Reading Guides & Book Club Kits

Explore Finding Home with this Reading Guide & Book Club Kit

Cover of Finding Home by Shelley Banks

Finding Home is a story about belonging, loss, and the unexpected places we find ourselves — and the people who change us along the way. If the novel stayed with you long after the last page, this reading guide and book club kit are for you. Dive deeper into the themes, the characters, and the questions the story quietly asks of all of us.

New to Finding Home? You can find it on Amazon — then come back here when you’re done. (These guides are best enjoyed after the last page.)

The Reading Guide (best read after finishing the novel)

A deep-dive companion for solo readers. The guide explores the novel’s key themes, symbols, and motifs, offers character analysis, and includes personal reflection prompts to help you sit with the story a little longer — and perhaps see it differently.

Download the Reading Guide (PDF) → Finding Home by Shelley Banks Reading Guide


The Book Club Kit (best read after finishing the novel)

Designed for reading groups and shared conversations. The kit includes 10 discussion questions that draw out the story’s emotional core and invite personal interpretation — the kind of questions that keep the conversation going long after the meeting ends.

Download the Book Club Kit (PDF) → Finding Home by Shelley Banks Book Club Kit

 

Explore The Long Way Around with this Reading Guide & Book Club Kit

Cover of The Long Way Around by Shelley Banks

The Long Way Around is a story about the roads we take — and the relationships that change us along the way. Warm, funny, and deeply felt, it’s a novel about the unexpected detours that turn out to matter most. If it left you smiling (and maybe a little reflective), this reading guide and book club kit will help you linger in its world a little longer.

New to The Long Way Around? You can find it on Amazon — then come back here when you’re done. (These guides are best enjoyed after the last page.)

The Reading Guide (best read after finishing the novel)

A deep-dive companion for solo readers. The guide explores the novel’s key themes, symbols, and motifs, offers character analysis, and includes personal reflection prompts to help you sit with the story a little longer — and perhaps see it differently.

Download the Reading Guide (PDF) → The Long Way Around by Shelley Banks Reading Guide


The Book Club Kit (best read after finishing the novel)

Designed for reading groups and shared conversations. The kit includes 15 discussion questions that draw out the story’s emotional core and invite personal interpretation — the kind of questions that keep the conversation going long after the meeting ends.

Download the Book Club Kit (PDF) → The Long Way Around by Shelley Banks Book Club Kit

 

Explore The Diary and the Green Dress with this Reading Guide & Book Club Kit

Cover of The Diary and the Green Dress by Shelley Banks

The Diary and the Green Dress is a story about secrets kept, lives unlived, and the way the past can reach into the present and change everything. When Izzy discovers a green dress and fifteen leather-bound diaries hidden in the old house she’s bought, she finds herself drawn into the life of Grace — and face to face with the story of her own. If this novel stayed with you, this reading guide and book club kit will help you explore it more deeply.

New to The Diary and the Green Dress? You can find it on Amazon — then come back here when you’re done. (These guides are best enjoyed after the last page.)

The Reading Guide (best read after finishing the novel)

A deep-dive companion for solo readers. The guide explores the novel’s key themes, symbols, and motifs — the meaning of objects, the lives of women across time, the secrets we carry — and includes personal reflection prompts to help you sit with the story a little longer.

Download the Reading Guide (PDF) → The Diary and the Green Dress by Shelley Banks Reading Guide


The Book Club Kit (best read after finishing the novel)

Designed for reading groups and shared conversations. The kit includes 15 discussion questions that draw out the story’s emotional core and invite personal interpretation — the kind of questions that keep the conversation going long after the meeting ends.

Download the Book Club Kit (PDF) → The Diary and the Green Dress by Shelley Banks Book Club Kit

 

Explore One Weekend with this Reading Guide & Book Club Kit

Cover of One Weekend by Shelley Banks

One Weekend is a story about friendship, secrets, and the women we become. After twenty-five years, Evie, Gaby, Laura and Anna think they know each other as well as anyone can — until one annual weekend away turns everything upside down. Each of them is hiding something. And when the secrets begin to surface, nothing will be quite the same again. If this novel made you think about your own friendships, this reading guide and book club kit will help you explore it further.

New to One Weekend? You can find it on Amazon — then come back here when you’re done. (These guides are best enjoyed after the last page.)

The Reading Guide (best read after finishing the novel)

A deep-dive companion for solo readers. The guide explores the novel’s key themes, symbols, and motifs, offers character analysis, and includes personal reflection prompts to help you sit with the story a little longer — and perhaps see your own friendships a little differently.

Download the Reading Guide (PDF) → One Weekend by Shelley Banks Reading Guide


The Book Club Kit (best read after finishing the novel)

Designed for reading groups and shared conversations — and this one was practically made for a book club weekend of your own. The kit includes 15 discussion questions that draw out the story’s emotional core and invite personal interpretation — the kind of questions that keep the conversation going long after the meeting ends.

Download the Book Club Kit (PDF) → One Weekend by Shelley Banks Book Club Kit