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On this page, you will find resources for how to host your own bookclub focused on diversity related topics. If you have any questions about the resources on this page or any suggestions for this page, please email libdiv@indiana.edu.
Resources
Starting a Book Club:
So you want to start a book club... Here are some resources to help you start planning the logistics of what your book club can look like.
Resources:
- ILoveLibraries- This resource gives a list of 10 questions that will help you start thinking about what type of book club you want to have.
- Start your Own Book Club- This resource covers the main components of a book club and offers advice for each area.
- Getting Started: How to Start a Book Club- This link is from Penguin Random House Publishing, and offers advice and information about the basics of starting your own book club.
- Book Club Reading Recommendations- Looking for book inspiration? Check out this awesome list of book club themes and titles from the American Writers Museum.
Finding a Virtual Book Club to Join:
Looking to join a book club that already exists? Check out some of the resources below!
- Monroe County Public Library Book Clubs- Do you live in the Bloomington area? If so, take a look at the variety of book clubs that are available through the public library.
- Find a Popular Virtual Book Club- This article from the New York Times lists popular virtual book clubs that might interest you! Please note that you will have to sign-in through duo-login to access this article.
Question Guides for Book Clubs:
- The Best Book Club Questions to Spark Discussion- This is a general list of questions that you can use to lead your book club from Oprah MagazIne.
- 40 Great Book Club Discussion Questions for Any Book- This is a hearty list of general book club questions from Book Riot. These questions should work for any type of book club that you plan to host.
Diversity Reads from the Library to Use in Your Book Club
Algorithms of Oppression by Call Number: ZA4230 .N63 2018ISBN: 9781479837243Publication Date: 2018-02-20Located in the Herman B Wells LIbrary
The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness by Call Number: e-bookISBN: 9781620971949Publication Date: 2020This text is an ebook. To access this text, click on the hyperlinked title in this guide. Then choose the access link for your campus.
White Fragility by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780807047422Publication Date: 2018-06-26This text is an ebook. To access this text, click on the hyperlinked title in this guide, then choose the access link for your campus.
Bad Feminist by Call Number: HQ1421 .G39 2014ISBN: 9780062282712Publication Date: 2014-08-05Located in the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center
Hood Feminism by Call Number: E185.86 .K46 2020ISBN: 9780525560548Publication Date: 2020-02-25Located in the Herman B Wells Library
How to be an antiracist by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780525509295Publication Date: 2019This text is an ebook. To access this text, click on the hyperlinked title in this guide, then choose the access link for your campus.
Stamped from the Beginning by Call Number: E185.61 .K358 2016ISBN: 9781568584638Publication Date: 2016-04-12Located in the Herman B Wells Library
Teaching to Transgress by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780203700280Publication Date: 2014-03-18This text is an ebook. To access the text, click on the hyperlinked title in this guide, then choose the access link for your campus.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Call Number: PS3551.N464 Z466 2015ISBN: 9780812980028Publication Date: 2009-04-21Located at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center
Between the World and Me by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780679645986Publication Date: 2015This text is an ebook. To access this text, click on the hyperlinked title in this guide, then choose the access link for your campus.
I'm still here : black dignity in a world made for whiteness by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781524760861Publication Date: 2018This text is an ebook. To access this text, click on the hyperlinked title in this guide, then choose the access link for your campus.
White Rage by Call Number: E185.61 .A5438 2016ISBN: 9781632864123Publication Date: 2016-05-31Located in the Bloomington Resident Hall Library
The Hate U Give by Call Number: PS3620.H62463 H38 2017ISBN: 9780062498533Publication Date: 2017-02-28Located in the Herman B Wells Library
So You Want to Talk about Race by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781541619234Publication Date: 2019This text is an ebook. To access this text, click on the hyperlinked title in this guide, then choose the access link for your campus.
