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Book Club How-To’s

Websites About Book Groups

Websites that contain helpful information about starting and conducting discussions.

Books About Book Groups

The books listed here contain helpful information about starting a book group and conducting discussions. Copies are available for checkout or for use in the library. For further help, please ask at the Fiction/AV/Teen desk.

Book Discussions for Adults: a Leader’s Guide
Balcom, Ted

The Reading Group Handbook: Everything You Need to Know, from Choosing Members to Leading Discussions
Jacobsohn, Rachel W.

The Reading Group Book: the Complete Guide To Starting and Sustaining a Reading Group, With Annotated Lists of 250 Titles for Provocative Discussion
Laskin, David

The Book Group Book: a Thoughtful Guide to Forming and Enjoying a Stimulating Book Discussion Group
[edited by]Slezak, Ellen

Fiction Databases

Literature Resource Center (Infotrac)    access from home use at home   access from library use in library
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
Novelist    access from home use at home   access from library use in library
A reader’s advisory tool for all ages that helps readers find new books based on books they’ve read or topics in which they are interested.
Novelist K-8    access from home use at home   access from library use in library
Enter a title or author you like, or describe a book you would like to read, and NoveList finds books for you.

Last Updated On August 17, 2007

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