Introduction
There are several book clubs here on the forums. Reading along with a book club can provide a great source of motivation, and there are a lot of people to help you out with questions, enabling you to tackle harder content.
Many of the book clubs have community vocabulary lists, so they can be a great resource even if you’re reading after the book club has moved on. Additionally, you’re always welcome to ask questions even after a book has been finished by a book club. People are always happy to help out.
The purpose of this thread is to be the master list of book clubs. That way, you only have to come to one place to find every book that has ever been discussed on the forums.
Some book clubs also do weekly “read aloud” sessions, where everyone takes turns reading part of the the previous week’s assigned reading. While general book discussion, grammar questions, etc. should take place on the these forums, the read aloud takes place on this Discord server.
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Book Clubs
Absolute Beginner Book Club
The Absolute Beginner Book Club is intended for people around an N5 level.
Absolute Beginner Book Club Home Page
Offshoot book clubs:
- わんにゃん探偵団 (Doggy Detectives & Kitty Detectives series!)
- チーズスイートホーム (Chi’s Sweet Home)
- レンタルおにいちゃん (Big Brother Rental)
- からかい上手の高木さん (Teasing Master Takagi-san)
- それでも歩は寄せてくる (When Will Ayumu Make His Move)
- 大海原と大海原 (Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea)
- 三ツ星カラーズ (Mitsuboshi Colours)
- ハピネス (Happiness)
Finished books:
- なぜ?どうして?せかいはふしぎ (Why? How? Wonders of the World)
- しろくまカフェ (Shirokuma Cafe)
- 結婚しても恋してる (Even though we’re married…)
- 10分で読める物語 二年生 unfinished
- なぜ?どうして?科学のお話 (Why? How? Science Stories)
- 10分で読める伝記 (2年生) (10 minute readers - Biographies. 2nd Grade Reader)
Current book:
- 都道府県のおはなし 低学年 (Stories of the Japanese Prefectures - Lower Grade Reader)
Upcoming books:
- tbc
Beginner Book Club
The Beginner Book Club is intended for people around an N4 level.
Offshoot book clubs:
- よつばと! (Yotsubato!)
- Aria 完全版 (Aria the Masterpiece)
- 少女終末旅行 (Girls’ Last Tour)
- ふらいんぐうぃっち (Flying Witch)
- 銭天堂 (Zenitendou)
- ゆるキャン△ (Laid-Back Camp)
- フルーツバスケット (Fruits Basket - Collector’s Edition)
- シメジシミュレーション (Shimeji Simulation)
- ハイキュー!! (Haikyuu!!)
- 不可解なぼくのすべてを (FukaBoku)
- 極主夫道 (The Way of the Househusband)
- 地縛少年花子くん (Toilet Bound Hanako-kun)
Finished books:
- 魔女の宅急便 (Kiki’s Delivery Service)
- のんのんびより (Non Non Biyori)
- 夏目友人帳 (Natsume’s Book of Friends)
- 時をかける少女 (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time)
- ふしぎ駄菓子屋 銭天堂 (Zenitendou, The Mysterious Sweet Shop)
- 一週間フレンズ (One Week Friends)
- 霧のむこうのふしぎな町 (The Mysterious Town Beyond the Mist)
- 日常 (Nichijou)
- 地縛少年花子くん (Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun)
- 小川未明童話集 (Ogawa Mimei: Collection of Children’s Stories)
Current book:
- 夜カフェ (Night Cafe)
Upcoming books:
- TBD
Intermediate Book Club
The Intermediate Book Club is intended for people around an N3 level.
Intermediate Book Club Home Page
Offshoot book clubs:
Finished books:
- No. 6
- 秋の牢獄 (Autumn Prison)
- 赤い悪夢 (5分後に意外な結末) (An Unexpected Conclusion in 5 Minutes: Red Nightmares)
- はたらく魔王さま! (The Devil is a Part-Timer!)
- キノの旅 (Kino’s Journey)
- コンビニ人間 (Convenience Store Woman)
- 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱 (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
- キッチン (Kitchen)
- 氷菓
- 夜市 (Night Market)
- 聖☆おにいさん (Saint Young Men)
- 博士の愛した数式 (The Housekeeper and the Professor)
- 君の名は (Your Name)
- コーヒーが冷めないうちに
- ヨコハマ買い出し紀行
- 地球星人
Current book:
Upcoming:
- Spy x Family (starting June 18th)
- TUGUMI (starting July 30th)
Advanced Book Club
The Advanced Book Club is intended for people around an N2-N1 level.
Offshoot book clubs:
Finished books:
- 雪国 (Snow Country)
- 容疑者Xの献身 (The Devotion of Suspect X)
- すべてがFになる (The Perfect Insider) - Vol. 1 of S&M Series
- 人間失格
- 乳と卵
- パノラマ島綺譚
- 本陣殺人事件
Current book:
- 薬屋のひとりごと (started Feb 26th)
Upcoming book:
- 海辺のカフカ (starts May 28th)
Miscellaneous Book Clubs (scheduled)
This section contains books that were not selected from normal book club polls, but are/were still run using a schedule. The list is ordered by difficulty and then start date.
Book | Difficulty | Start Date | Status |
---|---|---|---|
おじさまと猫 (Old Man and a Cat) |
Absolute Beginner | 2020-08-24 | Hiatus |
Sailor Moon | Beginner | 2020-01-01 | Completed |
アオハライド (Ao Haru Ride) |
Beginner | 2020-02-01 | Completed |
クレヨンしんちゃん (Crayon Shin Chan) |
Beginner | 2020-02-17 | Hiatus |
ブラックジャックによろしく (Say Hello to BlackJack) |
Beginner | 2020-04-05 | Inactive |
One Piece | Beginner | 2020-09-02 | In Progress |
3月のライオン (March Comes in Like a Lion) |
Beginner | 2020-09-12 | Inactive |
ドラゴンボール SD (Dragon Ball SD) |
Beginner | 2020-10-31 | In Progress |
やがて君になる(1) (Bloom into you) |
Beginner | 2021-03-15 | In Progress |
暁のヨナ (Yona of the Dawn) |
Beginner | 2021-03-15 | In Progress |
幸色のワンルーム (Sachiiro no One Room) |
Beginner | 2021-06-04 | In Progress |
呪術廻戦 0 (Jujutsu Kaisen 0) |
Beginner | 2022-02-23 | Completed |
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure | Intermediate | 2020-01-15 | Hiatus |
Doki Doki Literature Club (Visual novel / game) |
Intermediate | 2020-01-18 | Inactive |
獣の奏者 (Kemono no Souja) |
Intermediate | 2020-01-25 | Completed |
マンガ✖くり返しでスイスイ覚えられる百人一首 | Intermediate | 2020-07-18 | Hiatus |
文豪ストレイドッグス わん! (Bungou Stray Dogs: Wan!) |
Intermediate | 2020-08-31 | Hiatus |
Harry Potter | Intermediate | 2020-09-01 | Completed |
狐笛のかなた | Intermediate | 2021-01-16 | Completed |
囀る鳥は羽ばたかない (WaniKani Members Only) |
Intermediate | 2021-05-21 | In Progress |
かがみの孤城 | Intermediate | 2021-11-06 | In Progress |
Re-Zero | Advanced | 2019-07-01 | In Progress |
DanMachi | Advanced | 2020-02-10 | Hiatus |
1Q84 | Advanced | 2020-08-01 | Hiatus |
Miscellaneous Book Discussions (non-scheduled)
This section contains books that were not selected from normal book club polls and do not have schedules.
- 掌の小説 (Kawabata reading group)
- ご注文はうさぎですか (Is the Order a Rabbit)
- Sword Art Online
- 放浪息子 (Wandering Son)
- 君の膵臓をたべたい (I Want to Eat Your Pancreas)
- 世界から猫が消えたなら (If Cats Disappeared from the World)
- Graded Readers and Parallel Texts
- 青春ブタ野郎はバニーガール先輩の夢を見ない (Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai)
- 魔法少女育成計画 (Magical Girl Raising Project)
- 機動戦士ガンダムアグレッサー (Gundam Aggressor)
- NHK Easy News Reading Group
- GJ部
- 君の名は - Your Name
- Skip Beat!
- Flesh&Blood