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Book Club Collection at Laman Library

Want to start your own book club but you aren't sure where to start? Check out Laman's book club collection! Check out multiple copies of the same book to share, and grab a Book Club kit to kick-start your discussion.

Using the Book Club Collection

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Explore the Collection

Explore most of our collection using this webpage, or stop by Laman Library during opening hours to browse.

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Check Out Titles

Once you've found your next book club favorite, pick up however many copies you need. You can also place items on hold to pick up after they are returned!

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Enjoy, Return, Repeat!

Share your checked out books with others, and enjoy discussion and fellowship. Return the books to Laman or Argenta, then prepare to check out your next round!

Explore by Genre!

We have over 160 unique titles in our book club collection, so there's something for everyone! Explore the collection by genre by clicking the arrows below. Many titles appear under multiple genres, and books are in order by the author's last name. To learn more about the book or place items on hold, go to our online card catalog and search for the title.

Historical Fiction and Series

Historical Fiction

  • The Big Sleep
  • The Water Dancer
  • The Son of Mr. Suleman
  • The Benevolent Society of Ill-mannered Ladies
  • Promise: A Novel
  • Homegoing
  • The Great Alone
  • The Women
  • The Mercies
  • The Winemaker's Wife
  • The Secret Book of Flora Lea
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God
  • All the Flowers in Paris
  • The Kindest Lie
  • Yellow Wife
  • The Prophets: A Novel
  • The Beekeeper's Apprentice
  • This Tender Land
  • The River We Remember
  • Babel
  • Lone Women
  • Lady in the Lake
  • Last Night at the Telegraph Club
  • The Great Believers
  • Murder in Old Bombay

Historical Fiction, Continued

  • The Widows of Malabar Hill
  • Deacon King Kong
  • The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store
  • Absolution
  • The Nature of Fragile Things
  • Murder at Melrose Court
  • The Song of Achilles
  • The God of the Woods
  • Mexican Gothic
  • The Giver of Stars
  • Where the Crawdads Sing
  • The Dutch House
  • Tom Lake
  • By Any Other Name
  • The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
  • By Any Other Name
  • The Secrets We Kept
  • The Rose Code
  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
  • Redeeming Love
  • The Fountains of Silence
  • Coffee Will Make You Black
  • Did You Hear about Kitty Karr?
  • A Study in Scarlet Women
  • The Lincoln Highway
  • The Honjin Murders

Part of a Series

  • Black Girls Must Be Magic and Black Girls Must Die Exhausted
  • A Psalm for the Wild-built
  • The Big Sleep
  • In the Woods
  • The Benevolent Society of Ill-mannered Ladies
  • Murder in G Major
  • The Word Is Murder
  • Those Beyond the Wall
  • The Beekeeper's Apprentice
  • Bluebird, Bluebird
  • Mister Librarian
  • Murder in Old Bombay
  • The Widows of Malabar Hill
  • Murder at Melrose Court
  • Down the River Unto the Sea
  • The Thursday Murder Club
  • We Solve Murders
  • Coffee Will Make You Black
  • Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
  • Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
  • Playing with Fire
  • A Study in Scarlet Women
  • The Marlow Murder Club
  • Always Unique
  • All Systems Red and Artificial Condition
  • Witch Kind
  • Harlem Shuffle
  • The Honjin Murders

Mysteries, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

Mysteries

  • The Decagon House Murders
  • The Tainted Cup
  • The Big Sleep
  • Hercule Poirot's Christmas
  • When No One Is Watching
  • The Twelve Days of Murder
  • All the Sinners Bleed
  • Finlay Donovan is Killing It
  • Rebecca
  • The Guest List
  • In the Woods
  • The Benevolent Society of Ill-mannered Ladies
  • Murder in G Major
  • The Appeal
  • Before the Fall
  • The Secret Book of Flora Lea
  • The Mother-in-law by Sally Hepsworth
  • All the Flowers in Paris
  • The Beekeeper's Apprentice
  • The Spare Man
  • Yellowface
  • Lone Women
  • Lady in the Lake
  • Bluebird, Bluebird
  • The Widows of Malabar Hill
  • Wrong Place, Wrong Time
  • Deacon King Kong
  • The Nature of Fragile Things
  • Murder at Melrose Court
  • The Silent Patient
  • The God of the Woods

Mysteries, Continued

  • Mexican Gothic
  • Down the River Unto the Sea
  • John Woman
  • The Thursday Murder Club
  • We Solve Murders
  • Secrets, Lies, and Deadly Pies
  • The Maid
  • The Rose Code
  • Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts
  • The House in the Pines
  • The Only One Left
  • Murder in the Crooked House
  • A Madness of Sunshine
  • The Violin Conspiracy
  • Forty Acres
  • Did You Hear about Kitty Karr?
  • A Cold Day for Murder
  • Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
  • Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
  • Eight Perfect Murders
  • Playing with Fire
  • Public Enemy #1
  • The Secret History
  • A Study in Scarlet Women
  • The Marlow Murder Club
  • Remarkably Bright Creatures
  • Winter Counts
  • Harlem Shuffle
  • The Honjin Murders
  • Killers of the Flower Moon

Science Fiction and Fantasy

  • Chain-gang All Stars
  • Light from Uncommon Stars
  • The Tainted Cup
  • To Shape a Dragon's Breath
  • The Ministry of Time
  • A Psalm for the Wild-built
  • The Saint of Bright Doors
  • The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
  • This Is How You Lose the Time War
  • The Membranes
  • Those Beyond the Wall
  • A Sorceress Comes to Call
  • The Spare Man
  • Babel
  • Translation State
  • Sea of Tranquility
  • Wrong Place, Wrong Time
  • The Siege of Burning Grass
  • Oona Out of Order
  • Alien Clay
  • Some Desperate Glory
  • Remarkably Bright Creatures
  • All Systems Red
  • Artificial Condition
  • Witch King

Urban Fiction, LGBTQIA+ Fiction, and Short Works

Urban Fiction

  • Loving the Wrong Man
  • From Stripper to Saint
  • Father's Sacrifice
  • Trap Queen
  • Daughter of a Queen Pin
  • Paparazzi
  • Mister Librarian
  • Damaged: Diary of a Lost Soul
  • Playing with Fire
  • Public Enemy #1
  • Always Unique
  • Philly Girl #1 and #2
  • The Streets Keep Pulling Me Back

LGBTQIA+ Fiction

  • Call Me By Your Name
  • Chain-gang All Stars
  • Light from Uncommon Stars
  • Giovanni's Room
  • To Shape a Dragon's Breath
  • A Psalm for the Wild-built
  • But How Are You, Really
  • This Is How You Lose the Time War
  • Some Strange Music Draws Me In
  • The Mercies
  • The Membranes
  • Those Beyond the Wall
  • The Prophets: A Novel
  • Translation State
  • Last Night at the Telegraph Club
  • The Great Believers
  • The Song of Achilles
  • The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
  • Come and Get It
  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
  • Some Desperate Glory
  • Memorial
  • Witch King

Short Works - Under 200 Pages!

  • Loving the Wrong Man
  • A Psalm for the Wild-built
  • The House on Mango Street
  • The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
  • This Is How You Lose the Time War
  • The Membranes
  • Mister Librarian
  • The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
  • Coffee Will Make You Black
  • Damaged: Diary of a Lost Soul
  • Playing with Fire
  • Public Enemy #1
  • All Systems Red
  • Artificial Condition
  • The Streets Keep Pulling Me Back
  • Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary

Romance, Horror/Thriller, and Nonfiction

Romance

  • Call Me By Your Name
  • Black Girls Must Be Magic and Black GIrls Must Die Exhausted
  • Wreck the Halls
  • Loving the Wrong Man
  • The Ministry of TIme
  • But How Are You, Really
  • Trap Queen
  • The Son of Mr. Suleman
  • Rebecca
  • This Is How You Lose the Time War
  • Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry
  • The Husbands
  • The Great Alone
  • The Winemaker's Wife
  • The Secret Book of Flora Lea
  • All the Flowers in Paris
  • Last Night at the Telegraph Club
  • Mister Librarian
  • The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
  • The Song of Achilles
  • The Giver of Stars
  • Where the Crawdads Sing
  • Tom Lake
  • The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
  • Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies
  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
  • Redeeming Love
  • A Madness of Sunshine
  • A Study in Scarlet Women
  • Memorial
  • Seven Days in June

Horror and Thriller

  • While Justice Sleeps
  • The Decagon House Murders
  • Hercule Poirot's Christmas
  • When No One is Watching
  • All the Sinners Bleed
  • The Guest List
  • In the Woods
  • Before the Fall
  • The Mother-in-law
  • The Word is Murder
  • A Sorceress Comes to Town
  • Lone Women
  • The Silent Patient
  • The Siege of Burning Grass
  • Mexican Gothic
  • Down the River Unto the Sea
  • John Woman
  • The Maid
  • The House in the Pines
  • The Only One Left
  • Murder in the Crooked House
  • The Violin Conspiracy
  • Forty Acres
  • A Cold Day for Murder
  • Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
  • Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
  • Eight Perfect Murders
  • Public Enemy #1
  • The Secret History
  • Alien Clay
  • Winter Counts
  • The Honjin Murders

Nonfiction

  • Crushing: God Turns Pressure into Power
  • Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
  • Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir
  • Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
  • The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
  • The Remix: How to Lead and Succeed in the Multigenerational Workplace
  • Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains
  • The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
  • Becoming
  • The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation's Largest Home
  • Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together
  • Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
  • The Pale-Faced Lie: A True Story

Interlibrary Loan: Beyond Our Collection

Have a specific book in mind that isn't on our shelves? Request an extra copy through our Interlibrary Loan service! Items can take several weeks to arrive, so be sure to request books as soon as possible.

20+ in the Collection - Great for Big Groups!

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Between Two Worlds: A Special Argenta Library Collection from the Yiddish Book Center

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Book cover of The Zelmenyaners by Moyshe Kulbak.
Book cover of Tevye the Dairyman by Sholem Aleichem.
Book cover of A Jewish Refugee in New York by Kadya Molodovsky.

For the Nonfiction Fans!

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Library Book Clubs

Want to join a book club at the library? Check out our Book Club page to learn more about our current groups, when and where they meet, and what book they will read next!

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