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Book Club Kits
Already in a book club outside the Library, or want to form one? Try one of our Book Club Kits. These kits have multiple copies of the same title and discussion questions. Check out a kit and distribute it to members of your book group.
Book Club Picks
Currently in a book club and looking for titles to propose at your next meeting? Interested in finding multiple copies of a well-written, discussion worthy book but looking for a less formal option than our book club kits? We’ve got you covered with our Book Club Picks Collection! You can check out individual copies of previous book club titles or the whole set.
You can view our fiction and nonfiction book club picks in our catalog.
Library Book Clubs
Looking to join an active book group but not sure where to start? Join one of the Library's many book clubs. The Library provides copies of the book for those who register and each book club meets once a month. To see more about each book club, expand the selections below.
Registrations for current book clubs open 4 weeks prior to their meeting date.
This book club reads work by American authors who have won prestigious awards for fiction, such as the Pulitzer, Nobel, PEN/Faulkner, and the National Book Award.
Meets second Thursdays from 7:00 - 8:30 pm on Zoom.
2023 Selections | ||
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| January 12 | Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat | |
| February 9 | White Noise by Don DeLillo | |
| March 9 | Luster by Raven Leilani | |
| April 14 | Dalva by Jim Harrison | |
| May 11 | Empire Falls by Richard Russo | |
| June 8 | 100 Boyfriends by Brontez Purnell | |
| July 13 | Rumors of Peace by Ella Leffland | |
| August 10 | Radiant Fugitives by Nawaaz Ahmed | |
| September 14 | The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany | |
| October 12 | The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones | |
| November 9 | Strange As This Weather Has Been by Ann Pancake | |
| December 14 | Where Reasons End by Yiyun Li | Register to attend |
For information about book clubs, contact our Reference Desk at reference@cityofmillvalley.org.
Read and discuss a book of poems with others who appreciate poetry and like to take a closer look at form, structure, and craft. Discussions will be lively and interactive, and participants will have a chance to share thoughts and ask questions. Come prepared to read favorite poems, lines, and passages from the book aloud.
2023 Selections | ||
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| October 16 | Forest Primeval by Vievee Francis | |
| November 20 | Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz | |
| December 18 | Winter Recipes from the Collective by Louise Gluck | Register to attend |
For information about book clubs, contact our Reference Desk at reference@cityofmillvalley.org.
Do you want to effect change in our society? Topics to be explored are the current global political climate, the Constitution, inequalities in the political and economic systems, the state of America and its citizens today, and alternatives for our future.
Meets fourth Thursdays at 7:00 - 8:30 pm on Zoom.
2023 Selections | ||
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| January 26 | The Light We Give: How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life by Simran Jeet Singh | |
| February 23 | The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History by David F. Walker | |
| March 23 | A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell | |
| April 27 | Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World by Lisa Wells | |
| May 25 | Waiting for an Echo: The Madness of American Incarceration by Dr. Christine Montross | |
| June 22 | In My Skin: My Life On and Off the Basketball Court by Brittney Griner | |
| July 27 | Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus by David Quammen | |
| August 24 | Acceptance by Emi Nietfeld | |
| September 28 | The King of California by Mark Arax | |
| October 26 | Solito by Javier Zamora | |
| November | No meeting | |
| December 28 | Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout by Lauren Redniss | Register to attend |
For information about book clubs, contact our Reference Desk at reference@cityofmillvalley.org.
As writer Italo Calvino says, “A Classic has never exhausted all it has to say to its readers,” and we readers certainly have lots to say in response. Join us for lively discussions as we visit books that remain fresh and innovative: the Classics.
Meets first Tuesdays from 7:00 - 8:00 pm on Zoom.
2022 Selections | ||
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| January 3 | Travels with my Aunt by Graham Greene | |
| February 7 | Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert | |
| March 7 | The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde | |
| April 4 | Joy in the Morning by P.G. Wodehouse | |
| May 2 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith | |
| June 6 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll | |
| July | No meeting--Summer Break | |
| August 1 | Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf | |
| September 5 | Odyssey by Homer (Emily Wilson translation) | |
| October 3 | The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham | |
| November 7 | The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka | Register to attend |
For information about book clubs, contact our Reference Desk at reference@cityofmillvalley.org.
Calling all gumshoes, murderinos, and amateur sleuths! If you love reading the thrilling, the suspenseful, the mysterious, and putting your little grey cells to the test, join us monthly for a mystery book discussion, from cozies to true crime.
Meets third Wednesdays from 7:00 - 8:00 pm on Zoom.
2023 Selections | ||
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| January 18 | Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder by Valerie Burns | |
| February 15 | Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger | |
| March 14 | American Animals by Eric Borsuk | |
| April 19 | Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen | |
| May 17 | The Feather Thief by Kirk W. Johnson | |
| June 21 | Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy | |
| July 19 | Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan | |
| August 16 | Savage Appetites by Rachel Monroe | |
| September 20 | The Dinner Guest by B.P. Walter | |
| October 25 | Jackal by Erin E. Adams | |
| November 15 | Sinister Graves by Marcie R. Rendon | |
| December 20 | Reader's Choice | Register to attend |
For information about book clubs, contact our Reference Desk at reference@cityofmillvalley.org.
This book club invites members to step into other worlds and experience the best of speculative fiction (including science fiction, fantasy, and alternate reality).
Meets third Thursdays from 6:30 - 8:00 pm on Zoom.
2023 Selections | ||
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| January 18 | Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky | |
| February 15 | The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah | |
| March 15 | What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah | |
| April 19 | The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin | |
| May 1 | The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson | |
| June 21 | To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers | |
| July 20 | The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu | |
| August 17 | The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty | |
| September 21 | The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden | |
| October 19 | Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi | |
| November 16 | The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao | Register to attend |
| December | No meeting |
For information about book clubs, contact our Reference Desk at reference@cityofmillvalley.org.
Where in the world will your next book take you? Join us as we sample a variety of contemporary and classical world literature, including works in translation. Our exploration of international literary perspectives and traditions provides a deeper understanding of other cultures and global diversity.
Meets fourth Tuesdays from 7:00 - 8:30 pm on Zoom.
2023 Selections | ||
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| January 24 | The Unseen by Roy Jacobsen | |
| February 28 | Arturo’s Island by Elsa Morante | |
| March 28 | The Dickens Boy by Thomas Keneally | |
| April 25 | Afterlives: A Novel by Abdulrazak Gurnah | |
| May 23 | Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner | |
| June 27 | The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevson | |
| July 25 | The Return of Faraz Ali: A Novel by Aamina Ahmad | |
| August 22 | A Whole Life: A Novel by Robert Seethaler | |
| September 26 | The Great Passage by Shion Miura | |
| October 24 | The Colony by Audrey Magee | |
| November 28 | The Man Who Sold Air in the Holyland: Stories by Omer Friedlander | Register to attend |
| December 12 | Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan | Register to attend |
For information about book clubs, contact our Reference Desk at reference@cityofmillvalley.org.