diff --git a/bookwyrm/forms.py b/bookwyrm/forms.py
index c112186ae..298f73da9 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/forms.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/forms.py
@@ -293,7 +293,13 @@ class AnnouncementForm(CustomForm):
 class ListForm(CustomForm):
     class Meta:
         model = models.List
-        fields = ["user", "name", "description", "curation", "privacy"]
+        fields = ["user", "name", "description", "curation", "privacy", "group"]
+
+
+class GroupForm(CustomForm):
+    class Meta:
+        model = models.Group
+        fields = ["user", "privacy", "name", "description"]
 
 
 class ReportForm(CustomForm):
diff --git a/bookwyrm/migrations/0107_auto_20211016_0639.py b/bookwyrm/migrations/0107_auto_20211016_0639.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61dffca34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/migrations/0107_auto_20211016_0639.py
@@ -0,0 +1,871 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.5 on 2021-10-16 06:39
+
+import bookwyrm.models.fields
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("bookwyrm", "0106_user_preferred_language"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name="Group",
+            fields=[
+                (
+                    "id",
+                    models.AutoField(
+                        auto_created=True,
+                        primary_key=True,
+                        serialize=False,
+                        verbose_name="ID",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("created_date", models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)),
+                ("updated_date", models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)),
+                (
+                    "remote_id",
+                    bookwyrm.models.fields.RemoteIdField(
+                        max_length=255,
+                        null=True,
+                        validators=[bookwyrm.models.fields.validate_remote_id],
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("name", bookwyrm.models.fields.CharField(max_length=100)),
+                (
+                    "description",
+                    bookwyrm.models.fields.TextField(blank=True, null=True),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "privacy",
+                    bookwyrm.models.fields.PrivacyField(
+                        choices=[
+                            ("public", "Public"),
+                            ("unlisted", "Unlisted"),
+                            ("followers", "Followers"),
+                            ("direct", "Direct"),
+                        ],
+                        default="public",
+                        max_length=255,
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ],
+            options={
+                "abstract": False,
+            },
+        ),
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name="GroupMember",
+            fields=[
+                (
+                    "id",
+                    models.AutoField(
+                        auto_created=True,
+                        primary_key=True,
+                        serialize=False,
+                        verbose_name="ID",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("created_date", models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)),
+                ("updated_date", models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)),
+            ],
+        ),
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name="GroupMemberInvitation",
+            fields=[
+                (
+                    "id",
+                    models.AutoField(
+                        auto_created=True,
+                        primary_key=True,
+                        serialize=False,
+                        verbose_name="ID",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("created_date", models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)),
+            ],
+        ),
+        migrations.RemoveConstraint(
+            model_name="notification",
+            name="notification_type_valid",
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="list",
+            name="curation",
+            field=bookwyrm.models.fields.CharField(
+                choices=[
+                    ("closed", "Closed"),
+                    ("open", "Open"),
+                    ("curated", "Curated"),
+                    ("group", "Group"),
+                ],
+                default="closed",
+                max_length=255,
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="notification",
+            name="notification_type",
+            field=models.CharField(
+                choices=[
+                    ("FAVORITE", "Favorite"),
+                    ("REPLY", "Reply"),
+                    ("MENTION", "Mention"),
+                    ("TAG", "Tag"),
+                    ("FOLLOW", "Follow"),
+                    ("FOLLOW_REQUEST", "Follow Request"),
+                    ("BOOST", "Boost"),
+                    ("IMPORT", "Import"),
+                    ("ADD", "Add"),
+                    ("REPORT", "Report"),
+                    ("INVITE", "Invite"),
+                    ("ACCEPT", "Accept"),
+                    ("JOIN", "Join"),
+                    ("LEAVE", "Leave"),
+                    ("REMOVE", "Remove"),
+                ],
+                max_length=255,
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="user",
+            name="preferred_language",
+            field=models.CharField(
+                blank=True,
+                choices=[
+                    ("en-us", "English"),
+                    ("de-de", "Deutsch (German)"),
+                    ("es", "Español (Spanish)"),
+                    ("fr-fr", "Français (French)"),
+                    ("zh-hans", "简体中文 (Simplified Chinese)"),
+                    ("zh-hant", "繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese)"),
+                ],
+                max_length=255,
+                null=True,
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="user",
+            name="preferred_timezone",
+            field=models.CharField(
+                choices=[
+                    ("Africa/Abidjan", "Africa/Abidjan"),
+                    ("Africa/Accra", "Africa/Accra"),
+                    ("Africa/Addis_Ababa", "Africa/Addis_Ababa"),
+                    ("Africa/Algiers", "Africa/Algiers"),
+                    ("Africa/Asmara", "Africa/Asmara"),
+                    ("Africa/Asmera", "Africa/Asmera"),
+                    ("Africa/Bamako", "Africa/Bamako"),
+                    ("Africa/Bangui", "Africa/Bangui"),
+                    ("Africa/Banjul", "Africa/Banjul"),
+                    ("Africa/Bissau", "Africa/Bissau"),
+                    ("Africa/Blantyre", "Africa/Blantyre"),
+                    ("Africa/Brazzaville", "Africa/Brazzaville"),
+                    ("Africa/Bujumbura", "Africa/Bujumbura"),
+                    ("Africa/Cairo", "Africa/Cairo"),
+                    ("Africa/Casablanca", "Africa/Casablanca"),
+                    ("Africa/Ceuta", "Africa/Ceuta"),
+                    ("Africa/Conakry", "Africa/Conakry"),
+                    ("Africa/Dakar", "Africa/Dakar"),
+                    ("Africa/Dar_es_Salaam", "Africa/Dar_es_Salaam"),
+                    ("Africa/Djibouti", "Africa/Djibouti"),
+                    ("Africa/Douala", "Africa/Douala"),
+                    ("Africa/El_Aaiun", "Africa/El_Aaiun"),
+                    ("Africa/Freetown", "Africa/Freetown"),
+                    ("Africa/Gaborone", "Africa/Gaborone"),
+                    ("Africa/Harare", "Africa/Harare"),
+                    ("Africa/Johannesburg", "Africa/Johannesburg"),
+                    ("Africa/Juba", "Africa/Juba"),
+                    ("Africa/Kampala", "Africa/Kampala"),
+                    ("Africa/Khartoum", "Africa/Khartoum"),
+                    ("Africa/Kigali", "Africa/Kigali"),
+                    ("Africa/Kinshasa", "Africa/Kinshasa"),
+                    ("Africa/Lagos", "Africa/Lagos"),
+                    ("Africa/Libreville", "Africa/Libreville"),
+                    ("Africa/Lome", "Africa/Lome"),
+                    ("Africa/Luanda", "Africa/Luanda"),
+                    ("Africa/Lubumbashi", "Africa/Lubumbashi"),
+                    ("Africa/Lusaka", "Africa/Lusaka"),
+                    ("Africa/Malabo", "Africa/Malabo"),
+                    ("Africa/Maputo", "Africa/Maputo"),
+                    ("Africa/Maseru", "Africa/Maseru"),
+                    ("Africa/Mbabane", "Africa/Mbabane"),
+                    ("Africa/Mogadishu", "Africa/Mogadishu"),
+                    ("Africa/Monrovia", "Africa/Monrovia"),
+                    ("Africa/Nairobi", "Africa/Nairobi"),
+                    ("Africa/Ndjamena", "Africa/Ndjamena"),
+                    ("Africa/Niamey", "Africa/Niamey"),
+                    ("Africa/Nouakchott", "Africa/Nouakchott"),
+                    ("Africa/Ouagadougou", "Africa/Ouagadougou"),
+                    ("Africa/Porto-Novo", "Africa/Porto-Novo"),
+                    ("Africa/Sao_Tome", "Africa/Sao_Tome"),
+                    ("Africa/Timbuktu", "Africa/Timbuktu"),
+                    ("Africa/Tripoli", "Africa/Tripoli"),
+                    ("Africa/Tunis", "Africa/Tunis"),
+                    ("Africa/Windhoek", "Africa/Windhoek"),
+                    ("America/Adak", "America/Adak"),
+                    ("America/Anchorage", "America/Anchorage"),
+                    ("America/Anguilla", "America/Anguilla"),
+                    ("America/Antigua", "America/Antigua"),
+                    ("America/Araguaina", "America/Araguaina"),
+                    (
+                        "America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires",
+                        "America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires",
+                    ),
+                    ("America/Argentina/Catamarca", "America/Argentina/Catamarca"),
+                    (
+                        "America/Argentina/ComodRivadavia",
+                        "America/Argentina/ComodRivadavia",
+                    ),
+                    ("America/Argentina/Cordoba", "America/Argentina/Cordoba"),
+                    ("America/Argentina/Jujuy", "America/Argentina/Jujuy"),
+                    ("America/Argentina/La_Rioja", "America/Argentina/La_Rioja"),
+                    ("America/Argentina/Mendoza", "America/Argentina/Mendoza"),
+                    (
+                        "America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos",
+                        "America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos",
+                    ),
+                    ("America/Argentina/Salta", "America/Argentina/Salta"),
+                    ("America/Argentina/San_Juan", "America/Argentina/San_Juan"),
+                    ("America/Argentina/San_Luis", "America/Argentina/San_Luis"),
+                    ("America/Argentina/Tucuman", "America/Argentina/Tucuman"),
+                    ("America/Argentina/Ushuaia", "America/Argentina/Ushuaia"),
+                    ("America/Aruba", "America/Aruba"),
+                    ("America/Asuncion", "America/Asuncion"),
+                    ("America/Atikokan", "America/Atikokan"),
+                    ("America/Atka", "America/Atka"),
+                    ("America/Bahia", "America/Bahia"),
+                    ("America/Bahia_Banderas", "America/Bahia_Banderas"),
+                    ("America/Barbados", "America/Barbados"),
+                    ("America/Belem", "America/Belem"),
+                    ("America/Belize", "America/Belize"),
+                    ("America/Blanc-Sablon", "America/Blanc-Sablon"),
+                    ("America/Boa_Vista", "America/Boa_Vista"),
+                    ("America/Bogota", "America/Bogota"),
+                    ("America/Boise", "America/Boise"),
+                    ("America/Buenos_Aires", "America/Buenos_Aires"),
+                    ("America/Cambridge_Bay", "America/Cambridge_Bay"),
+                    ("America/Campo_Grande", "America/Campo_Grande"),
+                    ("America/Cancun", "America/Cancun"),
+                    ("America/Caracas", "America/Caracas"),
+                    ("America/Catamarca", "America/Catamarca"),
+                    ("America/Cayenne", "America/Cayenne"),
+                    ("America/Cayman", "America/Cayman"),
+                    ("America/Chicago", "America/Chicago"),
+                    ("America/Chihuahua", "America/Chihuahua"),
+                    ("America/Coral_Harbour", "America/Coral_Harbour"),
+                    ("America/Cordoba", "America/Cordoba"),
+                    ("America/Costa_Rica", "America/Costa_Rica"),
+                    ("America/Creston", "America/Creston"),
+                    ("America/Cuiaba", "America/Cuiaba"),
+                    ("America/Curacao", "America/Curacao"),
+                    ("America/Danmarkshavn", "America/Danmarkshavn"),
+                    ("America/Dawson", "America/Dawson"),
+                    ("America/Dawson_Creek", "America/Dawson_Creek"),
+                    ("America/Denver", "America/Denver"),
+                    ("America/Detroit", "America/Detroit"),
+                    ("America/Dominica", "America/Dominica"),
+                    ("America/Edmonton", "America/Edmonton"),
+                    ("America/Eirunepe", "America/Eirunepe"),
+                    ("America/El_Salvador", "America/El_Salvador"),
+                    ("America/Ensenada", "America/Ensenada"),
+                    ("America/Fort_Nelson", "America/Fort_Nelson"),
+                    ("America/Fort_Wayne", "America/Fort_Wayne"),
+                    ("America/Fortaleza", "America/Fortaleza"),
+                    ("America/Glace_Bay", "America/Glace_Bay"),
+                    ("America/Godthab", "America/Godthab"),
+                    ("America/Goose_Bay", "America/Goose_Bay"),
+                    ("America/Grand_Turk", "America/Grand_Turk"),
+                    ("America/Grenada", "America/Grenada"),
+                    ("America/Guadeloupe", "America/Guadeloupe"),
+                    ("America/Guatemala", "America/Guatemala"),
+                    ("America/Guayaquil", "America/Guayaquil"),
+                    ("America/Guyana", "America/Guyana"),
+                    ("America/Halifax", "America/Halifax"),
+                    ("America/Havana", "America/Havana"),
+                    ("America/Hermosillo", "America/Hermosillo"),
+                    ("America/Indiana/Indianapolis", "America/Indiana/Indianapolis"),
+                    ("America/Indiana/Knox", "America/Indiana/Knox"),
+                    ("America/Indiana/Marengo", "America/Indiana/Marengo"),
+                    ("America/Indiana/Petersburg", "America/Indiana/Petersburg"),
+                    ("America/Indiana/Tell_City", "America/Indiana/Tell_City"),
+                    ("America/Indiana/Vevay", "America/Indiana/Vevay"),
+                    ("America/Indiana/Vincennes", "America/Indiana/Vincennes"),
+                    ("America/Indiana/Winamac", "America/Indiana/Winamac"),
+                    ("America/Indianapolis", "America/Indianapolis"),
+                    ("America/Inuvik", "America/Inuvik"),
+                    ("America/Iqaluit", "America/Iqaluit"),
+                    ("America/Jamaica", "America/Jamaica"),
+                    ("America/Jujuy", "America/Jujuy"),
+                    ("America/Juneau", "America/Juneau"),
+                    ("America/Kentucky/Louisville", "America/Kentucky/Louisville"),
+                    ("America/Kentucky/Monticello", "America/Kentucky/Monticello"),
+                    ("America/Knox_IN", "America/Knox_IN"),
+                    ("America/Kralendijk", "America/Kralendijk"),
+                    ("America/La_Paz", "America/La_Paz"),
+                    ("America/Lima", "America/Lima"),
+                    ("America/Los_Angeles", "America/Los_Angeles"),
+                    ("America/Louisville", "America/Louisville"),
+                    ("America/Lower_Princes", "America/Lower_Princes"),
+                    ("America/Maceio", "America/Maceio"),
+                    ("America/Managua", "America/Managua"),
+                    ("America/Manaus", "America/Manaus"),
+                    ("America/Marigot", "America/Marigot"),
+                    ("America/Martinique", "America/Martinique"),
+                    ("America/Matamoros", "America/Matamoros"),
+                    ("America/Mazatlan", "America/Mazatlan"),
+                    ("America/Mendoza", "America/Mendoza"),
+                    ("America/Menominee", "America/Menominee"),
+                    ("America/Merida", "America/Merida"),
+                    ("America/Metlakatla", "America/Metlakatla"),
+                    ("America/Mexico_City", "America/Mexico_City"),
+                    ("America/Miquelon", "America/Miquelon"),
+                    ("America/Moncton", "America/Moncton"),
+                    ("America/Monterrey", "America/Monterrey"),
+                    ("America/Montevideo", "America/Montevideo"),
+                    ("America/Montreal", "America/Montreal"),
+                    ("America/Montserrat", "America/Montserrat"),
+                    ("America/Nassau", "America/Nassau"),
+                    ("America/New_York", "America/New_York"),
+                    ("America/Nipigon", "America/Nipigon"),
+                    ("America/Nome", "America/Nome"),
+                    ("America/Noronha", "America/Noronha"),
+                    ("America/North_Dakota/Beulah", "America/North_Dakota/Beulah"),
+                    ("America/North_Dakota/Center", "America/North_Dakota/Center"),
+                    (
+                        "America/North_Dakota/New_Salem",
+                        "America/North_Dakota/New_Salem",
+                    ),
+                    ("America/Nuuk", "America/Nuuk"),
+                    ("America/Ojinaga", "America/Ojinaga"),
+                    ("America/Panama", "America/Panama"),
+                    ("America/Pangnirtung", "America/Pangnirtung"),
+                    ("America/Paramaribo", "America/Paramaribo"),
+                    ("America/Phoenix", "America/Phoenix"),
+                    ("America/Port-au-Prince", "America/Port-au-Prince"),
+                    ("America/Port_of_Spain", "America/Port_of_Spain"),
+                    ("America/Porto_Acre", "America/Porto_Acre"),
+                    ("America/Porto_Velho", "America/Porto_Velho"),
+                    ("America/Puerto_Rico", "America/Puerto_Rico"),
+                    ("America/Punta_Arenas", "America/Punta_Arenas"),
+                    ("America/Rainy_River", "America/Rainy_River"),
+                    ("America/Rankin_Inlet", "America/Rankin_Inlet"),
+                    ("America/Recife", "America/Recife"),
+                    ("America/Regina", "America/Regina"),
+                    ("America/Resolute", "America/Resolute"),
+                    ("America/Rio_Branco", "America/Rio_Branco"),
+                    ("America/Rosario", "America/Rosario"),
+                    ("America/Santa_Isabel", "America/Santa_Isabel"),
+                    ("America/Santarem", "America/Santarem"),
+                    ("America/Santiago", "America/Santiago"),
+                    ("America/Santo_Domingo", "America/Santo_Domingo"),
+                    ("America/Sao_Paulo", "America/Sao_Paulo"),
+                    ("America/Scoresbysund", "America/Scoresbysund"),
+                    ("America/Shiprock", "America/Shiprock"),
+                    ("America/Sitka", "America/Sitka"),
+                    ("America/St_Barthelemy", "America/St_Barthelemy"),
+                    ("America/St_Johns", "America/St_Johns"),
+                    ("America/St_Kitts", "America/St_Kitts"),
+                    ("America/St_Lucia", "America/St_Lucia"),
+                    ("America/St_Thomas", "America/St_Thomas"),
+                    ("America/St_Vincent", "America/St_Vincent"),
+                    ("America/Swift_Current", "America/Swift_Current"),
+                    ("America/Tegucigalpa", "America/Tegucigalpa"),
+                    ("America/Thule", "America/Thule"),
+                    ("America/Thunder_Bay", "America/Thunder_Bay"),
+                    ("America/Tijuana", "America/Tijuana"),
+                    ("America/Toronto", "America/Toronto"),
+                    ("America/Tortola", "America/Tortola"),
+                    ("America/Vancouver", "America/Vancouver"),
+                    ("America/Virgin", "America/Virgin"),
+                    ("America/Whitehorse", "America/Whitehorse"),
+                    ("America/Winnipeg", "America/Winnipeg"),
+                    ("America/Yakutat", "America/Yakutat"),
+                    ("America/Yellowknife", "America/Yellowknife"),
+                    ("Antarctica/Casey", "Antarctica/Casey"),
+                    ("Antarctica/Davis", "Antarctica/Davis"),
+                    ("Antarctica/DumontDUrville", "Antarctica/DumontDUrville"),
+                    ("Antarctica/Macquarie", "Antarctica/Macquarie"),
+                    ("Antarctica/Mawson", "Antarctica/Mawson"),
+                    ("Antarctica/McMurdo", "Antarctica/McMurdo"),
+                    ("Antarctica/Palmer", "Antarctica/Palmer"),
+                    ("Antarctica/Rothera", "Antarctica/Rothera"),
+                    ("Antarctica/South_Pole", "Antarctica/South_Pole"),
+                    ("Antarctica/Syowa", "Antarctica/Syowa"),
+                    ("Antarctica/Troll", "Antarctica/Troll"),
+                    ("Antarctica/Vostok", "Antarctica/Vostok"),
+                    ("Arctic/Longyearbyen", "Arctic/Longyearbyen"),
+                    ("Asia/Aden", "Asia/Aden"),
+                    ("Asia/Almaty", "Asia/Almaty"),
+                    ("Asia/Amman", "Asia/Amman"),
+                    ("Asia/Anadyr", "Asia/Anadyr"),
+                    ("Asia/Aqtau", "Asia/Aqtau"),
+                    ("Asia/Aqtobe", "Asia/Aqtobe"),
+                    ("Asia/Ashgabat", "Asia/Ashgabat"),
+                    ("Asia/Ashkhabad", "Asia/Ashkhabad"),
+                    ("Asia/Atyrau", "Asia/Atyrau"),
+                    ("Asia/Baghdad", "Asia/Baghdad"),
+                    ("Asia/Bahrain", "Asia/Bahrain"),
+                    ("Asia/Baku", "Asia/Baku"),
+                    ("Asia/Bangkok", "Asia/Bangkok"),
+                    ("Asia/Barnaul", "Asia/Barnaul"),
+                    ("Asia/Beirut", "Asia/Beirut"),
+                    ("Asia/Bishkek", "Asia/Bishkek"),
+                    ("Asia/Brunei", "Asia/Brunei"),
+                    ("Asia/Calcutta", "Asia/Calcutta"),
+                    ("Asia/Chita", "Asia/Chita"),
+                    ("Asia/Choibalsan", "Asia/Choibalsan"),
+                    ("Asia/Chongqing", "Asia/Chongqing"),
+                    ("Asia/Chungking", "Asia/Chungking"),
+                    ("Asia/Colombo", "Asia/Colombo"),
+                    ("Asia/Dacca", "Asia/Dacca"),
+                    ("Asia/Damascus", "Asia/Damascus"),
+                    ("Asia/Dhaka", "Asia/Dhaka"),
+                    ("Asia/Dili", "Asia/Dili"),
+                    ("Asia/Dubai", "Asia/Dubai"),
+                    ("Asia/Dushanbe", "Asia/Dushanbe"),
+                    ("Asia/Famagusta", "Asia/Famagusta"),
+                    ("Asia/Gaza", "Asia/Gaza"),
+                    ("Asia/Harbin", "Asia/Harbin"),
+                    ("Asia/Hebron", "Asia/Hebron"),
+                    ("Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh", "Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh"),
+                    ("Asia/Hong_Kong", "Asia/Hong_Kong"),
+                    ("Asia/Hovd", "Asia/Hovd"),
+                    ("Asia/Irkutsk", "Asia/Irkutsk"),
+                    ("Asia/Istanbul", "Asia/Istanbul"),
+                    ("Asia/Jakarta", "Asia/Jakarta"),
+                    ("Asia/Jayapura", "Asia/Jayapura"),
+                    ("Asia/Jerusalem", "Asia/Jerusalem"),
+                    ("Asia/Kabul", "Asia/Kabul"),
+                    ("Asia/Kamchatka", "Asia/Kamchatka"),
+                    ("Asia/Karachi", "Asia/Karachi"),
+                    ("Asia/Kashgar", "Asia/Kashgar"),
+                    ("Asia/Kathmandu", "Asia/Kathmandu"),
+                    ("Asia/Katmandu", "Asia/Katmandu"),
+                    ("Asia/Khandyga", "Asia/Khandyga"),
+                    ("Asia/Kolkata", "Asia/Kolkata"),
+                    ("Asia/Krasnoyarsk", "Asia/Krasnoyarsk"),
+                    ("Asia/Kuala_Lumpur", "Asia/Kuala_Lumpur"),
+                    ("Asia/Kuching", "Asia/Kuching"),
+                    ("Asia/Kuwait", "Asia/Kuwait"),
+                    ("Asia/Macao", "Asia/Macao"),
+                    ("Asia/Macau", "Asia/Macau"),
+                    ("Asia/Magadan", "Asia/Magadan"),
+                    ("Asia/Makassar", "Asia/Makassar"),
+                    ("Asia/Manila", "Asia/Manila"),
+                    ("Asia/Muscat", "Asia/Muscat"),
+                    ("Asia/Nicosia", "Asia/Nicosia"),
+                    ("Asia/Novokuznetsk", "Asia/Novokuznetsk"),
+                    ("Asia/Novosibirsk", "Asia/Novosibirsk"),
+                    ("Asia/Omsk", "Asia/Omsk"),
+                    ("Asia/Oral", "Asia/Oral"),
+                    ("Asia/Phnom_Penh", "Asia/Phnom_Penh"),
+                    ("Asia/Pontianak", "Asia/Pontianak"),
+                    ("Asia/Pyongyang", "Asia/Pyongyang"),
+                    ("Asia/Qatar", "Asia/Qatar"),
+                    ("Asia/Qostanay", "Asia/Qostanay"),
+                    ("Asia/Qyzylorda", "Asia/Qyzylorda"),
+                    ("Asia/Rangoon", "Asia/Rangoon"),
+                    ("Asia/Riyadh", "Asia/Riyadh"),
+                    ("Asia/Saigon", "Asia/Saigon"),
+                    ("Asia/Sakhalin", "Asia/Sakhalin"),
+                    ("Asia/Samarkand", "Asia/Samarkand"),
+                    ("Asia/Seoul", "Asia/Seoul"),
+                    ("Asia/Shanghai", "Asia/Shanghai"),
+                    ("Asia/Singapore", "Asia/Singapore"),
+                    ("Asia/Srednekolymsk", "Asia/Srednekolymsk"),
+                    ("Asia/Taipei", "Asia/Taipei"),
+                    ("Asia/Tashkent", "Asia/Tashkent"),
+                    ("Asia/Tbilisi", "Asia/Tbilisi"),
+                    ("Asia/Tehran", "Asia/Tehran"),
+                    ("Asia/Tel_Aviv", "Asia/Tel_Aviv"),
+                    ("Asia/Thimbu", "Asia/Thimbu"),
+                    ("Asia/Thimphu", "Asia/Thimphu"),
+                    ("Asia/Tokyo", "Asia/Tokyo"),
+                    ("Asia/Tomsk", "Asia/Tomsk"),
+                    ("Asia/Ujung_Pandang", "Asia/Ujung_Pandang"),
+                    ("Asia/Ulaanbaatar", "Asia/Ulaanbaatar"),
+                    ("Asia/Ulan_Bator", "Asia/Ulan_Bator"),
+                    ("Asia/Urumqi", "Asia/Urumqi"),
+                    ("Asia/Ust-Nera", "Asia/Ust-Nera"),
+                    ("Asia/Vientiane", "Asia/Vientiane"),
+                    ("Asia/Vladivostok", "Asia/Vladivostok"),
+                    ("Asia/Yakutsk", "Asia/Yakutsk"),
+                    ("Asia/Yangon", "Asia/Yangon"),
+                    ("Asia/Yekaterinburg", "Asia/Yekaterinburg"),
+                    ("Asia/Yerevan", "Asia/Yerevan"),
+                    ("Atlantic/Azores", "Atlantic/Azores"),
+                    ("Atlantic/Bermuda", "Atlantic/Bermuda"),
+                    ("Atlantic/Canary", "Atlantic/Canary"),
+                    ("Atlantic/Cape_Verde", "Atlantic/Cape_Verde"),
+                    ("Atlantic/Faeroe", "Atlantic/Faeroe"),
+                    ("Atlantic/Faroe", "Atlantic/Faroe"),
+                    ("Atlantic/Jan_Mayen", "Atlantic/Jan_Mayen"),
+                    ("Atlantic/Madeira", "Atlantic/Madeira"),
+                    ("Atlantic/Reykjavik", "Atlantic/Reykjavik"),
+                    ("Atlantic/South_Georgia", "Atlantic/South_Georgia"),
+                    ("Atlantic/St_Helena", "Atlantic/St_Helena"),
+                    ("Atlantic/Stanley", "Atlantic/Stanley"),
+                    ("Australia/ACT", "Australia/ACT"),
+                    ("Australia/Adelaide", "Australia/Adelaide"),
+                    ("Australia/Brisbane", "Australia/Brisbane"),
+                    ("Australia/Broken_Hill", "Australia/Broken_Hill"),
+                    ("Australia/Canberra", "Australia/Canberra"),
+                    ("Australia/Currie", "Australia/Currie"),
+                    ("Australia/Darwin", "Australia/Darwin"),
+                    ("Australia/Eucla", "Australia/Eucla"),
+                    ("Australia/Hobart", "Australia/Hobart"),
+                    ("Australia/LHI", "Australia/LHI"),
+                    ("Australia/Lindeman", "Australia/Lindeman"),
+                    ("Australia/Lord_Howe", "Australia/Lord_Howe"),
+                    ("Australia/Melbourne", "Australia/Melbourne"),
+                    ("Australia/NSW", "Australia/NSW"),
+                    ("Australia/North", "Australia/North"),
+                    ("Australia/Perth", "Australia/Perth"),
+                    ("Australia/Queensland", "Australia/Queensland"),
+                    ("Australia/South", "Australia/South"),
+                    ("Australia/Sydney", "Australia/Sydney"),
+                    ("Australia/Tasmania", "Australia/Tasmania"),
+                    ("Australia/Victoria", "Australia/Victoria"),
+                    ("Australia/West", "Australia/West"),
+                    ("Australia/Yancowinna", "Australia/Yancowinna"),
+                    ("Brazil/Acre", "Brazil/Acre"),
+                    ("Brazil/DeNoronha", "Brazil/DeNoronha"),
+                    ("Brazil/East", "Brazil/East"),
+                    ("Brazil/West", "Brazil/West"),
+                    ("CET", "CET"),
+                    ("CST6CDT", "CST6CDT"),
+                    ("Canada/Atlantic", "Canada/Atlantic"),
+                    ("Canada/Central", "Canada/Central"),
+                    ("Canada/Eastern", "Canada/Eastern"),
+                    ("Canada/Mountain", "Canada/Mountain"),
+                    ("Canada/Newfoundland", "Canada/Newfoundland"),
+                    ("Canada/Pacific", "Canada/Pacific"),
+                    ("Canada/Saskatchewan", "Canada/Saskatchewan"),
+                    ("Canada/Yukon", "Canada/Yukon"),
+                    ("Chile/Continental", "Chile/Continental"),
+                    ("Chile/EasterIsland", "Chile/EasterIsland"),
+                    ("Cuba", "Cuba"),
+                    ("EET", "EET"),
+                    ("EST", "EST"),
+                    ("EST5EDT", "EST5EDT"),
+                    ("Egypt", "Egypt"),
+                    ("Eire", "Eire"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT", "Etc/GMT"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT+0", "Etc/GMT+0"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT+1", "Etc/GMT+1"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT+10", "Etc/GMT+10"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT+11", "Etc/GMT+11"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT+12", "Etc/GMT+12"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT+2", "Etc/GMT+2"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT+3", "Etc/GMT+3"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT+4", "Etc/GMT+4"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT+5", "Etc/GMT+5"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT+6", "Etc/GMT+6"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT+7", "Etc/GMT+7"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT+8", "Etc/GMT+8"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT+9", "Etc/GMT+9"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT-0", "Etc/GMT-0"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT-1", "Etc/GMT-1"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT-10", "Etc/GMT-10"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT-11", "Etc/GMT-11"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT-12", "Etc/GMT-12"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT-13", "Etc/GMT-13"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT-14", "Etc/GMT-14"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT-2", "Etc/GMT-2"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT-3", "Etc/GMT-3"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT-4", "Etc/GMT-4"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT-5", "Etc/GMT-5"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT-6", "Etc/GMT-6"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT-7", "Etc/GMT-7"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT-8", "Etc/GMT-8"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT-9", "Etc/GMT-9"),
+                    ("Etc/GMT0", "Etc/GMT0"),
+                    ("Etc/Greenwich", "Etc/Greenwich"),
+                    ("Etc/UCT", "Etc/UCT"),
+                    ("Etc/UTC", "Etc/UTC"),
+                    ("Etc/Universal", "Etc/Universal"),
+                    ("Etc/Zulu", "Etc/Zulu"),
+                    ("Europe/Amsterdam", "Europe/Amsterdam"),
+                    ("Europe/Andorra", "Europe/Andorra"),
+                    ("Europe/Astrakhan", "Europe/Astrakhan"),
+                    ("Europe/Athens", "Europe/Athens"),
+                    ("Europe/Belfast", "Europe/Belfast"),
+                    ("Europe/Belgrade", "Europe/Belgrade"),
+                    ("Europe/Berlin", "Europe/Berlin"),
+                    ("Europe/Bratislava", "Europe/Bratislava"),
+                    ("Europe/Brussels", "Europe/Brussels"),
+                    ("Europe/Bucharest", "Europe/Bucharest"),
+                    ("Europe/Budapest", "Europe/Budapest"),
+                    ("Europe/Busingen", "Europe/Busingen"),
+                    ("Europe/Chisinau", "Europe/Chisinau"),
+                    ("Europe/Copenhagen", "Europe/Copenhagen"),
+                    ("Europe/Dublin", "Europe/Dublin"),
+                    ("Europe/Gibraltar", "Europe/Gibraltar"),
+                    ("Europe/Guernsey", "Europe/Guernsey"),
+                    ("Europe/Helsinki", "Europe/Helsinki"),
+                    ("Europe/Isle_of_Man", "Europe/Isle_of_Man"),
+                    ("Europe/Istanbul", "Europe/Istanbul"),
+                    ("Europe/Jersey", "Europe/Jersey"),
+                    ("Europe/Kaliningrad", "Europe/Kaliningrad"),
+                    ("Europe/Kiev", "Europe/Kiev"),
+                    ("Europe/Kirov", "Europe/Kirov"),
+                    ("Europe/Lisbon", "Europe/Lisbon"),
+                    ("Europe/Ljubljana", "Europe/Ljubljana"),
+                    ("Europe/London", "Europe/London"),
+                    ("Europe/Luxembourg", "Europe/Luxembourg"),
+                    ("Europe/Madrid", "Europe/Madrid"),
+                    ("Europe/Malta", "Europe/Malta"),
+                    ("Europe/Mariehamn", "Europe/Mariehamn"),
+                    ("Europe/Minsk", "Europe/Minsk"),
+                    ("Europe/Monaco", "Europe/Monaco"),
+                    ("Europe/Moscow", "Europe/Moscow"),
+                    ("Europe/Nicosia", "Europe/Nicosia"),
+                    ("Europe/Oslo", "Europe/Oslo"),
+                    ("Europe/Paris", "Europe/Paris"),
+                    ("Europe/Podgorica", "Europe/Podgorica"),
+                    ("Europe/Prague", "Europe/Prague"),
+                    ("Europe/Riga", "Europe/Riga"),
+                    ("Europe/Rome", "Europe/Rome"),
+                    ("Europe/Samara", "Europe/Samara"),
+                    ("Europe/San_Marino", "Europe/San_Marino"),
+                    ("Europe/Sarajevo", "Europe/Sarajevo"),
+                    ("Europe/Saratov", "Europe/Saratov"),
+                    ("Europe/Simferopol", "Europe/Simferopol"),
+                    ("Europe/Skopje", "Europe/Skopje"),
+                    ("Europe/Sofia", "Europe/Sofia"),
+                    ("Europe/Stockholm", "Europe/Stockholm"),
+                    ("Europe/Tallinn", "Europe/Tallinn"),
+                    ("Europe/Tirane", "Europe/Tirane"),
+                    ("Europe/Tiraspol", "Europe/Tiraspol"),
+                    ("Europe/Ulyanovsk", "Europe/Ulyanovsk"),
+                    ("Europe/Uzhgorod", "Europe/Uzhgorod"),
+                    ("Europe/Vaduz", "Europe/Vaduz"),
+                    ("Europe/Vatican", "Europe/Vatican"),
+                    ("Europe/Vienna", "Europe/Vienna"),
+                    ("Europe/Vilnius", "Europe/Vilnius"),
+                    ("Europe/Volgograd", "Europe/Volgograd"),
+                    ("Europe/Warsaw", "Europe/Warsaw"),
+                    ("Europe/Zagreb", "Europe/Zagreb"),
+                    ("Europe/Zaporozhye", "Europe/Zaporozhye"),
+                    ("Europe/Zurich", "Europe/Zurich"),
+                    ("GB", "GB"),
+                    ("GB-Eire", "GB-Eire"),
+                    ("GMT", "GMT"),
+                    ("GMT+0", "GMT+0"),
+                    ("GMT-0", "GMT-0"),
+                    ("GMT0", "GMT0"),
+                    ("Greenwich", "Greenwich"),
+                    ("HST", "HST"),
+                    ("Hongkong", "Hongkong"),
+                    ("Iceland", "Iceland"),
+                    ("Indian/Antananarivo", "Indian/Antananarivo"),
+                    ("Indian/Chagos", "Indian/Chagos"),
+                    ("Indian/Christmas", "Indian/Christmas"),
+                    ("Indian/Cocos", "Indian/Cocos"),
+                    ("Indian/Comoro", "Indian/Comoro"),
+                    ("Indian/Kerguelen", "Indian/Kerguelen"),
+                    ("Indian/Mahe", "Indian/Mahe"),
+                    ("Indian/Maldives", "Indian/Maldives"),
+                    ("Indian/Mauritius", "Indian/Mauritius"),
+                    ("Indian/Mayotte", "Indian/Mayotte"),
+                    ("Indian/Reunion", "Indian/Reunion"),
+                    ("Iran", "Iran"),
+                    ("Israel", "Israel"),
+                    ("Jamaica", "Jamaica"),
+                    ("Japan", "Japan"),
+                    ("Kwajalein", "Kwajalein"),
+                    ("Libya", "Libya"),
+                    ("MET", "MET"),
+                    ("MST", "MST"),
+                    ("MST7MDT", "MST7MDT"),
+                    ("Mexico/BajaNorte", "Mexico/BajaNorte"),
+                    ("Mexico/BajaSur", "Mexico/BajaSur"),
+                    ("Mexico/General", "Mexico/General"),
+                    ("NZ", "NZ"),
+                    ("NZ-CHAT", "NZ-CHAT"),
+                    ("Navajo", "Navajo"),
+                    ("PRC", "PRC"),
+                    ("PST8PDT", "PST8PDT"),
+                    ("Pacific/Apia", "Pacific/Apia"),
+                    ("Pacific/Auckland", "Pacific/Auckland"),
+                    ("Pacific/Bougainville", "Pacific/Bougainville"),
+                    ("Pacific/Chatham", "Pacific/Chatham"),
+                    ("Pacific/Chuuk", "Pacific/Chuuk"),
+                    ("Pacific/Easter", "Pacific/Easter"),
+                    ("Pacific/Efate", "Pacific/Efate"),
+                    ("Pacific/Enderbury", "Pacific/Enderbury"),
+                    ("Pacific/Fakaofo", "Pacific/Fakaofo"),
+                    ("Pacific/Fiji", "Pacific/Fiji"),
+                    ("Pacific/Funafuti", "Pacific/Funafuti"),
+                    ("Pacific/Galapagos", "Pacific/Galapagos"),
+                    ("Pacific/Gambier", "Pacific/Gambier"),
+                    ("Pacific/Guadalcanal", "Pacific/Guadalcanal"),
+                    ("Pacific/Guam", "Pacific/Guam"),
+                    ("Pacific/Honolulu", "Pacific/Honolulu"),
+                    ("Pacific/Johnston", "Pacific/Johnston"),
+                    ("Pacific/Kanton", "Pacific/Kanton"),
+                    ("Pacific/Kiritimati", "Pacific/Kiritimati"),
+                    ("Pacific/Kosrae", "Pacific/Kosrae"),
+                    ("Pacific/Kwajalein", "Pacific/Kwajalein"),
+                    ("Pacific/Majuro", "Pacific/Majuro"),
+                    ("Pacific/Marquesas", "Pacific/Marquesas"),
+                    ("Pacific/Midway", "Pacific/Midway"),
+                    ("Pacific/Nauru", "Pacific/Nauru"),
+                    ("Pacific/Niue", "Pacific/Niue"),
+                    ("Pacific/Norfolk", "Pacific/Norfolk"),
+                    ("Pacific/Noumea", "Pacific/Noumea"),
+                    ("Pacific/Pago_Pago", "Pacific/Pago_Pago"),
+                    ("Pacific/Palau", "Pacific/Palau"),
+                    ("Pacific/Pitcairn", "Pacific/Pitcairn"),
+                    ("Pacific/Pohnpei", "Pacific/Pohnpei"),
+                    ("Pacific/Ponape", "Pacific/Ponape"),
+                    ("Pacific/Port_Moresby", "Pacific/Port_Moresby"),
+                    ("Pacific/Rarotonga", "Pacific/Rarotonga"),
+                    ("Pacific/Saipan", "Pacific/Saipan"),
+                    ("Pacific/Samoa", "Pacific/Samoa"),
+                    ("Pacific/Tahiti", "Pacific/Tahiti"),
+                    ("Pacific/Tarawa", "Pacific/Tarawa"),
+                    ("Pacific/Tongatapu", "Pacific/Tongatapu"),
+                    ("Pacific/Truk", "Pacific/Truk"),
+                    ("Pacific/Wake", "Pacific/Wake"),
+                    ("Pacific/Wallis", "Pacific/Wallis"),
+                    ("Pacific/Yap", "Pacific/Yap"),
+                    ("Poland", "Poland"),
+                    ("Portugal", "Portugal"),
+                    ("ROC", "ROC"),
+                    ("ROK", "ROK"),
+                    ("Singapore", "Singapore"),
+                    ("Turkey", "Turkey"),
+                    ("UCT", "UCT"),
+                    ("US/Alaska", "US/Alaska"),
+                    ("US/Aleutian", "US/Aleutian"),
+                    ("US/Arizona", "US/Arizona"),
+                    ("US/Central", "US/Central"),
+                    ("US/East-Indiana", "US/East-Indiana"),
+                    ("US/Eastern", "US/Eastern"),
+                    ("US/Hawaii", "US/Hawaii"),
+                    ("US/Indiana-Starke", "US/Indiana-Starke"),
+                    ("US/Michigan", "US/Michigan"),
+                    ("US/Mountain", "US/Mountain"),
+                    ("US/Pacific", "US/Pacific"),
+                    ("US/Samoa", "US/Samoa"),
+                    ("UTC", "UTC"),
+                    ("Universal", "Universal"),
+                    ("W-SU", "W-SU"),
+                    ("WET", "WET"),
+                    ("Zulu", "Zulu"),
+                ],
+                default="UTC",
+                max_length=255,
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddConstraint(
+            model_name="notification",
+            constraint=models.CheckConstraint(
+                check=models.Q(
+                    (
+                        "notification_type__in",
+                        [
+                            "FAVORITE",
+                            "REPLY",
+                            "MENTION",
+                            "TAG",
+                            "FOLLOW",
+                            "FOLLOW_REQUEST",
+                            "BOOST",
+                            "IMPORT",
+                            "ADD",
+                            "REPORT",
+                            "INVITE",
+                            "ACCEPT",
+                            "JOIN",
+                            "LEAVE",
+                            "REMOVE",
+                        ],
+                    )
+                ),
+                name="notification_type_valid",
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="groupmemberinvitation",
+            name="group",
+            field=models.ForeignKey(
+                on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                related_name="user_invitations",
+                to="bookwyrm.group",
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="groupmemberinvitation",
+            name="user",
+            field=models.ForeignKey(
+                on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                related_name="group_invitations",
+                to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL,
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="groupmember",
+            name="group",
+            field=models.ForeignKey(
+                on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                related_name="memberships",
+                to="bookwyrm.group",
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="groupmember",
+            name="user",
+            field=models.ForeignKey(
+                on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                related_name="memberships",
+                to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL,
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="group",
+            name="user",
+            field=bookwyrm.models.fields.ForeignKey(
+                on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="list",
+            name="group",
+            field=models.ForeignKey(
+                blank=True,
+                default=None,
+                null=True,
+                on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL,
+                to="bookwyrm.group",
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="notification",
+            name="related_group",
+            field=models.ForeignKey(
+                null=True,
+                on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                related_name="notifications",
+                to="bookwyrm.group",
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddConstraint(
+            model_name="groupmemberinvitation",
+            constraint=models.UniqueConstraint(
+                fields=("group", "user"), name="unique_invitation"
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddConstraint(
+            model_name="groupmember",
+            constraint=models.UniqueConstraint(
+                fields=("group", "user"), name="unique_membership"
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/bookwyrm/migrations/0111_merge_0107_auto_20211016_0639_0110_auto_20211015_1734.py b/bookwyrm/migrations/0111_merge_0107_auto_20211016_0639_0110_auto_20211015_1734.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5f316c13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/migrations/0111_merge_0107_auto_20211016_0639_0110_auto_20211015_1734.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.5 on 2021-10-16 19:30
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("bookwyrm", "0107_auto_20211016_0639"),
+        ("bookwyrm", "0110_auto_20211015_1734"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = []
diff --git a/bookwyrm/models/__init__.py b/bookwyrm/models/__init__.py
index bffd62b45..c5ea44e0a 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/models/__init__.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/models/__init__.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ from .relationship import UserFollows, UserFollowRequest, UserBlocks
 from .report import Report, ReportComment
 from .federated_server import FederatedServer
 
+from .group import Group, GroupMember, GroupMemberInvitation
+
 from .import_job import ImportJob, ImportItem
 
 from .site import SiteSettings, SiteInvite
diff --git a/bookwyrm/models/base_model.py b/bookwyrm/models/base_model.py
index 07f6b0d5c..f62678f7e 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/models/base_model.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/models/base_model.py
@@ -78,7 +78,24 @@ class BookWyrmModel(models.Model):
                 self.privacy in ["direct", "followers"]
                 and self.mention_users.filter(id=viewer.id).first()
             ):
+
                 return
+
+        # you can see groups of which you are a member
+        if (
+            hasattr(self, "memberships")
+            and self.memberships.filter(user=viewer).exists()
+        ):
+            return
+
+        # you can see objects which have a group of which you are a member
+        if hasattr(self, "group"):
+            if (
+                hasattr(self.group, "memberships")
+                and self.group.memberships.filter(user=viewer).exists()
+            ):
+                return
+
         raise Http404()
 
     def raise_not_editable(self, viewer):
diff --git a/bookwyrm/models/group.py b/bookwyrm/models/group.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..552e2c287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/models/group.py
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+""" do book related things with other users """
+from django.apps import apps
+from django.db import models, IntegrityError, transaction
+from django.db.models import Q
+from bookwyrm.settings import DOMAIN
+from .base_model import BookWyrmModel
+from . import fields
+from .relationship import UserBlocks
+
+
+class Group(BookWyrmModel):
+    """A group of users"""
+
+    name = fields.CharField(max_length=100)
+    user = fields.ForeignKey("User", on_delete=models.CASCADE)
+    description = fields.TextField(blank=True, null=True)
+    privacy = fields.PrivacyField()
+
+    def get_remote_id(self):
+        """don't want the user to be in there in this case"""
+        return f"https://{DOMAIN}/group/{self.id}"
+
+    @classmethod
+    def followers_filter(cls, queryset, viewer):
+        """Override filter for "followers" privacy level to allow non-following
+        group members to see the existence of groups and group lists"""
+
+        return queryset.exclude(
+            ~Q(  # user is not a group member
+                Q(user__followers=viewer) | Q(user=viewer) | Q(memberships__user=viewer)
+            ),
+            privacy="followers",  # and the status of the group is followers only
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def direct_filter(cls, queryset, viewer):
+        """Override filter for "direct" privacy level to allow group members
+        to see the existence of groups and group lists"""
+
+        return queryset.exclude(~Q(memberships__user=viewer), privacy="direct")
+
+
+class GroupMember(models.Model):
+    """Users who are members of a group"""
+
+    created_date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+    updated_date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
+    group = models.ForeignKey(
+        "Group", on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name="memberships"
+    )
+    user = models.ForeignKey(
+        "User", on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name="memberships"
+    )
+
+    class Meta:
+        """Users can only have one membership per group"""
+
+        constraints = [
+            models.UniqueConstraint(fields=["group", "user"], name="unique_membership")
+        ]
+
+    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """don't let a user invite someone who blocked them"""
+        # blocking in either direction is a no-go
+        if UserBlocks.objects.filter(
+            Q(
+                user_subject=self.group.user,
+                user_object=self.user,
+            )
+            | Q(
+                user_subject=self.user,
+                user_object=self.group.user,
+            )
+        ).exists():
+            raise IntegrityError()
+        # accepts and requests are handled by the GroupInvitation model
+        super().save(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_request(cls, join_request):
+        """converts a join request into a member relationship"""
+
+        # remove the invite
+        join_request.delete()
+
+        # make a group member
+        return cls.objects.create(
+            user=join_request.user,
+            group=join_request.group,
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def remove(cls, owner, user):
+        """remove a user from a group"""
+
+        memberships = cls.objects.filter(group__user=owner, user=user).all()
+        for member in memberships:
+            member.delete()
+
+
+class GroupMemberInvitation(models.Model):
+    """adding a user to a group requires manual confirmation"""
+
+    created_date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+    group = models.ForeignKey(
+        "Group", on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name="user_invitations"
+    )
+    user = models.ForeignKey(
+        "User", on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name="group_invitations"
+    )
+
+    class Meta:
+        """Users can only have one outstanding invitation per group"""
+
+        constraints = [
+            models.UniqueConstraint(fields=["group", "user"], name="unique_invitation")
+        ]
+
+    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """make sure the membership doesn't already exist"""
+        # if there's an invitation for a membership that already exists, accept it
+        # without changing the local database state
+        if GroupMember.objects.filter(user=self.user, group=self.group).exists():
+            self.accept()
+            return
+
+        # blocking in either direction is a no-go
+        if UserBlocks.objects.filter(
+            Q(
+                user_subject=self.group.user,
+                user_object=self.user,
+            )
+            | Q(
+                user_subject=self.user,
+                user_object=self.group.user,
+            )
+        ).exists():
+            raise IntegrityError()
+
+        # make an invitation
+        super().save(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        # now send the invite
+        model = apps.get_model("bookwyrm.Notification", require_ready=True)
+        notification_type = "INVITE"
+        model.objects.create(
+            user=self.user,
+            related_user=self.group.user,
+            related_group=self.group,
+            notification_type=notification_type,
+        )
+
+    def accept(self):
+        """turn this request into the real deal"""
+
+        with transaction.atomic():
+            GroupMember.from_request(self)
+
+            model = apps.get_model("bookwyrm.Notification", require_ready=True)
+            # tell the group owner
+            model.objects.create(
+                user=self.group.user,
+                related_user=self.user,
+                related_group=self.group,
+                notification_type="ACCEPT",
+            )
+
+            # let the other members know about it
+            for membership in self.group.memberships.all():
+                member = membership.user
+                if member not in (self.user, self.group.user):
+                    model.objects.create(
+                        user=member,
+                        related_user=self.user,
+                        related_group=self.group,
+                        notification_type="JOIN",
+                    )
+
+    def reject(self):
+        """generate a Reject for this membership request"""
+
+        self.delete()
diff --git a/bookwyrm/models/list.py b/bookwyrm/models/list.py
index 022a0d981..978a7a9b3 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/models/list.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/models/list.py
@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
 """ make a list of books!! """
 from django.apps import apps
 from django.db import models
+from django.db.models import Q
 from django.utils import timezone
 
 from bookwyrm import activitypub
 from bookwyrm.settings import DOMAIN
+
 from .activitypub_mixin import CollectionItemMixin, OrderedCollectionMixin
 from .base_model import BookWyrmModel
+from .group import GroupMember
 from . import fields
 
-
 CurationType = models.TextChoices(
     "Curation",
-    [
-        "closed",
-        "open",
-        "curated",
-    ],
+    ["closed", "open", "curated", "group"],
 )
 
 
@@ -32,6 +30,13 @@ class List(OrderedCollectionMixin, BookWyrmModel):
     curation = fields.CharField(
         max_length=255, default="closed", choices=CurationType.choices
     )
+    group = models.ForeignKey(
+        "Group",
+        on_delete=models.SET_NULL,
+        default=None,
+        blank=True,
+        null=True,
+    )
     books = models.ManyToManyField(
         "Edition",
         symmetrical=False,
@@ -54,6 +59,52 @@ class List(OrderedCollectionMixin, BookWyrmModel):
 
         ordering = ("-updated_date",)
 
+    def raise_not_editable(self, viewer):
+        """the associated user OR the list owner can edit"""
+        if self.user == viewer:
+            return
+        # group members can edit items in group lists
+        is_group_member = GroupMember.objects.filter(
+            group=self.group, user=viewer
+        ).exists()
+        if is_group_member:
+            return
+        super().raise_not_editable(viewer)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def followers_filter(cls, queryset, viewer):
+        """Override filter for "followers" privacy level to allow non-following
+        group members to see the existence of group lists"""
+
+        return queryset.exclude(
+            ~Q(  # user isn't following or group member
+                Q(user__followers=viewer)
+                | Q(user=viewer)
+                | Q(group__memberships__user=viewer)
+            ),
+            privacy="followers",  # and the status (of the list) is followers only
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def direct_filter(cls, queryset, viewer):
+        """Override filter for "direct" privacy level to allow
+        group members to see the existence of group lists"""
+
+        return queryset.exclude(
+            ~Q(  # user not self and not in the group if this is a group list
+                Q(user=viewer) | Q(group__memberships__user=viewer)
+            ),
+            privacy="direct",
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def remove_from_group(cls, owner, user):
+        """remove a list from a group"""
+
+        cls.objects.filter(group__user=owner, user=user).all().update(
+            group=None, curation="closed"
+        )
+
 
 class ListItem(CollectionItemMixin, BookWyrmModel):
     """ok"""
@@ -82,9 +133,9 @@ class ListItem(CollectionItemMixin, BookWyrmModel):
         self.book_list.save(broadcast=False)
 
         list_owner = self.book_list.user
+        model = apps.get_model("bookwyrm.Notification", require_ready=True)
         # create a notification if somoene ELSE added to a local user's list
         if created and list_owner.local and list_owner != self.user:
-            model = apps.get_model("bookwyrm.Notification", require_ready=True)
             model.objects.create(
                 user=list_owner,
                 related_user=self.user,
@@ -92,10 +143,26 @@ class ListItem(CollectionItemMixin, BookWyrmModel):
                 notification_type="ADD",
             )
 
+        if self.book_list.group:
+            for membership in self.book_list.group.memberships.all():
+                if membership.user != self.user:
+                    model.objects.create(
+                        user=membership.user,
+                        related_user=self.user,
+                        related_list_item=self,
+                        notification_type="ADD",
+                    )
+
     def raise_not_deletable(self, viewer):
         """the associated user OR the list owner can delete"""
         if self.book_list.user == viewer:
             return
+        # group members can delete items in group lists
+        is_group_member = GroupMember.objects.filter(
+            group=self.book_list.group, user=viewer
+        ).exists()
+        if is_group_member:
+            return
         super().raise_not_deletable(viewer)
 
     class Meta:
diff --git a/bookwyrm/models/notification.py b/bookwyrm/models/notification.py
index a4968f61f..b15b95c2c 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/models/notification.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/models/notification.py
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ from django.dispatch import receiver
 from .base_model import BookWyrmModel
 from . import Boost, Favorite, ImportJob, Report, Status, User
 
-
+# pylint: disable=line-too-long
 NotificationType = models.TextChoices(
     "NotificationType",
-    "FAVORITE REPLY MENTION TAG FOLLOW FOLLOW_REQUEST BOOST IMPORT ADD REPORT",
+    "FAVORITE REPLY MENTION TAG FOLLOW FOLLOW_REQUEST BOOST IMPORT ADD REPORT INVITE ACCEPT JOIN LEAVE REMOVE",
 )
 
 
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ class Notification(BookWyrmModel):
     related_user = models.ForeignKey(
         "User", on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True, related_name="related_user"
     )
+    related_group = models.ForeignKey(
+        "Group", on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True, related_name="notifications"
+    )
     related_status = models.ForeignKey("Status", on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True)
     related_import = models.ForeignKey("ImportJob", on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True)
     related_list_item = models.ForeignKey(
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ class Notification(BookWyrmModel):
             user=self.user,
             related_book=self.related_book,
             related_user=self.related_user,
+            related_group=self.related_group,
             related_status=self.related_status,
             related_import=self.related_import,
             related_list_item=self.related_list_item,
diff --git a/bookwyrm/static/js/bookwyrm.js b/bookwyrm/static/js/bookwyrm.js
index f000fd082..2d5b88adc 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/static/js/bookwyrm.js
+++ b/bookwyrm/static/js/bookwyrm.js
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ let BookWyrm = new class {
                 this.revealForm.bind(this))
             );
 
+        document.querySelectorAll('[data-hides]')
+            .forEach(button => button.addEventListener(
+                'change',
+                this.hideForm.bind(this))
+            );
+
         document.querySelectorAll('[data-back]')
             .forEach(button => button.addEventListener(
                 'click',
@@ -119,8 +125,8 @@ let BookWyrm = new class {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Toggle form.
-     *
+     * Show form.
+     * 
      * @param  {Event} event
      * @return {undefined}
      */
@@ -128,7 +134,23 @@ let BookWyrm = new class {
         let trigger = event.currentTarget;
         let hidden = trigger.closest('.hidden-form').querySelectorAll('.is-hidden')[0];
 
-        this.addRemoveClass(hidden, 'is-hidden', !hidden);
+        if (hidden) {
+            this.addRemoveClass(hidden, 'is-hidden', !hidden);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Hide form.
+     *
+     * @param  {Event} event
+     * @return {undefined}
+     */
+    hideForm(event) {
+        let trigger = event.currentTarget;
+        let targetId = trigger.dataset.hides
+        let visible = document.getElementById(targetId)
+
+        this.addRemoveClass(visible, 'is-hidden', true);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -227,7 +249,7 @@ let BookWyrm = new class {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Check or uncheck a checbox.
+     * Check or uncheck a checkbox.
      *
      * @param  {string}  checkbox - id of the checkbox
      * @param  {boolean} pressed  - Is the trigger pressed?
diff --git a/bookwyrm/suggested_users.py b/bookwyrm/suggested_users.py
index aa53fcb25..86c181a28 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/suggested_users.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/suggested_users.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class SuggestedUsers(RedisStore):
         """take a user out of someone's suggestions"""
         self.bulk_remove_objects_from_store([suggested_user], self.store_id(user))
 
-    def get_suggestions(self, user):
+    def get_suggestions(self, user, local=False):
         """get suggestions"""
         values = self.get_store(self.store_id(user), withscores=True)
         results = []
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ class SuggestedUsers(RedisStore):
                 logger.exception(err)
                 continue
             user.mutuals = counts["mutuals"]
-            # user.shared_books = counts["shared_books"]
-            results.append(user)
+            if (local and user.local) or not local:
+                results.append(user)
             if len(results) >= 5:
                 break
         return results
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/groups/create_form.html b/bookwyrm/templates/groups/create_form.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dbb8ad88b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/groups/create_form.html
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{% extends 'components/inline_form.html' %}
+{% load i18n %}
+
+{% block header %}
+{% trans "Create Group" %}
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block form %}
+<form name="create-group" method="post" action="{% url 'user-groups' request.user.username %}">
+    {% include 'groups/form.html' with group_form=group_form %}
+</form>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/groups/created_text.html b/bookwyrm/templates/groups/created_text.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e6ce513d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/groups/created_text.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{% load i18n %}
+{% spaceless %}
+
+{% blocktrans with username=group.user.display_name path=group.user.local_path %}Managed by <a href="{{ path }}">{{ username }}</a>{% endblocktrans %}
+
+{% endspaceless %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/groups/delete_group_modal.html b/bookwyrm/templates/groups/delete_group_modal.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4bb87ed9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/groups/delete_group_modal.html
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{% extends 'components/modal.html' %}
+{% load i18n %}
+
+{% block modal-title %}{% trans "Delete this group?" %}{% endblock %}
+
+{% block modal-body %}
+{% trans "This action cannot be un-done" %}
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block modal-footer %}
+<form name="delete-group-{{ group.id }}" action="{% url 'delete-group' group.id %}" method="POST">
+    {% csrf_token %}
+    <input type="hidden" name="id" value="{{ group.id }}">
+    <button class="button is-danger" type="submit">
+        {% trans "Delete" %}
+    </button>
+    {% trans "Cancel" as button_text %}
+    {% include 'snippets/toggle/toggle_button.html' with text=button_text controls_text="delete_group" controls_uid=group.id %}
+</form>
+{% endblock %}
+
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/groups/edit_form.html b/bookwyrm/templates/groups/edit_form.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c58dc77e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/groups/edit_form.html
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{% extends 'components/inline_form.html' %}
+{% load i18n %}
+
+{% block header %}
+{% trans "Edit Group" %}
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block form %}
+<form name="edit-group" method="post" action="{% url 'group' group.id %}">
+    {% include 'groups/form.html' %}
+</form>
+{% include "groups/delete_group_modal.html" with controls_text="delete_group" controls_uid=group.id %}
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/groups/find_users.html b/bookwyrm/templates/groups/find_users.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..377e3a0b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/groups/find_users.html
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{% extends 'groups/group.html' %}
+{% load i18n %}
+
+{% block searchresults %}
+    <h2 class="title is-5">
+        {% trans "Add new members!" %}
+    </h2>
+    {% include 'groups/suggested_users.html' with suggested_users=suggested_users %}
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/groups/form.html b/bookwyrm/templates/groups/form.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1281172b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/groups/form.html
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{% load i18n %}
+{% csrf_token %}
+
+<div class="columns">
+    <div class="column is-two-thirds">
+        <input type="hidden" name="user" value="{{ request.user.id }}" />
+        <input type="hidden" name="privacy" value="public" />
+        <div class="field">
+            <label class="label" for="id_name">{% trans "Group Name:" %}</label>
+            {{ group_form.name }}
+        </div>
+        <div class="field">
+            <label class="label" for="id_description">{% trans "Group Description:" %}</label>
+            {{ group_form.description }}
+        </div>
+    </div>
+</div>
+<div class="columns is-mobile">
+    <div class="column">
+        <div class="field has-addons">
+            <div class="control">
+                {% include 'snippets/privacy_select.html' with current=group.privacy %}
+            </div>
+            <div class="control">
+                <button type="submit" class="button is-primary">{% trans "Save" %}</button>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+    {% if group.id %}
+    <div class="column is-narrow">
+        {% trans "Delete group" as button_text %}
+        {% include 'snippets/toggle/toggle_button.html' with class="is-danger" text=button_text icon_with_text="x" controls_text="delete_group" controls_uid=group.id focus="modal_title_delete_group" %}
+    </div>
+    {% endif %}
+</div>
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/groups/group.html b/bookwyrm/templates/groups/group.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f25a1f270
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/groups/group.html
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+{% extends 'groups/layout.html' %}
+{% load i18n %}
+{% load bookwyrm_tags %}
+{% load markdown %}
+
+{% block panel %}
+
+<div class="columns mt-3">
+    <section class="column is-three-quarters">
+
+        {% if group.user == request.user %}
+        <div class="block">
+            <form class="field has-addons" method="get" action="{% url 'group-find-users' group.id %}">
+                <div class="control">
+                    <input type="text" name="user_query" value="{{ request.GET.user_query }}" class="input" placeholder="{% trans 'Search to add a user' %}" aria-label="{% trans 'Search to add a user' %}">
+                </div>
+                <div class="control">
+                    <button class="button" type="submit">
+                        <span class="icon icon-search" title="{% trans 'Search' %}">
+                            <span class="is-sr-only">{% trans "Search" %}</span>
+                        </span>
+                    </button>
+                </div>
+            </form>
+        </div>
+        {% endif %}
+
+        {% block searchresults %}
+        {% endblock %}
+        <div class="mb-2">
+            {% include "groups/members.html"  with group=group %}
+        </div>
+
+        <h2 class="title is-5">Lists</h2>
+        {% if not lists %}
+        <p>{% trans "This group has no lists" %}</p>
+        {% else %}
+
+        <div class="columns is-multiline">
+            {% for list in lists %}
+            <div class="column is-one-third">
+                <div class="card is-stretchable">
+                    <header class="card-header">
+                        <h4 class="card-header-title">
+                            <a href="{{ list.local_path }}">{{ list.name }}</a> <span class="subtitle">{% include 'snippets/privacy-icons.html' with item=list %}</span>
+                        </h4>
+                    </header>
+        
+                    {% with list_books=list.listitem_set.all|slice:5 %}
+                        {% if list_books %}
+                            <div class="card-image columns is-mobile is-gapless is-clipped">
+                                {% for book in list_books %}
+                                    <a class="column is-cover" href="{{ book.book.local_path }}">
+                                        {% include 'snippets/book_cover.html' with book=book.book cover_class='is-h-s' size='small' aria='show' %}
+                                    </a>
+                                {% endfor %}
+                            </div>
+                        {% endif %}
+                    {% endwith %}
+        
+                    <div class="card-content is-flex-grow-0">
+                        <div class="is-clipped" {% if list.description %}title="{{ list.description }}"{% endif %}>
+                        {% if list.description %}
+                            {{ list.description|to_markdown|safe|truncatechars_html:30 }}
+                        {% else %}
+                        &nbsp;
+                        {% endif %}
+                        </div>
+                        <p class="subtitle help">
+                            {% include 'lists/created_text.html' with list=list %}
+                        </p>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+            {% endfor %}
+        </div>
+
+        {% endif %}
+        {% include "snippets/pagination.html" with page=items %}
+    </section>
+</div>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/groups/layout.html b/bookwyrm/templates/groups/layout.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f558f169a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/groups/layout.html
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{% extends 'layout.html' %}
+{% load i18n %}
+
+{% block title %}{{ group.name }}{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<header class="columns content is-mobile">
+    <div class="column">
+        <h1 class="title">{{ group.name }} <span class="subtitle">{% include 'snippets/privacy-icons.html' with item=group %}</span></h1>
+        <p class="subtitle help">
+            {% include 'groups/created_text.html' with group=group %}
+        </p>
+    </div>
+    <div class="column is-narrow is-flex">
+        {% if request.user == group.user %}
+            {% trans "Edit group" as button_text %}
+            {% include 'snippets/toggle/open_button.html' with text=button_text icon_with_text="pencil" controls_text="edit_group" focus="edit_group_header" %}
+        {% endif %}
+    </div>
+</header>
+
+<div class="block content">
+    {% include 'snippets/trimmed_text.html' with full=group.description %}
+</div>
+
+<div class="block">
+    {% include 'groups/edit_form.html' with controls_text="edit_group" %}
+</div>
+
+{% block panel %}{% endblock %}
+
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/groups/members.html b/bookwyrm/templates/groups/members.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..719674d89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/groups/members.html
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{% load i18n %}
+{% load utilities %}
+{% load humanize %}
+{% load bookwyrm_tags %}
+{% load bookwyrm_group_tags %}
+
+<h2 class="title is-5">Group Members</h2>
+<p class="subtitle is-6">{% trans "Members can add and remove books on a group's book lists" %}</p>
+
+{% if group.user != request.user and group|is_member:request.user %}
+<form action="{% url 'remove-group-member' %}" method="POST" class="my-4">
+    {% csrf_token %}
+    <input type="hidden" name="group" value="{{ group.id }}">
+    <input type="hidden" name="user" value="{{ user.username }}">
+    <button id="remove_self_button" class="button is-small is-danger is-light is-hidden" type="submit">
+        {% trans "Confirm" %}
+    </button>
+    <button id="hide_remove_self_button" data-controls="remove_self_button" class="button is-small" type="button" aria-pressed="false">
+        {% trans "Leave group" %}
+    </button>
+</form>
+{% endif %}
+
+<div class="is-multiline is-flex is-flex-grow-0 is-flex-wrap-wrap">
+    {% for membership in group.memberships.all %}
+    {% with member=membership.user %}
+    <div class="box has-text-centered is-shadowless has-background-white-bis my-2 mx-2 member_{{ member.id }}">
+        <a href="{{ member.local_path }}" class="has-text-black">
+            {% include 'snippets/avatar.html' with user=member large=True %}
+            <span title="{{ member.display_name }}" class="is-block is-6 has-text-weight-bold">{{ member.display_name|truncatechars:10 }}</span>
+            <span title="@{{ member|username }}" class="is-block pb-3">@{{ member|username|truncatechars:8 }}</span>
+        </a>
+        {% if group.user == member %}
+        <span class="icon icon-star-full" title="Manager">
+            <span class="is-sr-only">Manager</span>
+        </span>
+        {% endif %}
+        {% include 'snippets/remove_from_group_button.html' with user=member group=group %}
+        {% if request.user in member.following.all %}
+        <p class="help">
+            {% trans "Follows you" %}
+        </p>
+        {% endif %}
+    </div>
+    {% endwith %}
+    {% endfor %}
+</div>
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/groups/suggested_users.html b/bookwyrm/templates/groups/suggested_users.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..951e7bf05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/groups/suggested_users.html
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{% load i18n %}
+{% load utilities %}
+{% load humanize %}
+
+{% if suggested_users %}
+    <div class="column is-flex is-flex-grow-0">
+        {% for user in suggested_users %}
+        <div class="box has-text-centered is-shadowless has-background-white-bis m-2">
+            <a href="{{ user.local_path }}" class="has-text-black">
+                {% include 'snippets/avatar.html' with user=user large=True %}
+                <span title="{{ user.display_name }}" class="is-block is-6 has-text-weight-bold">{{ user.display_name|truncatechars:10 }}</span>
+                <span title="@{{ user|username }}" class="is-block pb-3">@{{ user|username|truncatechars:8 }}</span>
+            </a>
+            {% include 'snippets/add_to_group_button.html' with user=user group=group %}
+            {% if user.mutuals %}
+            <p class="help">
+                {% blocktrans trimmed with mutuals=user.mutuals|intcomma count counter=user.mutuals %}
+                {{ mutuals }} follower you follow
+                {% plural %}
+                {{ mutuals }} followers you follow{% endblocktrans %}
+            </p>
+            {% elif user.shared_books %}
+            <p class="help">
+                {% blocktrans trimmed with shared_books=user.shared_books|intcomma count counter=user.shared_books %}
+                {{ shared_books }} book on your shelves
+                {% plural %}
+                {{ shared_books }} books on your shelves
+                {% endblocktrans %}
+            </p>
+            {% elif request.user in user.following.all %}
+            <p class="help">
+                {% trans "Follows you" %}
+            </p>
+            {% endif %}
+        </div>
+        {% endfor %}
+    </div>
+    {% else %}
+    <p>No potential members found for "{{ user_query }}"</p>
+    <br/>
+
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/groups/user_groups.html b/bookwyrm/templates/groups/user_groups.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc27ce42d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/groups/user_groups.html
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{% load i18n %}
+{% load markdown %}
+{% load interaction %}
+
+<div class="columns is-multiline">
+    {% for group in groups %}
+    <div class="column is-one-quarter">
+        <div class="card is-stretchable">
+            <header class="card-header">
+                <h4 class="card-header-title">
+                    <a href="{{ group.local_path }}">{{ group.name }}</a> <span class="subtitle">{% include 'snippets/privacy-icons.html' with item=group %}</span>
+                </h4>
+                {% if group.user == user %}
+                <div class="card-header-icon">
+                    {% trans "Manager" as text %}
+                    <span class="icon icon-star-full has-text-grey" title="{{ text }}">
+                        <span class="is-sr-only">{{ text }}</span>
+                    </span>
+                </div>
+                {% endif %}
+            </header>
+
+            <div class="card-content is-flex-grow-0">
+                <div class="is-clipped" {% if group.description %}title="{{ group.description }}"{% endif %}>
+                {% if group.description %}
+                    {{ group.description|to_markdown|safe|truncatechars_html:30 }}
+                {% else %}
+                &nbsp;
+                {% endif %}
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+    {% endfor %}
+</div>
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/lists/create_form.html b/bookwyrm/templates/lists/create_form.html
index 6a42a90a5..447c0f6bf 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/lists/create_form.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/lists/create_form.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block form %}
-    <form name="create-list" method="post" action="{% url 'lists' %}">
+<form name="create-list" method="post" action="{% url 'lists' %}">
     {% include 'lists/form.html' %}
 </form>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/lists/created_text.html b/bookwyrm/templates/lists/created_text.html
index eee5a75f2..f5405b64a 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/lists/created_text.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/lists/created_text.html
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 {% load i18n %}
 {% spaceless %}
 
-{% if list.curation != 'open' %}
+{% if list.curation == 'group' %}
+{% blocktrans with username=list.user.display_name userpath=list.user.local_path groupname=list.group.name grouppath=list.group.local_path %}Created by <a href="{{ userpath }}">{{ username }}</a> and managed by <a href="{{ grouppath }}">{{ groupname }}</a>{% endblocktrans %}
+{% elif list.curation != 'open' %}
 {% blocktrans with username=list.user.display_name path=list.user.local_path %}Created and curated by <a href="{{ path }}">{{ username }}</a>{% endblocktrans %}
 {% else %}
 {% blocktrans with username=list.user.display_name path=list.user.local_path %}Created by <a href="{{ path }}">{{ username }}</a>{% endblocktrans %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/lists/form.html b/bookwyrm/templates/lists/form.html
index 336f1a8f8..25dc01e63 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/lists/form.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/lists/form.html
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {% load i18n %}
 {% csrf_token %}
+{% load utilities %}
 <input type="hidden" name="user" value="{{ request.user.id }}">
 
 <div class="columns">
@@ -17,20 +18,50 @@
         <fieldset class="field">
             <legend class="label">{% trans "List curation:" %}</legend>
 
-            <label class="field">
+            <label class="field" data-hides="list_group_selector">
                 <input type="radio" name="curation" value="closed"{% if not list or list.curation == 'closed' %} checked{% endif %}> {% trans "Closed" %}
                 <p class="help mb-2">{% trans "Only you can add and remove books to this list" %}</p>
             </label>
 
-            <label class="field">
+            <label class="field" data-hides="list_group_selector">
                 <input type="radio" name="curation" value="curated"{% if list.curation == 'curated' %} checked{% endif %}> {% trans "Curated" %}
                 <p class="help mb-2">{% trans "Anyone can suggest books, subject to your approval" %}</p>
             </label>
 
-            <label class="field">
+            <label class="field" data-hides="list_group_selector">
                 <input type="radio" name="curation" value="open"{% if list.curation == 'open' %} checked{% endif %}> {% trans "Open" context "curation type"  %}
                 <p class="help mb-2">{% trans "Anyone can add books to this list" %}</p>
             </label>
+
+            <label class="field hidden-form">
+                <input type="radio" name="curation" value="group"{% if list.curation == 'group' %} checked{% endif %} > {% trans "Group" %}
+                <p class="help mb-2">{% trans "Group members can add to and remove from this list" %}</p>
+                <fieldset class="{% if list.curation != 'group' %}is-hidden{% endif %}" id="list_group_selector">
+                {% if user.memberships.exists %}
+                    <label class="label" for="id_group" id="group">{% trans "Select Group" %}</label>
+                    <div class="field has-addons">
+                        <div class="select control">
+                            <select name="group" id="id_group">
+                                <option value="" disabled {% if not list.group %} selected{% endif %}>{% trans "Select a group" %}</option>
+                                {% for membership in user.memberships.all %}
+                                <option value="{{ membership.group.id }}" {% if list.group.id == membership.group.id %} selected{% endif %}>{{ membership.group.name }}</option>
+                                {% endfor %}
+                            </select>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                {% else %}
+                    {% with user|username as username %}
+                    {% url 'user-groups' user|username as url %}
+                    <div>
+                        <p>{% trans "You don't have any Groups yet!" %}</p>
+                        <p>
+                            <a class="help has-text-weight-normal" href="{{ url }}">{% trans "Create a Group" %}</a>
+                        </p>
+                    </div>
+                    {% endwith %}
+                {% endif %}
+                </fieldset>
+            </label>
         </fieldset>
     </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/lists/layout.html b/bookwyrm/templates/lists/layout.html
index 68abafc09..6e772221a 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/lists/layout.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/lists/layout.html
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
 </div>
 
 <div class="block">
-    {% include 'lists/edit_form.html' with controls_text="edit_list" %}
+    {% if request.user == list.user %}
+        {% include 'lists/edit_form.html' with controls_text="edit_list" user_groups=user_groups %}
+    {% endif %}
 </div>
 
 {% block panel %}{% endblock %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/lists/list.html b/bookwyrm/templates/lists/list.html
index dbee2f1f5..61e31c06e 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/lists/list.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/lists/list.html
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {% extends 'lists/layout.html' %}
 {% load i18n %}
 {% load bookwyrm_tags %}
+{% load bookwyrm_group_tags %}
 {% load markdown %}
 
 {% block panel %}
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@
     <section class="column is-three-quarters">
         {% if request.GET.updated %}
         <div class="notification is-primary">
-            {% if list.curation != "open" and request.user != list.user %}
+            {% if list.curation != "open" and request.user != list.user and not list.group|is_member:request.user %}
             {% trans "You successfully suggested a book for this list!" %}
             {% else %}
             {% trans "You successfully added a book to this list!" %}
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@
                             <p>{% blocktrans with username=item.user.display_name user_path=item.user.local_path %}Added by <a href="{{ user_path }}">{{ username }}</a>{% endblocktrans %}</p>
                             </div>
                         </div>
-                        {% if list.user == request.user %}
+                        {% if list.user == request.user or list.group|is_member:request.user %}
                         <div class="card-footer-item">
                             <form name="set-position" method="post" action="{% url 'list-set-book-position' item.id %}">
                                 {% csrf_token %}
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@
                             </form>
                         </div>
                         {% endif %}
-                        {% if list.user == request.user or list.curation == 'open' and item.user == request.user %}
+                        {% if list.user == request.user or list.curation == 'open' and item.user == request.user or list.group|is_member:request.user %}
                         <form name="remove-book" method="post" action="{% url 'list-remove-book' list.id %}" class="card-footer-item">
                             {% csrf_token %}
                             <input type="hidden" name="item" value="{{ item.id }}">
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@
         </form>
     {% if request.user.is_authenticated and not list.curation == 'closed' or request.user == list.user %}
         <h2 class="title is-5 mt-6">
-            {% if list.curation == 'open' or request.user == list.user %}
+            {% if list.curation == 'open' or request.user == list.user or list.group|is_member:request.user %}
                 {% trans "Add Books" %}
             {% else %}
                 {% trans "Suggest Books" %}
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@
                             {% csrf_token %}
                             <input type="hidden" name="book" value="{{ book.id }}">
                             <input type="hidden" name="list" value="{{ list.id }}">
-                            <button type="submit" class="button is-small is-link">{% if list.curation == 'open' or request.user == list.user %}{% trans "Add" %}{% else %}{% trans "Suggest" %}{% endif %}</button>
+                            <button type="submit" class="button is-small is-link">{% if list.curation == 'open' or request.user == list.user or list.group|is_member:request.user %}{% trans "Add" %}{% else %}{% trans "Suggest" %}{% endif %}</button>
                         </form>
                     </div>
                 </div>
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/lists/lists.html b/bookwyrm/templates/lists/lists.html
index d909f5e81..49091bcf0 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/lists/lists.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/lists/lists.html
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@
     </div>
     {% endif %}
 </header>
-
+{% if request.user.is_authenticated %}
 <div class="block">
     {% include 'lists/create_form.html' with controls_text="create_list" %}
 </div>
+{% endif %}
 
 {% if request.user.is_authenticated %}
 <nav class="tabs">
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/notifications/item.html b/bookwyrm/templates/notifications/item.html
index 348d8950f..3ed43a96a 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/notifications/item.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/notifications/item.html
@@ -17,4 +17,14 @@
     {% include 'notifications/items/add.html' %}
 {% elif notification.notification_type == 'REPORT' %}
     {% include 'notifications/items/report.html' %}
+{% elif notification.notification_type == 'INVITE' %}
+    {% include 'notifications/items/invite.html' %}
+{% elif notification.notification_type == 'ACCEPT' %}
+    {% include 'notifications/items/accept.html' %}
+{% elif notification.notification_type == 'JOIN' %}
+    {% include 'notifications/items/join.html' %}
+{% elif notification.notification_type == 'LEAVE' %}
+    {% include 'notifications/items/leave.html' %}
+{% elif notification.notification_type == 'REMOVE' %}
+    {% include 'notifications/items/remove.html' %}
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/notifications/items/accept.html b/bookwyrm/templates/notifications/items/accept.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..19acab15e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/notifications/items/accept.html
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{% extends 'notifications/items/item_layout.html' %}
+
+{% load i18n %}
+{% load utilities %}
+
+{% block primary_link %}{% spaceless %}
+    {{ notification.related_group.local_path }}
+{% endspaceless %}{% endblock %}
+
+{% block icon %}
+    <span class="icon icon-local"></span>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block description %}
+
+    {% blocktrans with group_name=notification.related_group.name group_path=notification.related_group.local_path %}
+    accepted your invitation to join group "<a href="{{ group_path }}">{{ group_name }}</a>"
+    {% endblocktrans %}
+
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/notifications/items/invite.html b/bookwyrm/templates/notifications/items/invite.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddfa3b345
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/notifications/items/invite.html
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{% extends 'notifications/items/item_layout.html' %}
+
+{% load i18n %}
+{% load utilities %}
+
+{% block primary_link %}{% spaceless %}
+    {{ notification.related_group.local_path }}
+{% endspaceless %}{% endblock %}
+
+{% block icon %}
+<span class="icon icon-local"></span>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block description %}
+{% blocktrans trimmed with group_name=notification.related_group.name group_path=notification.related_group.local_path %} 
+invited you to join the group <a href="{{ group_path }}">{{ group_name }}</a>
+{% endblocktrans %}
+<div class="row shrink">
+    {% include 'snippets/join_invitation_buttons.html' with group=notification.related_group %}
+</div>
+{% endblock %}
+
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/notifications/items/join.html b/bookwyrm/templates/notifications/items/join.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c766806f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/notifications/items/join.html
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{% extends 'notifications/items/item_layout.html' %}
+
+{% load i18n %}
+{% load utilities %}
+
+{% block primary_link %}{% spaceless %}
+    {{ notification.related_group.local_path }}
+{% endspaceless %}{% endblock %}
+
+{% block icon %}
+<span class="icon icon-local"></span>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block description %}
+
+{% blocktrans with group_name=notification.related_group.name group_path=notification.related_group.local_path %}
+has joined your group "<a href="{{ group_path }}">{{ group_name }}</a>"
+{% endblocktrans %}
+
+{% endblock %}
+
+
+
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/notifications/items/leave.html b/bookwyrm/templates/notifications/items/leave.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c7a71b61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/notifications/items/leave.html
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{% extends 'notifications/items/item_layout.html' %}
+
+{% load i18n %}
+{% load utilities %}
+
+{% block primary_link %}{% spaceless %}
+    {{ notification.related_group.local_path }}
+{% endspaceless %}{% endblock %}
+
+{% block icon %}
+    <span class="icon icon-local"></span>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block description %}
+
+    {% blocktrans with group_name=notification.related_group.name group_path=notification.related_group.local_path %}
+    has left your group "<a href="{{ group_path }}">{{ group_name }}</a>"
+    {% endblocktrans %}
+
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/notifications/items/remove.html b/bookwyrm/templates/notifications/items/remove.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ee38b4a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/notifications/items/remove.html
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{% extends 'notifications/items/item_layout.html' %}
+
+{% load i18n %}
+{% load utilities %}
+
+{% block primary_link %}{% spaceless %}
+    {{ notification.related_group.local_path }}
+{% endspaceless %}{% endblock %}
+
+{% block icon %}
+    <span class="icon icon-local"></span>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block description %}
+{% if notification.related_user %}
+
+{% blocktrans with group_name=notification.related_group.name group_path=notification.related_group.local_path %} 
+has been removed from your group "<a href="{{ group_path }}">{{ group_name }}</a>"
+{% endblocktrans %}
+
+{% else %}
+
+    {% blocktrans with group_name=notification.related_group.name group_path=notification.related_group.local_path %}
+    You have been removed from the "<a href="{{ group_path }}">{{ group_name }}</a> group"
+    {% endblocktrans %}
+
+{% endif %}
+{% endblock %}
+
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/add_to_group_button.html b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/add_to_group_button.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2785d7c01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/add_to_group_button.html
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{% load i18n %}
+{% load bookwyrm_group_tags %}
+{% if request.user == user or not request.user == group.user or not request.user.is_authenticated %}
+{% elif user in request.user.blocks.all %}
+{% include 'snippets/block_button.html' with blocks=True %}
+{% else %}
+
+<div class="field mb-0">
+    <div class="control">
+        <form action="{% url 'invite-group-member' %}" method="POST" class="interaction add_{{ user.id }} {% if group|is_member:user or group|is_invited:user %}is-hidden{%endif %}" data-id="add_{{ user.id }}">
+            {% csrf_token %}
+            <input type="hidden" name="group" value="{{ group.id }}">
+            <input type="hidden" name="user" value="{{ user.username }}">
+            <button class="button is-small" type="submit">
+                {% trans "Invite" %}
+            </button>
+        </form>
+        <form action="{% url 'remove-group-member' %}" method="POST" class="interaction add_{{ user.id }} {% if not group|is_member:user and not group|is_invited:user %}is-hidden{% endif %}" data-id="add_{{ user.id }}">
+            {% csrf_token %}
+            <input type="hidden" name="group" value="{{ group.id }}">
+            <input type="hidden" name="user" value="{{ user.username }}">
+            {% if not group|is_member:user %}
+            <button class="button is-small is-danger is-light" type="submit">
+                {% trans "Uninvite" %}
+            </button>
+            {% else %}
+            <button class="button is-small is-danger is-light" type="submit">
+                {% blocktrans with username=user.localname %}Remove @{{ username }}{% endblocktrans %}
+            </button>
+            {% endif %}
+        </form>
+    </div>
+</div>
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/join_invitation_buttons.html b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/join_invitation_buttons.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46c4071d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/join_invitation_buttons.html
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{% load i18n %}
+{% load bookwyrm_group_tags %}
+{% if group|is_invited:request.user %}
+<div class="field is-grouped">
+    <form action="/accept-group-invitation/" method="POST">
+        {% csrf_token %}
+        <input type="hidden" name="group" value="{{ group.id }}">
+        <button class="button is-link is-small" type="submit">{% trans "Accept" %}</button>
+    </form>
+    <form action="/reject-group-invitation/" method="POST">
+        {% csrf_token %}
+        <input type="hidden" name="group" value="{{ group.id }}">
+        <button class="button is-danger is-light is-small" type="submit" class="warning">{% trans "Delete" %}</button>
+    </form>
+</div>
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/remove_from_group_button.html b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/remove_from_group_button.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d1de0dd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/remove_from_group_button.html
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{% load i18n %}
+{% load bookwyrm_group_tags %}
+{% if request.user == user or not request.user == group.user or not request.user.is_authenticated %}
+{% else %}
+{% if user in request.user.blocks.all %}
+{% include 'snippets/block_button.html' with blocks=True %}
+<br/>
+{% endif %}
+<div class="fieldmb-0">
+    <div class="control">
+        <form action="{% url 'remove-group-member' %}" method="POST" class="has-text-centered">
+            {% csrf_token %}
+            <input type="hidden" name="group" value="{{ group.id }}">
+            <input type="hidden" name="user" value="{{ user.username }}">
+            <button id="submit_button" class="button is-small is-danger is-light is-hidden" type="submit" data-id="member_{{ member.id }}">
+                {% blocktrans with username=user.localname %} Confirm {% endblocktrans %}
+            </button>
+            <button id="hide_submit_button" data-controls="submit_button" class="button is-small" type="button" aria-pressed="false">
+                {% blocktrans with username=user.localname %} Remove {% endblocktrans %}
+            </button>
+        </form>
+    </div>
+</div>
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/user/groups.html b/bookwyrm/templates/user/groups.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f3619fd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/user/groups.html
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{% extends 'user/layout.html' %}
+{% load i18n %}
+
+{% block header %}
+<div class="columns is-mobile">
+    <div class="column">
+        <h1 class="title">
+            {% if is_self %}
+            {% trans "Your Groups" %}
+            {% else %}
+            {% blocktrans with username=user.display_name %}Groups: {{ username }}{% endblocktrans %}
+            {% endif %}
+        </h1>
+    </div>
+    {% if is_self %}
+    <div class="column is-narrow">
+        {% trans "Create group" as button_text %}
+        {% include 'snippets/toggle/open_button.html' with controls_text="create_group" icon_with_text="plus" text=button_text %}
+    </div>
+    {% endif %}
+</div>
+{% endblock %}
+
+
+{% block panel %}
+<section class="block">
+
+    <div class="block">
+        {% include 'groups/create_form.html' with controls_text="create_group" %}
+    </div>
+
+    {% include 'groups/user_groups.html' with memberships=memberships %}
+</section>
+<div>
+    {% include 'snippets/pagination.html' with page=user.memberships path=path %}
+</div>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/user/layout.html b/bookwyrm/templates/user/layout.html
index 8ca3bd180..d7557ae7b 100755
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/user/layout.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/user/layout.html
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 {% load utilities %}
 {% load markdown %}
 {% load layout %}
+{% load bookwyrm_group_tags %}
 
 {% block title %}{{ user.display_name }}{% endblock %}
 
@@ -69,6 +70,12 @@
             <a href="{{ url }}">{% trans "Reading Goal" %}</a>
         </li>
         {% endif %}
+        {% if is_self or user|has_groups %}
+        {% url 'user-groups' user|username as url %}
+        <li{% if url in request.path %} class="is-active"{% endif %}>
+            <a href="{{ url }}">{% trans "Groups" %}</a>
+        </li>
+        {% endif %}
         {% if is_self or user.list_set.exists %}
         {% url 'user-lists' user|username as url %}
         <li{% if url in request.path %} class="is-active"{% endif %}>
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templatetags/bookwyrm_group_tags.py b/bookwyrm/templatetags/bookwyrm_group_tags.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fde7997e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templatetags/bookwyrm_group_tags.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+""" template filters """
+from django import template
+
+from bookwyrm import models
+
+register = template.Library()
+
+
+@register.filter(name="has_groups")
+def has_groups(user):
+    """whether or not the user has a pending invitation to join this group"""
+
+    return models.GroupMember.objects.filter(user=user).exists()
+
+
+@register.filter(name="is_member")
+def is_member(group, user):
+    """whether or not the user is a member of this group"""
+
+    return models.GroupMember.objects.filter(group=group, user=user).exists()
+
+
+@register.filter(name="is_invited")
+def is_invited(group, user):
+    """whether or not the user has a pending invitation to join this group"""
+
+    return models.GroupMemberInvitation.objects.filter(group=group, user=user).exists()
diff --git a/bookwyrm/tests/models/test_group.py b/bookwyrm/tests/models/test_group.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..275fce196
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/tests/models/test_group.py
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+""" testing models """
+from unittest.mock import patch
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+from bookwyrm import models, settings
+
+
+@patch("bookwyrm.models.activitypub_mixin.broadcast_task.delay")
+class Group(TestCase):
+    """some activitypub oddness ahead"""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        """Set up for tests"""
+
+        with patch("bookwyrm.suggested_users.rerank_suggestions_task.delay"), patch(
+            "bookwyrm.activitystreams.populate_stream_task.delay"
+        ):
+            self.owner_user = models.User.objects.create_user(
+                "mouse", "mouse@mouse.mouse", "mouseword", local=True, localname="mouse"
+            )
+
+        with patch("bookwyrm.suggested_users.rerank_suggestions_task.delay"), patch(
+            "bookwyrm.activitystreams.populate_stream_task.delay"
+        ):
+            self.rat = models.User.objects.create_user(
+                "rat", "rat@rat.rat", "ratword", local=True, localname="rat"
+            )
+
+        with patch("bookwyrm.suggested_users.rerank_suggestions_task.delay"), patch(
+            "bookwyrm.activitystreams.populate_stream_task.delay"
+        ):
+            self.badger = models.User.objects.create_user(
+                "badger",
+                "badger@badger.badger",
+                "badgerword",
+                local=True,
+                localname="badger",
+            )
+
+        with patch("bookwyrm.suggested_users.rerank_suggestions_task.delay"), patch(
+            "bookwyrm.activitystreams.populate_stream_task.delay"
+        ):
+            self.capybara = models.User.objects.create_user(
+                "capybara",
+                "capybara@capybara.capybara",
+                "capybaraword",
+                local=True,
+                localname="capybara",
+            )
+
+        self.public_group = models.Group.objects.create(
+            name="Public Group",
+            description="Initial description",
+            user=self.owner_user,
+            privacy="public",
+        )
+
+        self.private_group = models.Group.objects.create(
+            name="Private Group",
+            description="Top secret",
+            user=self.owner_user,
+            privacy="direct",
+        )
+
+        self.followers_only_group = models.Group.objects.create(
+            name="Followers Group",
+            description="No strangers",
+            user=self.owner_user,
+            privacy="followers",
+        )
+
+        models.GroupMember.objects.create(group=self.private_group, user=self.badger)
+        models.GroupMember.objects.create(
+            group=self.followers_only_group, user=self.badger
+        )
+        models.GroupMember.objects.create(group=self.public_group, user=self.capybara)
+
+    def test_group_members_can_see_followers_only_groups(self, _):
+        """follower-only group should not be excluded from group listings for group members viewing"""
+
+        rat_groups = models.Group.privacy_filter(self.rat).all()
+        badger_groups = models.Group.privacy_filter(self.badger).all()
+
+        self.assertFalse(self.followers_only_group in rat_groups)
+        self.assertTrue(self.followers_only_group in badger_groups)
+
+    def test_group_members_can_see_private_groups(self, _):
+        """direct privacy group should not be excluded from group listings for group members viewing"""
+
+        rat_groups = models.Group.privacy_filter(self.rat).all()
+        badger_groups = models.Group.privacy_filter(self.badger).all()
+
+        self.assertFalse(self.private_group in rat_groups)
+        self.assertTrue(self.private_group in badger_groups)
+
+    def test_group_members_can_see_followers_only_lists(self, _):
+        """follower-only group booklists should not be excluded from group booklist listing for group members who do not follower list owner"""
+
+        with patch("bookwyrm.models.activitypub_mixin.broadcast_task.delay"):
+            followers_list = models.List.objects.create(
+                name="Followers List",
+                curation="group",
+                privacy="followers",
+                group=self.public_group,
+                user=self.owner_user,
+            )
+
+        rat_lists = models.List.privacy_filter(self.rat).all()
+        badger_lists = models.List.privacy_filter(self.badger).all()
+        capybara_lists = models.List.privacy_filter(self.capybara).all()
+
+        self.assertFalse(followers_list in rat_lists)
+        self.assertFalse(followers_list in badger_lists)
+        self.assertTrue(followers_list in capybara_lists)
+
+    def test_group_members_can_see_private_lists(self, _):
+        """private group booklists should not be excluded from group booklist listing for group members"""
+
+        with patch("bookwyrm.models.activitypub_mixin.broadcast_task.delay"):
+
+            private_list = models.List.objects.create(
+                name="Private List",
+                privacy="direct",
+                curation="group",
+                group=self.public_group,
+                user=self.owner_user,
+            )
+
+        rat_lists = models.List.privacy_filter(self.rat).all()
+        badger_lists = models.List.privacy_filter(self.badger).all()
+        capybara_lists = models.List.privacy_filter(self.capybara).all()
+
+        self.assertFalse(private_list in rat_lists)
+        self.assertFalse(private_list in badger_lists)
+        self.assertTrue(private_list in capybara_lists)
diff --git a/bookwyrm/tests/views/test_group.py b/bookwyrm/tests/views/test_group.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7e0a0f76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/tests/views/test_group.py
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+""" test for app action functionality """
+from unittest.mock import patch
+from django.contrib.auth import decorators
+
+from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
+from django.test import TestCase
+from django.test.client import RequestFactory
+
+from bookwyrm import models, views, forms
+from bookwyrm.tests.validate_html import validate_html
+
+
+@patch("bookwyrm.models.activitypub_mixin.broadcast_task.delay")
+class GroupViews(TestCase):
+    """view group and edit details"""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        """we need basic test data and mocks"""
+        self.factory = RequestFactory()
+        with patch("bookwyrm.suggested_users.rerank_suggestions_task.delay"), patch(
+            "bookwyrm.activitystreams.populate_stream_task.delay"
+        ):
+            self.local_user = models.User.objects.create_user(
+                "mouse@local.com",
+                "mouse@mouse.mouse",
+                "password",
+                local=True,
+                localname="mouse",
+            )
+
+            self.testgroup = models.Group.objects.create(
+                name="Test Group",
+                description="Initial description",
+                user=self.local_user,
+                privacy="public",
+            )
+            self.membership = models.GroupMember.objects.create(
+                group=self.testgroup, user=self.local_user
+            )
+
+        models.SiteSettings.objects.create()
+
+    def test_group_get(self, _):
+        """there are so many views, this just makes sure it LOADS"""
+        view = views.Group.as_view()
+        request = self.factory.get("")
+        request.user = self.local_user
+        result = view(request, group_id=self.testgroup.id)
+        self.assertIsInstance(result, TemplateResponse)
+        validate_html(result.render())
+        self.assertEqual(result.status_code, 200)
+
+    def test_usergroups_get(self, _):
+        """there are so many views, this just makes sure it LOADS"""
+        view = views.UserGroups.as_view()
+        request = self.factory.get("")
+        request.user = self.local_user
+        result = view(request, username="mouse@local.com")
+        self.assertIsInstance(result, TemplateResponse)
+        validate_html(result.render())
+        self.assertEqual(result.status_code, 200)
+
+    @patch("bookwyrm.suggested_users.SuggestedUsers.get_suggestions")
+    def test_findusers_get(self, *_):
+        """there are so many views, this just makes sure it LOADS"""
+        view = views.FindUsers.as_view()
+        request = self.factory.get("")
+        request.user = self.local_user
+        result = view(request, group_id=self.testgroup.id)
+        self.assertIsInstance(result, TemplateResponse)
+        validate_html(result.render())
+        self.assertEqual(result.status_code, 200)
+
+    def test_group_create(self, _):
+        """create group view"""
+        view = views.UserGroups.as_view()
+        request = self.factory.post(
+            "",
+            {
+                "name": "A group",
+                "description": "wowzers",
+                "privacy": "unlisted",
+                "user": self.local_user.id,
+            },
+        )
+        request.user = self.local_user
+        result = view(request, "username")
+
+        self.assertEqual(result.status_code, 302)
+        new_group = models.Group.objects.filter(name="A group").get()
+        self.assertEqual(new_group.description, "wowzers")
+        self.assertEqual(new_group.privacy, "unlisted")
+        self.assertTrue(
+            models.GroupMember.objects.filter(
+                group=new_group, user=self.local_user
+            ).exists()
+        )
+
+    def test_group_edit(self, _):
+        """test editing a "group" database entry"""
+
+        view = views.Group.as_view()
+        request = self.factory.post(
+            "",
+            {
+                "name": "Updated Group name",
+                "description": "wow",
+                "privacy": "direct",
+                "user": self.local_user.id,
+            },
+        )
+        request.user = self.local_user
+
+        result = view(request, group_id=self.testgroup.id)
+        self.assertEqual(result.status_code, 302)
+        self.testgroup.refresh_from_db()
+        self.assertEqual(self.testgroup.name, "Updated Group name")
+        self.assertEqual(self.testgroup.description, "wow")
+        self.assertEqual(self.testgroup.privacy, "direct")
diff --git a/bookwyrm/urls.py b/bookwyrm/urls.py
index e6c9ad0b4..839d783fd 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/urls.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/urls.py
@@ -253,6 +253,33 @@ urlpatterns = [
         name="user-following",
     ),
     re_path(r"^hide-suggestions/?$", views.hide_suggestions, name="hide-suggestions"),
+    # groups
+    re_path(rf"{USER_PATH}/groups/?$", views.UserGroups.as_view(), name="user-groups"),
+    re_path(
+        r"^group/(?P<group_id>\d+)(.json)?/?$", views.Group.as_view(), name="group"
+    ),
+    re_path(
+        r"^group/delete/(?P<group_id>\d+)/?$", views.delete_group, name="delete-group"
+    ),
+    re_path(
+        r"^group/(?P<group_id>\d+)/add-users/?$",
+        views.FindUsers.as_view(),
+        name="group-find-users",
+    ),
+    re_path(r"^add-group-member/?$", views.invite_member, name="invite-group-member"),
+    re_path(
+        r"^remove-group-member/?$", views.remove_member, name="remove-group-member"
+    ),
+    re_path(
+        r"^accept-group-invitation/?$",
+        views.accept_membership,
+        name="accept-group-invitation",
+    ),
+    re_path(
+        r"^reject-group-invitation/?$",
+        views.reject_membership,
+        name="reject-group-invitation",
+    ),
     # lists
     re_path(rf"{USER_PATH}/lists/?$", views.UserLists.as_view(), name="user-lists"),
     re_path(r"^list/?$", views.Lists.as_view(), name="lists"),
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/__init__.py b/bookwyrm/views/__init__.py
index eeba88732..b502bd8d5 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/__init__.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/__init__.py
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ from .follow import follow, unfollow
 from .follow import accept_follow_request, delete_follow_request
 from .get_started import GetStartedBooks, GetStartedProfile, GetStartedUsers
 from .goal import Goal, hide_goal
+from .group import (
+    Group,
+    UserGroups,
+    FindUsers,
+    delete_group,
+    invite_member,
+    remove_member,
+    accept_membership,
+    reject_membership,
+)
 from .import_data import Import, ImportStatus
 from .inbox import Inbox
 from .interaction import Favorite, Unfavorite, Boost, Unboost
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/group.py b/bookwyrm/views/group.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c0a28486
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/group.py
@@ -0,0 +1,286 @@
+"""group views"""
+from django.apps import apps
+from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
+from django.db import IntegrityError
+from django.core.paginator import Paginator
+from django.http import HttpResponseBadRequest
+from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect
+from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
+from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
+from django.views import View
+from django.views.decorators.http import require_POST
+from django.contrib.postgres.search import TrigramSimilarity
+from django.db.models.functions import Greatest
+
+from bookwyrm import forms, models
+from bookwyrm.suggested_users import suggested_users
+from .helpers import get_user_from_username
+
+# pylint: disable=no-self-use
+class Group(View):
+    """group page"""
+
+    def get(self, request, group_id):
+        """display a group"""
+
+        group = get_object_or_404(models.Group, id=group_id)
+        group.raise_visible_to_user(request.user)
+        lists = (
+            models.List.privacy_filter(request.user)
+            .filter(group=group)
+            .order_by("-updated_date")
+        )
+
+        data = {
+            "group": group,
+            "lists": lists,
+            "group_form": forms.GroupForm(instance=group),
+            "path": "/group",
+        }
+        return TemplateResponse(request, "groups/group.html", data)
+
+    @method_decorator(login_required, name="dispatch")
+    def post(self, request, group_id):
+        """edit a group"""
+        user_group = get_object_or_404(models.Group, id=group_id)
+        form = forms.GroupForm(request.POST, instance=user_group)
+        if not form.is_valid():
+            return redirect("group", user_group.id)
+        user_group = form.save()
+        return redirect("group", user_group.id)
+
+
+@method_decorator(login_required, name="dispatch")
+class UserGroups(View):
+    """a user's groups page"""
+
+    def get(self, request, username):
+        """display a group"""
+        user = get_user_from_username(request.user, username)
+        groups = (
+            models.Group.privacy_filter(request.user)
+            .filter(memberships__user=user)
+            .order_by("-updated_date")
+        )
+        paginated = Paginator(groups, 12)
+
+        data = {
+            "groups": paginated.get_page(request.GET.get("page")),
+            "is_self": request.user.id == user.id,
+            "user": user,
+            "group_form": forms.GroupForm(),
+            "path": user.local_path + "/group",
+        }
+        return TemplateResponse(request, "user/groups.html", data)
+
+    @method_decorator(login_required, name="dispatch")
+    # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    def post(self, request, username):
+        """create a user group"""
+        form = forms.GroupForm(request.POST)
+        if not form.is_valid():
+            return redirect(request.user.local_path + "/groups")
+        group = form.save()
+        # add the creator as a group member
+        models.GroupMember.objects.create(group=group, user=request.user)
+        return redirect("group", group.id)
+
+
+@method_decorator(login_required, name="dispatch")
+class FindUsers(View):
+    """find friends to add to your group"""
+
+    # this is mostly borrowed from the Get Started friend finder
+
+    def get(self, request, group_id):
+        """basic profile info"""
+        user_query = request.GET.get("user_query")
+        group = get_object_or_404(models.Group, id=group_id)
+
+        if not group:
+            return HttpResponseBadRequest()
+
+        if not group.user == request.user:
+            return HttpResponseBadRequest()
+
+        user_results = (
+            models.User.viewer_aware_objects(request.user)
+            .exclude(
+                memberships__in=group.memberships.all()
+            )  # don't suggest users who are already members
+            .annotate(
+                similarity=Greatest(
+                    TrigramSimilarity("username", user_query),
+                    TrigramSimilarity("localname", user_query),
+                )
+            )
+            .filter(similarity__gt=0.5, local=True)
+            .order_by("-similarity")[:5]
+        )
+        data = {"no_results": not user_results}
+
+        if user_results.count() < 5:
+            user_results = list(user_results) + suggested_users.get_suggestions(
+                request.user, local=True
+            )
+
+        data = {
+            "suggested_users": user_results,
+            "group": group,
+            "group_form": forms.GroupForm(instance=group),
+            "user_query": user_query,
+            "requestor_is_manager": request.user == group.user,
+        }
+        return TemplateResponse(request, "groups/find_users.html", data)
+
+
+@require_POST
+@login_required
+def delete_group(request, group_id):
+    """delete a group"""
+    group = get_object_or_404(models.Group, id=group_id)
+
+    # only the owner can delete a group
+    group.raise_not_deletable(request.user)
+
+    # deal with any group lists
+    models.List.objects.filter(group=group).update(curation="closed", group=None)
+
+    group.delete()
+    return redirect(request.user.local_path + "/groups")
+
+
+@require_POST
+@login_required
+def invite_member(request):
+    """invite a member to the group"""
+
+    group = get_object_or_404(models.Group, id=request.POST.get("group"))
+    if not group:
+        return HttpResponseBadRequest()
+
+    user = get_user_from_username(request.user, request.POST["user"])
+    if not user:
+        return HttpResponseBadRequest()
+
+    if not group.user == request.user:
+        return HttpResponseBadRequest()
+
+    try:
+        models.GroupMemberInvitation.objects.create(user=user, group=group)
+
+    except IntegrityError:
+        pass
+
+    return redirect(user.local_path)
+
+
+@require_POST
+@login_required
+def remove_member(request):
+    """remove a member from the group"""
+
+    group = get_object_or_404(models.Group, id=request.POST.get("group"))
+    if not group:
+        return HttpResponseBadRequest()
+
+    user = get_user_from_username(request.user, request.POST["user"])
+    if not user:
+        return HttpResponseBadRequest()
+
+    # you can't be removed from your own group
+    if request.POST["user"] == group.user:
+        return HttpResponseBadRequest()
+
+    is_member = models.GroupMember.objects.filter(group=group, user=user).exists()
+    is_invited = models.GroupMemberInvitation.objects.filter(
+        group=group, user=user
+    ).exists()
+
+    if is_invited:
+        try:
+            invitation = models.GroupMemberInvitation.objects.get(
+                user=user, group=group
+            )
+
+            invitation.reject()
+
+        except IntegrityError:
+            pass
+
+    if is_member:
+
+        try:
+            models.List.remove_from_group(group.user, user)
+            models.GroupMember.remove(group.user, user)
+
+        except IntegrityError:
+            pass
+
+        memberships = models.GroupMember.objects.filter(group=group)
+        model = apps.get_model("bookwyrm.Notification", require_ready=True)
+        notification_type = "LEAVE" if user == request.user else "REMOVE"
+        # let the other members know about it
+        for membership in memberships:
+            member = membership.user
+            if member != request.user:
+                model.objects.create(
+                    user=member,
+                    related_user=user,
+                    related_group=group,
+                    notification_type=notification_type,
+                )
+
+        # let the user (now ex-member) know as well, if they were removed
+        if notification_type == "REMOVE":
+            model.objects.create(
+                user=user,
+                related_group=group,
+                notification_type=notification_type,
+            )
+
+    return redirect(group.local_path)
+
+
+@require_POST
+@login_required
+def accept_membership(request):
+    """accept an invitation to join a group"""
+
+    group = models.Group.objects.get(id=request.POST["group"])
+    if not group:
+        return HttpResponseBadRequest()
+
+    invite = models.GroupMemberInvitation.objects.get(group=group, user=request.user)
+    if not invite:
+        return HttpResponseBadRequest()
+
+    try:
+        invite.accept()
+
+    except IntegrityError:
+        pass
+
+    return redirect(group.local_path)
+
+
+@require_POST
+@login_required
+def reject_membership(request):
+    """reject an invitation to join a group"""
+
+    group = models.Group.objects.get(id=request.POST["group"])
+    if not group:
+        return HttpResponseBadRequest()
+
+    invite = models.GroupMemberInvitation.objects.get(group=group, user=request.user)
+    if not invite:
+        return HttpResponseBadRequest()
+
+    try:
+        invite.reject()
+
+    except IntegrityError:
+        pass
+
+    return redirect(request.user.local_path)
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/list.py b/bookwyrm/views/list.py
index b01a0e0e3..97eaf9d6f 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/list.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/list.py
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ class Lists(View):
             .order_by("-updated_date")
             .distinct()
         )
-
         paginated = Paginator(lists, 12)
         data = {
             "lists": paginated.get_page(request.GET.get("page")),
@@ -57,6 +56,10 @@ class Lists(View):
         if not form.is_valid():
             return redirect("lists")
         book_list = form.save()
+        # list should not have a group if it is not group curated
+        if not book_list.curation == "group":
+            book_list.group = None
+            book_list.save(broadcast=False)
 
         return redirect(book_list.local_path)
 
@@ -181,7 +184,6 @@ class List(View):
         return TemplateResponse(request, "lists/list.html", data)
 
     @method_decorator(login_required, name="dispatch")
-    # pylint: disable=unused-argument
     def post(self, request, list_id):
         """edit a list"""
         book_list = get_object_or_404(models.List, id=list_id)
@@ -191,6 +193,10 @@ class List(View):
         if not form.is_valid():
             return redirect("list", book_list.id)
         book_list = form.save()
+        if not book_list.curation == "group":
+            book_list.group = None
+            book_list.save(broadcast=False)
+
         return redirect(book_list.local_path)
 
 
@@ -275,12 +281,22 @@ def delete_list(request, list_id):
 def add_book(request):
     """put a book on a list"""
     book_list = get_object_or_404(models.List, id=request.POST.get("list"))
+    is_group_member = False
+    if book_list.curation == "group":
+        is_group_member = models.GroupMember.objects.filter(
+            group=book_list.group, user=request.user
+        ).exists()
+
     book_list.raise_visible_to_user(request.user)
 
     book = get_object_or_404(models.Edition, id=request.POST.get("book"))
     # do you have permission to add to the list?
     try:
-        if request.user == book_list.user or book_list.curation == "open":
+        if (
+            request.user == book_list.user
+            or is_group_member
+            or book_list.curation == "open"
+        ):
             # add the book at the latest order of approved books, before pending books
             order_max = (
                 book_list.listitem_set.filter(approved=True).aggregate(Max("order"))[
@@ -323,14 +339,17 @@ def add_book(request):
 @login_required
 def remove_book(request, list_id):
     """remove a book from a list"""
+
     book_list = get_object_or_404(models.List, id=list_id)
     item = get_object_or_404(models.ListItem, id=request.POST.get("item"))
+
     item.raise_not_deletable(request.user)
 
     with transaction.atomic():
         deleted_order = item.order
         item.delete()
         normalize_book_list_ordering(book_list.id, start=deleted_order)
+
     return redirect("list", list_id)
 
 
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/preferences/block.py b/bookwyrm/views/preferences/block.py
index 1eccf4612..2ccd3c065 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/preferences/block.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/preferences/block.py
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ class Block(View):
         models.UserBlocks.objects.create(
             user_subject=request.user, user_object=to_block
         )
+        # remove the blocked users's lists from the groups
+        models.List.remove_from_group(request.user, to_block)
+        # remove the blocked user from all blocker's owned groups
+        models.GroupMember.remove(request.user, to_block)
         return redirect("prefs-block")
 
 
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/user.py b/bookwyrm/views/user.py
index 0d8d385b1..b7ab1d3cf 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/user.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/user.py
@@ -137,6 +137,25 @@ class Following(View):
         return TemplateResponse(request, "user/relationships/following.html", data)
 
 
+class Groups(View):
+    """list of user's groups view"""
+
+    def get(self, request, username):
+        """list of groups"""
+        user = get_user_from_username(request.user, username)
+
+        paginated = Paginator(
+            models.Group.memberships.filter(user=user).order_by("-created_date"),
+            PAGE_LENGTH,
+        )
+        data = {
+            "user": user,
+            "is_self": request.user.id == user.id,
+            "group_list": paginated.get_page(request.GET.get("page")),
+        }
+        return TemplateResponse(request, "user/groups.html", data)
+
+
 @require_POST
 @login_required
 def hide_suggestions(request):