Plan the year
Most groups plan around the church calendar: a fall kickoff, four Sundays of Advent, a fresh start in January, the weeks of Lent, and a lighter summer. Each page below names books that suit the season and shows how many sessions they take, so the study fits the weeks you actually have.
Fall
Fall is when most groups settle on what they will read together. The titles below have study guides with 5–8-session schedules — the practical range for a fall Bible study or book study, short enough to finish before the holidays and long enough to go somewhere. Compare the session and question counts, then read Week 1 free.
10 studiesSee the fall list →
Advent
Advent is four Sundays. Very few book studies are that short, so this page does two things: it names the studies whose subject really belongs to Advent — the coming of Christ, waiting, hope — and it shows each one’s session count, so you can tell at a glance what will finish by Christmas Eve and what will carry your group into January.
10 studiesSee the advent list →
New Year
January is when a group is most willing to try something new and least able to keep it up alone. These studies are about habits, rhythms, and the state of your mind — the things people resolve to change — and each one is built to be worked through together, a set number of weeks at a time.
12 studiesSee the new year list →
Lent
Lent gives a group about seven meetings between Ash Wednesday and Easter. These studies take up what the season is for — repentance, the disciplines, suffering, and the cross — and every card shows the session count, so you can see which ones land on Easter and which run past it.
11 studiesSee the lent list →
Summer
Summer attendance moves around — vacations, camps, ball games. These studies are shorter or more story-driven than a fall curriculum, so a member who misses two weeks can still come back in. Session and question counts are on every card.
12 studiesSee the summer list →
Every list is chosen by hand, then checked against the live library: the session and discussion-question counts on each card come straight from the guide itself. Nothing is ordered by sales, downloads, or ratings. Week 1 of every guide is free to read, so you can judge a study before your group commits to it.
Looking for something outside the calendar? Browse every guide or start from a topic.