Book Clubs
The Sumner Public Library offers 4 separate book clubs, who are always ready for new members!
Multiple copies of the books are provided by the library for each group. Please contact the library if you are interested in joining!
In the Stacks Group (in the main area of the library):
Meets 3rd Thursday of each month at 9:00AM (excluding December).
| Month: | Title: | Discussion Day: |
| January | A Christmas by the Sea by Melody Carlson | 1/18/2024 |
| February | Anxious People by Fredrik Backman | 2/15/2024 |
| March | The Searcher by Tana French | 3/21/2024 |
| April | The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman | 4/18/2024 |
| May | The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah | 5/16/2024 |
| June | The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena | 6/20/2024 |
| July | An Unlikely Blessing by Judy Baer | 7/18/2024 |
| August | Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories by Kelly Ripa | 8/15/2024 |
| September | The People We Keep by Allison Larkin | 9/19/2024 |
| October | 10/17/2024 | |
| November | 11/19/2024 |
Friday AM Coffee Book Group (program room):
Meets 3rd Friday of each month at 9:00AM.
| Month: | Title: | Discussion Day: |
| January | A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley | 1/19/2024 |
| February | Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley | 2/16/2024 |
| March | The Six: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters by Laura Thompson | 3/15/2024 |
| April | Worse Hard Time by Timothy Egan | 4/19/2024 |
| May | The Intimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse | 5/17/2024 |
| June | The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline | 6/21/2024 |
| July | Secret Diary of Henrick Groen by Henrick Groen | 7/19/2024 |
| August | North of Normal by Cea Sunrise Person | 8/16/2024 |
| September | Watchers by Dean Koontz | 9/20/2024 |
| October | Secret Life of Sunflowers by by Marta Molnar and Dana Marton | 10/18/2024 |
| November | MEMBER BRING OWN READS TO SHARE | 11/15/2024 |
| December | Pioneer Girl by Laura Ingles WIlder | 12/20/2024 |
Evening Book Club (program room):
Meets 2nd Thursday of each month at 6:00PM.
| Month: | Title: | Discussion Day: |
| January | Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel |
1/11/2024 |
| February | The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare | 2/8/2024 |
| March | Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia | 3/14/2024 |
| April | Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou |
4/11/2024 |
| May | Matrix by Lauren Groff |
5/9/2024 |
| June | Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt |
6/13/2024 |
| July | None of This is True by Lisa Jewell |
7/11/2024 |
| August | How to Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann |
8/8/2024 |
| September | The People We Keep by Allison Larkin | 9/12/2024 |
| October | At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities by Heather Webber |
10/10/2024 |
| November | Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt | 11/14/2024 |
| December | Murder at the Book Club by Betsy Reavley | 12/12/2024 |
Kids' Book Club (program room):
Meets 1st Wednesday of each month at 4:00PM.
| Month: | Title: | Discussion Day: |
| January | Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez & Gabriela Epstein | 1/3/2024 |
| February | The Unteachables by Gordon Korman | 2/7/2024 |
| March | Class Act by Jerry Craft | 3/6/2024 |
| April | Alone by Megan E. Freeman | 4/3/2024 |
| May | Roll with It by Jamie Sumner | 5/1/2024 |
| June | The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass | 6/5/2024 |
| July | Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson | 7/3/2024 |
| August | Odder by Katherine Applegate | 8/7/2024 |
| September | A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga | 9/4/2024 |
| October | The House at the Edge of Magic by Amy Sparkes | 10/2/2024 |
| November | The Flamingo by Guojing | 11/6/2024 |
| December | We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly | 12/4/2024 |