My passion for reading does not end with the written word. I participate in quite a few book clubs in the greater Madison WI area, and I lead a few of them. To encourage you and your friends to also discuss these books; below you can find discussion questions for many books I’ve read. Take these, use them directly, modify them– whatever you need to have a rousing discussion!
If you are a member of the Verona Area Concert Band Book Club, scroll to the bottom of the page for our discussion questions.
Happy reading!
Generic Discussion Questions
Are you leading a book discussion and uncertain where to start? Try these generic collections of discussion questions first:
- Starting and Ending Book Discussion Questions
- Questions For When No One Read the Book
- Banned and Challenged Book Discussion Questions
- Classic Books Discussion Questions
- 201 Theme Options for Universal Book Clubs
- Literary Questions for Fun!
Specific Book Discussion Questions
Listed in alphabetical order, here are discussion questions from specific books I’ve read, unaffiliated with the VACB Book Club [see below].
- A Robot in the Garden by Deborah Install (Review) for a buddy read with Dani @ Perspective of a Writer
- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (Review) for #AnneReadAlong2017 and Kids Lit Book Club
- Attachments by Rainbow Rowell (Review), for a buddy read with Evelina @ Avalinah’s Books
- The Book Charmer by Karen Hawkins, for a buddy read with Dani @ Perspective of a Writer (Review)
- Color Purple, The by Alice Walker (Review), for Our Shared Shelf
- El Deafo by Cece Bell (Review), for Books and Booze
- Hitty: Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Fields (Review), for a buddy read with Jane @ Greenish Bookshelf
- Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (Review), for West Side Stories
- Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu, for my Bachelorette Party Book Club (I’m so cool)
- Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith, for a buddy read with Jane @ Greenish Bookshelf (Review)
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, for West Side Stories
- Thing About Jellyfish, The by Ali Benjamin (Review), for a buddy read with Dani @ Perspective of a Writer
- Vagina Monologues, The by Eve Ensler, for Our Shared Shelf
- When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (Review), for a buddy read with Jane @ Greenish Bookshelf
Verona Area Concert Band Book Club
This book club meets quarterly. Books are chosen based on the theme for the upcoming Verona Area Concert Band (VACB) concert theme.
Q4 2015: Childhood Memories – Holes by Louis Sachar (Review)
Q1 2016: Blue – 2 AM at the Cat’s Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino (Review)
Q2 2016: 5 Year Anniversary Concert – Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (Review)
Q3 2016: Summer Concert – Let’s Get Lost by Ali Alsaid (Review)
Q4 2016: Dedications – The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Review)
Q1 2017: A World of Music – Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Q2 2017: Music History 101 – A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Q3 2017: Wisconsin Connections – Janesville: An American Story by Amy Goldstein
Q4 2017: Sound Waves – The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway
Q1 2018: Celestial Light – Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Q2 2018: Praise and Faith – The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Q3 2018: Summer Escape – A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Q4 2018: Resistance – The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Q1 2019: From Dusk to Dawn – The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Q2 2019: Returning to the Classics – Read any Classic novel! Generic Classics Discussion Questions
Q3 2019: Modern Dance – Less by Andrew Sean Greer
Q4 2019: To: / From: – Dracula by Bram Stoker (Review)
Q1 2020: Colors – The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy (Review) and The Red Pony by John Steinbeck (Review)
Q2 2020: The Journey Home – Kindred by Octavia Butler
Q3 2020: Summer off as we transition to the new high school, but book club is still meeting! – The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Q4 2020: Quarter off due to COVID-19 – Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand (Review)
Last updated 9/12/2020
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