Book Clubs
The library sponsors multiple book clubs and new members are always welcome in all clubs! Please see details below for book club selections and instructions on how to join each program.
BYOB (Bring Your Own Book) Talk
This club meets online every Friday at 2pm. Join a staff member for a drop in casual group chat about what you’re currently reading, want to read, or just your favorite books! Please sign up for this group using the Zoom registration.
Classics Book Club
This club meets the third Friday of each month at 10:30am in the library and on Zoom. Please email Margaret Berggren at [email protected] for more information and the unique Zoom link.
See Classics Book Club Selections
Date: Friday, July 19th at 10:30am
Book: Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Date: Friday, August 16th at 10:30am
Book: Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow
Date: Friday, September 20th at 10:30am
Book: The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Date: Friday, October 18th at 10:30am
Book: The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
Date: Friday, November 15th at 10:30am
Book: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Date: Friday, December 20th at 10:30am
Book: Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Date: Friday, January 17th at 10:30am
Book: Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
Date: Friday, February 21st at 10:30am
Book: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Date: Friday, March 21st at 10:30am
Book: The Sea-Wolf by Jack London
Date: Friday, April 18th at 10:30am
Book: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Date: Friday, May 16th at 10:30am
Book: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Friends Book Club
This club meets the first Tuesday of each month at 10am in the library and on Zoom. Please email Margaret Berggren at [email protected] for more information and the unique Zoom link.
See Friends Book Club Selections
Date: Tuesday, August 6th at 10am
Book: Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Date: Tuesday, September 3rd at 10am
Book: The Women by Kristin Hannah
Date: Tuesday, October 1st at 10am
Book: Cradles of the Reich by Jennifer Coburn
Date: Tuesday, November 5th at 10am
Book: Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls
Date: Tuesday, December 3rd
Join the Friends Book Club for a casual lunch out!
Date: Tuesday, January 7th at 10am
Book: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Date: Tuesday, February 4th at 10am
Book: James by Percival Everett
Date: Tuesday, March 4th at 10am
Book: How Perfect Is That by Sarah Bird
Date: Tuesday, April 1st at 10am
Book: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Date: Tuesday, May 6th at 10am
Book: Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea
Date: Tuesday, June 3rd at 10am
Book: Family Family by Laurie Frankel
Date: Tuesday, July 1st at 10am
Book: Go as a River by Shelley Read
Date: Tuesday, August 5th at 10am
Book: The Last Gangster in Austin by Jesse Sublett
Glass of Wine Book Club
This club usually meets the last Monday of the month at 7pm in the library and on Zoom. Please email club leader Sandra at [email protected] for more information and the unique Zoom link.
See Glass of Wine Book Club Selections
Date: Monday, July 29th at 7pm
Book: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Date: Monday, August 26th at 7pm
Book: Fools and Mortals by Bernard Cornwell
Date: Monday, September 30th at 7pm
Book: Hang the Moon by Jeanette Walls
Date: Monday, October 28th at 7pm
Book: Hurt: The Inspiring, Untold Story of Trauma Care by Catherine Musemeche
Date: Monday, November 18th at 7pm
Book: The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro
Date: Monday, December 30th at 7pm
Book: Horse by Geraldine Brooks
Silent Book Club at Hops & Thyme
This club meets the first Wednesday of every month from 5pm to 7pm at Hops & Thyme (2125 Lohmans Crossing #400, Lakeway, 78734). Silent Book Club is a global community of readers and introverts whose members gather in public to read together in quiet camaraderie. At Silent Book Club, there’s no assigned reading. All readers are welcome—eBooks, audiobooks, textbooks, comic books, etc. Please email Mariah for more information.
This club usually meets the first Thursday of the month at 1pm in the library and on Zoom. Please email Morgan McMillian at [email protected] for more information and the unique Zoom link.
See Social Justice Book Club Selections
Social Justice Book Club will not meet on July 4th.
Date: Thursday, August 1st at 1pm
Book: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Leader: Emilie
Date: Thursday, September 5th at 1pm
Book: Prequel: An American Fight Against Facism by Rachel Maddow
Leader: Nancy
Texas My Texas Book Club
This club usually meets the second Monday of the month at 7pm in the library and on Zoom. Please email Elizabeth Walden at [email protected] for more information and the unique Zoom link.
See Texas My Texas Book Club Selections
Date: Monday, July 8th at 7pm
Book: The Six by Loren Grush
Leader: Chris F.
Plus, enjoy a special visit from the author!
Date: Monday, August 12th at 7pm
Book: The Last Karankawas by Kimberly Garza
Leader: Kathy B.
Date: Monday, September 9th at 7pm
Book: Marfa for the Perplexed by Lonn Taylor
Leader: Karen B.
Date: Monday, October 14th at 7pm
Book: Hands to the Spindle by Paula Mitchell Marks
Leader: Amanda W.
Date: Monday, November 11th at 7pm
Book: The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
Leader: Elizabeth W.
Date: Monday, December 9th at 7pm
Book: Death of a Healing Woman by Allana Martin
Leader: Becky R.
Social Justice Book Club