Book Clubs
Looking for discussion guides, good ideas for reading groups or just a good book to read? Try these online resources for social readers.
Book Club Networking
Book Discussion Guides
- African American Literature Book Club
- Reading Group Choices
- Reading Group Guides
- BookClubCookbook
- Book Club in a Box
Publisher's Reading Guides
First Chapters
- Online Book Club's Chapter-a-Day
- Readers Read (This site includes children's and youth choices too.)
- New York Times' First Chapters
Television Book Clubs
- The Lost Book Club (ABC)
- Masterpiece Theatre Book Club (PBS)
- The Today Show Book Club
- The Oprah Winfrey Show's Oprah's Books
- Al Roker's Book Club for Kids
Online Radio Magazines
Professional ("Think Like a Librarian") Resources
- Booklist (Book reviews from the American Library Association)
- Publisher's Weekly (Full of short reviews of new and soon-to-be released titles, "PW" has appeared weekly for 136 years. Now sponsors the annual Quill Awards determined by readers' choice.)
Local Book Clubs
Patrons are always looking for local book clubs. If you have a book club that would like to share it's meeting schedule with new potential members please send the following information to info@dscl.org:
- What your schedule is.
- Current and upcoming selections.
- Contact information.
- Membership requirements (Neighbourhood, Gender, Religion, etc.).










