Every genre on ITP has a community group. Authors build their own groups — open ones where anyone can join, closed ones for their closest readers. Join those groups and discuss the genres you love.
Your Own Genre Groups
You can create your own group around any genre, any topic, any niche, any reading obsession, or even a book obsession.
The activity stream shows you everything happening in the groups you belong to, the people you follow and their bookshelves, the reviews being posted an all discussions.
This is not Twitter. Nobody is posting a hot take to get traction.
People are here because they love books and they want to talk about them with other people who love books.
It sounds obvious, but it's rarer than it should be.
Reader Group Ideas
Readers can create groups to find others who share their taste in books and enjoy richer conversations than a simple review allows.
Group ideas and what to discuss:
- Book clubs by genre — Romance, thriller, sci-fi, historical fiction. Discuss monthly reads, share reactions, vote on the next book.
- Reading challenges — Track annual reading goals together, share progress, recommend books to fill gaps (e.g. "a book set in another country").
- Buddy reads — Read a specific book at the same pace as others, chapter by chapter discussions, share theories and reactions in real time.
- Favourite authors' fan groups — Discuss an author's back catalogue, anticipate new releases, share news and interviews.
- Mood reading groups — Connect around reading moods like "cosy reads", "dark and twisty", or "books that made me cry".
- Diverse voices — Groups focused on books by underrepresented authors, specific cultures, or marginalised perspectives.
Invite Reader Friends to Your Groups
The friends whose recommendations you trust are the ones you want in your genre group. You want your reader groups to have in-depth chats about your fav books, even heated discussions, arguing with you about if that ending was good.
Wanna do it? Find out here how to start and manage your own group, by clicking the next tab > how to start your own reader group.