ONLINE RESOURCES PAGE OF MID-YORK'S BOOK DISCUSSION WEB SITE
A list of frequently updated sites that offer a variety of interesting information for book discussion leaders.
Amazon.com
Reading Group Guides
Titles are arranged by subject category. Once you choose the category, choose
your specific title and find the corresponding guide in the left-hand column
box titled 'Book Information'.
Ballantine Reader's Circle
Ballantine Reader's Circle books are chosen especially for reading groups.
Their web site offers links to all of their guides and author information.
Bloomsbury
Reading Club
The reading guides for these literary fiction titles include plot synopses,
discussion questions, author biographies and suggestions for further reading,
both of the featured author's work and for other related books.
BookBrowser.com
This site is a great resource for author interviews and book reviews to help
you research background information before you discuss a book. Partnered with
Barnes & Noble, it offerse suggestions and resources for book group leaders.
Sign up for an e-newsletter as well as access to thousands of ready-to-print
reading group guides. Click on above link and scroll down to their 'Special
Features' section, then click on 'Book Clubs' to find titles which include a
reading group guide.
BookClubReader.com
A site that's packed full of suggestions and resources for readers and book
discussion leaders. Includes author interviews, reading
group guides, and a calendar for planning ahead. Register for an e-mail
update whenever they add new discussion titles! Part of SimonSays.com.
BookMuse.com
With reading groups in mind, this site provides commentary, discussion topics,
literary criticism, and author biographies. You can also sign up for their newsletter
and use their MuseNotes questions for discussion. Part of Powells.com
BookSpot.com
Part of The StartSpot Network (also related to the acclaimed LibrarySpot.com
site), this site features publishers guides, online discussions, and discussion
guides for kids. There are many links to newspaper and online book reviews.
It is easy to navigate and rich in content. Subscribe to BookReporter.com and
enjoy many author
interviews.
Brians'
Guides
Grouped here are study guides prepared by Professor Paul Brians of Washington
State University for the use of students in his classes. Nonprofit users are
welcome to use and reproduce them for educational purposes so long as full credit
is given to the author and the URL of the original is included, though online
"mirrors" are not allowed. Please link to these pages rather than
cloning them on your own site. There are resources for science fiction, 18th
and 19th century European classics, world literature, and a section on "love
in the arts."
HoughtonMifflinBooks.com
This site offers excellent reading guides for Houghton Mifflin titles. The guides
include background and author interviews, as well as topics for discussion.
Morton Grove Public Library's
Webrary
The Morton Grove Public Library book groups make their discussion questions
available online. Search the archives of their groups to discover questions
and online resources for your discussion.
MostlyWeEat.org
Check out this site for pure enjoyment! This is a book group that has been in
existence since 1993. They have had quite a bit of media attention. Yes, there
are lots of good suggestions from this group, but, for a good laugh, you must
read their criteria for book selection, written by their only male member.
PenguinGroup
(USA)
This site is part of the Penguin Putnam site below and provides an
impressive list of reading guides with titles that will please everyone!
PenguinPutnam.com
This site offers reading guides, both fiction and non-fiction, for
Penguin Books as well as classics featured by The Great Books Foundation. Sign
up to receive notification when new guides are added.
Powell's
Powell's bookstore is a large independent bookstore located in Portland, Oregon.
Their online store has extensive author interviews, recommendations of independent
bookstore owners, author events, a great newsletter, and much more!
RandomHouse.com
The site includes hundreds of reading guides for titles published by
Random House.
RaveCentral.com
Is your selection soon to be released as a movie? Log on and find out!
ReadingGroupChoices.com
This site is sponsored by the publishers of the series Reading Group Choices,
which has been published annually since 1995. Discussion topics from books in
past editions are available on this web site.
ReadingGroupGuides.com
This is an online community for reading groups where you can share creative
ideas, find discussion guides, get suggestions by category, enter a contest,
and even get recipes. Sign up for your reading group to be interviewed.
ReviewsOfBooks.com
A site dedicated to amassing and offering thorough, and often, full length book
reviews of recently released books. They also archive previous reviews. Can't
find the review you're looking for? This site takes suggestions!
SparkNotes.com
If your group enjoys exploring the classics, use this site to find hundreds
of downloadable, printable study guides.
Vintage Reading Group
Center
Access reading group guides for Vintage paperbacks, get recommendations for
books to discuss, and share discussion tips.
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