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 |