Book discussion groups and kits
Reading and literary socializing go hand-in-hand at GCPL book discussions. Check out any of the following books at the library a few weeks in advance of the scheduled discussion and enjoy. We’ve got plenty of copies because we know we’ve got plenty of readers. Discussions are open to anyone who loves to read and share ideas.
Book discussion kits for local book clubs
Along with our in-library reading and discussion circles, GCPL also offers kits of regular and large-print titles for non-library discussion groups. If you belong to a book discussion group that meets outside of the library, check out how we can help you.
Bainbridge Book Discussions
Bainbridge
Mondays: 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Sept. 10 The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
Oct. 8 Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
Nov. 12 A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
Dec. 10 A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Tuesdays: 7 p.m.
Sept. 18 Georgia: A Novel of Georgia O’Keeffe by Dawn Tripp
Oct. 16 The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border by Francisco Cantu
Nov. 20 The Best Kind of People by Zoe Whittall
Dec. 18 The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel
Chardon Book Discussions
Chardon
Wednesdays: 7 p.m.
Sept. 19 Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Oct. 17 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Nov. 28 Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation by Cokie Roberts
Dec. 19 Annual social event
Geauga West Book Discussions
Geauga West
Wednesdays: 7 p.m.
Sept. 5 Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken by Laura Schenone
Oct. 3 The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Nov. 7 Lost City of Z by David Grann
Dec. 5 Cheap Cabernet: A Friendship by Cathie Beck
Middlefield Book Discussions
Middlefield
Thursdays: 6:30 p.m.
Sept. 13 Lost City of Z by David Grann
Oct. 11 A Letter of Mary: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes by Laurie R. King
Nov. 8 Seal Team Six by Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin
Dec. 13 Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
Newbury Book Discussions
Newbury
Tuesdays: 6 p.m.
Sept. 18 A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Oct. 16 The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman
Nov. 20 Why My Third Husband Will be a Dog by Lisa Scottoline
Dec. 18 Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
Thompson Book Discussions
Thompson
Sundays: 2 p.m.
Sept. 16 Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney
Oct. 21 The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn
Nov. 18 Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Dec. 16 The Chalk Man by C. J. Tudor
Thompson’s “read between the wines” book discussion group
Wednesdays: 5 p.m. at a local winery, location to be announced
Sept. 5 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Oct. 3 Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna
Nov. 7 The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
Dec. 5 All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr