BookBrowse Guides and Research Reports

BookBrowse Research Reports

Guides and Research Reports

Curated and assembled from our over 20 years of editorial content and book club research.

Voices of Women in WWII

$ 14.99

Voices of Women in WWII is a curated guide to World War II historical fiction through the eyes of women.

Each book is hand-selected for its compelling portrayal of women's voices in WWII, and is paired with an in-depth BookBrowse review and original context articles that enrich your understanding of the historical backdrop, spotlighting women's lives, culture, and untold stories. The guide includes read-alikes, themes, and links to discussion guides where available so you can confidently choose your next group read.

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A Club of One's Own

$ 39.99

Whether you're dreaming of starting your first book club or looking to breathe new life into an existing one, A Club of One's Own is your essential book club guide. Expanding on our 2019 Inner Lives of Book Clubs, BookBrowse, a trusted voice in the world of reading groups, offers a practical, inclusive, and inspiring guide to building a book club that lasts.

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The Inner Lives of Book Clubs

$ 19.99

The Inner Lives of Book Clubs is the essential guide to all things book club. In it you'll discover the elements that most happy and successful book clubs have in common, you'll find proven solutions to a dozen common book club problems, and so much more. It combines the findings from two surveys of more than 5,000 book clubbers (conducted in 2019) with BookBrowse's 15+ years of book club experience and research.

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Book Clubs in Lockdown

Book Clubs in Lockdown investigates how book clubs adapted to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic and the implications for the future. It is based on an October 2020 survey of more than 3,400 book club members.

Findings include: how book clubs responded and adapted, where book clubs met and what precautions they took, the good and not so good aspects of meeting virtually, what book clubs did—and did not—discuss in 2020, and the ways in which the pandemic is changing book clubs for the long term.

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See articles based on our research findings in our blog

Note that our 2015 white paper, Book Clubs in the USA was expanded into the Inner Lives of Book Clubs and is no longer available.

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