Click on the links below each question to share your thoughts with a world of readers. We read and talk about both fiction and nonfiction books as a community. Suggestions on how to choose books your book discussion group. With the grit of raymond carver, the humor of grace paley, and a blend of wit and melancholy all her own, berlin crafts miracles from the everyday, uncovering moments. Mixedmembers rotate each month, with the member whose turn it is proposing 3 different titles. If you or your book club is new to short story collections. The things they carried tim obrien, 1990 houghton mifflin harcourt 272 pp. The discussion will be lead by a volunteer employee facilitator who will guide the discussion, asking probing questions as needed. Combine the book reading with a regularly scheduled discussion meeting to double the impact of the book.
Pick multiple stories by one author, or in one genre, or from one time period, or from the same. Mystery stories, 50 great short stories, and various themed anthologies. Work book club success stories two companies share their experience with book clubs in the workplace. Thus we have huge collection of short stories, in various short story categories, by many famous and new writers, from india. It contains short stories, each of which can be read one at a time or several at once whenever you can grab a few minutes to read. The real world is populated with a bevy of bizarre and entertaining characters, largerthanlife scenarios, and stories that are just too strange for fiction. Or revisit the same theme from time to time for example, some clubs make a point of reading a book set locally or by a local author at least once a year. Short stories by anika nailah book club discussion. During the activity, get kids on the floor, and get down there with them.
Home book discussion groups libguides at american library. Wodehouse 18811975 a miscellaneous collection of short stories, not featuring any of wodehouses regular characters, most concern love and romance and, being wodehouse, all are amusing. Congratulations to all the books selected for the may 2019 libraryreads top ten list. Yet, theyre incredibly meaty and will spark lively book club discussions despite their brevity. With the grit of raymond carver, the humor of grace paley, and a blend of wit and melancholy all her own, berlin crafts miracles from the everyday, uncovering moments of grace in the laundromats and halfway houses of the american southwest, in the homes of the bay area upper class. Written during the 1890s, the stories in this selection brilliantly recreate vivid images of bengali life and landscapes in their depiction of peasantry and gentry, casteism, corrupt officialdom and dehumanizing poverty. If you or your book club is new to short story collections, try starting out with one of the most masterful short storytellers. This is a discussionworthy novel that was a national book award finalist. Im a book club nerd, reading books both for discussions and pleasure.
Mar 14, 2019 i was delighted to have this book selected for our monthly book club discussion group. I tend to think all book club selections should be on the short side to accommodate a variety of reading schedules for book club members. Reading group guidesbook club discussion guides for short. They share themes and characters so in some ways this collection shares some of the feeling of a novel but each story is a complete, vivid moment in itself. Below is the complete list of reading questions and topics for your book club discussion of a tale of two cities by charles dickens. Welcome to your story club online short story publisher welcome to your story club. If youre looking for a place where youll find likeminded people who are fanatic about short stories, then youre in the right place. Join the morning edition book club as we read fates and furies author and screenwriter richard russo has selected our third book a new. Oct 20, 2015 book club discussion questions october 20, 2015 by sheila 7 comments while its always helpful if you can find reading guides for the precise title your book club is reading, sometimes theyre not available. Natalia has returned to her roots in balkan country to lend a hand at an orphanage, and. Nonfiction books that are perfect for your book club the real world is chockfull of great stories that are perfect for discussion with your book club. Book club discussion questions for short story and essay collections. While its always helpful if you can find reading guides for the precise title your book club is reading, sometimes theyre not available. Oct 28, 2015 11 short story collections your book club will love discussing.
Freshman year of college, my friend started a book club. Find resources for your book club, whether it meets in your living room or across cyberspace. Yet tagore is first and foremost indias supreme romantic poet. When getting through an entire book feels a little too ambitious for your monthly book club theres no reason to skip a meeting. Wodehouse was one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. It is a good idea to plan on finishing the book a little earlier than you might otherwise so that you have time to think about it and prepare before your book club meets. Many libraries also stock book club bags with a discussion guide and multiple copies of a title. Selecting books voteall members make suggestions, followed by an open discussion, and vote. The translations edited by wellknown scholar and translator sukanta chaudhuri are. The short story kabuliwala by rabindranath tagore is the story of an afghan fruitseller called a.
The huffington post selected the tigers wife for our now discontinued book club in 2011, and with good reason. Quick start guide book discussion groups libguides at. More often than not, book clubs tend to skew toward fiction in their selections, but there is a rich and incredibly entertaining world lingering on those nonfiction shelves too. Form an employee book club see success stories in which a group of employees voluntarily read the same book. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. Where one person may have read a different theme or meaning from a certain story, another probably took something else from it, which always. In many clubs, the one who hosts the meeting picks the book. Book discussion 20 minutes after allowing five minutes for a transition from the activity be patient start a short, sweet discussion about the book. Start a short story club instead of a book club lifehacker. The official launch of book club central took place during the presidents program at the ala annual conference and exhibition in chicago on saturday, june 24, 2017. This highly anticipated collection has lived up to its. While discussing books is our passion we also have active forums for talking about poetry, short stories, writing and authors. We encourage budding and upcoming writers by publishing their short stories from various genres.
Use these 15 discussion questions and suggested answers to help students get more out of reading rick riordans tale of a modernday greek hero. Aug 08, 2019 the official launch of book club central took place during the presidents program at the ala annual conference and exhibition in chicago on saturday, june 24, 2017. Jun 25, 2014 during the activity, get kids on the floor, and get down there with them. Most carry their own recommended book lists or lists of what other clubs are reading. If you are a library user or avid ebook or audiobook reader, choose the. Select a number of questions, write each on an index card, and distribute. Selected short stories for those who havent yet lost their sense of humor p. Great supplemental information for school essays and projects.
Haruki murakami is a book club favorite, but his books tend to be epically long. The title page refers to the book simply as a work of fiction, defying the conscientious readers need to. I was delighted to have this book selected for our monthly book club discussion group. Suggestions on how to choose books your book discussion. Do invite new members to the book club each time a new book is started. Are there long or shortterm consequences to the issues raised in the book. If you get to pick the book, here are some recommendations for engaging books that are likely to promote discussion. Obrehts portrayal of a southeast europe corrupted by war yet inspired by legends and fairy tales is both touching and deeply important.
You can read two or three short stories per meetup, and still end up with less homework than a book. Poet, novelist, painter and musician, rabindranath tagore 18611941 is the grand master of bengali culture. Novel meetups are monthly, held on a weekday evening during the first week of each month at the halifax central library. Rotatemembers take turns, each choosing a book for a given month. Looking for an easy way to share information and develop employees at work. This collection of the short stories of nobel laureate and celebrated indian writer rabindranath tagore is the first title in the series the oxford tagore, a major new project to publish the english translations of a wide variety of tagores writings including his poetry, nonfiction prose, and fiction. Just pick and choose the discussion questions that work best for you and your book. Use a prop or object related to the story, such as maps, photos, paintings, food, or audio.
While many book clubs choose to only read novels and other works of fiction, there are many. But if you actually want to read and discuss some literature, try a short story club. But, the books on this list are especially shortaround 300 pages or less. Book club central, or bcc, will bring a world of information to book lovers, book clubs, libraries, and anyone who wants to increase their enjoyment of reading. A manual for cleaning women compiles the best work of the legendary short story writer lucia berlin. You can have a good book club discussion about a bad book, but its always more fun when members connect to the material and in these times, who wants to invest energy in a book that.
Sep 15, 2015 join the morning edition book club as we read fates and furies author and screenwriter richard russo has selected our third book a new. Although there are connections in several of the stories, each story can stand alone. Book club discussion questions the deliberate reader. This slim collection of comically dark short stories involving maud and her. All the best short stories are in the first 1234 of the book anyway. Discussion questions you can use with any book morristown. Do you think any of the stories could be expanded into a fulllength book. Study questions, project ideas and discussion topics based on important themes running throughout selected short stories by william faulkner. At times like those, it can be useful to have general questions that work for almost any book. I read a lot of different genres but mostly fiction. The short stories in this book were much easier of a read than a lot of his novels, but some of the stories toward the end got a lot more typical in the faulkner sense of the word where you had to go back and read a paragraph a 2nd or 3rd time to make sense of it.
While he managed to spread the popularity of characters. Employees are divided into randomly selected groups of no more than 15 employees each for the book discussion. I hope this site helps you whether you are looking for something interesting to read or leading a book club and need some material. Selected stories by lucia berlin is an amazingly wonderful collection of short stories. The book club click to join in the discussion about this months book.
Discussion questions on short stories wendy reads books. For busier months, or even just for a change of pace, consider choosing a short story to discuss. Join the morning edition book club as we read fates and. Are there long or shortterm consequences to the issues raised in the.
If you know of a short story or other short work that youd like to share and discuss with our club, just go ahead and make a post about it. American dirt, dear edward, the nickel boys, the family upstairs, and the testaments. The current employee book club members can also recruit new readers by talking about the positive experience of participating. A story of class and power, and love against the greatest of odds. Selected from the storytelling phenomenon the moth, this carefully curated collection brings the power of moth storytellingperformed live and without. Writer brian leyden on how his book club has moved to zoom to survive the lockdown.
Bookbrowses book club recommendations are sorted by title, author and genre, time period, setting and theme. This study guide consists of approximately 40 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of selected short stories. Ive tried to group stories to read that offered opportunities for discussion. You dont want the group turning into an exclusive team that other employees will feel uncomfortable joining. But, the books on this list are especially short around 300 pages or less. Choose one question at a time and toss it out to the group. Ive found that the best book club discussion questions are openended and get.
Each member or a team of 23 takes a card and answers the question. Short book club recommendations sarahs bookshelves. A manual for cleaning women compiles the best work of the legendary shortstory writer lucia berlin. Short stories your book club will love knopf doubleday. Ive also included a few questions that are meant for specific types of books, like fiction or nonfiction. Select category, audiobooks 882, backlist 451, book awards 811, book groups 1,896, book. Tommy orange author of there there book discussion and signing to your collection. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Calm sea and prosperous voyage restores to the literary canon an extraordinarily gifted writer, who was recognized as a major talent before all but disappearing from public view for decades, until nearly the end of her life. One of the first questions people ask about the things they carried is this. He managed to create many caricatured characters that have appeared in many of his works.