Sometimes I lead book clubs that are purposefully short and low commitment. Especially for a book I know well I will pick a subset of chapters, (machete order,

Sometimes I lead book clubs that are purposefully short and low commitment. Especially for a book I know well I will pick a subset of chapters, (machete order, if you will) and run through them. I like to think it makes people curious enough to seek more on their own and my anecdata supports that. Related, I have had mixed experiences with work book clubs. I generally like them as an outlet for my socialization needs. Sometimes you get people seeking "brownie points" and they don't really participate. Sometimes you get the contrarian who thinks they know better than the author and does not debate the topic(s) in good faith. Sometimes you get eager people and have great discussion. All that said, I think book clubs are very useful and valuable and generally have zero issue getting the time allotted at work for folks across org boundaries to participate.