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: April 6th
Book: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Date: May 4th
Book: Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come by Jessica Pan
Date: June 1st
Book: The Wedding People by Alison Espach
Date: July 6th
Book: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Date: August 3rd
Book: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
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
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
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: March 30th
Book: The Wedding People by Alison Espach
Date: April 27th
Book: I See You’ve Called in Dead by John Kenney
Date: May 18th
Book: Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty
Date: June 29th
Book: Lauryn Harper Falls Apart by Shauna Robinson
Date: July 27th
Book: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
Date: August 31st
Book: Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Date: September 28th
Book: The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis
Date: October 26th
Book: Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
Date: November 30th
Book: My Friends by Fredrik Backman
Date: December 28th
Book: The Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie Wiseman
Men’s Book Club
Lakeway – First Monday of the month at 6pm, starting April 6th
All are invited to join the library’s newest book club. Please email club leader Jackson Brougher at [email protected] for more information or join us in the Lakeway meeting room.
See Men's Book Club Selections
Date: April 6th
Book: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Date: May 4th
Book: The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth
Date: June 1st
Book: Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History behind Pearl Harbor by Christine Kuehn
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)!
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: April 2nd
Book: I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin
Leader: Nancy
Date: May 7th
Book: No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson by Gardiner Harris
Leader: Emilie
Date: June 4th
Book: Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
Leader: Pam
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: April 13th
Book: Old Yeller and Savage Sam by Fred Gipson
Leader: Monica W.
Date: May 11th
Book: Gone the Next by Ben Rehder
Leader: Elizabeth W.
Date: June 8th
Book: The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild by Bryan Burrough
Leader: Nancy A.
Date: July 13th
Book: Where We Come From by Oscar Cásares
Leader: Linda S.
Date: August 10th
Book: Mr. Texas by Lawrence Wright
Leader: Linda H.
Date: September 14th
Book: The Human Scale by Lawrence Wright
Leader: Jan W.
Date: October 12th
Book: The Women with Silver Wings by Katherine Sharp Landdeck
Leader: Helen K.
Date: November 9th
Book: Mockingbird Summer by Lynda Rutledge
Leader: Marcia H.
Date: December 14h
Book: Abuelita, I Am Your Grandson by Julio Lucero
Leader: Chris F.
Social Justice Book Club
Hybrid at Lakeway – First Thursday of the month at 1pm