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A book club, sometimes also called a reading group, or book discussion group, is simply a collection of readers who get together regularly to discuss books.

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  1. Advice.
    At the top of this page are some quick links to advice pages we have developed in response to the numerous questions we receive. These pages include everything you need to start and run a successful and fun book club, including the critical steps you need to take to get your new book club off to a successful start, how to choose books that will stimulate discussion, even trouble-shooting tips for dealing with difficult meeting situations!

  2. Reading Guides.
    Some book discussion groups find a reading guide (sometimes called a book discussion guide) a useful tool to direct their club's discussions; many individuals also like to check out the reading guide for a book they've recently finished to help them think more deeply about the book. BookBrowse currently lists more than 500 reading guides, and each and every one is backed by a substantial excerpt from the book, multiple reviews (with no plot spoilers!) and more often than not, an author interview, so you have everything you need to decide which books are exactly right for your book club.

    You can browse our guides by title, author or by a wide range of themes including by time period, setting and, of course, genre.

    Warning! Don't read the reading guide until you've read the book as they always include plot spoilers! Instead, use the excerpt and reviews to help you choose the books that are right for your book club. Also, don't feel restricted to books that have guides; not all publishers provide guides and there are more great books without discussion guides than there are with discussion guides. It's very easy to come up with questions to provoke a discussion - especially with the help of our D.I.Y. discussion guide tips!

    We usually add at least a dozen new reading guides each month. All reading guides are free and 'printer friendly' but it can be difficult to keep track of all that's new, so you might wish to consider becoming a BookBrowse member, because one of the benefits of membership is the monthly Reading Guide and Interview magazine featuring top line summaries of all the new reading guides and author interviews. More about membership.

  3. Help Choosing a Book
    You're a busy person, and would prefer to spend your time reading great books, not tracking them down. This is especially important when it comes to choosing books for your book club. How to choose the best book to read, or to suggest to your Book Club? This is where BookBrowse excels!

    We believe in quality, not quantity, and only recommend books that have received exceptionally good reviews, so you have the reassurance that whatever book you choose it's going to be a winner! Unlike so many others, we don't blindly follow the bestseller lists and the big-budget titles. At BookBrowse you'll find a range of interesting, thought provoking titles chosen on quality, and not on the size of their marketing budgets!
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Meet the Novel Ideas book club of Chicago, who take food as seriously as discussion, combining good literature with ethnic dining. Discover the books they've enjoyed, and the ones they haven't; and the types of restaurants that have proved conducive to discussion and those that haven't!
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Book Jacket The Gods of Gotham
by Lyndsay Faye

Paperback (March 2013)
1845. New York City forms its first police force. The great potato famine hits Ireland. These two seemingly disparate events will change...
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Book Jacket Forgotten Country
by Catherine Chung

Paperback (March 2013)
Weaving Korean folklore within a modern narrative of immigration and identity, Forgotten Country is a fierce exploration of the...
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Book Jacket Philida
by André Brink

Paperback (February 2013)
In Philida, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, André Brink—"one of South Africa's greatest novelists" (The...
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Book Jacket Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn

Hardback (June 2012)
Marriage can be a real killer. Gillian Flynn, takes that statement to its darkest place in this unputdownable masterpiece about a marriage...
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Lyndsay Faye. Lyndsay Faye discusses her latest book, Gods of Gotham, and the difficulties in creating such a vivid description of New York in 1845.
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