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.

Books and Bubbly Book Club

West – First Monday of the month at 7pm

Join staff member Jennifer Gotcher for our first book club at West! Please email Jennifer at [email protected] for more information or join us in the West meeting room.

See Books and Bubbly Book Club Selections

Date: July 7th

Book: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt


Date: August 4th

Book: West with the Night by Beryl Markham


Date: September 8th

Book: The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver


Date: October 6th

Book: My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon


Date: November 3rd

Book: We Lived on the Horizon by Erika Swyler


Date: December 1st

Book: Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah


Date: January 5th

Book: The Driving Lesson by Ben Rehder, with the author in attendance!


Date: February 2nd

Book: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

BYOB (Bring Your Own Book) Talk

Online – Fridays 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 register for this group using Zoom.

Classics Book Club

Lakeway – Third Friday of the month at 10:30am

This book club explores what it means for a book to be considered a “classic.” Please email club leader Margaret Berggren at [email protected] for more information.

See Classics Book Club Selections

This book club will not meet in June, July, or August.


Date: September 19th

Book: Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome


Date: October 17th

Book: All the Kings Men by Robert Penn Warren


Date: November 21st

Book: Middlemarch by Mary Ann Evans under the pen name George Eliot


Date: December 19th

Book: The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare


Date: January 16th

Book: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier


Date: February 20th

Book: The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins


Date: March 20th

Book: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë


Date: April 17th

Book: Joy in the Morning by P.G. Wodehouse


Date: May 15th

Book: Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Friends Book Club

Lakeway – First Tuesday of the month at 10am

All are welcome to join us for the monthly Friends of the Library book club! Please email club leader Margaret at [email protected] for more information.

See Friends Book Club Selections

This book club will not meet in July or August.


Date: September 2nd

Book: Go As A River by Shelley Read


Date: October 7th

Book: Stoned by Aja Raden


Date: November 4th

Book: The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende


Date: December 2nd

Friends Book Club will meet for lunch in December.


Date: January 6th

Book: The Murder Stone by Louise Penny


Date: February 3rd

Book: Horse by Geraldine Brooks


Date: March 3rd

Book: Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See


Date: April 7th

Book:The Doorman by Chris Pavone


Date: May 5th

Book: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams


Date: June 2nd

Book: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

Glass of Wine Book Club

Hybrid at Lakeway – Last Monday of the month at 7pm

One of the library’s longest running book clubs, the Glass of Wine book club selects popular, bestselling titles for discussion every month. Please email club leader Sandra at [email protected] for the unique Zoom link or join us in the Lakeway meeting room.

See Glass of Wine Book Club Selections

Date: June 30th

Book: Small Things like These by Claire Keegan


Date: July 28th

Book: The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd


Date: August 25th

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


Date: September 29th

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


Date: October 27th

Book: Starter Villain by John Scalzi


Date: November 17th

Book: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel


Date: December 29th

Book: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Silent Book Club at 5 Soul Wine Co.

5 Soul Wine Co. – First Thursday of the month from 5pm to 7pm

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 or join us at 5 Soul Wine Co. (4514 Bob Wire Rd, Spicewood, TX 78669)!

Social Justice Book Club

Hybrid at Lakeway – First Thursday of the month at 1pm

This book club reads titles that deal with current and historical social justice topics. Please email Morgan McMillian at [email protected] for more information and the unique Zoom link.

See Social Justice Book Club Selections

Date: July 3rd

Book: The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism by Tim Alberta

Leader: Fred


Date: August 7th

Book: Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller

Leader: Emilie


Date: September 4th

Book: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

Leader: John


Date: October 2nd

Book: American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodard

Texas My Texas Book Club

Hybrid at Lakeway – Second Monday of the month at 7pm

Explore the rich history and culture of the Lone State state with the Texas My Texas book club! Please email Elizabeth Walden at [email protected] for the unique Zoom link or join us in the Lakeway meeting room.

See Texas My Texas Book Club Selections

Date: July 14th

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: August 11th

Book: Guide Me Home by Attica Locke

Leader: Jan W.


Date: September 8th

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

Leader: Linda S.


Date: October 13th

Book: The Dalhart Girls by Sandra Fox Murphy

Leader: Elizabeth W.


Date: November 10th

Book: The Lifeguards by Amanda Eyre Ward

Leader: Marcie H.


Date: December 8th

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

Leader: Chris F.

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