Book Discussion Kits

Calling all book clubs!

We know how difficult it is to choose a book for your next book group meeting, and to find enough copies for all the members of your group. We've made it easier for you by collecting donated and withdrawn copies of discussible books and putting all the copies in a canvas bag. We've included discussion questions and information about each author in a folder for each collection.

THE KITS

There are at least 5 copies of the book in each kit. At this time we have over 217 kits for you to choose from, or see only our newest additions.

 

The Kits: All titles, with summaries | All titles, by author | All titles, by title | New Adult Titles | New Youth Titles | Information about the Kits

Kits by Genre or Age: Contemporary Fiction | Historical Fiction | Memoir/Autobiography | Mystery | Nonfiction | Grades 4-5 | Grades 6-9

HOW CAN WE GET THE KITS?

Once your book discussion group has decided on a title, send a group member to the Madison Public Library - Central Library (201 W. Mifflin St.), or call us at 266-6300, and we will help you check out the kits. The kits will be checked out on the library card of the person picking them up. The person checking out the kit may choose a due date for the kit, up to 3 months from the day they pick it up. Due to high demand, please take only one or two kits at a time. Kits can be shipped to any library in Madison as well as any public library in the South Central Library System.

WHAT IF A BOOK IS LOST?

If your group happens to lose a book, we ask that you replace it with another copy of the book, new or second hand, that is clean and readable.

HOW YOUR BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP CAN HELP

You can help us build our Book Group Discussion Kits collection by donating copies of books your group has read. This will be a great way for area groups to share not just the titles of what they've read and enjoyed, but the books themselves. Drop off copies of your book discussion books at any Madison Public Library location. Be sure to mention that they are for the Book Discussion Kits.

 

 

Discover local book club favorites or attend a discussion at a library.

Big Group? First Choice Out? Titles with lots of copies are:

• Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson.
• Bel Canto by Ann Patchett.
• Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier.
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon.
• The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen Carter.
• The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom.
• Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler.
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.
• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden.
• The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd.
• Plainsong by Kent Haruf.
• Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi.
• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd.
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.
• White Teeth by Zadie Smith.
• The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion.

Discussions hosted by Madison Public Library

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