Cover of The Reading Group Handbook: Everything You Need to Know, from Choosing Members to Leading Discussions

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

Book clubs and reading groups give fellow members the chance to break out of established reading patterns and learn adventurous approaches to creative material. With the help of The Reading Group Handbook, you'll get a definitive, step-by-step guide to starting your own book club, written by a professional reading group leader who has organized and lead groups — face-to-face and even on-line — for over twenty years.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 272 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

Liked The Reading Group Handbook: Everything You Need to Know, from Choosing Members to Leading Discussions? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked The Reading Group Handbook: Everything You Need to Know, from Choosing Members to Leading Discussions. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. The Book Bind Shares books about, nonfiction
  2. Scribbles in the Margins Shares books about, nonfiction
  3. The Book Club Bible: The Definitive Guide That Every Book Club Member Needs Shares books about, nonfiction
  4. Unlocking Worlds: A Reading Companion for Book Lovers Shares nonfiction, books about

“If you want more of the same, start with these.”

  1. Dedicated to ... The forgotten friendships, hidden stories and lost loves found in second-hand books
  2. 100 One-Night Reads: A Book Lover's Guide
  3. Introduction To Reference Work
  4. Practical Cataloguing: AACR, RDA and MARC21

“If it was the books about that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. A Curious Invitation: The Forty Greatest Parties in Fiction
  2. The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics
  3. The Bibliophile's Devotional: 365 Days of Literary Classics
  4. Marsden on Marsden: The stories behind John Marsden's bestselling books

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. The Cutting Club
  2. The Cool Girl's Guide to Knitting
  3. Painted Pages: Fueling Creativity with Sketchbooks and Mixed Media
  4. Paris for One