Book Club in a Bag

Virtual Book Clubs

Come (virtually) together and share your love of books and reading! Dive in to great reads, and download simultaneous use titles and host your own DIY book club!

For more information, check out our eBook Club page!

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 (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.
• $3.00 per day late fee.
• 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! You can also download the summaries just of the newest 2019 additions to Book Club in a Bag.

Discussion Guides

1. The Alice Network, by Kate Quinn
2. Always, by Sarah Jio
3. Beartown, by Fredrik Backman
4. Behind the Beautiful Forevers, by Katherine Boo
5. Behold the Dreamers, by Imbolo Mbue
6. Bellevue Square, by Michael Redhill
7. Birdie, by Tracey Lindberg
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. Circe, by Madeline Miller
15. The Clay Girl, by Heather Tucker
16. The Clockmaker's Daughter, by Kate Morton
17. The Color of Our Sky, by Amita Trasi
18. A Different Kind of Daughter, by Maria Toorpakai
19. The Donnellys, by James Reaney
20. Educated, by Tara Westover
21. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman
22. Every Note Played, by Lisa Genova
23. Faithful, by Alice Hoffman
24. Fifth Business, by Robertson Davies
25. Fire in the Stars, by Barbara Fradkin
26. First Comes Love, by Emily Giffin
27. The Flight Attendant, by Chris Bohjalian
28. Forgiveness, by Mark Sakamoto
29. The Friend, by Sigrid Nunez
30. A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles
31. The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins
32. The Girls, by Emma Cline
33. The Gown, by Jennifer Robson
34. The Great Alone, by Kristin Hannah
35. Half-Blood Blues, by Esi Edugyan
36. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
37. The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
38. Heartland, by Sarah Smarsh
39. Hidden Valley Road, by Robert Kolker
40. The High Mountains of Portugal, by Yann Martel
41. A House in the Sky, by Amanda Lindhout, Sara Corbett
42. Hum If You Don't Know the Words, by Bianca Marais
43. The Huntress, by Kate Quinn
44. Indians on Vacation, by Thomas King
45. The Illegal, by Lawrence Hill
46. The Immortalists, by Chloe Benjamin
47. Inheritance, by Dani Shapiro
48. The Island of Sea Women, by Lisa See
49. Lady in the Lake, by Laura Lippman
50. The Lake House, by Kate Morton
51. The Library Book, by Susan Orlean
52. The Light Between Oceans, by M.L. Stedman
53. Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng
54. Live By Night, by Dennis Lehane
55. The Lost Diaries of Susanna Moodie, by Cecily Ross
56. Lost Roses, by Martha Hall Kelly
57. Love and Ruin, by Paula McLain
58. The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, by Mitch Albom
59. A Man Called Ove, by Fredrik Backman
60. Marriage of a Thousand Lies, by S.J. Sindu
61. The Massey Murder, by Charlotte Gray
62. The Mountain Between us, by Charles Martin
63. My Sister Rosa, by Justine Larbalestier
64. The Nest, by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
65. The Never-Ending Present, by Michael Barclay
66. The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah
67. Normal People, by Sally Rooney
68. Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen
69. Once Upon a River, by Diane Setterfield
70. One Perfect Lie, by Lisa Scottoline
71. Only Child, by Rhiannon Navin
72. The Only Woman in the Room, by Marie Benedict
73. The Orphan's Tale, by Pam Jenoff
74. The Pull of the Stars, by Emma Donoghue
75. The Readymade Thief, by Augustus Rose
76. The Rosie Project, by Graeme Simsion
77. Run Away, by Harlan Coben
78. Seven Fallen Feathers, by Tanya Talaga
79. Shark Drunk, by Morten Strøksnes
80. Small Great Things, by Jodi Picoult
81. The Snowden Files, by Luke Harding
82. Somewhere in France, by Jennifer Robson
83. Son of a Trickster, by Eden Robinson
84. Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, by Grady Hendrix
85. The Space Barons, by Christian Davenport
86. A Spark of Light, by Jodi Picoult
87. The Stars are Fire, by Anita Shreve
88. Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel
89. Still Life, by Louise Penny
90. Stranger, by David Bergen
91. Tell Me Everything You Don't Remember, by Christine Hyung-Oak Lee
92. The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood
93. This Accident of Being Lost, by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
94. Two by Two , by Nicholas Sparks
95. Vinyl Café Turns the Page, by Stuart McLean
96. Warlight, by Michael Ondaatje
97. Washington Black, by Esi Edugyan
98. When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi
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
106. The Worrier's Guide to the End of the World, by Torre Deroche