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Double Booked
You are welcome to use any of the materials shared here for your own club. The goal is to spread the love of reading in chapters across the world.
What is Double Booked?
Reading connects us. It challenges us. It gives us a place to escape — and sometimes, it gives us community.
A few years ago, I started a book club called Double Booked with fellow teachers and friends. Some of us read 10+ books a month. Others finish one or two — and that’s perfectly okay. We are proudly a no book shaming group.
Because life gets busy. We are not just double booked — we are often triple and quadruple booked.
Sometimes all you need are a good book and good friends to discuss it with!
Double Booked: Book Club Activities You Can Use
Double Booked is a relaxed, welcoming book club originally created for teachers and friends who wanted a space to share what they were reading — without pressure or judgment.
- No required reading pace
- No guilt for unfinished books
- Open discussion format
- Community over competition
- Celebrating every reader
The name reflects real life. Many of us juggle careers, families, responsibilities, and social commitments.
Need a concensus for how your book club considers a book rating? These book ratings can be used separately or together.
Reading should be enjoyable — not another task. You are welcome to use any of the materials shared here or on the Book Club page for your own club. The goal is to spread the love of reading in chapters across the world.
In-Person Book Club Meetings & Social Hosting Tips
Personal Homes
- Comfort, no cost
- Can rotate member homes
- Flexible dates for convenient scheduling
- Potluck – shared food and drink responsibility
Restaurants
- Mexican locales offer free salsa and tortilla chips – Host a Book Tasting Fiesta!
- Many offer private rooms for privacy for little to no cost with large groups
- Can rotate local establishments to fit a theme or group size
Online Discussions & Group Activity Ideas
Annual Book Club Events
Recently I began hosting a “big” event in January celebrating a book or book series that our Double Booked club went absolutely obsessed over.
- Fourth Wing Empyrean Night (Jan 2026) – This event focused on the first novel, Fourth Wing, and comprised trivia challenges, coordinated color dragon drinks, and decor.
- Dungeon Crawler Carl (Jan 2027) – Coming Soon!
- Book exchanges can be even better with a theme, try my Treat Yo Shelf Book Swap & Dirty Soda Bar
Social Media Group Events
- School Year Book Club Reading Challenge Bracket Template – Reading Challenge Bracket PDF and Slide Doc (Make a Copy – editable)
MORE Book Club Socials & Reading Challenges
Throwing a few book related ice breakers and activities in your socials adds personalization to your socials. I love to throw in a little competition with small prizes to give away at the end. It doesn’t have to be fancy, to be fun!
Year Long Reading Challenges
This Mystery & Murder Thriller Reading Challenge (196 books) was designed with book clubs in mind and a specific genre. Rather than everyone scrambling to choose the next title, your group already has nearly 200 excellent options ready to go.
Try letting members vote on one book each month or dedicate each month to a different thriller category.
Some months may focus on psychological suspense while others dive into haunted houses, detective mysteries, or serial killer investigations.
Try all of these Book List Challenges!
28 Ultimate Domestic Thriller Book Challenge
Want the ULTIMATE 28 domestic thriller book list? These amazing reads lean heavily into:
- marriages and toxic relationships
- family secrets
- obsession and betrayal
- domestic suspense
- emotional manipulation
- friendship drama
- psychological mind games
28 Weekend Binge Suspense & Crime Thriller Book Challenge
These authors put together the can’t-put-down engaging plots and characters:
- Unreliable narrators
- Morally gray characters
- Twist endings Ethical dilemmas
- Family secrets
- Murder investigations
- Psychological suspense
28 Horror & Suspense Thriller Book Challenge
These horror and suspense thriller books often combine:
- Shocking final twists
- Psychological suspense
- Supernatural horror
- Missing person mysteries
- Serial killer investigations
- Isolated settings
- Unreliable narrators
- Family secrets
12 Month Ultimate Mystery & Murder Thriller Reading Challenge (196 Books)
You’ll love this challenge if you enjoy:
- Fast-paced
- Psychological
- Police procedurals
- Missing person mysteries
- Locked-room
- Crime fiction
- Gothic suspense
- Domestic thrillers
- Serial killer novels
- Horror thrillers
Celebrating Your Book Club
Gather your fellow craft bugs together to create your own fun book themed products. Nothing brings a book club together like celebrating your shared interests 😍
If I Crash Pause My Audiobook SVG Digital Design – perfect for your vehicle
Read Between the Wines SVG Digital Design – books and wine go together like peanut butter and jelly
Visit FG&S Book Club page for more ideas, activities, downloads and printables you can use to plan your next event!
Conclusion
We all know reading often takes a backseat to family and work. We are not just double booked — we are triple and quadruple booked at times. But carving out intentional reading time, even once a month, builds connection, reflection, and community.
Whether you call your group Double Booked or something uniquely your own, the goal is simple: Read. Share. Connect.
And never shame a reader for being busy!
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