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May 2013

Book clubs will find all of the ingredients for a thoughtful and hearty book discussion with the Library’s Book Club to Go (BCTG) service. Each thick-strapped, canvas bag includes 15 copies of the same title, a book summary and review, the author’s biography and list of published titles, discussion questions, suggestions for further reading, and a customizable poster to display at the Library or wherever the book club meets.

The following titles are available:

Fiction

• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Discussion guide.
• All the Living by C.E. Morgan. Discussion guide.
• The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach. Discussion guide.
• The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. Discussion guide.
• The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie R. King. Discussion guide.
• City of Falling Angels by John Berendt. Discussion guide.
• City of Thieves by David Benioff. Discussion guide.
• Coal Black Horse by Robert Olmstead. Discussion guide.
• Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire. Discussion guide.
• Crossing the River by Caryl Phillips. Discussion guide.
• The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-time by Mark Haddon. Discussion guide.
• Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris. Discussion guide.
• Gardens of Water by Alan Drew. Discussion guide.
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. Discussion guide.
• Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls. Discussion guide.
• Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara. Discussion guide.
• The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch. Discussion guide.
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Discussion guide.
• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. Discussion guide.
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Discussion guide.
• Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann. Discussion guide.
• Little Bee by Chris Cleave. Discussion guide.
• The Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards. Discussion guide.
• Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. Discussion guide.
• My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. Discussion guide.
• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. Discussion guide.
• Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. Discussion guide.
• One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus. Discussion guide.
• The Other by David Guterson. Discussion guide.
• People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. Discussion guide.
• Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. Discussion guide.
• Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe. Discussion guide.
• The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. Discussion guide.
• Rules of Civility by Amor Towles. Discussion guide.
• Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay. Discussion guide.
• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. Discussion guide.
• The Shack by William P. Young. Discussion guide.
• The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes. Discussion guide.
• The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by C. Alan Bradley. Discussion guide.
• The Taste of Salt by Martha Southgate. Discussion guide.
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. Discussion guide.
• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. Discussion guide.
• A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan. Discussion guide.
• Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. Discussion guide.
• While I was Gone by Sue Miller. Discussion guide.

Nonfiction

• Alex & Me by Irene M. Pepperberg. Discussion guide.
• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba. Discussion guide.
• Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff. Discussion guide.
• Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. Discussion guide.
• Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron. Discussion guide.
• Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. Discussion guide.
• Farewell My Subaru: An Epic Adventure In Local Living by Doug Fine. Discussion guide.
• The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner. Discussion guide.
• Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Discussion guide.
• In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan. Discussion guide.
• In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson. Discussion guide.
• Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv. Discussion guide.
• The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: a Memoir by Bill Bryson. Discussion guide.
• Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Farm Boy Who Discovered He Was Black by Gregory Howard Williams. Discussion guide.
• Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing & the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team by Marcus Luttrell. Discussion guide.
• The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann. Discussion guide.
• Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan. Discussion guide.
• A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle. Discussion guide.
• Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand. Discussion guide.
• Sex on the Moon by Ben Mezrich. Discussion guide.
• The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music by Steve Lopez. Discussion guide.
• The Submission by Amy Waldman. Discussion guide.
• Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace—One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. Discussion guide.
• Townie by Andre Dubus III. Discussion guide.
• Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer. Discussion guide.

An entire kit can be checked out to a single library card for four weeks. The BCTG bag also includes an inventory sheet that makes it easy to keep track of everything and return the complete kit to any Library location. Overdue fines are 20¢ per day.

Place a hold on a BCTG kit for your next book club meeting!