Charlotte County Library System

Book Discussion Groups

NEW! Book Discussion Kits

ENGLEWOOD CHARLOTTE LIBRARY BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

  • September 16, 2009 Waiting for Snow in Havana by Carloe Eire
  • October 21, 2009 Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
  • November 18, 2009 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
  • December 16, 2009 Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster
  • January 20, 2010  Murder at the Bad Girl’s Bar & Grill: A Novel by N.M. Kelby
  • February 17, 2010  The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
  • March 17, 2010  The March by E.L. Doctorow
  • April 21, 2010  Reader’s Choice by Edgar Allan Poe
  • May 19, 2010  In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
  • June 16, 2010  Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  • July 21, 2010  A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
  • August 18, 2010  Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
  • September 15, 2010  Tell No One by Harlan Coben

MID-COUNTY REGIONAL LIBRARY BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

  • September 29, 2009  The Coffin Dancer by Jeffery Deaver
  • October 27, 2009  Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • November 24, 2009  Reader’s Choice
  • December  no meeting
  • January 26, 2010  East of Eden by John Steinbeck
  • February 23, 2010  Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen
  • March 23, 2010  The March by E.L. Doctorow
  • April 27, 2010  Fall of the House of Usher and other tales by Edgar Allan Poe

PORT CHARLOTTE LIBRARY LOCAL AUTHOR BOOK DISCUSSION

  • September 16, 2009 Country Pride and Joy by Sally Simon
  • October 21, 2009  Ginga' Root Tea by Naomi Pringle
  • November 18, 2009  True to Me by Dianne Williams
  • December 16, 2009  Finding Fiona: Maine Shore Chronicles by Dr. Mary F. Schoenecker

PORT CHARLOTTE LIBRARY MYSTERY READER'S BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

  • September 9, 2009 Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton
  • October 14, 2009  Murder in the Supreme Court by Margaret Truman
  • November 18, 2009  The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
  • December 9, 2009  The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun
  • January 13, 2010  Shadows by Edna Buchanan
  • February 10, 2010  The Woods by Harlan Coben
  • March 10, 2010  Doctored Evidence by Donna Leon
  • April 14, 2010  Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
  • May 12, 2010  Broken Window by Jeffery Deaver
  • June 9, 2010  Mrs. Pollifax on Safari by Dorothy Gilman
  • July 14, 2010  Elvis and the Dearly Departed by Peggy Webb
  • August 11, 2010  Running Blind (Jack Reacher #4) by Lee Child
  • September 8, 2010  First Deadly Sin by Lawrence Sanders

PORT CHARLOTTE LIBRARY BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

  • January 20, 2010  Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
  • February 17, 2010  Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
  • March 17, 2010  A Land Remembered by Patrick D. Smith
  • April 21, 2010  The Tell-tale Heart: And Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe
  • May 19, 2010  90 Minutes in Heaven: A true Story of Death and Life by Don Piper
  • June 16, 2010  Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
  • July 21, 2010  The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
  • August 18, 2010  American Gods by Neil Gaiman
  • September 15, 2010  My Sister’s Keeper by Jodie Picoult

PUNTA GORDA LIBRARY BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

  • October 22, 2009  Founding Brothers by Joseph Ellis
  • November 19, 2009  Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart
  • December  no meeting
  • January 28, 2010  Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
  • February 25, 2010  The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
  • March 25, 2010  Empire Falls by Richard Russo
  • April 22, 2010  The March by E.L. Doctorow

PUNTA GORDA READER'S ADVISORY BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Come prepared to share a summary of a book you’ve recently read and hear about what others are reading. This group’s title recommendations and summaries will be posted in the library. Dates the group meets are:

  • September 10, 2009
  • October 8, 2009
  • November 12, 2009
  • December 10, 2009
  • January 14, 2010
  • February 11, 2010
  • March 11, 2010
  • April 8, 2010
  • May 13, 2010
  • June 10, 2010
  • July 8, 2010
  • August 12, 2010
  • September 9, 2010