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Resources for book groups

Before you begin, visit Creating a Great Book Group, a step by step guide.

Books

Ellington, H. Elisabeth: A Year of Reading: A Month-by-Month Guide to Classics and Crowd-Pleasers for You and Your Book Group
Greenwood, Monique: The Go on Girl! Book Club Guide for Reading Groups
Loevy, Diana: The Book Club Companion: A Comprehensive Guide to the Reading Group Experience
Moore, Ellen: Good Books Lately: The One-Stop Resource for Book Groups and Other Greedy Readers
Niebuhr, Gary Warren: Read 'Em Their Writes: A Handbook for Mystery and Crime Fiction Book Discussions
O'Hare, Mary: Recipe for a Book Club: A Monthly Guide for Hosting Your Own Reading Group
Pearl, Nancy: More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason

Literature Resource Center: http://0-infotrac.galegroup.com.catalog.multcolib.org/itweb/multnomah_main?db=LitRC

Biographies, bibliographies, critical essays, work overviews and more.
NoveList Plus: http://0-search.ebscohost.com.catalog.multcolib.org/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=novplus

Read-alikes, book reviews and discussion guides.

Book-Clubs-Resource.com: http://www.book-clubs-resource.com/online/

A comprehensive guide to discount book clubs and reading groups.
Book Group Buzz: http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/

Book group tips, reading lists and literary news from Booklist Online.
Bookreporter.com: http://bookreporter.com/

Information on contemporary fiction and nonfiction.
LitLovers: http://www.litlovers.com/

Reading guides, resources and recipes for your book group.
Penguin Classics: http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/classics/index.html

Book group discussion guides for the classics.
Reader's Circle: http://www.readerscircle.org/

A book club networking site with listings for local groups, author events and phone chats.
Reading Group Center: http://reading-group-center.knopfdoubleday.com/

Reading group guides and tips.
Reading Group Choices: http://www.readinggroupchoices.com/

Book group titles and discussion guides.
ReadingGroupGuides: http://readinggroupguides.com/

Guides and resources for your book group.
Simon and Schuster: http://readinggroups.simonandschuster.com/

Reading group resources.