If your book club lives in a group chat, you already know the cycle:
- “What chapter are we on?”
- “Wait… are we meeting Tuesday or Thursday?”
- “Someone summarize the last 3 chapters, please.”
A simple Notion tracker fixes all of it.
And if you want this to feel like a real little app inside Notion (reading list + notes + progress), NotionReads is the easiest way to keep it clean.
The easiest book club setup (3 databases)
1) Books (your club shelf)
- Title
- Author
- Status (Next pick / Reading / Finished)
- Meeting count (optional)
2) Meetings (the schedule)
- Date
- Book (relation)
- “Read by” target (pages or chapters)
- Location/Zoom link
3) Notes (discussion + quotes)
- Book (relation)
- Meeting (relation)
- Type (Question / Quote / Reaction / Theme)
- Note
The one view that makes everything easy
Create a view called “Next meeting” that shows:
- the current book
- the next meeting date
- what to read by then
- your saved questions
A simple page-by-page schedule (no overthinking)
Pick one:
- Pages per meeting (e.g., 80 pages)
- Chapters per meeting (e.g., 8 chapters)
Consistency > perfection.
Discussion prompts that actually get people talking
- What scene did you bookmark?
- Who annoyed you most?
- What do you think the author wants us to believe?
- What would you change if you were the editor?
CTA
If you want to track your club picks + your own reading notes in the same place (inside Notion), that’s what NotionReads is for:
If you’re also doing a personal challenge, pair this with: