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: February 2nd

Book: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi


Date: March 2nd

Book: The Awakening by Kate Chopin


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

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: 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

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: January 26th

Book: The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso


Date: February 23rd

Book: The Wedding People by Alison Espach


Date: March 30th

Book: Homecoming by Kate Morton


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

 

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: February 5th

Book: Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams

Leader: Gene


Date: March 5th

Book: The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi by Wright Thompson

Leader: Morgan

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: February 9th

Book: The Lighthouse on Moonglow Bay by Lori Wilde

Leader: Joyce B.


Date: March 9th

Book: Family Money by Chad Zunker

Leader: Jim B.


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.

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