The Book Club in a Bag service provides area book clubs with thought-provoking titles that are sure to create an engaging book club discussion. All bags come with book club questions, 10 copies of the title and, in some cases, include a large print and/or audiobook as well. Click on the title to see summaries, reviews and what is in the bag. Call your local branch to reserve a title for your club.
Young Adult Book Club | Professional Guides and Websites
Book Club in a Bag Titles:
- The Admissions by Meg Mitchell Moore
- Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love and Betrayal by Ben Macintyre
- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
- The Appeal by John Grisham
- The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
- The Butler: A Witness to History by Wil Haygood
- Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast
- Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
- A Common Struggle by Patrick Kennedy and Stephen Fried
- Cutting for Stone by A. (Abraham) Verghese
- Defending Jacob by William Landay
- Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg
- The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
- The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey
- Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised our Nation by Cokie Roberts
- Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
- The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
- The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
- Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
- The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkein
- In the Unlikely Eventby Judy Blume
- Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
- The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
- Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
- The Life We Bury by Allen Eskins
- Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
- A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
- The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman
- My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
- My Life in France by Julia Child
- Next to Love by Ellen Feldman
- Nine Lives: Mystery, Magic, Death and Life in New Orleans by Dan Baum
- Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
- Philomena by Martin Sixsmith
- Queen Sugar by Natalie Baszile
- Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
- Save Me by Lisa Scottoline
- Saving Sophie by Ronald H. Balson
- State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
- The Taming of the Queen by Philippa Gregory
- The Taste of Salt by Martha Southgate
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
- The Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran
Young Adult Book Club in a Bag Titles
- Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Breaking Night by Liz Murray
- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
- Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
- Finny by Justin Kramon
- Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
- Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
Professional Guides and Websites
- Reading Group Choices 2016
- Reading Group Guide
- Reading Women: A Book Club for Women by Nanci Milone Hill