Book club Quotes

“Coffee makes you alert, books make you awake.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Books + friendship = book club

— Kristin Hannah

If Oprah's Book Club is gone, good riddance.

— Norah Vincent

I think book clubs should read more contemporary poetry.

— Chang-Rae Lee

I live for watching TV and partying with my book club.

— Lauren Lapkus

“What really goes on behind the scenes at the Romance Book Club?”

— Michelle Hughes

“The first rule of book club - is that nobody wants to talk about book club.”

— Douglas Lewis

“I've always loved joining clubs--although, in truth, they're usually book clubs." ~Robecca Steam”

— Gitty Daneshvari

“To hell with what anyone thinks about your life, but you should know what you think about it.”

— Abby Fabiaschi

“…Read…packaged food labels like they’re the hottest thing from Oprah’s book club.”

— Anonymous

Isn't that interesting. All the book clubs. I've never belonged to one.

— Judy Blume

I love a good book. I'm not a club girl. I like hanging out and reading my books.

— Madelaine Petsch

What's the point of having a book club if you don't get to eat brownies and drink wine?

— Jami Attenberg

Facebook is not very good at dealing with named groups; they're not very good at saying, 'We've got this book club and…

— Clay Shirky

“Or maybe when she realized that he was never going to come and rescue her, she did what all strong women do.…

— Adriana Trigiani

“We're all in the end-of-your-life book-club, whether we acknowledge it or not; each book we read may well be the last, each…

— Will Schwalbe

“A few years back, when I finally got smart enough to go to a therapist, she asked me how I had held…

— Lorna Landvik

“I really enjoyed hearing the likesand dislikesof my readers at book clubs as well as meeting new fans at the book signing…

— J. Alexander Greenwood

Wearing a giant, over-sized scarf will make you look deeply intelligent in almost any situation, but especially a book club.

— Sarah Cooper

I can't tell you how excited I was when I joined my first book club, but I can tell you how much…

— Sarah Cooper

So your taking a shower and you put on a towel to go to yOur room you walk out the door and…

— Delanie Hook

For most people, what is so painful about reading is that you read something and you don't have anybody to share it…

— Bell Hooks

Most book things now (with a few exceptions) are just built around nice, safe books written for nice and safe book club…

— Scott McClanahan

My website inspired me to create my book club and provides me with a creative outlet where I can write about things…

— Lauren Conrad

“At your next book club meeting, picture me sitting quietly in the corner, taking notes on your preferences. Imagine the next day…

— G.R. Reader

“When we enter into Community Friends territory, we have crossed the lines of our original relationship boundaries so that now it feels…

— Shasta Nelson

This is a jury of your peers. They watch the same TV movies. They belong to Oprah’s Book Club. You can take…

— Jeremy Robert Johnson

“Book-club night stopped abruptly when Caleb died. For almost a year and a half, as if by some type of tacit agreement,…

— Francis L. Guenette

Bush has not read enough books to have a developed moral sense. The fewer books you read, the easier it is to…

— Sherman Alexie

“The truth is, everyone likes to look down on someone. If your favorites are all avant-garde writers who throw in Sanskrit and…

— Brent weeks

“ Changing Topics Changing topics gracefully is the hallmark of an excellent conversationalist. Changing topics keeps the conversation fresh and allows you…

— Jonathan Berent

“Nick and I, we sometimes laugh, laugh out loud, at the horrible things women make their husbands do to prove their love.…

— Gillian Flynn

“You’ve begun to master several techniques for controlling your anxiety. You’re learning the finer points of interaction and studying ways to apply…

— Jonathan Berent

“Lately, even the Waybacklist borrowers seem to be missing. Have they Been seduced by some other book club on the other side…

— Robin Sloan

“One evening at a remote provincial college through which I happened to be jogging on a protracted lecture tour, I suggested a…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“...I do write books that are female oriented. In my books, the female characters are always searching for something and they often…

— Shireen Dodson

“With winter the feeling had deepened. I would see a neighbor running along the sidewalk in front of the house, training, I…

— Sue Monk Kidd

Book clubs are the best thing that has happened to the world of publishing.

— Adriana Trigiani

I love book clubs. I just hate reading and talking to people.

— Sarah Cooper

“Coffee makes you alert, books make you awake. Booze makes you forget life, books bring you to life.”

— Abhijit Naskar