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Discussion GuidesThe guides on these sites provide questions, background information and author biographies to help you lead thought-provoking book discussions |
| Novelist NoveList provides fully developed guides, including information on the author, a plot summary, questions and answers, and suggested titles for further reading contains materials for all ages including picture books, children's "chapter" books, young adult titles and books for adult readers, in addition to enhanced subject access to over 92,000 fiction titles. You will need your Salt Lake County library card number to access this database from home. |
| Salt Lake County Book Club Sets This blog-formatted list of titles includes links to annotations, discussion guides, author websites, and more. Comments about the books are welcome and can be added using the Comments link at the bottom of every book post. |
Reading Group Choices will help you not only locate great books to read and discuss, but print discussion guides for hundreds of titles from a number of large publishers and independent presses. |
Reading Group Guides An online community for reading groups with advice and ideas for starting a reading group, running your existing group, choosing what to read, links of interest, books about reading groups and book guides with suggesting for discussion questions. |
Thinking Out Loud The Webrary's classics, contemporary novels. and nonfiction book discussion titles with the materials the staff of the Morton Grove Public Library produced for each book: questions for discussion, author biographies, and in some cases related links. |
BookBrowse.com Offers information and advice for book clubs and reading groups including free reading guides for selected titles, practical advise on finding a book club or starting your own and an on-line discussion forum. |
Harper Collins Offers discussion guides for many titles, as well as an “Invite the Author” program |
| Beacon Press Reading group guides for unusual titles. |
Recommended Reading for Book ClubsThese sites provide lists of interesting and discussable books |
| Hot Reads to Discuss These books are suggestions for book groups and others looking for books that make you think or want to discuss with friends. Compiled by the Salt Lake County Library System staff. |
| Salt Lake County Book Club Sets This blog-formatted list of titles includes links to annotations, discussion guides, author websites, and more. Comments about the books are welcome and can be added using the Comments link at the bottom of every book post. |
Book Sense Reading Group A list composed by the American Booksellers Association of recommended books for book discussion groups. This selective and annotated list is divided into helpful categories from recently published titles to “solid picks for all groups” to “fascinating nonfiction.” |
Reading Woman A place for readers and book discussion groups looking beyond the bestseller lists for their reading selections. |
| Amazon's Reading Group Looking for new titles for your book club? Amazon.com has hundreds of books that are perfect for reading groups. Many of these titles even have printer-friendly reading group guides that you can use to spark discussion at your next book club gathering. |
Additional Resources on the WebThese sites provide services, advice and resources for running a successful book group |
Reading & Discussion Guides from the Utah Humanities Council UHC will provide resources, multiple copies of books and a discussion facilitator for UHC members or discussions held in a public space such as a library. |
Generous Books This free service offers a way to help book clubs stay connected by e-mailing members reminders of their meetings, announcements of books selected, book reviews of the selections and biographical sketches of the authors. |
Good Books Lately provides person-to-person support for book groups and offers downloadable discussion guides. |
Book - Clubs - Resources.com A guide to Book Clubs and Reading Groups with a collection of links and information for readers who want to start their own reading group, participate in one online, or learn more about what a book club is. |
Book Clubs to JoinBook clubs you may attend locally, book clubs in the media, and book clubs you may participate in online |
Salt Lake County Book Discussion Groups Check out these ongoing monthly book discussions at varioous Salt Lake County Libraries. |
| Salt Lake County Book Club Sets This blog-formatted list of titles includes links to annotations, discussion guides, author websites, and more. Comments about the books are welcome and can be added using the Comments link at the bottom of every book post. |
Salt Lake County Online Book Club When you join, you will recieve a five minute read from a chapter of a book for five days. |
Book-Clubs-Resource.Com Information on general interest and special interest online book groups as ideas for starting your own online discussions. |
The Masterpiece Theatre Book Club This club provides guides and suggestions to give viewers the opportunity to read and discuss selected books alongside their screen adaptations |
| Oprah Book Club Books Oprah's present selection plus an archive of past selections. |
| A Closer Look For those who are interested in modern Christian literature, A Closer Look features a different book each month and provides discussion material for that book. |
| The Book Club Center Free online reading groups from Barnes and Noble |
| Reader's Circle A book club networking site serving the US, Canada, and Australia with listings for local groups, author events, & phone chats. |
| Twitter Book Club Intrigued by the challenge of a book discussion in 140 characters or less? This Twitter online book club meets live on the second and third Monday of every month at EST 9-10 PM, co-hosted by the Book Studio's Bethanne Patrick and Booksquare’s Kassia Krozser |
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