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​Reading Group Guides

Finding a fun, thoughtful and engrossing book for your reading group can be very difficult. There are so many great reads that you might find yourself drowning in a sea of literature. The books below have been read, and reread, becoming the favorites of many reading groups across the nation. We hope that your reading group can connect with them as well as their previous readers. 
The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson
The House on the Borderland
by William Hope Hodgson
A House Divided by Sulari Gentill
A House Divided
by Sulari Gentill
The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
The Devil and the Dark Water
by Stuart Turton
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Shanghai Secrets
by Sulari Gentill

Picture
The Dead Husband
by Carter Wilson

Final Proof by Rodrigues Ottolengui
Final Proof
by Rodrigues Ottolengui
The Rock Hole by Reavis Z. Wortham
The Rock Hole
​by Reavis Z. Wortham
Missing Persons by Michael Brandman
Missing Persons
by Michael Brandman
Sanctuary by V.V. James
Sanctuary
by V.V. James
Before She Was Helen by Caroline B. Cooney
Before She Was Helen
by Caroline B. Cooney
Three Single Wives by Gina LaManna
Three Single Wives
by Gina LaManna
The Second Mother by Jenny Milchman
The Second Mother
by Jenny Milchman
Vathek by William Beckford
Vathek
by William Beckford
The Quiet Girl by  S.F. Kosa
The Quiet Girl
by S.F. Kosa
Case Pending by Dell Shannon
Case Pending
by Dell Shannon
The Silence by Luca Veste
The Silence
by Luca Veste
No Woods So Dark as These by Randall Silvis
No Woods so Dark as These
by  Randall Silvis
Picture
The Last Flight
by Julie Clark
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The Sunday Girl
by Pip Drysdale
After she Wrote Him by Sulari Gentill
After She Wrote Him
by Sulari Gentill
One Day You'll Burn by Joseph Schneider
One Day You'll Burn
by Joseph Schneider
If She Were Dead by J.P. Smith
If She Were Dead
by J.P. Smith
Pretty Guilty Women by Gina LaManna
Pretty Guilty Women
by Gina LaManna
Trust Me When I Lie by Benjamin Stevenson
Trust Me When I Lie
by Benjamin Stevenson
The Victim by Max Manning
The Victim
by Max Manning
The Dead Girl in 2A by Carter Wilson
The Dead Girl in 2A
​by Carter Wilson
A Long Way Down by Randall Silvis
A Long Way Down
by Randall Silvis
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
by Stuart Turton
Little Lovely Things by Maureen Joyce Connolly
Little Lovely Things
​by Maureen Joyce Connolly
The Night in Question by Nic Joseph
The Night in Question
by Nic Joseph
Dig Deep My Grave by Cheryl Honigford
Dig Deep My Grave
​by Cheryl Honigford
Don't Look Now by Max Manning
Don't Look Now
​by Max Manning
What Happened That Night by Sandra Block
What Happened That Night
​by Sandra Block
Wicked River by Jenny Milchman
Wicked River
​by Jenny Milchman
Blackout by Marc Elsberg
Blackout
​by Marc Elsberg
The Girlfriend by Sarah J. Naughton
The Girlfriend
​by Sarah J. Naughton
Mister Tender's Girl by Carter Wilson
Mister Tender's Girl
​by Carter Wilson
Friends & Other Liars by Kaela Coble
Friends and Other Liars
​by Kaela Coble
Walking the Bones by Randall Silvis
Walking the Bones
​by Randall Silvis
Home for the Holidays by Cheryl Honigford
Homicide for the Holidays
​by Cheryl Honigford
The Last Day of Emily Lindsey by Nic Joseph
The Last Day of Emily Lindsey
​by Nic Joseph
End of the World Running Club by Adrian J. Walker
The End of the World Running Club
​by Adrian J. Walker
The Fifth of July by Kelly Simmons
The Fifth of July
​by Kelly Simmons
A Promise of Ruin by Cuyler Overholt
A Promise of Ruin
​by Cuyler Overholt
Murder Between the Lines by Radha Vatsal
Murder Between the Lines
​by Radha Vatsal
Two Days Gone by Randall Silvis
Two Days Gone
​by Randall Silvis
Disquiet Heart by Randall Silvis
Disquiet Heart
​by Randall Silvis
On Night's Shore by Randall Silvis
On Night’s Shore
by Randall Silvis
Boy, 9, Missing by Nic Jospeh
Boy, 9, Missing
​by Nic Joseph
A Deadly Affection by Cuyler Overholt
A Deadly Affection
​by Cuyler Overholt
The Darkness Knows by Cheryl Honigford
The Darkness Knows
​by Cheryl Honigford
The Lie by C.L. Taylor
The Lie
​by C.L. Taylor
A Front Page Affair by Radha Vatsal
A Front Page Affair
​by Radha Vatsal
One More Day by Kelly Simmons
One More Day
​by Kelly Simmons
House of Cards by Michael Dobbs
House of Cards
by Michael Dobbs
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