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About.com Book Club

About.com, the leading network of niche vertical sites, has launched its all-new Book Club at http://bookclub.about.com The About.com Book Club offers members a "virtual salon" in which they can discuss and debate the latest novels by prominent authors.

Academy of Achievement: Virtual Book Club

The Virtual Book Club is an online forum where readers gather to share their thoughts on a particular book, enhance theirunderstanding of the material, and gain new perspectives on the work. Each monthly discussion will be hosted bya noted author from the Academy of Achievement. The chat will focus on two books: one the author has written, and another which the author considers a favorite.

Austin 360 Bookshelf

The Austin 360 Bookshelf offers information on all things literary around the Web and in Austin, Texas. The Bookshelf also hosts an online book discussion group.

Ballantine Publishing Group Newsletters, Reading Group Newsletter

Presented by the Ballantine Publishing Group. This site gives suggestion for those groups interested in titles by theme, such as Asian Pacific Heritage Month and Hispanic Heritage Month.

BantamDoubledayDell Online Forums

These forums are designed for the reader interested in specific categories, such as business and romance titles. Includes excerpts, readers' guides and the occasional chat.

Bill Moyers Genesis: A Living Conversation (Forming and Finding Discussion Groups)

This site provides information on how to start and join a Genesis group.

Book-Clubs-Resource.com

Resource and guide for book clubs, reading groups, and book discussion groups, including articles about running a book club, links to online book clubs, and reading group guides.

The Book Group List

E-mail reading and discussion group.

The Bookies

An e-mail book discussion group that discusses both fiction and non-fiction works, including Oprah's monthly book club picks. We are a chatty group who love to read and share our reading experiences with each other.

Books D.C.

A group of approximately10 men in Washington, D.C., who meet to discuss books every six weeks. The group votes on whether to recommend the books (the votes are noted on the web page, which also has links to reading guides for the books that have them.

Books@Random Library Reading Group and Teachers Guides

Provides book briefs and suggestions on how-to present each title within the context of a discussion group.

Bookwomen

Literary organization focused on the reading and discussion of books. Eleven African-American women from a variety of backgrounds and professions meet monthly to discuss book selection of the month. Site includes book review of the month.

Bookworms

You can come join and talk about books and authors you like, or just read what other members say about their favorite books and authors. Come join today, and have fun!

Bookworms Anonymous

Everyone is invited to browse this very imaginative page created by the reading group known as Bookworms Anonymous. Members of this group share book lists as well as reviews and tips on the how-to of reading groups. Join the fun!

Buffalo Free-Net Library Usenet Book Discussion Groups

Links to some literature related newsgroups available on BFN.

#CB Online Reading Club

A dedicated group of booklovers who spend their moments offline reading! All welcome!

Claudia's Web: Award Winning Books for Kids

Offers fun, educational, self-help books for kids that promote self-esteem, conflict resolution, and diversity. Companion leader's guides offer handouts, activities, and discussion questions for parents, teachers, and caregivers.

Clay Tablets: The Art of Writing (Online Forum Links)

Choose from the many online forums linked to this site dedicated to creative writing.

Directory of WNY Book Discussion Groups

Includes description of the following discussion groups: Bistro Bookers, Elma Book and Travel Club and the North Area YMCA Group.

Fay Weldon Discussion List

A discussion about the books of British author, Fay Weldon.

Forum One: Online Forums

Just keyword, "book" and hundreds of online forums for book lovers are accessible.

Home Digital Book Club

The Lavender Salon Reader Online: Gay and Lesbian Reading Clubs

Provides a directory of gay and lesbian book clubs as well as book reviews.

Legacy Book Group

Legacy is an e-zine devoted to the humanities. It also sponsors an online reading group, inviting responses to the monthly selections.

The Mythopoeic Society

The Mythopoeic Society is a non-profit educational organization devoted to the study of myth and fantasy literature. The Society publishes three magazines and sponsors discussion groups and an annual Mythopoeic Conference. The Society also presents awards for new fantasy fiction and scholarly books.

The Online Reading Club

The Online Reading Club is a group of about thirty people in five different countries who read a piece of world literature every two weeks and send their reviews on it to each other via email. The purpose of the club is to widen and vary our reading backgrounds and general knowledge. This club is especially for students, professors, writers, those learning English as a second language, and anyone who wants to read a wide variety of texts in English.

Pasadena Bookstores Reading Discussion Groups

Bookstores in the Pasadena area which are involved in reading group activities, including Book'em Mysteries and Page One Books. Site includes information on meeting days and times.

Paz & Associates Reading Group Choices

Features the title, Reading Group Choices for 1996. A great resource title for any book club.

Publishers Weekly Reading Groups

Rachel's Compendium of Online Book Discussions, et al.

Rachel's Compendium of Online Book Discussion is a site pointing to online book clubs, online areas for book discussion, online resources for offline discussion, and online reading resources.

The Read In!

A one-day-a-year Internet event that helps hundreds of thousands of children around the world talk to famous authors and with each other. The Read In Foundation, Inc. promotes and encourages global literacy and the use of telecommunications technology in education through partnerships with public and private educational institutions, corporations, governments, and private citizens worldwide.

The Reading for Charity Organization

"Reading For Charity is a nonprofit organization with two major goals. The first is to help benefit and aid literacy efforts nationwide. The second is to create high level publicity campaigns for our philantrhopic authors. By getting involved we allow everyone to interweave entertainment with philanthropy."

Reading in San Jose

This online reading group -- also meets in person -- offers links to other area reading groups and provides information on U.S.-based library resources.

Rice, Anne (Anne Rice's Erotica)

A web-based discussion of the erotic books by Anne Rice under her various psuedonyms. The above link leads to a choice of participating via java or non-java. Although registration is required for posting, you can be anonymous by not including your email/interests and choosing a nickname during the sign-in process. Reading group can be accessed through main threshold.

Robin's Book Club

Online book discussion group.

Salem New Age Center Reading Groups and Reading Group List

New Age topics for any reading group.

Southern Register, the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, Book Clubs and Reading Groups Questionnaire Responses (Spring 1995)

Who joins a book club? And what is read? The Center for the Study of Southern Culture shares its findings of a recently-conducted survey.

Tertulia Reading Group

Tertulia is the name of a book group that formed four years ago. The site includes information aboutstarting your own book group, the list of books we've read, and reviews of the books. Also, there are links to other good book sites.

The University of Warwick, Philosophy Department Graduate School Online Reading Group

The site publicises new and continuing reading groups at Warwick, but the aim is to eventually expand it to allow feedback from those not able to attend the actualmeetings. Those books being considered for discussion include: Will Kymlicka's Multicultural Citizenship and Foucault'sDiscipline and Punish.

Vintage Books Reading Group Guides

Guides to enhance a group's reading and discussion of a book, including a description of each book, questions, discussion topics, author biography, and sometimes a note from the author to assist the group in having a stimulating and interesting discussion.

WashingtonPost.com Online Book Group

Join the Washington Post's virtual book club with reading groups for general fiction, science fiction, and westerns!. Free and fast registration. Come and see.

Western Carolina University Micronet BookRead: Book Discussion Groups for Kids

Two new e-mail discussioin groups for children and young adults: the BookRead Cafe and the BookRead Review.

Wired for Books: Community Reconsidered

An interactive fiction discussion site featuring the works of Raymond Carver, Zora Neale Hurston, Leo Tolstoy, and Toni Morrison. Visitors can listen in RealAudio to scholars discuss the author's works and add their own comments or questions about the readings.

The WordsWorth Online Reading Groups

All are welcome! Online reading groups sponsored by Wordsworth of Cambridge, Massachusetts every week, Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

Yahoo Online Forums, Poetry

ZIA Writing Online Forum Resource

Emphasis on literature and writing.

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