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Book Club Kits
Is your book club looking for a great book to discuss at your next book club meeting?
Check out our Book Club Kit collection! Book Club Kits contain 10 to 13 copies of a book, suggested discussion questions, an author biography, and a summary of the book, with all items provided in a convenient tote bag.
Book Club Kits can be requested online, picked up at your neighborhood branch, and checked out for six weeks. The borrower is responsible for ensuring that all items in the kit are returned in the tote bag to the Central Library's Check-Out Desk by the due date. Anaheim Public Library cardholders in good standing may borrow two kits at a time.
Find the Book Kits in the Library Catalog, and view the current list of titles available. Check back often, as new Book Club Kits are added regularly.
Canyon Hills Branch Book Club
The Canyon Hills Adult Book Club meets on the third Thursday of each month from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Zoom. The Friends of the Canyon Hills Library provide multiple copies of the book discussion title each month.
If you would like to join, please call to register at (714) 765-6444.
2022 Book Selections
- "The Immortalists" by Chloe Benjamin on January 20, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "The Best We Could Do" by Thi Bui on February 17, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "The Wife" by Meg Wolitzer on March 17, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "The Midnight Library" by Matt Haig on April 21, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "Trust Exercise" by Susan Choi on May 19, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "The Color of Air" by Gail Tsukiyama on June 16, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk" by Kathleen Rooney on July 21, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "The Dry" by Jane Harper on August 18, 2022 at 12 p.m.
Central Library Book Club
The Central Library Book Club meets on the second Thursday of each month from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in Multipurpose Room #1 (located downstairs).
If you would like to join, please email Sarah Emmerson at SEmmerson@anaheim.net.
2022 Book Selections
- "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt on January 13, 2022 at 5 p.m.
- "Atonement" by Ian McEwan on February 10, 2022 at 5 p.m.
- "The Best We Could Do" by Thi Bui on March 10, 2022 at 5 p.m.
- "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" by V. E. Schwab on April 14, 2022 at 5 p.m.
- "The Light Between Oceans" by M.L. Stedman on May 12, 2022 at 5 p.m.
- "It's Okay that You're Not Okay" by Megan Divine on May 19, 2022 at 5 p.m. (Please email Bmcconnell@anaheim.net to request a copy of the book)
- "The Seed Keeper" by Diane Wilson on June 9, 2022 at 5 p.m.
- "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro on July 14, 2022 at 5 p.m.
- "The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle" by Stuart Turton on August 11, 2022 at 5 p.m.
- "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on September 8, 2022 at 5 p.m.
- "The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals" by Michael Pollan on October 13, 2022 at 5 p.m.
- "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth E. Wein on November 10, 2022 at 5 p.m.
- "The House in the Cerulean Sea" by T.J. Klune on December 8, 2022 at 5 p.m.
East Anaheim Branch Book Club
The book club meets on the second Tuesday of each month from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Each month features a new discussion book. The Friends of the Canyon Hills Branch provide multiple copies of the book discussion title each month.
If you would like to join, please call to register at (714) 765-3887.
2022 Book Selections
- "The Other Einstein" by Marie Benedict on January 11, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "The Best We Could Do" by Thi Bui on February 15, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "The Underground Railroad" by Colson Whitehead on March 8, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine" by Gail Honeyman on April 12, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "Do not Say We have Nothing" by Madeleine Thien on May 17, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "Flood" by Melissa Scholes Young on June 14, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "Beneath a Scarlet Sky" by Mark Sullivan on July 12, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "We love you, Charlie Freeman" by Kaitlyn Greenidge on August 9, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "The Harder They Come" by T.C. Boyle on September 13, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "Homegoing" by Yaa Gyasi on October 11, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "Howards End" by E M Forster on November 8, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "Charming Billy" by Alice McDermont on December 13, 2022 at 12 p.m.
Euclid Branch Book Club
The Euclid Branch book club meets in person on the second Friday of each month from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
If you have questions, please call (714) 765-3625.
2022 Book Selections
- "The Headmaster’s Wife" by Thomas Christopher Greene on January 14, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "The Best We Could Do" by Thi Bui on February 11, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry" by Gabrielle Zevin on March 11, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back" by Janice P. Nimura on April 8, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "The One-in-a-Million Boy" Boy by Monica Wood on May 13, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "A Man Called Ove" by Fredrik Backman on June 10, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "Blindness" by José Saramago on July 8, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "Run" by Ann Patchett on August 12, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri at September 9, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "Vinegar Hill" by A. Manette Ansay on October 14, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "White Oleander" by Janet Fitch on November 18, 2022 at 12 p.m.
- "The Snow Child" by Eowyn Ivey on December 9, 2022 at 12 p.m.
Haskett Branch Book Club
The Haskett Branch Adult Book Club meets on the third Wednesday of each month from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in a hybrid format (both on Zoom and in-person). Copies of the books to be discussed are available to borrow at the Circulation Desk after the meeting prior to the discussion of the book.
If you would like to join the Book Club at Haskett Branch or for more information, please email Barbie McConnell at BMcConnell@anaheim.net.
2022 Book Selections
- "The Best We Could Do" by Thi Bui on February 16, 2022 at 3:30 p.m.
- "The Language of Flowers" by Vanessa Diffenbaugh on March 16, 2022 at 3:30 p.m.
- "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth E. Wein on April 20, 2022 at 3:30 p.m.
- "It's Ok That You're Not Ok" by Megan Devine on May 18, 2022 at 3:30 p.m. (Please email Bmcconnell@anaheim.net to request your copy of the book.)
- "The Book of Night Women" by Marlon James on June 15, 2022 at 3:30 p.m.
- "Commonwealth" by Ann Patchett on July 20, 2022 at 3:30 p.m.
- "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy on August 17, 2022 at 3:30 p.m.
- "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt on September 21, 2022 at 3:30 p.m.
- "The Lacuna" by Barbara Kingsolver on October 19, 2022 at 3:30 p.m.
Sunkist Branch Book Club
The Sunkist Branch Adult Book Club meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in a hybrid format (both on Zoom and in-person). Copies of the books to be discussed are available to borrow at the Sunkist Check-Out Desk after the meeting prior to the discussion of the book.
If you would like to join the Book Club at Sunkist Branch or for more information, please email Barbie McConnell at BMcConnell@anaheim.net.
2022 Book Selections
- "Little Bee" by Chris Cleave on January 26, 2022 at 1 p.m.
- "The Best We Could Do" by Thi Bui on February 23, 2022 at 1 p.m.
- "The Space Between Us" by Thrity Umrigar on March 23, 2022 at 1 p.m.
- "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon on April 27, 2022 at 1 p.m.
- "It's Okay that You're Not Okay" by Megan Divine on May 11, 2022 at 1 p.m. (Please email Bmcconnell@anaheim.net to request a copy of the book)
- "The Lacuna" by Barbara Kingsolver on May 25, 2022 at 2 p.m.
- "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr on June 22, 2022 at 1 p.m.
- "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri on July 27, 2022 at 1 p.m.
- "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot on August 24, 2022
at 1 p.m. - "Invention of Wings" by Sue Monk Kidd on September 28, 2022 at 1 p.m.
- "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson on October 26, 2022 at 1 p.m.
- "Georgia" by Dawn Tripp on December 7, 2022 at 1 p.m.