Downloadable book club books

This guide walks through EACH of the 52 prompts and explains what they mean. It also contains creative interpretations, ideas to get you started, and links to our Goodreads lists. Want a quicker way to access the Goodreads lists? Click the buttons below to access both of these amazing resources! So, what do you think? Which ones are going to be trickier to complete? As best pals from college, they always take the summer vacation together.

But poppy suggests one last trip to save their friendship. The story takes us to both their present and past summer trips. An incredibly charming novel of romance and fake relationships. Daisy is a software engineer who is not very keen on making any kind of relationship with people.

But when her family wants her to get married soon, her childhood crush is the only option. Daisy and Liam are just the kind of sexy joyful magic we need in the world right now. This story follows the flightiest sister, Eve Brown.

Eve always ended up in chaos. She always flew from one job to another, but this time not for long. Her parents want her to prove to them that she is capable of looking after her own. Will she be able to cope with her new grumpy boss? Talia Hibbert always delivers and her books are the perfect material for a beach trip or a pick-me-up. Rosaline Palmer is a bisexual, single mom and gifted baker. She is trying hard to provide for her daughter.

Maddison Goldbloom has always loved weddings since childhood. Now she is living her dream life as a wedding dress designer, dating the handsome paediatrician.

Just as everything is going pretty well the devil shows up. Her super-rich ex-boyfriend whom she dated for six months. Now he asks a favour she would never have imagined, to become a fake fiancee. Fans of Jennifer Weiner may enjoy this sexy contemporary romance. The debut novel follows Catalina Martin, a year old, who works in New York. Her only option is Aaron Blackford, the guy who irritates her every now and then. Guncle is a hilarious tale of a retired sitcom star, Patrick.

After losing the love of his love to a car accident, he leads an isolated life with occasional socializing. After all how hard that can be to look after two kids! A reading pleasure; pour yourself a tall glass and enjoy, preferably poolside.

You deserve it! Dial A for Aunties is a hilarious romance novel that includes an accidental murder and family bonding. Set in the background of the Chinese-Indonesian heritage and traditions, this novel will take you back and forth between nervousness and excitement.

When she and her best friend Fizzy learn about a new DNA-based matchmaking company they decide to give it a go.

She feels that all great love stories have to end in broken hearts. When a knock sounds on the door in the middle of the night, sixteen-year-old Stefanie Podgorska decides to risk it all hiding a Jewish boy in her attic. As her attic begins to fill w, she is terrified when the Germans requisition her house. Now she has twelve hidden Jews above, two Nazis below and the sole responsibility for her six-year-old sister.

Although ranked at the top of her law school class, Christie Tate kept fantasizing about suicide. Her therapist Dr. Rosen recommended she join his weekly psychotherapy group session where he promises that if she shows up and is completely honest, her life will change.

Lila Reyes has it all planned out until everything comes crashing down. Worried for her mental health, her parents send her to spend the summer with friends in England. To give her mother a life of financial security, Afi Tekple agrees to marry a man she has never met. Expected to be the perfect trophy wife to a wealthy businessman, Afi learns to balance the expectations of those around her and realizes that some rules are meant to be broken.

After her mother drowns in a storm, Fable is abandoned on an island of thieves by her father. Margot Lee has always struggled to understand her mother Mina, a Korean War orphan and undocumented immigrant. But on the soccer pitch, she is La Furia, a powerhouse of skill. When her team makes it into the South American tournament, Camila realizes she cannot play in the tournament without telling her family that she plays soccer. A collection of eight short stories about different Haitian women as they experience love and loss.

Liz Lightly has never worried too much about fitting in at her small prom-obsessed high school. When her financial aid request to her dream college falls through, she is willing to do whatever it takes to be crowned prom queen and win the scholarship that goes with it. Austin Channing Brown grew up as a Black Christian woman in middle-class white America, and her new memoir bears witness to racial injustice is woven into the very fabric of America.

Brown points out how often we often fall short on our goal to promote diversity and details what we can do to learn to love Blackness.

On a remote island, the perfect wedding turns deadly in this thrilling mystery. The high-profile wedding between a television star and a magazine publisher is supposed to be the perfect event. Set off the coast of Ireland, all the stops have been pulled out. Yet once the guests arrive, past conflicts come into play and someone turns up dead. Was it the bride? The best man? The wedding planner? Foley keeps you guessing until the end, giving each suspect a firm motive to want to commit murder.

Fleeing an abusive marriage, Lakshmi rebuilds a life for herself as the most coveted henna artist in all of Jaipur in the s. Discover the perfect read for your book club. Takes 30 seconds! Tackling major questions regarding AI and the ethics of technology, Klara and the Sun is fuel for a fascinating book club discussion. Is there a member of your book club who, despite their best efforts, never gets around to finishing the book?

And hey, no judgement! We all have busy lives! Well, fear not: we have the answer. An unflinching look at the aftermath of trauma, Girl A is one of those much-hyped book club books that your own club is guaranteed to devour. I loved it. A cutting-edge look at internet culture, social media, and the malleability of identity in the modern age, Fake Accounts is a challenging but timely debut from author Lauren Oyler.

A series of incredible revelations leads the narrator to Berlin, where the story is only just beginning. Oyler clearly has her finger on the pulse of s culture, and the stark truths in Fake Accounts are sure to spark heated debate among your reading group. The Ackermans live in a world of their own, entirely by choice.

Instead, they live an alternative lifestyle, only observing outsiders from afar. But when an earth-shattering secret is revealed, the family unit is torn apart, and the girls are forced to navigate the world of the hearing alone. A beautiful exploration of love and sisterhood, Aquarium raises fascinating questions about the nature of disability and identity.

A series of interlinked vignettes from critically acclaimed author Brandon Taylor, Filthy Animals provides a snapshot of life in the American Midwest from a number of perspectives, including a young woman fighting cancer, a young man navigating an open relationship, and a group of teenagers whose tensions reach boiling point. As panic sets in, Ada realizes her hometown is no longer safe, so she goes on the run. Set on Barbados, this thriller shatters our conceptions of the island paradise and exposes the dark underbelly lurking beneath even the most picturesque communities.

When teenage activist Kezi is tragically killed after a social justice rally, the public outrage is overwhelming. Deeply timely and edifying, One of the Good Ones is a certified must-read by a powerhouse sister duo. Another great option for any book club facing novel fatigue, fans of the essay form will be delighted to hear that is bringing a whole new arrangement of writings by the incomparable Joan Didion.

This timeless collection of pieces — spanning the breadth of her career — tackles insecurity, femininity, and the wider culture. Noodle soup for the soul, anyone? Looking for something new to read? Trust real people, not robots, to give you book recommendations. Or sign up with an email address. Following a group of classics students at an elite college, the story details their gradual unraveling — a downward spiral that ends with a death amongst their ranks.

Frankenstein will have your book group up until the wee hours discussing issues of personhood, humanity, and the ethics of science —not least because this horror classic will leave you more than a little spooked. Raising important discussions about identity, and providing insight into both the challenges and possibilities of neurodivergence, The Curious Incident is deeply thoughtful YA.

The heartbreaking tale of Shuggie, a working class boy in Thatcher-era Glasgow, is relentlessly harrowing, touching on themes of addiction, abuse, sexual assault, and suicide. This brutal examination of a toxic mother-son bond shocked readers and critics, yet captured something universal in its authentic depiction of family life in impossible circumstances. If your club is looking for a critically acclaimed read that tackles serious topics, Shuggie is an important recent release to get under your belt.

So if you want to dig down into literary history, or have a greater appreciation for some of your modern picks by way of better understanding their ancient allusions, treat your book club to this blast from the past. Careful reading and close examination are rewarded here, making it a book club staple. The great book club books often pose one overarching question and challenges its reader to discern an answer.

In the case of Girl, Woman, Other, that question is clear : What does it mean to be a girl, a woman, or a gender-nonconforming person in Black Britain? This breathtaking portrait of twelve female and nonbinary people across the African diaspora is as vividly realized as it is absorbing.

Perhaps best-known for being a book narrated by Death, this might sound a little out there for some readers. But far from being bleak or gimmicky, the beautiful prose and moments of joy make this expertly executed and unique narrative perspective a delight to analyze. For those who want to get a little self-indulgent, My Life in Middlemarch is a beautiful reflection on the importance of reading that bookworms are guaranteed to enjoy.

If you had to pick between saving the man you love's life, or preserving your sister's freedom, which would you choose? Or, to put it another way, is blood thicker than water when actual blood is involved? Okinyan Braithwaite's searingly tense yet darkly humorous debut novel asks this among many other questions: not least, where the line between comedy and horror lies.

One of our picks for must-read books by black authors , My Sister, the Serial Killer will produce heated debate and nervous giggles in equal parts.

Released to incessant buzz in , Fleishman is in Trouble tells the story of an acrimonious divorce, a forty-something man navigating the world of online dating, and a sudden disappearance. This allegorical tale of political power, democracy, and communism — all explored through the lens of farm animals — is an enduring statement that never fails to leave us reeling, and therefore a guaranteed big hitter for any discussion group. Packed with wit and humor, this is a book for everyone.