A free web app for book clubs

The books change. The conversations stay with you.

Common Ground is a free web app designed to support book clubs — helping members stay organized between meetings, find books worth discussing, and bring more to every conversation.

See how it works

Designed to fit the way your club already works.

Coordinating your club

Set it up once. We'll handle the rest.

One person sets the club up once. Common Ground handles the schedule, syncs with your calendars, collects RSVPs, and nudges everyone when it's time, keeping the meeting details in one place instead of stitching together text chains, email threads, and calendar updates.

The Page Turners

8 members

Currently reading

The Silent Patient

Alex Michaelides

March 15 · 7:00 PM

Sarah's Living Room

Going6 of 8 replied

Added to club calendar

Everyone has the latest details

Reminder scheduled

We'll nudge the host when it's time

Push

Book club is tomorrow at 7:00 PM.

Text

The Page Turners meet tomorrow at Sarah’s.

Your meeting details and discussion resources are ready.

Discover what to read next

Find books your club will actually want to talk about.

Picks built from your discussion history and engagement, current bestsellers your club might like, and what other clubs are reading. Each book includes a “why we picked it” explanation.

Discover

What your club should read next

The Midnight Library

Such a Fun Age

The Maidens

Klara and the Sun

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Beyond That, the Sea

Why your club would like it

Such a Fun Age

•Clubs that loved What Happened to the McCrays? (a past read for your club) tend to have explosive discussions about this one — it hits similar nerves about power and identity.
•The moral ambiguity keeps groups debating long after the meeting ends. Your group thrives on that.
•Quick, propulsive read that punches above its weight in discussion potential.

Pick for next monthSave — not now

From your discussion history

Current books your club might like

What other clubs are reading

Richer conversations

Bring more to the conversation.

Common Ground gives your club additional content and resources to support richer conversations during meetings.

Meeting in progress · Tonight

The Silent Patient

Saturday, March 15 · 7:00 PM

The Silent Patient

Alex Michaelides · Current book

For Your Discussion

Discussion starters

Questions to open up the conversation

Quick context

Themes and background for the group

Around the book

Articles, videos, and news

Something extra

Author interviews, articles, and content around the book.

Beyond the discussion starters, Common Ground gathers additional content around the book your club is reading: author interviews, articles, and other material to explore together at the meeting.

Around the book

Content for this month's pick

The Silent Patient

Alex Michaelides · Current book

Author interview

Interview with Alex Michaelides, Author of The Silent Patient & The Maidens

Podcast · Listen together

Article

Why unreliable narrators hold our attention

8 min read

After the meeting

Turn your conversation into a recap.

Capture key themes, memorable moments, and the discussion questions to help fuel new book recommendations and your club's archive.

Past meeting recap

What Happened to the McCrays?

The group returned to second chances, the pull of home, and how grief changes a relationship.

Second chancesHomeGrief

Memorable moment

The conversation shifted when the group considered whether returning home can ever mean starting over.

What your club talks about helps shape what comes next.

Flexible by design

Fits the way your club already works.

It's flexible – it doesn't have to replace your current routine but can supplement it.

SchedulingBook discoveryDiscussion supportRecaps

Common Ground

Stay connected between meetings.

Common Ground is a free web app designed to support book clubs — helping members stay organized, find club-tested books with great hooks for discussion, and bring additional content and resources into meetings.

Designed to fit into the way your club already works.