Book Clubs

At this time, all in-person book clubs are held at the Lakeway location unless stated otherwise.

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, 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, 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, January 27th at 7pm

Book: I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue


Date: Monday, February 24th at 7pm

Book: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb


Date: Monday, March 31st at 7pm

Book: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon


Date: Monday, April 28th at 7pm

Book: Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak


Date: Monday, May 19th at 7pm

Book: The Housemaid by Freida McFadden


Date: Monday, June 30th at 7pm

Book: Small Things like These by Claire Keegan


Date: Monday, July 28th at 7pm

Book: The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd


Date: Monday, August 25th at 7pm

Book: The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts by Loren Grush


Date: Monday, September 29th at 7pm

Book: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson


Date: Monday, October 27th at 7pm

Book: Starter Villain by John Scalzi


Date: Monday, November 17th at 7pm

Book: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel


Date: Monday, December 29th at 7pm

Book: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

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.

Social Justice Book Club

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

Date: Thursday, February 6th at 1pm

Book: The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki

Leader: Marjorie


Date: Thursday, March 6th at 1pm

Book: The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt

Leader: Bill


Date: Thursday, April 3rd at 1pm

Book: Mr. Texas by Lawrence Wright

Leader: Emilie

 

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, February 10th at 7pm

Book: West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

Leader: Jim B.


Date: Monday, March 10th at 7pm

Book: Up Home: One Girl’s Journey by Ruth J. Simmons

Leader: Becky R.


Date: Monday, April 14th at 7pm

Book: Lost in Austin: The Evolution of an American City by Alex Hannaford

Leader: Karen B.


Date: Monday, May 12th at 7pm

Book: The King of Diamonds: The Search for the Elusive Texas Jewel Thief by Rena Pederson

Leader: Nancy A.


Date: Monday, June 9th at 7pm

Book: Someone Always Nearby by Susan Wittig Albert

Leader: Helen K.


Date: Monday, July 14th at 7pm

Book: Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynn

Leader: Kathy B.


Date: Monday, August 11th at 7pm

Book: Guide Me Home by Attica Locke

Leader: Jan W.


Date: Monday, September 8th at 7pm

Book: Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations by William H. McRaven

Leader: Linda S.


Date: Monday, October 13th at 7pm

Book: The Dalhart Girls by Sandra Fox Murphy

Leader: Elizabeth W.


Date: Monday, November 10th at 7pm

Book: The Lifeguards by Amanda Eyre Ward

Leader: Marcie H.


Date: Monday, December 8th at 7pm

Book: Sundance, Butch, and Me: A Novel About Etta Place by Judy Alter

Leader: Chris F.

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