Resource Guides

To prepare for Folger Book Club’s December discussion of The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo, we have pulled together a list of resources related to resources related to Golden Age Spain, the inquisition, and Love’s Labor’s Lost.

To prepare for Folger Book Club’s November discussion of Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma, we have pulled together a list of resources related to Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, and Taylor Swift.

To prepare for Folger Book Club’s October discussion of Edith Holler by Edward Carey, we have pulled together a list of resources related to theatrical performance and childhood.

To prepare for our September 5 discussion of Geraldine Brooks’s Year of Wonders, we have pulled together a list of resources related to plague in early modern England.

To prepare for our August 1 virtual book club discussion of Eleanor Catton’s novel, explore resources related to Shakespeare and the environment.

To prepare for our June 6 virtual book club discussion, explore resources related to Shakespeare, Ovid, and mythology.

To prepare for our May 2 virtual book club discussion, explore resources related to A Midsummer Night’s Dream and America’s early colonization.

Resources related to Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong.

Resources related to Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel.

Resources related to Shakespeare and Black history in preparation for our February book club discussion of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.

Resources related to early modern family dynamics in preparation for our December book club discussion of The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown.

Resources related to colonial America in preparation for our November Book Club discussion of Beheld by TaraShea Nesbit.