures that there is a range of books chosen every semester.

While the club hasn’t shied away from classics, it includes a good amount of light reading as well.

“It seems like we’ve read a lot of silly books,” Teague said. “[We’ve read] lots of Tolkien and ‘Harry Potter’ out the wazoo. We’ve read lots of ‘Harry Potter.’”

The book club takes in anyone who enjoys reading, including librarians, students and professors alike. When it comes to students, all majors are welcome.

“I don’t ask,” Teague said. “Sometimes it’s undergraduates, sometimes it’s graduates, but there is no credentials check at this table.”

Though there are English professors in attendance, the discussion revolves around what the members found interesting rather than in-depth literary analysis.

“The classroom is really a different place from this,” said William Kretzschmar, an English and linguistics professor. “I really try not to be teaching.”

The meetings are “blue card” events — but there are other reasons to participate, Teague said.

“If they want a blue card I’ll give them a blue card,” she said. “If they want a note for their First-Year Odyssey, I’ll give them a note for their First-Year Odyssey. But my figuring is this isn’t a book club for rewards except for the pleasure of the reading. I don’t want our students to forget [that] reading is fun.”

The laid-back atmosphere defines the club: finishing a book is not a requirement, and no one is expected to read all of the books.

While some students may complain they are too busy to read for pleasure, there are benefits to participating in a reading discussion outside of class, Kretzschmar said.

“It’s not easy to make time for it, but it’s worth it,” he said. “The best thing is that it makes it so reading is not a solitary experience. Reading is something that’s best shared.”

BULLDOG BOOK CLUB

Where: Jittery Joe’s, MLC

When: 3:30 p.m.

What: “The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us” by C. Chabris and D. Simons