DPL Book Clubs - 2013 Schedule
Online Book Clubs
Every day, Monday through Friday, you will receive in your email a five-minute selection from a chapter of a book. By the end of the week, you'll have read 2-3 chapters. Every Monday we start new books. Sign up and start reading.
Book Clubs for Kids and Teens
Find book clubs for kids and teens on our WonderWeb (kids) and Evolver (teens) websites.
Central Library
Downtown Bookies Book Club
Second Tuesday of each month, 7 - 8 p.m. Rockwell Room - Level 4. Fiction and nonfiction discussion. Everyone welcome, no registration necessary.
| January 8 | The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler |
| February 12 | The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt |
| March 12 | Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout |
| April 9 | The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach |
| May 14 | Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman |
| June 11 |
Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks PLEASE NOTE: June meeting moved to the Gates Room - Level 5. |
| July 9 | East of Eden by John Steinbeck |
| August 13 | A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore |
| September 10 | The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes |
| October 8 | The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe |
| November 12 | Meeting to select next year's titles |
| December 10 | The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving by Jonathan Evison |
Burnham Hoyt Room's Thursday Afternoon Book Group
Second Thursday of each month, 1 - 2:30 p.m., Level One Burnham Hoyt Book Club Room. Everyone welcome, no registration necessary.
| January 10 | Room by Emma Donoghue |
| February 14 | House of Stone: Saga of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East by Anthony Shadid |
| March 14 | The Year We Left Home by Jean Thompson |
| April 11 | Native Son by Richard Wright |
| May 9 | In the Presence of the Enemy by Elizabeth George |
| June 13 | The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian |
| July 11 | The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future by Joseph E. Stiglitz |
| August 8 | The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender |
| September 12 | The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz |
| October 10 | East of Denver by Gregory Hill |
| November 14 | Holes by Louis Sachar |
| December 12 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson |
Bear Valley Branch Library
Bear Valley Mystery Book Club
Fourth Thursday of each month, 6:30 - 8 p.m. except November and December. Add a little more MYSTERY to your life. Join us for refreshments, lively discussion, share your favorite titles and authors, catch up on new releases and other MYSTERY news. Contact Bobbi Jones at 720-865-0975 or bjones@denverlibrary.org for more information.
| January 24 | Creole Belle: A Dave Robicheaux Novel by James Lee Burke |
| February 28 | A Wanted Man: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child |
| March 28 | Caught by Harlan Coben |
| April 25 | The Chalk Girl by Carol O'Connell |
| May 23 | The Skeleton Box by Bryan Gruley |
| June 27 | Line of Fire by Stephen White |
| July 25 |
Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler Featuring a viewing of the film: Murder, My Sweet at 5 p.m. |
| August 22 | Spider Bones by Kathy Reichs |
| September 26 | The Charm School by Nelson DeMille |
| October 24 | Trickster's Point by William Kent Krueger |
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November 21 (3rd Thursday) |
Defending Jacob by William Landay |
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December 19 (3rd Thursday) |
As the Crow Flies by Craig Johnson Annual book exchange. Bring a gift-wrapped used book to give away. |
Saturday Morning Book Club
Second Saturday every other month, 10 - 11 a.m. Start your weekend by joining us for a cup of coffee and a lively discussion.
| January 12 | Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario |
| March 9 | In the Garden of the Beasts by Erik Larson |
| May 11 | Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls |
| July 13 | The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln by Stephen L. Carter |
| September 14 | Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel |
| November 9 | Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese |
Ross-University Hills Branch Library
Thursday Evening Book Club
Fourth Thursday of each month, 6:45 - 8 p.m. except where noted. This was formerly known as the Monday Evening Book Club.
| January 24 |
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher PLEASE NOTE: Meeting at the Eugene Field Branch Library due to University Hills renovation closure. |
| February 28 | The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway |
| March 28 | Italian Shoes by Henning Mankell |
| April 25 | This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection by Carol Burnett |
| May 23 | True Sisters by Sandra Dallas |
| June 27 | Star Island by Carl Hiaasen |
| July 25 | Still Life by Louise Penny |
| August 22 | Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn |
| September 26 | Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell |
| October 24 | Good Bones and Simple Murders by Margaret Atwood |
| November 21 | Horoscopes for the Dead: Poems by Billy Collins |
| December | No Meeting |
Books ‘N Brown Bag Book Club
First Friday of each month, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
| January 4 | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot |
| February 1 |
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman PLEASE NOTE: Meeting at the Eugene Field Branch Library due to University Hills renovation closure. |
| March 1 | A Charmed Life: Growing Up In Macbeth’s Castle by Liza Campbell |
| April 5 | The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck |
| May 3 | The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin |
| June 7 | The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig |
| July 5 | Paper Daughter by M. Elaine Mar |
| August 2 | Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella |
| September 6 | Little Princes: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan |
| October 4 | The Year the Lights Came On by Terry Kay |
| November 1 | Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found by Jennifer Lauck |
| December 6 | The Paris Wife by Paula McLain |
Schlessman Family Branch Library
Book Chat
First and third Thursdays of each month, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Do you find yourself asking people about what they are reading? Do you love talking to people about books, poems, and essays? Then this is the group for you! We'll share tea, snacks and talk about what each of us is reading these days. Just sit and listen — or share!
Virginia Village Branch Library
We Love a Mystery Book Club
Third Wednesday of each month, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
| February 20 | Haunted Ground by Erin Hart |
| March 20 | Chasing Darkness: An Elvis Cole Novel by Robert Crais |
| April 17 | Dissolution: A Novel of Tudor England by C.J. Sansom |
| May 15 | Northwest Angle by William Kent Krueger |
| June 19 | The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen |
| July 17 | A Killing in the Hills by Julia Keller |
| August 21 | The Yard by Alex Grecian |
| September 18 | Gone Missing by Linda Castillo |
| October 16 | Hypothermia by Arnaldur Indriðason |
| November 20 | Gone by Mo Hayder |
| December | No meeting. Enjoy the holidays. |
