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The first step in starting a new book club is to decide on a theme of the club.  If you enjoy mysteries you may want to start a mystery book club.  If you enjoy personal development you may want to start a self-improvement book club.

You’ll then want to set a date and time for your first meeting and invite prospective members to that first meeting. Keep in mind that we often tend to look for people that have the same views as us, however that can lead to boring discussions. A book club can be much more interesting if you have people with various attitudes and viewpoints.

The first meeting should be used to decide the clubs guidelines or rules, and to decide which book you will be reading first.

Some of the things you may want to discuss are:

• What are the prospective members expectations?
• What type of book club would they like?
• What types of books do they like to read?  Ask each member to come up with two or three book suggestions.
• Determine who is responsible for what. Each member should take on some of the responsibilities.
• Decide if people who haven’t finished the book would be allowed to attend.
• Determine what will be done about potential problems. Many of these should be decided on ahead of time so everyone knows what is expected of them. Some potential problems that can arise is smoking, allergies to pets, cell phone usage, and tardiness.
• Determine what size your group will be.
• How will membership be selected?
• Can people bring guests?
• When will you meet? Set-up a schedule.
• Where will you meet? Some clubs will meet at a specific location such as a club house, other clubs will rotate meetings between members homes.
• Decide what you will do if your club meeting falls on a holiday, and who makes the ultimate decisions on whether a meeting is cancelled, or moved.
• Is it up to the group leader, or does the group decide by vote? Decide if you would like to limit books to a certain dollar amount or less.
• Determine the meeting format. Will there be food at the meetings? If so, who will be responsible for providing food? What kinds of food will you serve? Do you want to limit it to snacks, or is this a brunch type of meeting with complete with a lunch. Determining a price limit as well is usually a good idea.
• How will the book discussions take place?
• Will one specific person lead the book discussions? One possibility is the person who recommended the book in the first place. Or it may be a permanent leader who is great at getting people to talk about the book.

Finally, set up a schedule of the books you’ll be reading and determine who will host, who will lead the discussion, and who will provide any food or snacks if you are using them.

Have your first book discussion and reevaluate anything that isn’t working.

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