Book Discussion Groups @ MCPL -- Every month, book clubs meet at most MCPL locations to discuss and enjoy great books. There are no fees or membership requirements.  Simply read the book and come to the discussion.

Click here to view our schedule of upcoming Book Discussions!

Book discussion groups are encouraged to donate additional copies of book titles and are welcome to add comments and discussion questions for others to use.

Also, feel free to schedule your book discussion at your local MCPL!
(Reserve a Public Meeting Room for your group here.)

Online Reviews, Guides, & Misc. Resources

NoveList^Plus! -- A comprehensive online readers’ advisory tool. Do you need help finding that perfect book? Perhaps you’re looking for a book in a specific genre, or maybe you need to know the next book in your favorite series. Search among hundreds of thousands of fiction and nonfiction titles, plus retrieve read-alikes, book lists, discussion guides, and more.

Literary Reference Center -- Information on thousands of authors and their works, including summaries, literary criticism, biographies, reviews, interviews, classic and contemporary poems and short stories, full-text access to classic works of literature, and much more.

LitFinder -- Contains a wealth of primary literature content, including citations and full text of hundreds of thousands of poems, short stories, essays, speeches and plays.

Dear Reader: Online Book Clubs -- Every Mon.-Fri. you will receive an email containing a five-minute selection from a chapter of a book in the genre of your choice. By the end of the week, you’ll have read 2-3 chapters. Every Monday we start a new book. Sign up here and start reading!

BookNews -- Monthly newsletters featuring a wide variety of books for all ages and in all genres. View these newsletters online, or sign up to receive any or all of them via email! Also includes links to current book award and bestseller lists.

BookPage -- Online version of the monthly print newspaper (by the same name) which is available at MCPL, with plenty of additional features, including book reviews, reading lists, book club resources, book-finding tools, and more.

• Reading Group Guides -- Here you'll find everything you need to make your reading group better than ever! Learn how to plan meetings, choose books to read, and run discussions smoothly.  See what others groups are reading, browse through more than 665 discussion guides to find books in the categories and subjects your group likes best. (Third-party site. Not an MCPL service.)

• New York Times Online: Books Archive - Over 50,000 reviews since 1980, stored online in a searchable database.  Book forums, book news and the first chapters of some current works are also available at this site.  New users must register, but it's free.
  (Third-party site. Not an MCPL service.)