Love learning and sharing what you’ve learned?
Join book clubs — they are the intellectual version of sex stores 🙂
Here’s a list of questions to connect with your other club members and trade insights:
Questions around the book of choice
- What do you think about the last chapter/the book?
- How would you rate the book on a scale of 1 to 10?
- [If fiction] Which character could you relate to the most?
- What was your favorite idea from the book?
- What would you change about the book, if anything?
- Would you read another book by the same author?
- What would you like to read next?
If you want geeky questions that help you deconstruct the book — whether it’s plot, characters, or writing style — Jules Buono of The Literary Lifestyle has a crazy comprehensive list of questions.
Other questions
Fun questions
- Fiction or nonfiction?
- Harry Potter or The Lord of the Rings?
- E L James (Fifty Shades Of Grey) or Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)?
- Physical books or ebooks?
- If you could be a book, which book would it be?
- If you could be a book character, who would it be?
- If you were the king/queen of the world and you could get everyone to read one book… which book would it be?
- If your house was burning down and you could only save one book, what would you grab before running out?
- If your life was a book, what would it be about? (I also love Reddit’s variation)
- If you could write a book on anything — without worrying about your reputation — what would you write about?
Deeper questions
- What’s your favorite genre?
- What’s your “guilty pleasure” read and why?
- What’s the most profound lesson you learned from a book?
- What’s one book that has changed your life?
- What book did you wish you had read earlier?
- What book best describes you/your personality?
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