r/bookclub
The Reddit Book Club
Founded August 2008 · Public — anyone can post
Welcome to r/bookclub! Current schedules can be found on the sidebar, in the top tabs, and pinned on the front page of the sub. We read and post about several books each month that are suggested by members and selected by popular vote. There's no requirement for joining, so pick up your book(s) and come read with us!
Members
266,864
267K
Online now
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not captured in the last snapshot
Posts per day
4.2
from the last 100 posts, spanning 23.7 days
Comments per post
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no sample yet
Growth · 7d
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not enough history yet
Growth · 30d
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not enough history yet
Promo tolerance
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not assessed yet
Last post
Oct 2
sampled Oct 3
Distinct posters
33%
of the last 100 posts
Tracking since Oct 3 · growth spans are the real distance between snapshots, not rounded windows. Posts/day is measured from the community’s own newest posts on Reddit, not from what Prowlo happens to crawl.
Member growth
Tracking since Oct 3 — growth charts appear after a week of history.
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This is a moderated subreddit. It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage in-depth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres, or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. If you're looking for help with a personal book recommendation, consult our Weekly Recommendation Thread, Suggested Reading page, or ask in r/suggestmeabook.
A place to share and discuss book reviews. Write your own reviews, share professional and amateur book reviews from elsewhere, and discuss the reviews posted.
Just providing recommedations on books readers would love!!
We're an open and inclusive community of book lovers from India, with a wide range of interests and a special focus, but not limited, on Indic literature. Please see our community wiki for reading resources, Goodreads account, twitter and discord, for reading recommendations, lively discussions and our fornightly #bookreadingclub! Welcome & Happy reading!
Hi! Welcome to ARC Readers! This is a place to share and find Advanced Reader Copies (ARCs). Please review all our rules and the pinned post on formatting before posting.
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r/bookclub — frequently asked
How many members does r/bookclub have?
r/bookclub has 266,864 members as of our most recent crawl on Oct 3. Prowlo re-checks tracked communities on a rolling schedule, so this figure moves rather than sitting frozen at whatever it was when a scraper last ran.
Is r/bookclub growing?
We don't have 30 days of snapshot history for r/bookclub yet, so we're not going to invent a growth number. We've been tracking it since Oct 3; the chart fills in as history accumulates.
How active is r/bookclub?
Around 4.2 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 23.7 days. Posting rate matters more than subscriber count when you're deciding where to spend your time — it determines how long your comment stays visible.
When was r/bookclub created?
r/bookclub was founded in August 2008 and is a public — anyone can post community. Age matters: an older community with steady growth has survived Reddit's moderation churn; a young one with a spike may not.
Who posts in r/bookclub?
Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 33% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Oct 2. A low share means a feed dominated by a handful of accounts (bots, mods, or one prolific poster) rather than a community.
Can I promote my product in r/bookclub?
We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/bookclub yet. Default to the safe approach: read the sidebar rules, contribute in threads where you gain nothing, and mention your product only when it is the honest answer to someone's question.
How do I monitor r/bookclub for mentions?
Hit Watch on this page. Prowlo starts crawling r/bookclub into your Dataset — every new post indexed and embedded, searchable semantically, queryable by your AI agent over MCP, and able to trigger keyword alerts in Slack. Prowlo is read-only; it never posts on your behalf.
Can my AI agent read r/bookclub's stats?
Yes. Everything on this page is one MCP tool call away: catalog_get_subreddit returns r/bookclub's members, growth, promo tolerance and similar communities as typed JSON — free, no credits. Connect your agent to api.prowlo.com/mcp and it can vet the community and start watching it in the same conversation.
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