2024 marks the centenary of the publication of Thomas Mann's Der Zauberberg: The Magic Mountain. This multifaceted novel is considered a masterpiece of early 20th century modernism, on a par with Joyce's Ulysses and Proust’s À la Recherche du Temps Perdu, and contributed to the award of the author's 1929 Nobel Prize for Literature. The proposal is to spend a year reading and discussing it with the close attention it merits, covering a couple of the 51 sub-chapters in each session. Do not be daunted; while indisputably long and serious, the novel is also very readable and often amusing. Knowledge of German is not required, as the book may be read in translation and all class discussions and readings will be in English. The 1928 Helen Lowe-Porter translation lives on but the 1997 version from John E Woods now seems to be more highly regarded.