Online Discussion Groups

• Publisher's Weekly Online reading groups
  Publisher's Weekly Online offers an article about the growing popularity of book groups as well as links to several online discussion forums and resources.

• The Academy of Achievement's Virtual Book Club
  The Academy of Achievement hosts monthly chats with authors ranging from Elie Wiesel to Martha Stewart.

• WashingtonPost.com's Talk Central
  The online edition of the Washington Post offers online discussions on a variety of topics as well as dozens of sample chapters from fiction and nonfiction titles.

Organizations:

• Great Book Foundation: 35 E. Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 332-5870

• American Association of University Women (AAUW): 1111 16th St., NW, Washington, DC 20036 (202) 785-7700

• Association of Book Group Readers and Leaders (ABGRL): P. O. Box 885, Highland Park, IL 60035 (847) 266-0431

Book Reviews, Magazines, and Programming:

• The Boston Globe

• The Chicago Tribune

• The Los Angeles Times

• The New York Times

• The San Francisco Chronicle

• The Washington Post Book World

• Book Magazine: A relatively new magazine devoted to books. The site features author profiles, reviews and relevant articles.

• Book TV: The online version of C-Span2's popular weekend nonfiction book program. Includes a listing of reading groups across the country in it's "Stores and Club"s section. Add your own, or search for a club near you!

Books:

• The Mother-Daughter Book Club by Shireen Dodson. (HarperPerennial, NYC, 1997)

• The Reading Group Handbook by Rachel Jacobsohn. (Hyperion, NYC, 1994)

• The Reading Group Book by David Laskin and Holly Hughes (Penguin, NYC, 1995)

• What to Read: The Essential Guide for Reading Group Members and Other Book Lovers by Mickey Pearlman (HarperCollins, NYC, 1994)

• The New York Public Library Guide to Reading Groups by Rollene Saal (Crown, NYC, 1995)

• ...And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer (Berkeley, NYC, 1985)

• The Book Group Book by Ellen Slezak, ed. (Chicago Review Press, NYC, 1995)

• Read All Your Life: A Subject Guide to Fiction by Barbara Kerr Davis (McFarland & Company, Inc., 1989)

Publications:

• Reading Group Choices: Selections for Lively Book Discussions by Paz and Associates, Nashville. Each booklet lists 26 books selected by and advisory board and includes author biography, summary, and discussion questions. Order online, or write to Paz and Associates at 2106 20th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37212. Single copies are available for $2.50, checks payable to Paz and Associates. Ten or more copies can be purchased in bulk at $0.75 a piece. (800) 260-8605

• Reverberations: The news journal of the Association of Book Group Readers and Leaders. Annual membership in the Association, which maintains a database of groups and leaders, oversees and info sheet exchange program, and liases between groups and publishers, is $18.00 (P.O. Box 885, Highland Park, IL 60035)

• Reading in Company: Starting a Reading Group: Sponsored by the Arizona Center for the Book (P.O. Box 334438, Phoenix, AZ 85067-4438)

• An Introduction to Shared Inquiry: A pamphlet sponsored by The Great Books Foundation, 40 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611 (800) 222-5870

• Reading Woman: A quarterly newsletter containing short reviews and excerpts from works of fiction and nonfiction by both men and women. Subscriptions cost $15 and are payable to Reading Woman, c/o Bering Communications, P.O. Box 19116, Minneapolis, MN, 55419 (800) 844-1271

• Select Fiction: A guide to great literary fiction that you may not have heard about. Write to P.O. Box 1069, Sharon, CT 06069 for a subscription.

• Fiction & Friends: A national newsletter written for book groups and avid readers and containing suggestions, hints, lists, and discussion questions. For a subscription, contact Natalie Kemmit at nkemmitt@earthlink.net.