# Any websites for discussions about books? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 18, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-websites-for-discussions-about-books/518085 "2009-11-18T22:59:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-websites-for-discussions-about-books/518085/1 "2009-11-18T22:59:05Z")
Are there any websites that have active discussions of novels? I read a lot but I feel I’m probably missing things from the books I read without another perspective. Plus, I often have questions at the end of a book. Obviously, more popular books are discussed here, but it seems that only blockbusters have enough numbers to sustain a thread. For example, I just finished a book, and there are a couple of points that are very unclear in the narrative. This book isn’t very popular, but I find it hard to believe that in the whole internet, there isn’t somewhere to discuss it with others who have read it. So, are there any sites like that? ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-websites-for-discussions-about-books/518085/2 "2009-11-19T02:31:28Z")
Have you tried [amazon.com](http://amazon.com)? If you look up the name of a book, there are book reviews and also customer reviews as you scroll down. Under the reviews is a forum titled ‘Customer Discussions’. You can discuss your book with others and ask questions. (Though a lot of the questions are off-topic.) ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-websites-for-discussions-about-books/518085/3 "2009-11-19T03:44:23Z")
There’s a Straight Dope group at Goodreads – [linky](http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/822.SDMB_Straight_Dope). You don’t have to catalog your books to join a discussion. I just discovered [Readerville](http://www.readerville.com/) yesterday. The site isn’t being updated, but there are a ton of links to other books/reading sites. And there’s always here, and the [library forum](http://www.giraffeboards.com/forumdisplay.php?f=42) at Giraffe’s board. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-websites-for-discussions-about-books/518085/4 "2009-11-19T05:56:20Z")
I have noticed that Amazon has a “Customer Discussion” forum, but honestly I’ve never seen an actual discussion taking place for a product that wasn’t an electronic gadget (but those are often very helpful!). It would be a great place for a discussion about somewhat obscure books, but since no one seems to use it, no one uses it. Thanks for the suggestion of GoodReads, **AuntiePam**. There were 40 reviews of the book I just finished, which is pretty good. I wish there were some discussions, especially spoilers, because I’m not sure I figured everything out, but you can’t have everything. 🙂 I guess I’ll have to start creating discussions for the books I want and see if anyone responds. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-websites-for-discussions-about-books/518085/5 "2009-11-19T15:11:12Z")
The Barnes & Noble website has a book discussion forum. I haven’t been there in a while, but it introduced me to some pretty good novels.