Amazon.com Books Clubs: Book club suggestions and reading group guides.Book Browse.comBook Group Corner--Bantam, Broadway, Dell and Doubleday Books: Reader's companions for many books. They include author information, discussion questions and other information about the book or author.Contemporary Authors: Detailed author information can be found for all the authors which is available online with a valid library card or at the Rapid City Public Library in the reference section at 928.1 C761c--(your barcode is login name, your last name is your password.) NoveList: An excellent reader's resource, their Book Discussion Guides are very thorough. To access Book Discussion Guides, select adult, then scroll down to find "Book Discussion Guides." If you are accessing this from home, you will need your library card. Your login ID is your card number; your password is your last name (unless you have changed it). Oprah's Book ClubReading Group Corner: Reading group guides from Random House, searchable by author, title or category.Reading Group Guides.com: Reading group guides for fiction, non-fiction, biography and more from many different publishers! Discussion questions and author information with each guide.Reading Group CenterHarperCollins.com Readers: Discussion guides for fiction and nonfiction published by Harper Collins.
Many public libraries and bookstores provide guidelines for starting your own book discussion group. We've selected a few of the most informative to get you started.
Book Group Corner, which offers many discussion guides, provides historical information on book groups, plus ideas from other books groups for inspiration.Reading Group Center Cheat Sheet offers resources to everything from author interviews to online discussion groups. This site will definitely inspire some thought.Rapid City Public Library offers many books on starting a book discussion group. The following titles are a sample.
Book Discussions for Adults—A Leader’s Guide, Ted Balcom, American Library Association, 1992.
This book covers the details of starting and leading a book group in great detail. There are generic questions to ask for any book (page 45) and guidelines for developing questions specific for a book.
Rapid City Public Library Adult nonfiction 025.5277 B174b
The Mother-Daughter Book Club, Shireen Dodson, Harper Perennial, 1997.
Describes a book club created to form a bond of reading between mothers and daughters. This book has ideas, book lists and enthusiasm for reading from a young age on.
Rapid City Public Library Adult nonfiction 372.41 D647m
The Readers’ Choice—200 Book Club Favorites, Victoria Golden McMains, Quill, 2000.
Gives the titles, description and a few discussion questions for 200 books recommended by book clubs. There is a subject index and a guide to starting a book group.
Rapid City Public Library Adult nonfiction 028.1 M167r
The Reading Group Handbook, Rachel W. Jacobsohn, Hyperion, 1994.
"Everything you need to know…." about starting a reading group. This book tells how to start a group, gives multiple ideas for reading lists, provides tons of resources to find information about the book or the author. You will come away prepared to start a group once you’ve looked at this book.
Rapid City Public Library Adult nonfiction 374.22 J17r
Reading Group Choices: Selections for Lively Book Discussions, Paz & Associates, 1998.
Reading Group Choices: Selection for Lively Book Discussion, Paz & Associates, 1999.
These books provide a summary, author biography and discussion questions for each of the titles in each book. There is also an Internet site associated with the books that provides more resources at Reading Group Choices.com.
Rapid City Public Library Adult nonfiction 809.0028 R287r
What To Read: The Essential Guide for Reading Group Members and Other Book Lovers, Mickey Pearlman, Harper Perennial, 1994.
This book has annotated bibliographies covering many topics, including mysteries, science fiction, biographies, etc. A very useful resource when deciding what to read next.
Rapid City Public Library Adult nonfiction 015.73 P359w
