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BYOBook Club

Find information and book recommendations for our "Bring Your Own Book" Club!

Book Club Picks

"Choose your own adventure"

The following titles were chosen by attendees to discuss:

  • Carrie, by Stephen King
  • Educated, by Tara Westover
  • The Bad Ones, by Melissa Albert
  • The Prison Healer (#1), by Lynette Noni
  • I'm Glad My Mom Died, by Jeannette McCurdy
  • The Virgin Suicides, by Jeffrey Eugenides
  • Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes
  • Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3), by Tomi Adeyemi
  • Renegades (#1), by Marissa Meyer 
  • Morning Star (Red Rising #1), by Pierce Brown
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #4), by Douglas Adams
  • The Women, by Kristin Hannah
  • Starling House, by Alix E. Harrow
  • A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking, by Ursula Vernon

"Spooky or cozy vibes"

The following titles were chosen by attendees to discuss:

  • If We Were Villains, by M.L. Rio
  • Book of Bill, by Alex Hirsch
  • Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson
  • Shadow of the Wolf, by Tim Hall
  • Dead of Winter, Darcy Coates
  • Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer
  • She Gets the Girl, by Rachel Lippincott
  • Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving
  • Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury

"Book you can binge in a day"

The following titles were chosen by attendees to discuss:

  • Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting, by Clare Pooley
  • Nimona, by ND Stevenson
  • Me (Moth), by Amber McBride
  • The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V.E. Schwab
  • The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County, by Claire Swinarski
  • The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein
  • Holding Up the Universe, by Jennifer Niven
  • Dune, by Frank Herbert
    • *Not recommended to read in a day -- but no one is stopping you.
  • The Sun Down Motel, by Simone St. James
  • The Rogue Not Taken, by Sarah MacLean
  • Emma of 83rd Street, by Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding

"Book with a red or pink cover"

The following titles were chosen by attendees to discuss:

This meeting was cancelled due to winter weather.

"Book for any Read Harder Challenge category"

The following titles were chosen by attendees to discuss:

  • Throne of the Fallen, by Kerri Maniscalco
  • Drizzle, by Kathleen Van Cleve
  • Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
  • A Short History of the Reconstruction, 1863-1877, by Eric Foner
  • Firefly Lane, by Kristin Hannah
  • Why Men Love Bitches, by Sherry Argov
  • Giovanni's Room, by James Baldwin
  • The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
  • On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, by Ocean Vuong
  • Mistborn, by Brandon Sanderson
  • Sourdough, by Robin Sloan

"My Least Favorite ___"

(character, trope, plot, anything!)

The following titles were chosen by attendees to discuss:

  • Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer
  • An Academy for Liars, by Alexis Henderson
  • Six of Crows, by Leigh Bardugo
  • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin
  • Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare
  • Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte

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Meetings

Spring 2025

Wednesday, February 12
  • "Book with a red or pink cover"
  • 4:00-5:00pm
  • 114A Ellis Library
Wednesday, March 12
Wednesday, April 16
  • "Book with your least favorite __" (character, trope, plot, anything!)
  • 4:00-5:00pm
  • 114A Ellis Library

Fall Meetings

Fall 2024

Wednesday, September 4
  • 4:00-5:00pm
  • "Choose your own adventure"
Tuesday, October 15
Wednesday, November 13