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The library has created book bags of popular titles for use by your book club. Bags include 10 copies of each title, a notebook with discussion questions, author profiles and more. Book group bags check out for 6 weeks and can be placed on hold for pickup either library. To find book group bags in the catalog, keyword search "book group bags".
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Book Movement BookMovement.com was founded in 2001 to give book clubs a way to recommend books to each other on a national level. Reading Group Choices Book discussion group guides, new books for discussion, tips for starting a book group and expert advice on running a successful book group.
Reading Group Guides Search hundreds of publishers' discussion guides by author, title and category. Includes author interviews, short biographies and ideas for book groups.
Books at Random Reading group guides for books published by Random House.
LitLovers Whether your club is about social bonding or heady discussions, this site has terrific resources to help.
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Fiction Review Source Links to reviews of current fiction in newspapers on the web, arranged by date. Some links go directly to the review, others to a search page. Some sites require registration.
Amazon.com Online bookseller offers journal reviews as well as customer reviews.
Contemporary Literary Criticism (Database: remote users must be Westminster residents and have valid library card) Contains an extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works and sources for further study.
Internet Public Library Internet Public Library's guide to literary criticism on the web. Search by author, title or time period.
College Hill Book Club meets on the second Wednesday of each month, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in Room L-200. Call (303) 658-2603 for more information.
Book Organizations of Colorado has a monthly newsletter with listings of area book club events.
Good Morning America Library
Oprah’s Book Club
Book Clubs Resource is an online site with many links and helpful articles about starting and running a book club, choosing books, etc.
Oprah’s Build Your Own Book Club site has tips from the queen of book clubs.
Reading Group Choices has a list of questions to consider when forming a book group.
Reading Group Choices: Selections for Lively Book Discussions Annual compilation edited by Mark Kaufman. Each book selection has a two-page spread which includes a summary, brief author information, and questions for discussion. Indexed by author, genre, and subject/interest area.
Book Sense Best Books Has brief information on 50 titles booksellers consider “top reading group recommendations.
Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason and More Book Lust Librarian Nancy Pearl (the model for the librarian action figure) shares her love of books in creative, witty lists.
The Reader's Choice: 200 Book Club Favorites 70 reading groups share their top picks, giving each a page of background and questions.
Contemporary Authors (Database: remote users must be Westminster residents and have valid library card) Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
Author Yellow Pages
Author Pseudonyms
American Authors