We love book clubs!
Great Beginnings Book Club
On Monday, December 2 at 6pm (in-person at the Library) or Wednesday, December 4 at 1pm (in-person at the Senior Center) discuss The Housemaid by Freida McFadden.
The Great Beginnings Book Club reads one book a month with two different meeting times. Starting in 2025 the two discussion times will change.
- Second Monday of the month at 1pm at the Oregon Area Senior Center located at 219 Park St.
- Second Monday of the month at 6 pm in person at the Oregon Public Library Conference Room.
Books are kept at the end of the holdshelf and are available a month ahead of the discussion.
January 13 - Eve by Cat Bohannon
February 10 - The Librarian of Burned Books by Brianna Labuskes
March 10 - It's One of Us by J. T. Ellison
April 14 - Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
May 12 - The Other Family Doctor by Karen Fine
June 9 - The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty
View the Great Beginnings Dates or View the Great Beginnings (in the evening) Dates
Brown Bag Book Club
The Brown Bag Book Club meets the third Wednesday of the month at 11:30 am at the Oregon Public Library Conference Room.
December's discussion is on Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff
Books are kept at the end of the holdshelf and are available a month ahead of the discussion.
January 15 - The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
February 19 - Maus by Art Spiegelman
March 19 - Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
April 16 - River of the Gods by Candice Millard
May 21 - The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
June 18 - This Other Eden by Paul Harding
Freed Between the Lines Book Club
We have a new book club! The Freed Between the Lines Book Club meets quarterly at 6pm in the Conference Room and reads banned books.
Books are kept at the end of the holdshelf and are available a month ahead of the discussion.
- Thursday, February 13 Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- Thursday, May 8 Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- Thursday, August 14 Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
- Thursday, November 13 The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Other Book Clubs!
Are you a member of a book club? Need multiple copies of a book? No problem. Contact us at bookclub [at] oregonlibrary.org (bookclub[at]oregonlibrary[dot]org) or (608)835-3656.
Additionally, the Madison Public Library (MPL) provides book discussion kits. Go to the MPL website for more information: madisonpubliclibrary.org/book-club-kits.
Resources for Book Clubs
- Book Movement is the only resource of its kind. Book Movement is a free subscription website that lists popular book club books that are curated by their 48,000+ book clubs.
- Lit Lovers is a resource for book clubs with reading guides, book reviews, and lists of popular books.
- Reading Group Guides is a resource for book clubs with reading guides, book give-aways, and book recommendations.
- Reading Group Choices partners with publishers, independent bookstores, public libraries, and authors to develop resources to enhance the shared reading group experience.
Questions? Contact us at bookclub [at] oregonlibrary.org (bookclub[at]oregonlibrary[dot]org.)