Book Club
Please join our book discussion group "Book Chat". We read a variety of books including fiction, nonfiction, young adult fiction, and sometimes even juvenile fiction.
New faces are ALWAYS welcome. If you miss the meeting, you may still stop into the library anytime to pick up a copy of the book for the next meeting. This group meets the first Thursday of each month unless otherwise noted at 6:00 pm.
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2024 Schedule
| Title | Author | Meeting |
| Bring Your Own Book | January 4, 2024 | |
|
The Seed Keeper *A24 |
Diane Wilson | February 1, 2024 |
| The Secret Book of Flora Lea | Patti Callahan Henry | March 7, 2024 |
| The Housemaid | Frieda McFadden | April 4, 2024 |
| The Escape Artist | Jonathan Freedland | May 2, 2024 |
| Every Summer After | Carley Fortune | June 6, 2024 |
| NO MEETING | July 2024 | |
|
Tumble *K24 |
Celia C. Perez |
August 1, 2024 |
| The Diamond Eye | Kate Quinn | September 5, 2024 |
| A Flicker in the Dark | Stacy Willingham | October 3, 2024 |
| The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches | Sangu Mandanna | November 7, 2024 |
| The Measure | Nikki Erlick | December 5, 2024 |
*All Iowa Reads Titles (AIR)
- K = Kid selection
- T = Teen selection
- A = Adult selection
2023 Schedule
| Title | Author | Meeting |
| Open Discussion | January 4, 2023 | |
|
The Reading List |
Sara Nisha Adams | February 1, 2023 |
| The Orphans of Davenport | Marilyn Brookwood | March 7, 2023 |
| The Guncle | Steven Rowley | April 4, 2023 |
| How High We Go In The Dark *A23 | Dequoia Nagamatsu | May 2, 2023 |
| The 100 Years of Lenni and Margo | Marianne Cronin | June 6, 2023 |
| NO MEETING | July 2023 | |
|
The Golden Hour *K23 |
Niki Smith |
August 1, 2023 |
| Under the Whispering Door | T.J. Klune | September 5, 2023 |
| People We Meet on Vacation | Emily Henry | October 3, 2023 |
| The Last Thing He Told Me | Laura Dave | November 7, 2023 |
| The Dictionary of Lost Words | Pip Williams | December 5, 2023 |
*All Iowa Reads Titles (AIR)
- K = Kid selection
- T = Teen selection
- A = Adult selection
2022 Schedule
| Title | Author | Meeting |
| Open Discussion | January 6, 2022 | |
|
The Butterfly Effect *A22 |
Rachel Mans McKenny | February 3, 2022 |
| American Prison | Shane Bauer | March 3, 2022 |
| Anxious People | Fredrik Backman | April 7, 2022 |
| Dial A For Aunties | Jesse Q Sutanto | May 5, 2022 |
| Dear Evan Hansen | Val Emmich | June 2, 2022 |
| NO MEETING | July 2022 | |
|
The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane *K22 |
Kate O'Shaughnessy |
August 4, 2022 |
| Death on the Nile | Agatha Christie | September 1, 2022 |
| Kindred | Octavia Butler | October 6, 2022 |
| The Dutch House | Ann Patchett | November 3, 2022 |
| The Midnight Library | Matt Haig | December 1, 2022 |
*All Iowa Reads Titles (AIR)
- K = Kid selection
- T = Teen selection
- A = Adult selection
2021 Schedule
| Title | Author | Meeting |
| Open Discussion | January 7, 2021 | |
|
Little Faith *A21 |
Nickolas Butler | February 4, 2021 |
| The Soul of an Octopus | Sy Montgomery | March 4, 2021 |
| Rebecca | Daphne DuMaurier | April 1, 2021 |
| White Fragility | Robin Diangelo | May 6, 2021 |
| Story of Edgar Sawtelle | David Wroblewski | June 3, 2021 |
| NO MEETING | July 2021 | |
|
Pie in the Sky *K21 |
Remy Lain |
August 5, 2021 |
| Hillbilly Elegy | J. D. Vance | September 2, 2021 |
| Eleanor Oliphant is Completly Fine | Gail Honeyman | October 7, 2021 |
| The Guest List | Lucy Foley | November 4, 2021 |
| American Dirt | American Dirt | December 2, 2021 |
*All Iowa Reads Titles (AIR)
- K = Kid selection
- T = Teen selection
- A = Adult selection
2020 Schedule
| Title | Author | Meeting |
| Open Discussion | January 2, 2020 | |
| Angie Thomas | February 6, 2020 | |
| The Mothers *A20 | Brit Bennett | March 5, 2020 |
| Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History | Keith O'Brein | April 2, 2020 |
| Less | Andrew Greer | May 7, 2020 |
| Catch 22 | Josheph Heller | June 4, 2020 |
| NO MEETING | July 2020 | |
|
The Parker Ineritance *K20 |
Varian Johnson |
August 6, 2020 |
| Dandelion Wine | Ray Bradbury | September 3, 2020 |
| The Dry | Jane Harper | October 1, 2020 |
| Beneath a Scarlet Sky | Mark Sullivan | November 5, 2020 |
| Whistling Past the Graveyard | Susan Crandall | December 3, 2020 |
*All Iowa Reads Titles (AIR)
- K = Kid selection
- T = Teen selection
- A = Adult selection