Fiction Titles of the Month
The Nickel Boys
by Colson Whitehead
My Sister the Serial Killer
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen
by Sarah Bird
How Long ‘Til Black Future Month?
by N. K. Jemisin
Non-Fiction Title of the Month
What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker
by Damon Young
Classic Title of the Month
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
Book Club Help
The Huntley Area Public Library strives to provide the most convenient hold system possible for area book clubs. If you would like to use our services to place holds on your upcoming book club titles, please use the links below.
- Download the guidelines for book club holds (PDF 83Kb)
- Download the book club hold request form (PDF 78Kb)
If you have any questions, you may call the Information Desk at (847) 669-5386 and press 3. Our librarians also offer personalized assistance upon request.
Looking For Discussion Titles
Leading the Discussion
If the website links below don't have discussion questions that are specific to your title, try these out:
Fiction | Non-Fiction/Biography
Short Story Fiction | Christian Fiction
Helpful Websites
A list of useful websites to guide your Book Club.
- http://www.litlovers.com/
- http://www.goodreads.com/
- http://www.librarything.com/
- http://aalbc.com/
- http://www.bookspot.com/discussion/
- http://www.historicalnovels.info/
- https://www.harpercollins.com/browse-reading-guide
- http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/digital-yiddish-library
- http://partners.nytimes.com/books/forums/index.html
- http://www.oprah.com/packages/oprahs-book-club-2.html
- http://www.penguin.com/read/book-clubs/
- http://www.randomhouse.com/rgg/
- http://www.readinggroupchoices.com/
- http://www.readinggroupguides.com/guides
- http://bookpage.com/
- http://www.bookbrowse.com/bookclubs/
- http://www.bookmovement.com/
- http://www.nancypearl.com/
- http://readinggroups.simonandschuster.com/
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/podcast-book-club/
- http://theclub.hoopladigital.com/
Tip of the Month
Hoopla has a Book Club Spotlight selection with curated titles available for all Huntley Library card holders at the same time.
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