Inspiration

In his bestselling book Can’t Hurt Me, David Goggins challenges readers to question conventional wisdom about strength and success. Learn how your flaws can actually push you to greatness!

Trying to reach a goal can feel like a hike through the wilderness: After a few miles, all the trees start to look alike. Are you walking in circles? Are you lost? Daydreaming about your destination won’t help you reach it. But tracking your progress will.

Bill Gates offers five critical ways that individuals can impact climate change in a meaningful way. Each of these five actions are not only doable but powerful—especially when combined with the efforts of other climate-conscious individuals.

Does the idea of throwing your ten-year plan out the window sound crazy? Think Again author Adam Grant shares three important pitfalls that hyper-planners may not have considered.

How does anyone learn to find common ground and explore new ideas, in an increasingly polarized world? Think Again author Adam Grant reveals how readers can “release their inner Tony Robbins” and master the art of persuasion using a technique called “motivational interviewing.”

Cohesive teams accomplish more together than any individual could shoulder alone. Leaders can cultivate more cohesive teams by getting intentional about fostering vulnerability, trust, and more effective communication with these tips from Daniel Coyle, author of Culture Code.

Mindset author David Goggins shares five ways that anyone can make failure a stepping stone to ultimate success.

With a little reframing, critical feedback will feel less like shrapnel and more like a snow globe, offering new perspectives and insights. Use these tips to stretch your fixed mindset into a growth mindset!

Grit, a combination of passion and perseverance, is the best predictor of success across different industries and situations. This top quality of successful individuals is even more important than intelligence, talent, and credentials!

There’s little debate whether practice builds skills. But regardless of what skill you’d like to develop, “deliberate practice” can help you get there more effectively!

Subvert the story of “I don’t have time” and succeed at building new habits with the “Two-Minute Rule,” one of the most powerful tips for banishing procrastination.

Trying to get a slippery habit to stick? These four tips act like superglue in helping you create a new routine, behavior, or even identity.

As humans, we tend to believe our identity is fixed - predetermined before we ever had a say. You might shy away from your dream of running marathons, or resign yourself to always being a midnight snacker because that’s “just who you are.” But what if your identity wasn’t a foregone conclusion? What if you could become a different person through a series of small acts over an extended period of time?

Boundaries in work-life balance, business, and life in general are a hot topic—especially for women in business. Most of that conversation revolves around the word no—which is understandable given how much most of us have on our plates. 

Use our discussion questions in your own book club or answer as you read.

Celebrate Asian/Pacific American heritage the rest of the year with our favorite reads.

Meet our favorite book influencer and learn about her new club, Black Like We Never Left.

Learn how to promote mental health at work for yourself and others.

Read along with our questions or use them in your own book club.

Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day with some of our team's favorite bookshops.

Freshen up your book collection with our go-to tips and inspiration.

Learn how to identify and cope with imposter syndrome—and how leaders can create safer, more inclusive environments.

Read along with our questions or use them in your own book club.

Join us for a candid conversation about Johnson's writing process and her book's key takeaways on creating a culture of learning and growth.

Explore the world of Julia Alvarez' Afterlife with discussion questions that guide you through the book.

Learn about our new enterprise solution for developing and aligning teams.

Discover 10 must-reads by classic and contemporary Black authors.

Learn tips from authors on work-life balance for leaders and employees.

Dig deeper into equity and justice with questions about Michelle MiJung Kim's book.

Foster discussions about Minda Harts' approach to healing racial trauma at work.

Explore these questions as you read through Rachel Rodgers' empowering book.

Enrich your reading—or your own book club—with our questions about The 7 Habits.

Learn key takeaways from Covey's beloved bestseller, including how to apply them at work and beyond.

Spark conversations with our book club questions for Belletrist's March pick.

Celebrate International Women’s Day with an excerpt from Arlan Hamilton's final book club pick.

Explore key takeaways from some of our featured female authors.

Discover contemporary and classic Black-authored books that have been challenged or banned.

Learn more about venture capitalist Arlan Hamilton's new book club and her first pick: We Should All Be Millionaires by Rachel Rodgers.

Celebrate Black literature with some of our favorite fiction and nonfiction books, perfect for Black History Month—and every month of the year.

Explore highlights, quotes, and key takeaways from the BookClub FranklinCovey Effective Leadership series. Apply principles and disciplines from some of today's most impactful thought leaders to drive success in your own organization—and life. 

Looking for a gift for your favorite book lover? Try one of our holiday favorites.

Sonya Singh's debut romcom follows the adventures of a woman trying to connect with her South Asian roots. Exclusively on BookClub, Sonya Singh debuts her cover and an excerpt from the book!

Our FranklinCovey BookClub will help you develop all the leadership skills you could ever need.

Build Your House Around My Body is BookClub + Belletrist’s August pick, and one of the spookiest books you’ll read all year long.

Belletrist’s August indie bookstore pick believes that reading and storytelling make us better humans.

Entrepreneurship is hard, but you don't have to go in it alone. Barbara Corcoran + BookClub can help.

We love The Shadow King because it highlights stories we’ve never heard before.

Lisa Taddeo’s impactful read left the team at BookClub feeling some type of way.

Here’s what we’re reading this month.

Looking for easy ways to liven up your summer barbecue? Check out these incredible literary-themed treats.

Learn about the history and importance of this national holiday.

A BookClub must-read, Why We Act by Catherine Sanderson explores the psychology behind why we do and don’t speak up.

BookClub is live! We can't wait for you to join us.

Great for a day poolside or one spent on the beach, these books are the perfect summer reads.

Graduation, whether it be from high school or college, is always an important milestone that signifies a lot of change. Prepare for the unknown by reading one (or all) of these books.

Do you have a book-loving Mom? Here’s what to get her this Mother’s Day.

April 24th is Independent Bookstore Day. Here’s how we are celebrating with our favorite shops.

In celebration of Women’s History Month and World Poetry Day, explore the life, legacy, and work of Katerina Canyon— 2020 Pushcart Prize Nominee and 2011-13 Montessi Award recipient.

Melissa Boles, Marketing Manager for BookClub shares why Read Across America day is an important holiday that holds a special place in her heart.

A look into how your favorite books are adapted for the big screen.

Exposing your children to literature at a young age only helps them to be more successful later on in life. Learn how to instill a love of reading in your own children with this advice from our experts.

Your preferred learning method affects how you interact with books. Here's how to find your own.

There aren’t “creative” and “non-creative” people, anyone can create a work of creative genius in 2021. Here’s how to do it with Gannett’s method.

When Todd Bol’s mother, a school teacher and a lifelong lover of books died in 2009, he knew that he had to honor her in a way that fit her legacy.

Reading Rainbow was iconic and still relevant today.

In celebration of National Information Day, here are three authors with incredible stories who altered daily life in some way or another with the information presented in their works.

If you haven't adopted this holiday tradition already, this season is the perfect time to begin celebrating Jólabókaflóð.

And we need more BIPOC authors.

Women are drawn to consuming as much true crime as possible. But why?

Despite campaigns like “Reclaim Her Name,” some authors were perfectly fine writing under a male name. In fact, they may have had other reasons for it.

Though it's been used in thousands of libraries across the country, there's a dark side to the Dewey Decimal System and its creator, Melvil Dewey.

Thirty minutes of reading every day can do wonders for your mental health, just try it out and see for yourself.

Your favorite nursery rhymes might have a dark and gruesome history behind them…

A.A. Milne was a successful author even before the publication of Winnie the Pooh, but when this children’s novel catapulted him into fame, he became resentful of its creation.

This year has been a rough one, utilize these self-development books to emerge as an improved person in 2021.

Being able to read books and learn from authors that look like you and identify with you is why building a diverse team, and a diverse platform is a top priority for BookClub.

Reading diverse literature can shape you as a reader, writer, and human. Your story matters.

Stuck in a creative rut? Reading, or any other of these ideas may help you find your inspiration.

Some of the most beautiful spaces to see are where books come free.

Since their inception, ebooks have become a way of life for many readers. Here are a few of our favorite ebook adaptations with gorgeous illustrations, killer insights, and more.

Edward Gorey is an illustrator and author known for his eerie pen-and-ink illustrations and his eccentric fashion. His costume design for a mid-1970s production of Dracula won him a Tony Award, and his books set the stage for a large fanbase in goth subculture. Curl up with Gorey's dark and macabre illustrations to put a little gothic in your Halloween.

The BookClub team is 57 percent women and that’s helping us create community.

You’ve probably heard of Roald Dahl, but how much do you know of the illustrator who created the famous drawings throughout these iconic children’s books?

Often regarded as the first work of science fiction, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein will always be perfect for Halloween. Take a look at this brief history of the novel as well as some of the best Frankenstein adaptations.

Organize your stacks and whip them into killer shape with these awesome bookshelf organization ideas. After all, what's a library without a little organization?

Medu Bookstore has brought BIPOC literature to the Atlanta area for more than twenty years.

When you first step foot into a library, you’re overcome with the expected calm and quiet, but there’s an unexpected electric zing of magic in the air. You are surrounded by countless thoughts, feelings and ideas bound into tomes, all at your fingertips. You can feel the power of knowledge all around you. And, most importantly, you are always welcome at the library, which is why they've become pillars of reliability in their communities.

Here’s how to help your kiddo fall in love with all of the magic found at the library.

Light up your world with art on January 31st during Inspire Your Heart with Art Day, you’ll be glad you did.

The King’s English is Salt Lake’s best-kept secret.

A look into one of Denver’s most-treasured shops and how they made it through 2020. This is part one of BookClub’s series on local bookshops.

The holiday season looks a little different this year, but we have a few ideas about how you can make the most of it.

Engage and inspire members of your book club, no matter their geographic location.

Falling into a reading rut can be frustrating, but it doesn’t have to last forever.

While romance novels have been traditionally pro-feminist, there is still work to do.

A good cover design can change everything for an author.

The 2020 National Book Awards are coming up soon, and the team at BookClub had a few predictions about which author is going to go home a winner this year.

Libraries have been forced to adapt with the pandemic, here’s what you should expect during your next visit.

The dog days of Summer are almost behind us and Fall is quickly approaching and I am excited about the cooler weather and the cozy sweaters.

Diversity in literature is necessary to create a world of adequate representation. But how do we foster more of it?