Book Clubs

We can help with your book discussion group. The Library has multiple copies of many great selections and award winning books, and can provide titles in various formats.  Book discussion groups can also get extended loans.

We also provide book discussion guides to help you lead your discussion.  Be sure to register your book group with us to get advance notice about special author events.  Senior residences are welcome too.  Contact amarrocolla@fergusonlibrary.org to register or for other information.

Need help choosing a title? Fill out this form and we can make suggestions.

Adult Book Discussion Collection

Helpful Links for Book Groups

ALA Book Club Central – An online one-stop-shop for book clubs, featuring everything from author interviews to book recommendations and reviews, as well as discussion questions and tips about how to start and moderate a book club.

Book Club Girl – Award-winning blog dedicated to sharing book news and book club recommendations.

Reading Group Choices – Advice on how to start a reading group, with top book group favorites and commentaries.

Reading Group Guides – Recommended new releases for book groups, and insightful discussion guides.

Books in Print – Includes thousands of book reviews, excerpts from books, and a new reader’s advisory tool, “Fiction Connection.”

Lit Lovers – Reviews and reading guides, with a list of the most popular book club titles.

Novelist Plus – Contains reviews of both fiction and nonfiction, plot summaries, and book discussion guides.

Upcoming Book Discussions

Bookmobile Stops

All Day
Bookmobile
Library Branch: Bookmobile
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers (ages birth-4), Kids (grades K-5), Tweens (grades 5-8), Teens (grades 6-12), Parents, Families, Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:
9:30 to 10:30  Children's Learning Centers: William Pitt - 195 Hillandale Avenue 11 to 12  Scalzi Park - 97 Bridge Street 12:30 to 1:30  Staff Break 1:30 to 2:30  ShopRite - 200 Shippan Avenue 3 to 4  Charter Oak ...

Weed Memorial & Hollander Branch Book Discussion via Zoom: Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge

11:30am - 12:30pm
Virtual
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:
Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge Coming of age in a free Black community in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn, Libertie Sampson is all too aware that her mother, a practicing physician, has a vision for their future together: Libertie is to ...

Budding Bookworms via South End Branch Instagram

10:30am - 10:45am
Virtual
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers (ages birth-4)
Program Type: Books & Reading, Storytime
Event Details:
Books, songs and movement with new bilingual content premiering every Tuesday on South End Library's Instagram Account @Southendbranch_lib For ages 18 months to 4 years. ...

Bookmobile Stops

All Day
Bookmobile
Library Branch: Bookmobile
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers (ages birth-4), Kids (grades K-5), Tweens (grades 5-8), Teens (grades 6-12), Parents, Families, Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:
9:30 to 10:30  Piper's Hill Learning Center - 17 Roxbury Road 11 to 12  Children's Learning Centers: Palmers Hill - 64 Palmers Hill Road 12:30 to 1:30  Staff Break 1:30 to 2:30  Stop & Shop - 1937 West Main Street ...

Social Justice Book Discussion: Club Introduction

5:30pm - 6:30pm
Harry Bennett Branch
Library Branch: Harry Bennett Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:
Introduction to the new Social Justice Book Club, where you can learn about its goals and structure and make book recommendations for future readings. ...