Book Group to Go Kit

Grab a Book Group To-Go kit loaded with everything your book group needs for a memorable book discussion.

Each kit includes: Ten paperback copies of one of the titles listed below. A "Let's Talk" reading guide to help stimulate lively discussion. Reviews of the book from a variety of sources. Biographical information about the author. A copy of The Reading Group Book: The Complete Guide to Starting and Sustaining a Reading Group. This helpful guide also includes annotated lists of 250 suggested titles for provocative book discussions.

Request a Book Group To-Go Kit

Book Group To-Go kits are available for each of these titles :

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Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Landvik Lorna Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant Book Thief by Markus Zusak Boy In The Striped Pajamas by Boyne, John Brick Lane by Monica Ali City of Light by Lauren Belfer Coffee Trader by David Liss Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner Crow Lake by Mary Lawson Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Larson Erik Dogs of Babel by Parkhurst, Carolyn Family History by Dani Shapiro Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris Girls by Lori Lansens Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls God of Animals by Kyle, Aryn In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje Inconvenient Wife by Chance Megan Kabul Beauty School by Rodriguez Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander Kite Runner by Hosseini Khaled Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman Leeway Cottage by Gutcheon, Beth March by Geraldine Brooks Me and Emma by Elizabeth Flock Memory Keeper's Daughter by Edwards, Kim Middlesex by Eugenides Jeffrey My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult Myth of You and Me by Leah Stewart Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by R.A. McCall Smith One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus Ornament of The World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain by Maria Menocal Palestine Affair by Jonathon Wilson Peace Like a River by Leif Enger Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi Photograph by Penelope Lively Pope Joan by Donna Cross Rashi’s Daughter: Book One, Joheved by Maggie Anton Reader by Bernhard Schlink Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See Song of the Exile by Kiana Davenport Songcatcher by McCrumb, Sharyn Speed of Light by Elizabeth Rosner Spot of Bother by Haddon, Mark Stone Diaries by Shields, Carol Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky Three Junes by Julia Glass True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters by Elisabeth Robinson Waiting by Ha Jin Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen We Are All Welcome Here by Elizabeth Berg We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver Year of Magical Thinking by Didion, Joan

The Fine Print

To check out a Book Group To-Go kit, groups must first register with the Library as a West Bloomfield community book group. A member of the group (who has a West Bloomfield library card) can then check out a Book Group To-Go kit for up to six weeks. Kits may be reserved up to one year in advance. A card holder is limited to checking out two kits at the same time; kits cannot be renewed.

Last Update: October 18, 2007