NEW: Young Adult 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.

Library Book Clubs

• Charlotte’s Book Club
• Non-Fiction Addiction

Book Club Networking

• The Book Club Girl
• Readers Circle
• Book Clubs Resource

Book Discussion Guides

• African American Literature Book Club
• Reading Group Choices
• BookClubCookbook
• Book Club in a Box

Publisher’s Reading Guides

• HarperCollins Guides
• Random House Reading Guides
• Vintage Reading Book Center

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

• PBS Book Club
• The Today Show Book Club
• The Oprah Winfrey Show’s Oprah’s Books
• Al Roker’s Book Club for Kids

Online Radio Magazines

• The Book Report

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.)

A Quick Thought: 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 adultservices@dscl.org:

• What your schedule is.
• Current and upcoming selections.
• Contact information.
• Membership requirements (Neighborhood, Gender, Reading Preferences, etc.).

Thank you for helping us provide more services by promoting your local book club!