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Share Your Favorite Books of 2025 --- and Enter to Win SIX Fabulous 2026 Releases

We're giving away titles from such authors as Marie Benedict, Sadeqa Johnson and Paula McLain. Enter by January 28th at noon ET.

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 book groups, and more.

Ann Packer's First Novel in Over a Decade is Oprah's Latest Book Club Pick

SOME BRIGHT NOWHERE looks at how a startling request can change a couple’s understanding of who they are, together and apart.

After 40 Years, John Irving Returns to the World of THE CIDER HOUSE RULES

QUEEN ESTHER revisits the orphanage where Dr. Wilbur Larch takes in Esther, a Viennese-born Jew whose life is shaped by antisemitism.

In LAST CALL AT THE SAVOY, a Young Woman is Forced to Confront Her Troubled Past

Cinnamon Scott uncovers the story of the Savoy Hotel's first female bartender who has been erased from the history books.

Thomas Schlesser's Heartfelt Debut Novel is Barnes & Noble's Book of the Year

Ten-year-old Mona and her beloved grandfather have only 52 Wednesdays to visit 52 works of art before Mona loses her sight forever.

Special Features and Contests


Share Your Favorite Books of 2025 --- and Enter to Win SIX Outstanding Book Group Titles Releasing in 2026!

This is the time of year when we start seeing “Best Books of the Year” lists. We would like you and your book group to help us compile ours by entering our special End-of-the-Year contest!

All you have to do is fill out this form, sharing both your favorite book that you discussed with your group and your favorite book that you read outside your group in 2025.

One Grand Prize winner will be awarded SIX fabulous book group titles releasing in 2026: DAUGHTER OF EGYPT by Marie Benedict, KEEPER OF LOST CHILDREN by Sadeqa Johnson, KIN by Tayari Jones, SKYLARK by Paula McLain, STRANGERS: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden, and WHERE THE WILDFLOWERS GROW by Terah Shelton Harris.

» Click here to enter the contest by Wednesday, January 14th at noon ET.


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 book groups, and more.


Our Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks for November

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.

CURSED DAUGHTERS is November's "Read with Jenna" Book Club pick. A young woman must shake off a family curse and the widely held belief that she is the reincarnation of her dead cousin in Oyinkan Braithwaite's wickedly funny, brilliantly perceptive novel about love, female rivalry and superstition.

» Click here for November'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.

A young woman must shake off a family curse and the widely held belief that she is the reincarnation of her dead cousin in this wickedly funny, brilliantly perceptive novel about love, female rivalry and superstition.

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.

Last Call at the Savoy by Brisa Carleton - Historical Fiction

Set amongst the glittering backdrop of London's iconic Savoy hotel, a young woman is forced to confront her troubled past as she uncovers the story of the hotel’s first female bartender who has been erased from the history books.

After a near-stranger dies in their small town, a tight-knit group of friends can no longer ignore their long-dormant desires and unfulfilled dreams in this moving debut about the complicated joys of chosen family.

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.

Mona's Eyes written by Thomas Schlesser, translated by Hildegarde Serle - Fiction

Ten-year-old Mona and her beloved grandfather have only 52 Wednesdays to visit 52 works of art and commit to memory "all that is beautiful in the world" before Mona loses her sight forever.

Queen Esther by John Irving - Historical Fiction

After 40 years, John Irving returns to the world of his bestselling classic novel and Academy Award–winning film, THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, revisiting the orphanage in St. Cloud’s, Maine, where Dr. Wilbur Larch takes in Esther --- a Viennese-born Jew whose life is shaped by antisemitism.

Bestselling, beloved author Ann Packer returns with her first novel in over a decade, an intimate and profoundly moving look at a long marriage and the ways in which a startling request can change a couple’s understanding of who they are, together and apart.

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.

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.

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.