Lit Chat: Conversation Starters about Books and Life

Get the conversation started—at your book club, writer’s group, or any friendly get-together—with these 100 reading-themed questions.

Some invoke books that are tied to memories (name your favorite childhood picture book); others prompt you to choose ideal reading material for a hypothetical situation (if you were stranded on a desert island, what book would you want with you?). Some of them aim to get people comparing their favorite (and not-so-favorite) characters or authors, and others ...