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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 more!

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Bookjacket -Tea with Jane Austen
Tea with Jane Austen
Who would not want to sit down with Jane Austen and join her for a cup of tea? Here for the first time is a book that shares the secrets of one of her favorite rituals. Tea figures prominently in Jane Austen's life...More

Starting a Group
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Reading Guides
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Icebreakers
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Meeting Management
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Cool Stuff
Antique map of Italy, close-upLiterature Map
Visit the Literature Map to see who is else writes like your favorite author. Careful, you might get addicted!
The Saint Florian's PsalterLuminarium
Try this beautiful site for online texts of Medieval, Renaissance, Restoration, and 17th century literature.
reading a bookShort Stories
Like a good short story to perk up your mood? Find lots of short stories online at this great UK site.
Armchair Travel


Did You Know?
Stephen King or Richard Bachman?
Stephen King also wrote under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman for some of his earlier novels. The name was a combination of the first name of a pseudonym for another fiction writer, and the last name of musician.