book club

noun

1

: an organization that ships selected books to members usually on a regular schedule and often at discount prices

2

: a group of people who meet regularly to discuss books they are reading

Examples of book club in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Ashley Chia, who runs a book club, believes the definition of success must reflect a bigger chapter. — Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026

Babcock’s book club had a good laugh about a side character in Icebreaker, a single, 20-year-old college boy who keeps tampons and hair ties in his bathroom. — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 9 Sep. 2026

From book clubs to run clubs and a swelling calendar of brand events, online communities are spilling into physical spaces — and then returning to Instagram to document them. — Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2026

The Queen’s Reading Room — a book club and charity — has featured her nonfiction book, Vanishing Treasures, about endangered creatures, as a book of the month pick. — Niya Doyle, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for book club

• nightclub
• bub
• cub
• dub
• grub
• hub
• nub
• pub
• rub
• scrub
• shrub
• snub