The Odyssey Bookshop
Independent Bookselling Since 1963


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Saturday, 10:00 - 6:00
Sunday, Noon - 5:00



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ON THE AIR

The Odyssey Bookshop is one of five independent bookstores participating in WAMC's Roundtable on Tuesday mornings, just after the 10:00 news. People from the Odyssey will be on about once a month, talking about our favorite books. 

Click here to see the list of the books we have talked about.


The Odyssey Bookshop
9 College St.
S. Hadley, MA 01075

413-534-7307
800-540-7307
fax 413-532-3654

email odysseybks@aol.com

 

The Book Group Page

 

 

The month's selection for store-sponsored groups is discounted 20% for group participants.

Literary Fiction: The Open Fiction Book Group
led by Ellen Meeropol meets on the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m.

Crime Fiction:
Neil Novik, co-owner of the Odyssey, leads the Odyssey Crime Club at 7 p.m. on the second Monday of every month.

Sundays with Shakespeare:
This discussion group is led by Arthur Kinney, director of Renaissance Studies at UMASS. It meets at 11 a.m. on the third Sunday of every month.

Check out the Odyssey staff's favorite paperbacks for book group discussions here.


Book Group Discounts

The Odyssey offers 20% off book group selections, if you order five or more per title at least two weeks in advance of the date you need them, to be picked up by one person. To participate in this discount program, you must register your group with the Odyssey. Click here for a simple online registration form.
The best way to place a book group discount order is using our online request. You may also call the store with the necessary information. When the books come in, we’ll call the contact person and place the books behind the counter to be picked up. Please give us plenty of time, so we can have the books available – most groups like to have the books in hand a full month before the meeting at which they’ll be discussed. 

Resources for Book Groups

IndieBound is the website of the independent bookstores of America. Their monthly "picks" showcase new fiction, and they also list book group favorites and specialty recommendations. Check them out at http://www.indiebound.org/indie-next-list.

General Reading Group Websites:
www.readinggroupchices.com
www.readinggroupguides.com

Book Review Sites:
http://www.reviewsofbooks.com
http://www.bookpage.com
http://www.bookreporter.com

Printable reading guides from publishers:
Algonquin Books: http://algonquin.com/etcetera/readers-guides
Curbstone Press: http://curbstone.org/index.cfm?webpage=24
Random House: http://www.randomhuse.com/rgg/
Penguin Group: http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/readingguides/index.html
HarperCollins: http://www.harpercollins.com/readers/readinggroups.aspx
Henry Holt: http://www.henryholt.com/readingguides/index.htm
St. Martins: http://www.readinggroupgold.com/guides/guides.aspx
Houghton Mifflin: http://houghtonmifflinbooks.com/readings_guides/fiction.shtml
Simon&Schuster: http://www.simonsays.com
WW Norton: http://wwnorton.com/trade/rgg.htm