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Book Club Resources

Book Clubs at the King County Library System
Find a book club at a library near you!

How, What and Why for Book Clubs
KCLS Resources for Readers
Discussion Group Guides from Book Publishers
Book Group Resources on the Web
Book Reviews
Book Clubs
National Book Clubs
Online Book Buying

How, What and Why for Book Clubs

	The Book Club Companion: A Comprehensive Guide to the Reading Group Experience – Diana Loevy (2006)
	The Book Club Cookbook – Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp (2004)
	Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason – Nancy Pearl.  (2003)
	More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason – Nancy Pearl.  (2005)
	Book Sense Best Books: 125 Favorite Books Recommended by Independent Booksellers – compiled by Book Sense; foreword by Barbara Kingsolver; introduction by Avin Mark Domnitz; edited by Mark Nichols.  (2004)
	Good Books Lately: The One-Stop Resource for Book Groups and Other Greedy Readers – Ellen Moore and Kira Stevens.  (2004)
	Read It and Eat: A Month-by-Month Guide to Scintillating Book Club Selections and Mouthwatering Menus – Sarah Gardner.  (2005)
	Reading Group Choices: Selections for Lively Book Discussions. (various years)
	The Reading Group Handbook: Everything You Need to Know to Start Your Own Book Club – Rachel W. Jacobsohn.  (1998)
	Running Book Discussion Groups: A How-To-Do-It Manual – Lauren Zina John. (2006)
	A Year of Reading: A Month-by-Month Guide to Classics and Crowd-Pleasers for You and Your Book Group – Elisabeth Ellington & Jane Freimiller.  (2002)

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KCLS Resources for Readers

BookTalk
The KCLS blog for readers is constantly updated with recommendations from library staff.

KCLS Databases
Find book reviews, author information and reading suggestions using our online databases.

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Discussion Group Guides from Book Publishers

Beacon Press
Beacon Press is a department of the Unitarian Universalist Association and features reading guides for authors you may not have heard of.

Harper Collins
Harper Collins also includes the imprints of Avon, William Morrow, and Eos.

Macmillan
Macmillan also links to reading group guides from Henry Holt & Co, Picador-Tor, Thomas Dunne, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, MacMillan Audio, and St. Martin’s Minotaur.

Random House
Looking for discussion questions for titles from Random House, Vintage or Anchor books? Check here.

Simon & Schuster
Imprints include Scribner, Pocket Books, Free Press and Atria Books.

WW Norton
Imprints include Scribner, Pocket Books, Free Press and Atria Books.

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Book Group Resources on the Web

African American Literature Book Club
This site features on-line discussions and wide ranging information about African American authors.

Book Group List
If you would like to participate on-line, you can join in the discussion on this site. Otherwise, you can enjoy the many reading suggestions and ratings about how these titles worked for discussion.

Reading Group Choices
This site has a wealth of information for people wanting to start a book discussion group, choose a title for discussion, or develop a list of discussion topics to investigate.

Reading Group Guides
More advice on starting a group, choosing what to read and recipes! This site also includes discussion suggestions for books that do not have a reading group guide.

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Book Reviews

Book Page Online
Many book reviews and author interviews.

New York Review of Books
Select Table of Contents for current reviews, or search the Archive for past reviews.

New York Times Books
Contains over 50,000 book reviews since 1980.

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Book Clubs

Engage in lively book discussions with other readers in your community. We sponsor a wide variety of book clubs at our community libraries. Find one that best suits you.

• Book Clubs for Adults

• Book Clubs for Teens

• Book Clubs for Kids

National Book Clubs

Masterpiece Book and Film Club
PBS offers tips and questions to support groups interested in discussing productions aired on Masterpiece.

Oprah's Book Club
Join a book club of millions by reading Oprah’s newest selection.

Today Show Book Club
On the first Monday of every month, a new novel is selected.

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Online Book Buying

AddALL
Provides price comparisons for over 35 online bookstores. Notice the separate link for Used Books.

Alibris
Search for used, rare, and hard-to-find books. See the FAQ file for information on how to search for autographs, letters, and ephemera (vintage movie posters, magazines, newspapers, greeting cards, maps, etc.)

BookFinder.com
A mega-search site for used, rare and antiquarian books as well as new books. Go to the Booksellers page to search their individual suppliers.

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Last Updated: April 26, 2010