Join a Book Club - It's Free and Fun!
Do you like to read and want to find others who share that interest? Do you enjoy discussing books? Are you interested in learning about books that may be outside your normal reading interests?
Ramsey County Library invites you to join one of our book clubs. Some clubs we offer discuss specific types of books, like mysteries or adult fiction. Others are more eclectic, choosing fiction and nonfiction titles for discussion. Whatever your reading interests, there is a book club for you at the Ramsey County Library.
We also offer "Book Club in a Bag" which is an easy way for you to start your own book club. We provide the books and all the information needed to have a great book discussion; all you need to add are the readers.
RCL - Arden Hills
The Arden Hills Book Club meets the second Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come and join in the discussion. Please call 651-628-6831 for more information.
December 8 - The heart is a lonely hunter
by Carson McCullers
January 12 - World gone beautiful : life along the Rum River
by Linda Buturian
February 9 - I am the Messenger
by Markus Zusak
RCL - Maplewood Eclectic
The Maplewood Eclectic Book Club discusses a variety of books from classics to modern literary fiction. We generally read a mystery, a science fiction selection, a young person's book, and a non-fiction title each year. Meetings are on the third Wednesday of the month from 7-8:45 in the Maplewood Library's Community Room. For more information call 651-704-2033
December 17
| Celebrating the best in children's literature. Each member gives a no more than five minute presentation on a Newbery or Caldecott prize winning book of their choice. This may include brief author information. | |
January 21
| Book Club in a Bag selection to be announced in December | |
February 18 - Leap of faith : memoirs of an unexpected life
by Queen Noor
RCL - Maplewood Knit-Lit
The library in Maplewood is starting a monthly Knitting Book Club called Knit-Lit, mixing the popular craft of knitting with reading.
A diverse mix of reading materials, including fiction, non-fiction, kids, teens, and knitting instruction books, will be featured. Speakers will also be hosted.
Knit-Lit will meet the second Tuesday of each month from 6 to 8 p.m. starting on June 12. All ages are welcome. Come knit one, read too!
December 9 - Pick any book
by Elizabeth Zimmermann
January 13 - Death by cashmere : a seaside knitters mystery
by Sally Goldenbaum
February 10 - The knitting goddess : finding the heart and soul of knitting through instruction, projects, and stories
by Deborah Bergman
RCL - North St. Paul
Second Monday at 10:30 a.m.
December 8 - Suite francaise
by Irene Nemirovsky
January 12 - The florist's daughter
by Patricia Hampl
February 9 - Iron Lake
by William Kent Krueger
RCL - North St. Paul
Third Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.
December 16 - Infidel
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
January 20 - Suite francaise
by Irene Nemirovsky
February 17 - Wuthering Heights
by Emily Bronte
RCL - Roseville
The Roseville Book Club meets the second Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome; for more information please call 651-628-6803
Note: The Roseville Book Club will now meet in the Children's Program Room.
RCL - Shoreview Fiction
December 2 - Midnight's children : a novel
by Salman Rushdie
January 27 - After this
by Alice McDermott
February 24 - Blue water
by A. Manette Ansay
RCL - Shoreview Mystery Book Group
Third Tuesdays at 7 p.m., Third Thursdays at noon (bring your lunch)
If you enjoy reading mysteries, consider coming to one of our Mystery Club meetings. Newcomers are always welcome! Meetings run about an hour and are held in the Shoreview Meeting room. If you come to the Thursday group, feel free to bring a brown bag lunch. If you have any questions, please see Lynette at the Circulation Desk.
December - No Meeting
January 15, 20 - Thief in retreat
by Aimée and David Thurlo
February 17, 19 - Promise Me
by Harlan Coben
RCL - White Bear Lake Mystery
First Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.
December 3 - Historicals between 1900 and 1960
January 7 - Freedom Night
February 4 - Edgar Award Winners and Nominees
If you have questions about book clubs e-mail
Book Club Administrator
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