Book Clubs
Book Clubs
The Grand Forks Public Library offers a variety of book clubs, something for every one who loves great book discussions. Each book club meets at a regular time each month.
Book Availability
Several copies of each month's book are available at the library. If you need assistance finding a copy, please stop by the Information Services Desk
Library2Go
Looking for our book club books in audiobook or eBook format? Most of our book club books are available through Library2Go at no cost, and can be easily transferred to most MP3 players or eBook devices.
- Between The Panels
- Classic Re-Reads
- Great Reads
- Life After Life
- Pints & Pages
- This & That
- Who Done It
Between The Panels
Between the Panels is the book club you need in your life if you enjoy comics, manga, and all similar things! Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of every month at 7:00 PM, in the meeting room of the Grand Forks Public Library.
Reading in 2019
- January - Archie Volume 1 by Mark Waid and Fiona Staples
- February - Isola Volume 1 by Brendan Fletcher and Karl kerschi
- March - Hellboy Volume 1 by Mike Mignola
- April - Sleepless Volume 1 by Sarah Vaughn and Leila del Duca (Skype visit with authors)
- May - Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind Volume 1 by Hayao Miyazaki
- June - Lumberjanes Volume 1 by Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, and Brooke A Allen (Skype visit with Shannon Watters)
- July - I Kill Giants by Joe kelley and JM Ken Niimura
- August - Loki of Asgard Volume 1 by Al Ewing and Lee Garbett
- September - Snotgirl Volume 1 by Bryan lee O'Malley and Leslie Hung
- October - Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror by Junji Ito
- November - Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale
- December - Klaus: The New Adventures of Santa Claus by Grant Morrison and Dan Mora
Classic Re-Reads
The Classic Re-Reads Book Club offers participants a chance to re-read those classics that they read -- or skipped reading -- in high school and college. This time with no grades attached! Join us for an informal discussion of these books that became classics for a reason. The book club meets the last Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm.
Reading in 2019
- January - Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
- February - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- March - The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
- April - The Waves by Virgina Woolf
- May - Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera
- June - Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier
- July/August - The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
- September - The Outsiders by SE Hinton
- October - Spoon River Anthology by Edgar lee Masters
- November - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Murial Spark
Great Reads
The Great Reads Book Club has something for everyone - from suspenseful tales to knee-slapping humor. Plus, no tests! The club is here to simply bring together people who have the same love of books, to have a fun discussion about various books and to simply enjoy each others company. Even if you hate the book or couldn't finish it, that's okay— let's talk about why! The book club meets the third (3) Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm.
Reading in 2019
- January - The Dive from Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer
- February - The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
- March - March: Book One by John Lewis
- April - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
- May - Station Eleven by Emily Saint John Mandel
- June - This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
- July - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
- August - Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks
- September - The Outsiders by SE Hinton
- October - The Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
- November - Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
- December - Refugee by Alan Gratz
Life After Life
Biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs provide a window into another person's life and soul. They also evoke a different time and place. If you enjoy taking a peek into someone else's life, join the Life After Life Book Club to share and discuss life stories. The book club meets the second (2) Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm.
Reading in 2019
- January - Trooper by Forrest Bryant Johnson
- February - Fly Girls by Keith O'Brien
- March - March: Book One by John Lewis
- April - You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day
- May - Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson
- June - Radium Girls by Kate Moore
- July/August - Girls Like Us by Shelia Weller
- September - Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery by Scott Kelly
- October - Any book on the English Royals (readers choice)
- November - Tn the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero
- December - There are No Grown-ups by Pamela Druckerman
Pints & Pages
A book club for social readers. The newest book club of the Grand Forks Public Library, meeting downtown at Half Brothers Brewing Company in Grand Forks. Stop by the library information services desk to check out your copy of the monthly book, then join us downtown to discuss your thoughts over your favorite pint (or food, or what ever you fancy!) Pints and Pages meets on the second Monday of each month. Books for the club are chosen at the meetings.
This & That
Are you a mystery buff? Sci-fi fan? Horror aficionado? This & That Book Club is for you. Each month, we will read a book from a different fiction genre and get together for a lively discussion. Don't like a particular genre? Give it a try, or skip the meeting that month - the goal is to have fun! The book club meets the second (2) Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm.
Reading in 2019
- January - Fox 8 by George Saunders
- February - The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden
- March - Down Among the Sticks and Bones/Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
- April - In An Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire (Author Skype Visit)
- May - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
- June - Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone
- July - The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
- August - The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
- September - The Phoenix empress by K. Arsenault Rivera
- October - The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey
- November - Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton
- December - Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson
Who Done It?
This book club comes with a list of suspects and a pile of evidence. Bring your lunch to the library and discuss the detectives, the mysteries, or even guess who really did it! The book club meets the second (2) Tuesday of each month at 12:00 pm.
Reading in 2019
- January - Live Bait by P.J. Tracy
- February - IQ by Joe Ide
- March - The Dark Clouds Shining by David Downing
- April - Come Hell or Highball by Maia Chance
- May - the Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
- June - Grime and Punishment by Jill Churchll
- July - The Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry
- August - Choose your own mystery (Readers choice)
- September - Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- October - The Craftsman by Sharon Bolton
- November - The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
- December - Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
Book Club In A Bag
What to host your own book club? Our Book Club in a Bag contains everything your group needs for a great discussion, all in one convenient tote bag. One book club member can check out the entire bag for your book club.
Each book club in a bag contains multiple copies of a book, a list of discussion questions, and other support materials such as published book reviews and author biographies.
Bags may be checked out for 6 weeks, but cannot be renewed. Please return them inside the library, not in the book drop outside.