Book Club

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The LegendFiction Book Club

The book club where you don't have to read the book. 🫢 $5 per month. Cancel any time.

Every month, members nominate and vote on which epic fiction books to read! Find your next favorite read. Come for the fun. Stay for the friends.

"The book club where you don't have to read the book — but you just might want to."

Dominic de Souza

Author, founder, & host

Normal book clubs give you a book and a deadline. You either finish it or you feel bad. Most people feel bad...

So we did something different.

Here, everyone shares the book they'd like the group to read. Like a game show, the top 3 share why they nominate that book. The room votes on the best pitch!

The best pitch wins a gift basket (chocolate, cozy things, or reader goodies...) everything you need for a perfect night in with a great book. Then you can read as much or as little as you want. We meet twice a month.

Come to make friends. Come to find your next favorite story. Come and sit quietly in the back — that's allowed too. This is the book club built around the people first, and the nerds perform for goodies.

The Monthly schedule

One Month. Two Epic Books.

Here's exactly what happens every single month.

Week One

Live Game Show + Featured Author

Members nominate popular book titles in a live poll. Everyone votes.

The top 3 nominees pitches the room to pick their title. The room votes again for the winer. (Best pitch wins the gift basket!)

A featured author reads one of their chapters aloud, and the audience role-plays the character voices.

Pitches · Live vote · Author · Readaloud

Week Two

Read at Your Own Pace

Now that the people have decided on the book of the month... you decide how much you want to read! A chapter. Half the book. The whole thing. Up to you.

No check-ins. No quizzes. Have fun.

No pressure · No deadline

Week Three

Featured Book Week

Everyone joins a social meetup with speed meetings.

Then members who read the book read the first chapter aloud together (maybe role-play the voices).

All are welcome!

live read-through

Week four

Monthly Snap Vote

A quick poll asks for reader feedback: Did you finish the book? Did you read something else this month?

Share fast, honest answers live, to vet the book for the back of the room. Find your next read among friends!

2 Questions. 30 Seconds.

We Changed it

We... Reinvented the Book Club?!

We read every complaint people have about book clubs... and just might have fixed it!

Old Way: You have to finish the book

New Way: Read what you want

Read as much as you want. Show up anyway. The room is always glad you came.

Old Way: Someone else picks the book

New Way: You decide the book

You nominate. You pitch. The room votes live. The best book wins.

Old Way: chat is flat & forced

New Way:

Role-Play readalouds

We read aloud together in character. It's a live show, not a panel.

Old Way: Introverts feel awkward

New Way:

Everyone is included

Watching is valid. Listening is enough. Nobody gets called on. Nobody gets left out.

Old Way: Authors are never there

New Way:

Guest authors monthly

One featured author joins us live every single month. Real talk. Real fun, together.

Old Way: Every meeting feels the same

New Way:

Never-ending fun

Every night is live, one-of-a-kind, unrepeatable. No two meetings are ever the same.

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A Real Author. Every Single Month.

Featured authors with LegendFiction read aloud a selection from their latest novel, while members volunteer to role-play the voices. Some authors may gift a free book to attendees who show up...

There's a Seat for You!

You Belong Here!

Love being on stage or love hiding in the back? This was made for all!

🤫 The Quiet One

Watch the readaloud. Listen to the pitches. Vote in the polls. You never have to speak. You're still part of every meetup.

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The Champion

Nominate a book you love. Stand up. Make your case. Convince the room. Win the giftbasket. Get featured!

🎭 The Performer

Grab a character role. Read the lines live. Be the villain for ten minutes. The readaloud always needs brave voices.

📚 The Finisher

Read the whole thing? You're first pick for the readaloud. You earned that.

Awarded Every Month

🍫 The Winner's Gift Basket

Win the pitch and we'll send you a real gift basket of your choice: chocolate, a cozy candle, candied fruit collection... Everything you need for the perfect reading night in. Plus a shoutout on the LegendFiction blog.

The Code

3 Simple Rules

Epic fiction only

Fantasy, mythic fiction, big-world adventure. PG titles preferable. No adult content.

Plus, we never repeat titles.

No pitching your novel

Champions argue for someone else's story. Always. That's what makes the pitch fun!

Ages 16 to 165 welcome.

Nominate means you pitch

Submit a book and you're agreeing to stand up and pitch it. No backing out. Pitchers can win goodies!

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Ready to join the Book Club of Legends?

We meet every first and third Thursday night for a live, one-of-a-kind meetup, unlike any book club you've ever tried. Come once for free. Stay for $5 a month.

Once we have 25 members on this waitlist, we'll send out invites!

Free to try · $5/mo to belong · Always epic fiction · Always live

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