Book Club in a Bag

Simplify your book club selection with Book Club in a Bag! These kits contain 12 to 13 copies of book-club-worthy titles, from biography to historical fiction to suspense, along with a discussion guide.
 

Request a Kit!

Booking a Kit

1. Access KitKeeper to view and request available titles.
   • You can browse all kits, or search by month or specific kit. You can also download and print the full list of titles and their summaries (PDF; 17 pages).
   • Bookings may be made up to a year in advance.
2. Pick up your hold on the regular hold shelves. Your notification may come in a few days early, but it will remain available until your specified pick up date.

Need a hand? Download the KitKeeper Instructions, or contact Information Services at 905-623-7322 x2712!

Terms of Loan

• 6 week loan period.
• No renewals.
• Kit may be picked up at or returned to any branch.
• Kit must be returned at the desk during operating hours, not through an exterior drop box.
• All items are checked out to one member’s card.
• Two kits may be borrowed by a member at any time.
• The member who borrowed the kit is responsible for:
  • The distribution and return of all items to his or her group members; and
  • Any damages to the books/bag, or lost items. The cost of a damaged or lost book varies depending on the item.
     

Book Club in a Bag Kits

Want to discuss the choices with your fellow book club members? Download and print the full list of titles and their summaries! (Also available: the list of new 2022 titles and summaries)

Discussion Guides

1. (New!) Afterlife, by Julia Alvarez
2. The Alice Network, by Kate Quinn
3. Always, by Sarah Jio
4. Beartown, by Fredrik Backman
5. Behind the Beautiful Forevers, by Katherine Boo
6. Behold the Dreamers, by Imbolo Mbue
7. Bellevue Square, by Michael Redhill
8. Bluebird, Bluebird, by Attica Locke
9. The Boat People, by Sharon Bala
10. The Book of Two Ways, by Jodi Picoult
11. Born A Crime, by Trevor Noah
12. Brother, by David Chariandy
13. The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal
14. (New!) The Cellist, by Daniel Silva
15. Circe, by Madeline Miller
16. The Clay Girl, by Heather Tucker
17. The Clockmaker's Daughter, by Kate Morton
18. The Color of Our Sky, by Amita Trasi
19. (New!) Dancing in the Mosque, by Homeira Qaderi
20. A Different Kind of Daughter, by Maria Toorpakai
21. The Donnellys, by James Reaney
22. Educated, by Tara Westover
23. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman
24. Every Note Played, by Lisa Genova
25. Faithful, by Alice Hoffman
26. (New!) Five Little Indians, by Michelle Good
27. The Flight Attendant, by Chris Bohjalian
28. Forgiveness, by Mark Sakamoto
29. (New!) The Four Winds, by Kristin Hannah
30. The Friend, by Sigrid Nunez
31. A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles
32. The Gown, by Jennifer Robson
33. The Great Alone, by Kristin Hannah
34. Half-Blood Blues, by Esi Edugyan
35. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
36. The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
37. Heartland, by Sarah Smarsh
38. Hidden Valley Road, by Robert Kolker
39. The High Mountains of Portugal, by Yann Martel
40. Hum If You Don't Know the Words, by Bianca Marais
41. The Huntress, by Kate Quinn
42. Indians on Vacation, by Thomas King
43. The Illegal, by Lawrence Hill
44. The Immortalists, by Chloe Benjamin
45. Inheritance, by Dani Shapiro
46. The Island of Sea Women, by Lisa See
47. (New!) The Jane Austen Society, by Natalie Jenner
48. Lady in the Lake, by Laura Lippman
49. The Lake House, by Kate Morton
50. (New!) The Last Thing He Told Me, by Laura Dave
51. The Library Book, by Susan Orlean
52. Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng
53. (New!) The Lost Apothecary, by Sarah Penner
54. The Lost Diaries of Susanna Moodie, by Cecily Ross
55. Lost Roses, by Martha Hall Kelly
56. Love and Ruin, by Paula McLain
57. The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, by Mitch Albom
58. A Man Called Ove, by Fredrik Backman
59. Marriage of a Thousand Lies, by S.J. Sindu
60. The Massey Murder, by Charlotte Gray
61. (New!) The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig
62. The Mountain Between Us, by Charles Martin
63. My Sister Rosa, by Justine Larbalestier
64. The Never-Ending Present, by Michael Barclay
65. The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah
66. Normal People, by Sally Rooney
67. Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen
68. Once Upon a River, by Diane Setterfield
69. One Perfect Lie, by Lisa Scottoline
70. Only Child, by Rhiannon Navin
71. The Only Woman in the Room, by Marie Benedict
72. The Orphan's Tale, by Pam Jenoff
73. (New!) Our Darkest Night, by Jennifer Robson
74. The Pull of the Stars, by Emma Donoghue
75. (New!) The Push, by Ashley Audrain
76. The Rosie Project, by Graeme Simsion
77. Run Away, by Harlan Coben
78. Seven Fallen Feathers, by Tanya Talaga
79. Small Great Things, by Jodi Picoult
80. Somewhere in France, by Jennifer Robson
81. Son of a Trickster, by Eden Robinson
82. Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, by Grady Hendrix
83. The Space Barons, by Christian Davenport
84. A Spark of Light, by Jodi Picoult
85. The Stars are Fire, by Anita Shreve
86. (New!) State of Terror, by Louise Penny, Hillary Clinton
87. Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel
88. Still Life, by Louise Penny
89. Stranger, by David Bergen
90. Tell Me Everything You Don't Remember, by Christine Hyung-Oak Lee
91. The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood
92. This Accident of Being Lost, by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
93. (New!) Transcendent Kingdom, by Yaa Gyasi 
94. Two by Two, by Nicholas Sparks
95. (New!) The Vanishing Half, by Britt Bennett
96. Vinyl Café Turns the Page, by Stuart McLean
97. Warlight, by Michael Ondaatje
98. Washington Black, by Esi Edugyan
99. Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens
100. Where the Light Falls, by Allison Pataki, Owen Pataki
101. The Widow, by Fiona Barton
102. The Witches of New York, by Ami McKay
103. The Woman in Cabin 10, by Ruth Ware
104. The Wonder, by Emma Donoghue
105. The Woo Woo, by Lindsay Wong