Resource Guides

Resources related to Romeo and Juliet and Shakespeare and horror in preparation for our October Book Club discussion of Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion.

Resources related to Belle da Costa Greene and the collections of the Morgan and Folger Shakespeare Libraries in preparation for our September Book Club discussion of The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray.

Folger resources related to Henry VIII in preparation for our August Book Club discussion of Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel.

Folger resources related to Richard III in preparation for our June Book Club discussion of The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey.

Folger resources related to Shakespeare and digital technologies to accompany our discussion of Gabrielle Zevin’s novel.

Folger resources related to espionage and Christopher “Kit” Marlowe to accompany our discussion of Allison Epstein’s novel.

Folger resources related to Folger resources related to 19th-century Shakespeare performance and the Booth family to accompany the February 2023 book club discussion of Booth.

Folger resources related to food and food pathways to accompany the December 2022 book club discussion of Black Cake.

To prepare for our November 2022 book club discussion, we have pulled together a list of Folger resources related to Romeo and Juliet and Latinx Shakespeare.

To prepare for our October 2022 discussion, we have pulled together a list of Folger resources related to Shakespearean performance and the historical characters that appear in the novel.

To prepare for our September 2022 book club discussion, we have pulled together a list of Folger resources related to King Lear, the novel, and motherhood.

On June 2, 2022 the Folger hosts its Virtual Book Club, featuring a discussion on ‘Love in Color’ by Bolu Babalola. To prepare for the discussion, we have pulled together a list of Folger resources related to mythology and Shakespeare.