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Quiz: Answer 8 Questions And We’ll Pick Your Next Book Club Book

Stumped for what your next book club book should be? Answer a few questions about your tastes and reading preferences and we'll narrow down your options.

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Emma Nichols

Staff Writer

Emma Nichols is a career bookseller. Though she expected to grow up to be a librarian, or a witch, she's quite happy with how things are working out. Officially, she specializes in children's books and manages their book fairs; unofficially, she is passionate about short stories and spreadsheets. When not evangelizing her favorite books to unsuspecting customers, she can be heard discussing books and bookselling on her podcast Drunk Booksellers. Her other hobbies include organizing her books, taking pictures of her cat, and binge-re-watching her favorite TV shows. Blog: The Bibliot Twitter: @thebibliot

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So, it’s your turn to decide your next book club book? This can be stressful. What if everyone hates your pick? (Real talk, this has happened to me.) Well, stress no more. Take this quiz—only 8 questions long—and we’ll decide for you. Then, check out links to the books below and more posts with book club book suggestions.

Books mentioned in answers:

Only Girl in the World by Maude Julien

Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper

Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot

Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli

So Lucky by Nicola Griffith

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

Merry Spinster by Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Severance by Ling Ma

Looking for even more book club book suggestions? We’ve got a list of some of our favorites from 2018. Still working on starting your book club? We’ve got a whole post on best practices for starting a book club that rocks. Just love quizzes about figuring out what you should read next? Well, we’ve got you covered there too.