Book Clubs
January 2026 Book Club Selections!
Better Read Than Dead Book Club - First Thursday of the Month at 6pm
- January Book - Nestlings by Nat Cassidy
- February Book - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
- March Book - Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
Mystery Book Club - Second Wednesday of the Month at 1pm
- January Book - The Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie Wrobel
- February Book - Think Twice by Harlan Coben
- March Book - If Something Happens to Me by Alex Finlay
(VIRTUAL) Graphic Novel Book Club - Second Wednesday of the Month at 6:30pm
Virtual Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/qof-stpu-ftc
- January Book - Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath
- February Book - Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
- March Book - Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story by Sarah Myer
Turn of the Page Book Club - Third Wednesday of the Month at 1pm
- January Book - North Woods by Daniel Mason
- February Book - This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens
- March Book - Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
(VIRTUAL) Line by Line Book Club - 3rd or 4th Saturday of the month at 12:30pm (see calendar for exact date)
Virtual Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/djd-wzvs-heu
- January Book - Like a Hammer: Poets on Mass Incarceration by Diana Marie Delgado
- February Book - Brute by Emily Skaja
- March Book - Transgenesis by Ava Winter
Building Community Book Club - Every OTHER MONTH on Third Tuesday at 6pm
- January Book - Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century edited by Alice Wong
- March Book - How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
NEW (OFFSITE) Jane Austen Book Club - Third Tuesday of the Month at 6pm at Acclamation Brewing in Verona
- March Book - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- April Book - Emma by Jane Austen
- May Book - Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
- June Book - Persuasion by Jane Austen
- July Book - Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
- August Book - Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
All About Our Book Clubs!
Better Read Than Dead Book Club
In this book club, we read and discuss books from the mystery, thriller, and horror genres. Explore the haunts of ghosts, vampires, serial killers, murderers, and more!
Examples of books we have read include: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite, Jackal by Erin E. Adams, Never Whistle at Night edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore Van Alst Jr., and The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
Mystery Book Club
Are you a fan of all things creepy and curious? Join us as we read, share, and talk shop about the mystery books that intrigue us!
Examples of books we have read include: First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston, The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean, Force of Nature by Jane Harper, and The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson
Graphic Novel Book Club
Join us as we discuss the art and storytelling in various graphic novels. Whether you read graphic novels all the time, or have never read them before, we hope you give it a try!
Examples of books we have read include: wytches by Scott Snyder, Lies My Teacher Told Me by Nate Powell, Woman, Life, Freedom by Marjane Satrapi, and Little Moons by Jen Storm
Turn of the Page Book Club
Read buzz-worthy books with us across fiction and nonfiction alike!
Examples of books we have read include: James by Percival Everett, One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris, Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan, and Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions by John Grisham
Line by Line Book Club
Join us as we read and discuss poetry collections together! Whether you are new to poetry or are a poetry aficionado, we hope that you will join us.
Examples of books we have read include: Falling Back In Love With Being Human by Kai Cheng Thom, You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World edited by Ada Limón, Make Me Rain by Nikki Giovanni, and Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong
Building Community Book Club
Join us for a new kind of book club where we will read nonfiction titles together and discuss how their subject matter impacts the world and our community. We will focus on titles that explore social justice, environmental justice, mutual aid, and so on. Our goal is to learn how to build community together!
Examples of books we have read include: Read This to Get Smarter by Blair Imani, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer, How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley, and Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis
Jane Austen Book Club
Join us for a special six-session book club where we read and discuss the novels of Jane Austen! Our meetings will be offsite at Acclamation Brewing in Verona.
Book Club FAQs
How do I join a book club?
All you have to do to be a part of our book clubs is read the monthly book and visit the library on the designated day to discuss it with others. If you miss a month, no worries! Come whenever you can.
How do I get the book?
You can put a copy on hold for yourself, but we also have a limited number of copies of each book behind the front desk that you can request in-person!
Does it cost anything to join?
Nope! All of our book clubs are completely free to join, no registration required.
