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  Summer of '69 by Elin Hildebrand 1/19/2023
February  The 100-year-old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson 2/16/2023
March  A Dog Named Boo: How One Dog and One Woman Rescued Each Other and the Lives They Transformed Along the Way by Lisa J. Edwards 3/16/2023
April  The Music of Bees by Eileen Garvin 4/20/2023
May  Radio Girls by Sarah-Jane Statford 5/18/2023
June  Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team by Elise Hooper 6/15/2023
July  Still Alice by Lisa Genova 7/20/2023
August The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein 8/17/2023
September Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng 9/21/2023
October Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano 10/19/2023
November The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab 11/16/2023

 

Friday AM Coffee Book Group (program room):
Meets 3rd Friday of each month at 9:00AM. 

Month: Title: Discussion Day:
January  Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy 1/20/2023
February  Educated by Tara Westover 2/17/2023
March  Defending Jacob by William Landay 3/17/2023
April  Meredith Willson: The Unsinkable Music Man by John C. Skipper 4/21/2023
May  Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok 5/19/2023
June  The Music of Bees by Eileen Garvin 6/16/2023
July  Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team by Elise Hooper 7/21/2023
August  Summer of 69' by Elin Hilderbrand 8/18/2023
September  Radio Girls by Sarah by Jane Statford 9/15/2023
October  Still Alice by Lisa Genova 10/20/2023
November  The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 11/17/2023
December  The Twelve Topsy-Turvy, Very Messy Days of Christmas by James Patterson and Tad Safran 12/15/2023

 

Evening Book Club (program room):
Meets 2nd Thursday of each month at 6:00PM. 

Month: Title: Discussion Day:
January  The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake

1/12/2023

February The Music of Bees by Eileen Garvin 2/9/2023
March  Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng 3/9/2023
April  The Library of Lost Things by Laura Taylor Namey

4/13/2023

May  The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

5/11/2023

June  Summer of '69 by Elin Hildebrand

6/8/2023

July  Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson

713/2023

August  A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman

8/10/2023

September  One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid 9/14/2023
October  Educated by Tara Westover

10/12/2023

November  Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia 11/9/2023
December  The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh 12/814/2023

 

Kids' Book Club (program room):
Meets 1st Wednesday of each month at 4:00PM. 

Month: Title: Discussion Day:
January  The Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell (graphic novel) 1/4/2023
February  Holes by Louis Sachar 2/1/2023
March  White Bird by R.J. Palacio (graphic novel) 3/1/2023
April  Liar, Liar by Gary Paulsen 4/4/2023
May  Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas 5/3/2023
June  Pax by Sara Pennypacker 6/7/2023
July  Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol 7/5/2023
August  The Wild Robot by Peter Brown 8/2/2023
September  Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson 9/6/2023
October  Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q Rauf 10/4/2023
November  El Deafo by Cece Bell 11/1/2023
December  The Loser's Club by Andrew Clements 12/6/2023