Feed your need to read - with a community that turns every book into a conversation worth having.
We believe reading is fun and find unique and challenging ways to spread the love of reading. The aim of our book club is to entice you, grab your imagination, and create an environment where people can discuss their thoughts on books in a warm, friendly, and inviting atmosphere - thereby making everyone's reading experience more fun.
Although reading is often seen as an individual activity, you may be surprised to learn that reading challenges, "book of the month" discussions, reading games, and friendly competitions all help to enrich our love of books, read more, and find great book recommendations together.
Five readers turned stewards of a global community.
Jennifer founded NBRC Bookclub with a simple belief: that reading should feel like an adventure shared with friends. Over a decade of championing emerging authors, hosting reading challenges, and building one of Goodreads' most active literary communities, she has shaped a club that treats every book as a doorway and every reader as a fellow traveler.
Wilf is the connective tissue of our community - bringing readers and authors together through ARC tours, reading games, and seasonal challenges. A lifelong reader with a soft spot for ambitious literary fiction and historical epics, she turns casual readers into devoted ones.
Sophie is the steady hand behind our daily community life - curating monthly reads, moderating discussions, and welcoming new members. She keeps every conversation warm, generous, and always book-first.
Based in Sydney, Australia, Karen has been moderating Nothing But Reading Challenges and The Perks of Being A Book Addict since 2012. A ranked Goodreads librarian (#87 reviewers, #25 librarians) with 1,800+ ratings and 1,690+ reviews, she reads widely across fiction, historical fiction, mystery, young adult, contemporary, urban fantasy, and speculative work - and is a champion of audiobooks for car trips, gardening, and mosaic-making.
A reader since 2011 with 4,950+ ratings and 230+ reviews, Judith brings curiosity across history, science, economics, environment, and art into every discussion she joins. She'll read anything - from the Twilight series to an 800-page Ben Franklin biography - but tends to favor crime thrillers and science fiction, which she devours at speed.
Dear Author,
When you hand a book to a reader, you are not handing them pages. You are handing them hours of their evenings, conversations with people they love, a small reordering of how they see the world. We do not take that lightly, and we do not want any platform that does.
NBRC was built as the bookclub I always wished existed for the writers I admired - a place where your novel is not a content unit, where reviews are written by people who finished the book, and where being featured means something because we mean it.
If you write with care, we will read with care. We will champion you to a community that shows up. We will put your story in front of the people most likely to fall in love with it, and we will tell them why. That is the whole promise.
Thank you for the work you do. We cannot wait to read what you wrote.
- Jennifer Hudson
Founder, NBRC Bookclub
Six reasons writers ask to be featured here - and keep coming back.
Hand-selected placement across our homepage, newsletter, and monthly reads - chosen for craft, not budget.
A community that actually finishes books and writes thoughtful reviews. Average review length: 340 words.
Our quarterly recognition program brings serious visibility to authors doing exceptional work.
Q&A sessions, ARC tours, and our in-platform messaging - talk directly with the readers championing your work.
Coverage across 25+ countries with strong reach in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and the Philippines.
Featured authors regularly receive coverage in our Literary Hub journal, syndicated across 8 partner outlets.
"Reading is the most generous hobby in the world. You can love a book the same week as a stranger across the planet, and suddenly you have a friend."
"Every great book starts as one person trusting another with their imagination. Our job is to honor that trust - twice."
A milestone year for the club, with new chapters launching across the Asia-Pacific region.
Twelve new authors recognized across fiction, memoir, and speculative categories.
Our readers now receive early copies from one of the world's premier publishing houses.
Over 14,000 readers signed up in the first 48 hours - our largest cohort ever.
To create a thoughtful space where stories are experienced, discussed, and remembered - and where authors and readers meet as equals.
A global community of curious, engaged readers across more than 25 countries - united by the belief that books are better shared.
Voices we have featured, championed, and helped reach the readers who needed them most - from debuts to award-winners.
Join 85,000+ readers, or share your work with a community that listens.
Thirty titles currently in rotation across our active reading challenge cycles - read along with the community at your own pace.
New titles rotate in each month as our reading cycles complete.
"A book is a dream that you hold in your hand."
- Neil Gaiman
NBRC is a reader's world first. Every author featured here meets a community that finishes the book, writes the thoughtful review, hosts the discussion, and tells the next reader to pick it up. We do not run ads at people. We hand your story to readers who are already looking for it.