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You want to start a book club, but where do you begin? We've selected some of the best online resources available to help you form a group and select a book. Look below for information on entertaining resources, icebreakers, surviving the first meeting and suggestions for great books!

Must Reads
Bookjacket - The Namesake
The Namesake
Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies established this young writer as one the most brilliant of her generation. Her stories are one of the very few debut works --


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Resources for Must Reads
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Starting a Group
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Entertaining Resources
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Icebreakers
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Moderating a Discussion
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Surviving the First Meeting
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Books Into Movies
Fast Food NationFast Food Nation
This work exposes the gritty truth behind the commercial food industry.
Bridge to TerabithiaBridge to Terabithia
Jess and Leslie created an imaginary world that sheltered them from the outside world.
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Did You Know?
Cover, The Tale of Genji
The First Novel
The world's first novel, The Tale of Genji, was written in Japan in 1007 by a woman named Murasaki Shikibu. Find out more!