The discussion is winding down, everyone is reaching for their bag, and then comes the question: “What are we reading next?”
A few people suggest books.
Someone says they’ll put a poll in the group chat.
By the next meeting, you’re still deciding, and the same familiar genres are back on the list.
A TBR jar makes that moment something your book club can actually look forward to.
Give the Group a Starting Point
Fill a jar with reading prompts instead of book titles. At the end of your meeting, someone draws a prompt and everyone suggests a book that fits.
Your club still chooses the final book, but now you have a fresh direction instead of an open-ended debate.
You could draw a prompt that leads you toward a character-driven story one month and something that makes you think the next.
It’s a simple way to try books your group might otherwise overlook.
Set It Up Once and Keep Using It
The jar itself is easy. The time-consuming part is thinking up enough good prompts to keep it interesting.
With the 400 TBR Jar Prompts, that part is already done.
Print the pages, cut out the prompts, and put them in a jar!
The set covers 10 categories, so your group has plenty to draw from, and there’s a blank grid for ideas you want to add yourselves.
You can pull a prompt before everyone leaves, then give members a few days to nominate books. Or make the draw the first little event of your next meeting.
Either way, it takes a question that can drag on for weeks and turns it into a moment you share together.
Make the jar once, and you’ll have a fresh way to start choosing books whenever your club needs one.
Get the 400 printable TBR Jar Prompts and have it ready for your next meeting.