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Need to brainstorm discussion questions for your book club's next meeting? We're here to help! In this article, we'll cover the basics of writing a successful book discussion guide.
The approaches below can be used for pretty much any situation and setting where you need discussion questions for a book, whether you’re facilitating an in-person conversation with your book group members, hosting an online discussion, or creating an online reading guide for anyone to use.
And if you need an extra hand, be sure to check out our list of 36 Book Club Discussion Questions for Any Book.
In August of 2024, Ace Books of Penguin Random House released Dungeon Crawler Carl, the first in a series of previously self-published books by author Matt Dinniman. The novel follows a character named Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat Princess Donut, who are stuck on a TV game show run by aliens, forced to navigate a series of traps to survive. Dinniman’s work employs a writing style known as LitRPG, in which elements of video games, often specifically MMORPGs (massively multiplayer online role-playing games), comprise part of the story’s world. For example, characters may “level up,” gain experience points, and talk to other players. LitRPG is distinct from interactive fiction like Choose Your Own Adventure in that the reader is not involved in the game but remains an observer.
Wondering what to read this February? Here are just a few notable selections we think are worth checking out. They include both fiction and nonfiction, and have great potential as book club selections or solo reads. Reviews of some of these titles are planned for upcoming issues of our digital magazine, and we're excited to cover them for you in the coming weeks.
January is a notoriously dismal month, but it’s also an exciting time for books, when the new year’s first great releases begin to tumble forth. Below are a few of the titles we’re most looking forward to in the early weeks of 2025.
All year long, BookBrowse Book Club members meet in our online forum to discuss the latest featured titles. In 2024, we’ve hosted stimulating discussions of 19 books, a couple of which are still in progress and all of which are available for you to browse in full. Below, we glance back over some of our most popular selections. We hope you enjoy perusing them and find them a useful resource (and inspiration!) for your own book club discussions.
We look forward to the coming year and the future of our new forum, where members can not only join in on our planned discussions but have all kinds of conversations on book-related subjects. The forum is open to everyone to read and follow along, so please visit. If you’re excited about any upcoming discussions, we recommend signing up for a one-time notification to be alerted when they begin. We hope to see you there!
Each year, BookBrowse subscribers vote on the books that will make up the annual Top 20. Our 2024 list features an eclectic mix of writing and genres, covering books we’ve included in our twice-monthly e-zine as well as write-in nominations. Now, we're excited to bring you the awards for the highest-rated titles across four categories: Top Fiction, Top Nonfiction, Top Debut, and Top Young Adult.
