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Book Clubs

Book Clubs

Do you enjoy talking about books, exploring new authors and genres, or learning what others have been reading? Join one of our book clubs, or check out a book club kit to start your own club!

Featured Book Clubs

Shelf Indulgence

Coming in January 2025 is a new library book club – Shelf Indulgence. The group will meet on the second Monday of each month to discuss a specific book. For exact dates and the monthly book pick, look in the event calendar.

Registration is required. After registering, please stop by the Information Desk to borrow a copy of the book pick from our book club kit. Participants will help choose the titles for future meetings and will select a new title to add to the library’s Book Club Kit collection in 2025.

Mystery Book Club

Mystery Book Club meets monthly, typically on Wednesdays. Each member talks about the book they’ve read that ties into the monthly theme and gives the book a rating out of 5. For exact dates and topics, look in the event calendar. View monthly picks and readers’ book ratings here

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Book Club Kits

Part of another book club? Book Club Kits, containing 10 copies of a book a discussion guide, are available for checkout. Check the library online catalog for all book club kits and their current availability or to place holds. Kits may be checked out for a total of 6 weeks. Click for full list of Stillwater and Washington County kits.

Book Clubs at Valley Bookseller

Need more options for book clubs? Valley Bookseller works with a number of book clubs.

Club Book

Welcome to the book club where the size is just right, the books aren’t too long, and you never need to host. That’s our job. Club Book brings best-selling and award-winning national and regional authors to library communities throughout the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan region. A program of Metropolitan Library Service Agency and coordinated by Library Strategies, Club Book is funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.