Definition of book group in US English: book group
noun A group of people who meet regularly to discuss books that all the members have read.
Example sentences
‘The book group meets monthly, usually on the second Sunday.’ ‘Publishers like Penguin and Harper Collins court book groups.’ ‘In London and the south, rates were lifted by the popularity of residents' associations and book groups.’ ‘The group paired with an all-white book group to discuss a collection of essays about race.’ ‘Those less familiar with reading are less likely to join a book group for its own sake.’ ‘I was hoping for resolution and I didn't expect the ending, but I'm still going to recommend it to my book group.’ ‘A group of friends who meet in a Manchester pub to discuss their favourite literature have been named the best-read book group in Britain.’ ‘Choir practice is becoming to bourgeois Paris what the book group is in suburban London.’ ‘Throughout the semester he will also be running a "Great Catholic Authors" book group.’ ‘Of course I'm going to join a book group.’ ‘I decided against joining a book group.’ ‘There seemed to be a couple of boisterous book groups meeting there.’ ‘Paula runs a book group at Shipley Library and co-ordinates a district-wide network of library book groups.’ ‘He led a book group on the works of Charles Dickens, which were the topic of his Ph.D.’ ‘I wish there were book groups about these kinds of books the way there are book groups for novels.’ ‘Sponsor a joint event with another book group to provide a larger audience.’ ‘The book group has a reasonably large turnout.’ ‘And apparently they have a book group who are reading my book this month!’ ‘But the main thing is that reading and book groups are such fun.’ ‘All we knew back then was that our book group was a touchstone to sanity, a place to air minds cluttered with the debris of domestic life.’