General Discussion:

• What is your favorite book/series? • Who is your favorite author? • How do you find new books to read/decide what to read? • Where’s your favorite place to read? • Paperback or hardcover? • Opinions on ebooks versus print? • Do you listen to audiobooks? What makes a good or bad audiobook? Which ones have you listened to are good or bad? • Can movie versions ever live up to books? Which ones were the best you’ve seen? The worst? Any upcoming ones you are looking forward to?

New Year:

• What was your favorite book last year? • What is your favorite book to movie interpretation that you saw last year? • Last month, the 10th Annual Goodreads Choice Awards named The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas as the “Best of the Best,” the favorite book out of all the previous Goodreads Choice winners. Do you agree? Or which book do you think deserves this award? • Do you have any reading goals for next year? • Do you participate in any reading challenges, like the Book Riot Reader Harder challenge?

Classics Discussion

• How do you feel about classics? Do classics intimidate you? Excite you? Do nothing for you? • Do you have any problematic favorites? Realized something is not great but you love it anyway? • Classics you hated in school but loved later in life? • Classics you loved in school? • What is a classic? Why/when should something be considered a classic? • What modern books you think will be classics one day? • Classics you want to read? • Classics that you love the movie but never read the book? • Modern adaptations of classics?

Translated Books

• Favorite translated books/recommendations? • Why do you or don’t you read translated books? • How do you find translated books? • Top languages? • If English isn’t your native language, how do you like reading translations? What language do you prefer to read in? What differences have you noticed across translated books? • What might get lost in translation?