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 Friday of each month at 9:00AM. (Temporarily moved to third Thursday of each Month, starting 9/2020.)
| Month: | Title: | Discussion Day: |
| January | The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier | 1/20/2022 |
| February | Keeping Lucy by T. Greenwood | 2/17/2022 |
| March | The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens | 3/17/2022 |
| April | Nomadland by Jessica Bruder | 4/21/2022 |
| May | Home Front by Kristin Hannah | 5/19/2022 |
| June | Letter From a Stranger by Barbara Taylor Bradford | 6/16/2022 |
| July | Wedded to War: Heros Behind the Lines by Joycelyn Green | 7/21/2022 |
| August | Beneath a Golden Veil by Melanie Dobson | 8/18/2022 |
| September | The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty | 9/15/2022 |
| October | Matchmaking for Beginners by Maddie Dawson | 10/20/2022 |
| November | The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan | 11/17/2022 |
Friday AM Coffee Book Group (program room):
Meets 3rd Friday of each month at 9:00AM.
| Month: | Title: | Discussion Day: |
| January | The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens | 1/21/2022 |
| February | Beartown by Fredrik Backman | 2/18/2022 |
| March | The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab | 3/18/2022 |
| April | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Alexie Sherman | 4/15/2022 |
| May | The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier | 5/20/2022 |
| June | One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus | 6/17/2022 |
| July | Nomadland by Jessica Bruder | 7/15/2022 |
| August | The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson | 8/19/022 |
| September | Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie | 9/16/2022 |
| October | The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kierna | 10/21/2022 |
| November | The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg | 11/18/2022 |
| December | Lark! The Herald Angels Sing by Donna Andrews | 12/16/2022 |
Evening Book Club (program room):
Meets 2nd Thursday of each month at 6:00PM.
| Month: | Title: | Discussion Day: |
| January | We Are All the Same in the Dark by Julia Heaberlin |
1/13/2022 |
| February | There There by Tommy Orange | 2/10/2022 |
| March | The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah | 3/10/2022 |
| April | Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann |
4/14/2022 |
| May | Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian |
5/12/2022 |
| June | Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro |
6/9/2022 |
| July | Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse |
7/14/2022 |
| August | Born a Crime by Trevor Noah |
8/11/2022 |
| September | The Tiger Mom's Tale by Lyn Liao Butler | 9/8/2022 |
| October | The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty |
10/13/2022 |
| November | Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford | 11/10/2022 |
| December | Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson | 12/8/2022 |
Kids' Book Club (program room):
Meets 1st Wednesday of each month at 4:00PM.
| Month: | Title: | Discussion Day: |
| January | Lumberjanes Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson | 1/5/2022 |
| February |
CatStronauts 1: Mission Moon by Drew Brockington |
2/2/2022 |
| March | Illegal by Eoin Colfer | 3/2/2022 |
| April | New Kid by Jerry Craft | 4/6/2022 |
| May | Snapdragon by Kat Keyh | 5/4/2022 |
| June | Artemis Fowl: the graphic novel by Eoin Colfer | 6/1/2022 |
| July | The Pathfinders Society: The Curse of the Crystal Cavern by Francesco Sedita | 7/6/2022 |
| August | Magic Treehouse: Dinosaurs Before Dawn by Mary Pope Osborne | 8/3/2022 |
| September | Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd | 9/7/2022 |
| October | Matilda by Roald Dahl | 10/5/2022 |
| November |
The Ghoul Next Door by Cullen Bunn |
11/2/2022 |
| December | 12/7/2022 |