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

For Ben, who had never been in a book club before, the experience has been eye-opening. —Ashley Vega, People.com, 19 May 2025

The business owners’ additional plans for the Book Nook include offering special events such as book clubs, craft classes or book exchanges. —Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025

Smith, who joined Bodacious in 2021, took pride in building its book club community and ensuring the store offered diverse and representative reading materials. —Dakota Parks, NBC news, 5 May 2025

But today’s book clubs can happen anywhere from bars to outdoors and online and can cover all sorts of topics and genres. —Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2025

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