Book Club Discussion Guides
30 guides — free, printable, and ready instantly for any book
30 guides
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Classic FictionTo Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Classic Fiction1984
George Orwell
Dystopian FictionPride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
Classic RomanceWhere the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens
MysteryThe Midnight Library
Matt Haig
Speculative FictionLessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus
Historical FictionProject Hail Mary
Andy Weir
Science FictionThe Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides
Psychological ThrillerEducated
Tara Westover
MemoirThe Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
Historical FictionA Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman
Contemporary FictionGeneral book club questions for any book
Can't find your book above? These universal questions work for any book your club is reading.
- 1
What made you pick up this book — the premise, the author's reputation, a recommendation, or something else?
- 2
How did the opening pages set your expectations for the rest of the book?
- 3
Which character did you find yourself most drawn to, and why?
- 4
Did any character's choices frustrate or surprise you? What would you have done differently?
- 5
What do you think the author is ultimately trying to say with this book?
- 6
Is there a passage or line that stuck with you? Why did it resonate?
- 7
How does this book fit into (or push against) the conventions of its genre?
- 8
What does this book reveal about the time, place, or culture it's set in?
- 9
Did reading this book change how you think about anything in your own life?
- 10
Who would you recommend this book to — and who would you steer away from it?
- 11
Now that you've finished — did the ending land the way you expected? Why or why not?
- 12
If you could ask the author one question about how the book ends, what would it be?
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