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Recommended book club reading lists by theme, with a reading guide for each book.

Book Club Reading Lists by Theme

Browse by: Author |  Title  |  Genre |  Setting |  Time Period |  Theme

Firsts

    •   Debuts
    •   1st in Series

Humor & Uplifting

    •   Uplifting
    •   Humor & Satire

Families

    •   Generational Sagas
    •   Parenting & Families

Ages & Stages

    •   Adult Books From Child's Perspective
    •   Coming of Age
    •   Mid-Life Onwards
    •   Dealing with Loss

Ethnicity

    •   Books in Translation
    •   Immigrants & Expats
    •   Black Authors
    •   Latinx Authors
    •   Asian Authors
    •   Jewish Authors
    •   Middle-Eastern Authors
    •   Native and Indigenous Authors

Gender & Sexuality

    •   Female Friendships
    •   Strong Women
    •   LGBTQ+

Philosophy & Spiritual

    •   Philosophical
    •   Religious or Spiritual Themes

Magical or Supernatural

    •   Magical or Supernatural
    •   Magical Realism

Miscellaneous

    •   Small Press Titles
    •   Books about Books
    •   Physical & Mental Differences
    •   Books About Animals
    •   War Related
    •   Nature & Environment
    •   Music and the Arts
    •   Activism & Volunteering
    •   Heroes
    •   LibraryReads Picks

Number of Pages

    •   400+ Pages
    •   Less Than 250 Pages

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BookBrowse Book Club

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    The River Knows Your Name
    by Kelly Mustian
    A haunting Southern novel about memory and love, from the author of The Girls in the Stilt House.
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    The Devil Finds Work
    by James Baldwin
    A book-length essay on racism in American films, by "the best essayist in this country" (The New York Times Book Review).
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    Real Americans
    by Rachel Khong
    From the author of Goodbye, Vitamin, a novel exploring family, identity, and the shaping of destiny.
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    The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris
    by Evie Woods
    From the million-copy bestselling author of The Lost Bookshop.

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    The Fairbanks Four
    by Brian Patrick O’Donoghue

    One murder, four guilty convictions, and a community determined to find justice.

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    The Seven O'Clock Club
    by Amelia Ireland

    Four strangers join an experimental treatment to heal broken hearts in Amelia Ireland's heartfelt debut novel.

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    Happy Land
    by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

    From the New York Times bestselling author, a novel about a family's secret ties to a vanished American Kingdom.

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    One Death at a Time
    by Abbi Waxman

    A cranky ex-actress and her Gen Z sobriety sponsor team up to solve a murder that could send her back to prison in this dazzling mystery.

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