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.
     

Discussion Guides

Download the print-friendly list of titles

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