Adult Book Club Kits

Check out 10 copies of a title for 6 weeks. More information »

  • The Ku Klux Klan in the Heartland


  • Red at the Bone


  • Where the Crawdads Sing


  • Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption


  • Faithful


  • Demon Copperhead


  • Crying in H Mart: A Memoir


  • Another Brooklyn


  • Minister's Daughter: One Life, Many Lives


  • Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine


  • Caste : the Origins of Our Discontents


  • The Neighbor's Secret


  • A Gentleman in Moscow


  • Useful Delusions: The Power and Pardox of the Self-Deceiving Brain


  • Bento Box in the Heartland


  • Educated


  • Stories of Elders


  • How to Be Nice to Yourself


  • Voracious


  • The Thursday Murder Club


  • The Underground Railroad


  • Little Fires Everywhere


  • Before We Were Yours


  • The Night Tiger


  • Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twinty-First Century


  • Making It All Right: a Novel


  • The Night Watchman


  • Red, White & Royal Blue


  • Dead Letters from Paradise


  • The Paris Library


  • Transcendent Kingdom


  • Small Marvels: Stories


  • Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants


Juvenile Book Club Kits

Check out 10 copies of a title for 6 weeks. More information »

  • Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness - Juvenile Book Club Kit


  • Penny and Her Song - Juvenile Book Club Kit


  • The Baby-sitters Club. 2, The Truth About Stacey - Juvenile Book Club Kit


  • Pete the Cat. Pete's Big Lunch - Juvenile Book Club Kit


  • Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy - Juvenile Book Club Kit


  • Frog and Toad are Friends - Juvenile Book Club Kit


  • Strictly No Elephants - Storytime kit


  • Where the Wild Things Are - Juvenile Book Club Kit


  • Ghost Boys - Juvenile Book Club Kit


  • Amulet. Book 1, The Stonekeeper - Juvenile Book Club Kit


  • This Book is Anti-racist  - Juvenile Book Club Kit


  • New Kid - Juvenile Book Club Kit


  • Brown Girl Dreaming


  • A Good Kind of Trouble


  • Let’s Talk About Race - Juvenile Book Club Kit


  • The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread - Juvenile Book Club Kit


  • The City of Ember - Juvenile Book Club Kit


  • Shiloh - Juvenile Book Club Kit


  • Hoot - Juvenile Book Club Kit


  • Among the Hidden - Juvenile Book Club Kit


  • El Deafo - Juvenile Book Club Kit


  • Guts - Juvenile Book Club Kit


 

Starting Your Own Book Club

No two books are the same, and every book club has its own personality, with members sharing perspectives and reactions—often along with snacks—for a truly unique experience.

Maybe you've been to one of our book clubs, and you're inspired to go out on your own. Getting your own club up and running is rewarding and fun, but it does involve some planning and preparation. Use these resources to start a book club that's right for you and your group.

Novelist PlusI Love Libraries is a project of the American Library Association. On their Starting a Book Club page you'll find great practical tips on the basics—ground rules for your meetings, encouraging a lively discussion, finding members and books, and more.

If you are starting a book club for kids, you will want to check out our Tips for Running a Book Club for Kids.

Novelist Plus, available free through the Library, offers ready-made book discussion guides you can use to spark conversation in your group. It's also an amazing tool for finding your club's next pick—use its browsing features to choose books by genre [video] or appeal factor [video], or see which award-winners might be a good fit for you.

 

book club meetingMore Free Resources

The Bookreporter
Reviews in many genres, author interviews, polls, contests and more

LitLovers
Lots of resources, including reading guides and free online courses

Novel Conversations from Indiana Humanities Council
Free statewide lending library, loaning more than 600 titles, primarily fiction and biography, to reading and discussion groups all over Indiana, free of charge.

Reader’s Circle
A book club networking site

The Reading Club
A British site devoted to starting and running your own reading and book club

Reading Group Guides
A comprehensive online community for reading groups

The Booklist Reader by Booklist
a blog offering organizational tools, well-informed reading suggestions, and news

Books on the Brain
A mom presents essays about what she's learned about organizing book clubs

National Reading Group Month
Supports reading groups by promoting the love of reading and literature through nationwide events; also provides tips for enhancing book discussions