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Enter to Win 25 of the Most Discussed Books of the Past Quarter Century, from 2000 to 2024

And check out our 25th Anniversary Feature, which includes the Most Requested Guides of 2024 and 2025, tips for books groups, and more.

THE BLACK WOLF is the 20th Installment in Louise Penny's Armand Gamache Series

The Chief Inspector of the Sûreté du Québec has realized that a domestic terrorist attack in Montréal was just the beginning.

Susan Orlean Has Penned a Masterful Memoir of Finding Her Creative Calling and Purpose

Throughout Orlean’s life and career, every day is an opportunity for discovery and every moment holds the potential for wonder.

Join Rocky and Her Family at Home Two Years After the Events on Cape Cod in SANDWICH

WRECK, which is November's "GMA" Book Club pick, is about marriage, family, and what happens when life doesn’t go as planned.

A Daughter and Her Mother Return to Winthrop Island to Confront Their Complicated Past

They discover a secret trove of paintings connecting them to a mysterious woman who vanished on a luxury steamship two centuries earlier.

THE TEN YEAR AFFAIR is a Hilariously Acerbic Sliding Doors Novel from Erin Somers

A chance meeting between two young parents, both happily married (just not to each other), sparks a will-they-won’t-they romance.

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Celebrate 25 Years of ReadingGroupGuides with Us! Enter to Win 25 of the Most Discussed Books of the Past Quarter Century --- and Don't Miss Our Special Anniversary Feature

In 2000, we founded ReadingGroupGuides.com with the idea that readers would be able to conveniently find discussion guides for many of the books that they wanted, as well as information of interest to book groups.

Join us in celebrating this milestone by entering our 25th Anniversary Contest!

We have selected some of the most-read book group titles of the past 25 years for this contest. It was tough to narrow our choices down to 25, just one from each year. But after lots of discussion, we developed the list on this page.

One winner will receive all 25 books. Five others will each win five of these books. If you have read one --- or many --- of these books, our prize will give you the opportunity to share the books with others in your group!

» Click here to enter the contest by Monday, December 1st at noon ET.
» Click here for our special 25th Anniversary Feature, which includes the Most Requested Guides of 2024 and 2025, tips for books clubs, and more.


Our Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks for October

Each month, we share top book picks from Indie Next and LibraryReads. We also feature a number of other prominent selections, including the Barnes & Noble Book Club, the "Good Morning America" Book Club, Oprah’s Book Club, the PBS Books Readers Club, the "Read with Jenna" Book Club, Reese's Book Club, and the Target Book Club.

OVERDUE is October's Top LibraryReads Pick. This sparkling adult debut from beloved New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Perkins is a beautiful, slow-burn romance full of lust and longing about new beginnings and finding your way.

» Click here for October's Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks.

Latest Guides

Several weeks ago, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec and his team uncovered and stopped a domestic terrorist attack in Montréal, arresting the person behind it: the Black Wolf. But in a sickening turn of events, Gamache has realized that plot, as horrific as it was, was just the beginning.

Megha Majumdar’s electrifying novel, following her acclaimed New York Times bestseller, A BURNING, is set in a near-future Kolkata, India, ravaged by climate change and food scarcity, in which two families seeking to protect their children must battle each other.

From the New York Times bestselling author of WRITERS & LOVERS comes a magnificent and intimate novel of desire, friendship and the lasting impact of first love.

In this debut, for fans of J. Courtney Sullivan and Mary Beth Keane, three adult sisters grapple with a shared tragedy over a Thanksgiving weekend as they try to heal strained family bonds through the passage of time.

From beloved New Yorker writer Susan Orlean, the New York Times bestselling author of THE ORCHID THIEF and THE LIBRARY BOOK, JOYRIDE is a masterful memoir of finding her creative calling and purpose that invites us to approach life with wonder, curiosity and an irrepressible sense of delight.

The Missing Pages by Alyson Richman - Historical Fiction

A ghost in a library. A story waiting to be told. THE MISSING PAGES is a rich, lyrical novel that reminds us that books are as eternal as the soul.

From one of our most acclaimed chroniclers of the forces eroding America’s social fabric comes her most personal and powerful work: a reckoning with the changes that have rocked her own beloved small Ohio hometown.

THE TEN YEAR AFFAIR is a hilariously acerbic sliding doors novel about a chance meeting between two young parents, both happily married (just not to each other) that sparks a will-they-won’t-they romance.

Twice by Mitch Albom - Fiction

What if you got to do everything in your life --- twice? The heart of Mitch Albom’s novel is a stunning love story that dares to explore how our unchecked desires might mean losing what we’ve had all along.

Under the Stars by Beatriz Williams - Historical Fiction

When a daughter and her famous mother return to Winthrop Island to confront their complicated past, they discover a secret trove of paintings that connect them to a mysterious woman who vanished on a luxury steamship two centuries earlier.

The Women of Wild Hill by Kirsten Miller - Fiction/Magical Realism

From fan favorite Kirsten Miller, the author of THE CHANGE and LULA DEAN'S LITTLE LIBRARY OF BANNED BOOKS, comes a witty, spectacular and timely tale of modern-day witches waging war on the patriarchy.

Wreck by Catherine Newman - Fiction/Humor

The acclaimed bestselling author of SANDWICH is back with a wonderful novel, full of laughter and heart, about marriage, family, and what happens when life doesn’t go as planned.