Book Club in a Bag

SERVICE INTERRUPTION:

Please note that book club in a bag processing and item requests have been suspended during the Library's closure from March 14, 2020 until further notice. Please see our service interruption post for more information about the closure.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Virtual Book Clubs

Come (virtually) together and share your love of books and reading! Dive in to great reads and the Library's first online book club, or 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. Born A Crime, by Trevor Noah
11. (NEW!) Brother, by David Chariandy
12. (NEW!) The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal
13. (NEW!) Circe, by Madeline Miller
14. The Clay Girl, by Heather Tucker
15. The Clockmaker's Daughter, by Kate Morton
16. The Color of Our Sky, by Amita Trasi
17. A Different Kind of Daughter, by Maria Toorpakai
18. (NEW!) The Donnellys, by James Reaney
19. Educated, by Tara Westover
20. (NEW!) Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman
21. Every Note Played, by Lisa Genova
22. Faithful, by Alice Hoffman
23. Fifth Business, by Robertson Davies
24. Fire in the Stars, by Barbara Fradkin
25. First Comes Love, by Emily Giffin
26. The Flight Attendant, by Chris Bohjalian
27. Forgiveness, by Mark Sakamoto
28. (NEW!) The Friend, by Sigrid Nunez
29. A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles
30. The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins
31. The Girls, by Emma Cline
32. (NEW!) 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. (NEW!) Heartland, by Sarah Smarsh
37. The High Mountains of Portugal, by Yann Martel
38. A House in the Sky, by Amanda Lindhout, Sara Corbett
39. Hum If You Don't Know the Words, by Bianca Marais
40. (NEW!) The Huntress, by Kate Quinn
41. The Illegal, by Lawrence Hill
42. (NEW!) The Immortalists, by Chloe Benjamin
43. (NEW!) Inheritance, by Dani Shapiro
44. (NEW!) The Island of Sea Women, by Lisa See
45. (NEW!) Lady in the Lake, by Laura Lippman
46. The Lake House, by Kate Morton
47. (NEW!) The Library Book, by Susan Orlean
48. The Light Between Oceans, by M.L. Stedman
49. Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng
50. Live By Night, by Dennis Lehane
51. The Lost Diaries of Susanna Moodie, by Cecily Ross
52. (NEW!) Lost Roses, by Martha Hall Kelly
53. Love and Ruin, by Paula McLain
54. (NEW!) The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, by Mitch Albom
55. A Man Called Ove, by Fredrik Backman
56. Marriage of a Thousand Lies, by S.J. Sindu
57. The Massey Murder, by Charlotte Gray
58. The Mountain Between us, by Charles Martin
59. My Sister Rosa, by Justine Larbalestier
60. The Nest, by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
61. The Never-Ending Present, by Michael Barclay
62. The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah
63. (NEW!) Normal People, by Sally Rooney
64. (NEW!) Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen
65. (NEW!) Once Upon a River, by Diane Setterfield
66. One Perfect Lie, by Lisa Scottoline
67. Only Child, by Rhiannon Navin
68. (NEW!) The Only Woman in the Room, by Marie Benedict
69. The Orphan's Tale, by Pam Jenoff
70. The Readymade Thief, by Augustus Rose
71. The Rosie Project, by Graeme Simsion
72. (NEW!) Run Away, by Harlan Coben
73. (NEW!) Seven Fallen Feathers, by Tanya Talaga
74. Shark Drunk, by Morten Strøksnes
75. Small Great Things, by Jodi Picoult
76. The Snowden Files, by Luke Harding
77. Somewhere in France, by Jennifer Robson
78. Son of a Trickster, by Eden Robinson
79. The Space Barons, by Christian Davenport
80. A Spark of Light, by Jodi Picoult
81. The Stars are Fire, by Anita Shreve
82. Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel
83. Still Life, by Louise Penny
84. Stranger, by David Bergen
85. Tell Me Everything You Don't Remember, by Christine Hyung-Oak Lee
86. (NEW!) The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood
87. This Accident of Being Lost, by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
88. Two by Two , by Nicholas Sparks
89. (NEW!) Vinyl Café Turns the Page, by Stuart McLean
90. Warlight, by Michael Ondaatje
91. (NEW!) Washington Black, by Esi Edugyan
92. When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi
93. (NEW!) Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens
94. Where the Light Falls, by Allison Pataki, Owen Pataki
95. The Widow, by Fiona Barton
96. The Witches of New York, by Ami McKay
97. The Woman in Cabin 10, by Ruth Ware
98. The Wonder, by Emma Donoghue
99. (NEW!) The Woo Woo, by Lindsay Wong
100. The Worrier's Guide to the End of the World, by Torre Deroche