Recent Blog Posts

App and website updates

At Bookclubz, we’re always searching for ways to bring our communities of readers together — and continually improving our product to make it happen! Check out the latest updates we’ve introduced in July and August that we hope will improve your book club experience!

Updated: Aug 31, 2021

Culture and literature

If you’ve had the pleasure of reading Sally Rooney’s magnificent novel, Normal People, you will understand why creating a companion playlist for this book was a necessity. While the plot and setting are captivating, what really draws you in is its power to stir strong emotions in the reader like the best songs do for listeners. Rooney draws her characters so intimately that we’re not merely observers, but we feel their happiness and devastation, their triumph and loss. The novel envelops you in emotion in the same way as your favorite song or album.

Updated: Jan 26, 2023

Book club spotlights

In celebration of “Women In Translation Month”, we'd like to introduce our readers to the Open Doors Review Book Club, dedicated to reading books in English or Italian (your preference) by authors with a strong connection to Italy and creating an online space to transcend barriers to literature, language, and the human experience.

Updated: Jan 26, 2023

Author corner

An essay by Shruti Swamy, the author of A House Is a Body.

Updated: Jan 26, 2023

Author corner

Joshua Henkin is an award-winning author of many novels, his most recent being Morningside Heights. It is an engrossing and compassionate exploration of a family facing hardship, as well as “about the love between women and men, and children and parents, about the things we give up in the face of adversity, and about what endures when life turns out differently from what we thought we signed up for.” Don’t miss out on our conversation with Henkin where we’ll discuss this highly-praised novel.

Updated: Jan 26, 2023

Reading lists

Not sure what to choose for your next book club pick? With so many new titles coming out every month and thousands of classics waiting to be read, narrowing it down to just one can be quite the challenge. Luckily for you this month, and every month, Bookclubz shares a curated list of the top six titles you should read with your book club along with their discussion questions to guide your meeting. There is one book of the month as well as five titles chosen based on genre. Check them out below and then start reading away!

Updated: Jan 26, 2023