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

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Most libraries also offer book clubs for kids of all ages. Kara Nesvig, Parents, 2 Apr. 2025 The best activities are ones that challenge your mind and foster meaningful discussions with others; think things like book clubs. Mohana Ravindranath, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025 The glossy curation of celebrity book clubs—with people like Dua Lipa, Emma Roberts, and Kaia Gerber becoming Gen Z’s answers to Oprah and Reese Witherspoon—has lately given way to a different kind of cultural curation: the Wild West of celebrity Letterboxd accounts. Emma Specter, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2025 The novel your mom’s book club is reading that turns out to be smut 38. Vulture Staff, Vulture, 18 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for book club

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of book club was in 1904

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“Book club.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/book%20club. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.

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