Useful Links for Book Groups

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What to Read? - Inspiration for Reading Groups

The Reading Club  - Suggestions on how to choose titles for a book group
The Guardian and Observer books season  - A list of the top 100 books of all time
Oprah’s Book Club - A complete list of Oprah’s book club picks
Richard and Judy  Book Club - A website that has featured books and recommended reads for the popular book club run in conjunction with WH Smith
The TV Book Club on Channel 4  - Offering several lists of recommended reads
ReadersPlace - The current book of the month with an archive at the bottom of the page
BBC’s The Big Read


In Depth - Discussion Questions and Readers Guides for Book Groups

Book-Clubs-Resources.com - Excellent resource with a list of websites offering reading guides for individual books with possible discussion questions
LitLovers - A webpage offering tips for leading a book group discussion
ReadersPlace - This webpage includes a featured reading guide, archived reading guides, and a search engine.
ReadingGroupGuides  - An online community for reading groups, which includes information for book groups and a search engine for reading guides
The Man Booker Prize - Includes reading guides for all the nominated books since 2009. 

Book Crossing - A fascinating social project involving tagging books, leaving them for others to find, and tracking them. They call themselves ‘The World’s Library.’


Library Services for Book Groups

If your Local Authority isn't amongst those listed below, we will be adding to this page all the time. If in doubt ask your local librarian for more details!

Book Group Collections

Dumfries and Galloway 

Edinburgh City Libraries

Fife

South Lanarkshire