Reading Group Choices 2021: Selections for Lively Book Discussions, the 27th annual edition of the guide to book club picks, is now available from Reading Group Choices for $7.95 and can be purchased on its website.
The 50 recommended titles are in three sections: fiction, nonfiction and young adult. For each title, the guide offers bibliographic information as well as review excerpts, information about the author and conversation starters for book club discussions.
Titles featured in Reading Group Choices 2021 include Afterlife by Julia Alvarez, A Girl Is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir by Wayétu Moore, The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom and Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes.
Reading Group Choices owner Mary Morgan offers lovely commentary on book groups in 2020 as part of her introduction in the book: "In what has been a challenging year, it is wonderful to see how creative and industrious book groups have become to meet virtually or physically distanced, and how many are reconsidering their approach to choosing books to find a new standard for equal distribution of authors across race and gender. This time has reconfirmed our belief in the importance of discussing literature and sharing opinions. Book groups are not just about books, but about the relationships we share with our fellow readers."
Reading Group Choices offers a searchable book database on its website, and new monthly recommendations and giveaways on its website and in its monthly e-newsletter.