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, 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, December 3rd at 11am
Book: Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls
This month, the Friends of the Library book club will meet at Hops & Thyme for a casual lunch out and discussion.
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, December 30th at 7pm
Book: Horse by Geraldine Brooks
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.
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, December 5th at 1pm
Book: Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt
Leader: Fred
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, December 9th at 7pm
Book: Death of a Healing Woman by Allana Martin
Leader: Becky R.
Social Justice Book Club