Book Club in a Bag

Simplify your book club selection with Book Club in a Bag! These kits contain 12 to 13 copies of book-club-worthy titles, from biography to historical fiction to suspense, along with a discussion guide.

1. Access the availability calendar (via Google Docs) to view available titles.
   • You can browse all kits, or scroll by week for a specific kit. You can also download a printable list of all titles (PDF).
2. Request your preferred title using our online form.
   • Bookings may be made up to a year in advance.
3. Pick up your hold on the regular hold shelves. Your notification may come in a few days early, but it will remain available until your specified pick up date.
4. To cancel a booking, please email bookclub@cplma.ca with your name, library card number, book club title, and booking date to be cancelled.

Contact Information Services at hello@cplma.ca or 905-623-7322 x2712 for assistance.

• 6 week loan period.
• No renewals.
• Kit may be picked up at or returned to any library location.
• Kit must be returned at the desk during operating hours, not through an exterior drop box.
• All items are checked out to one member’s card.
• Two kits may be borrowed by a member at any time.
• The member who borrowed the kit is responsible for:
  • The distribution and return of all items to his or her group members; and
  • Any damages to the books/bag, or lost items. The cost of a damaged or lost book varies depending on the item.

1. 1. 1. Afterlife, by Julia Alvarez
      2. Beartown, by Fredrik Backman
      3. The Berry Pickers, by Amanda Peters
      4. The Book of Two Ways, by Jodi Picoult
      5. Book Lovers, by Emily Henry
      6. Born A Crime, by Trevor Noah
      7. Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
      8. Brother, by David Chariandy
      9. A Burning, by Megha Majumdar
      10. The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal
      11. Camp Zero, by Michelle Min Sterling
      12. The Cellist, by Daniel Silva
      13. Circe, by Madeline Miller
      14. The Clockmaker's Daughter, by Kate Morton
      15. The Color of Our Sky, by Amita Trasi
      16. Dancing in the Mosque, by Homeira Qaderi
      17. Deacon King Kong, by James McBride
      18. The Death of Vivek Oji, by Akwaeke Emezi
      19. Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver
      20. A Different Kind of Daughter, by Maria Toorpakai
      21. The Donnellys, by James Reaney
      22. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman
      23. Five Little Indians, by Michelle Good
      24. The Flight Attendant, by Chris Bohjalian
      25. The Four Winds, by Kristin Hannah
      26. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
      27. The Friend, by Sigrid Nunez
      28. A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles
      29. The Giver of Stars, by Jojo Moyes
      30. The Gown, by Jennifer Robson
      31. Greenwood, by Michael Christie
      32. Half-Blood Blues, by Esi Edugyan
      33. The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
      34. Heartland, by Sarah Smarsh
      35. Hidden Valley Road, by Robert Kolker
      36. Homecoming, by Kate Morton
      37. Hotline, by Dimitri Nasrallah
      38. The Huntress, by Kate Quinn
      39. If I Knew Then, by Jann Arden
      40. The Immortalists, by Chloe Benjamin
      41. In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote
      42. Indians on Vacation, by Thomas King
      43. Inheritance, by Dani Shapiro
      44. The Island of Sea Women, by Lisa See
      45. The Jane Austen Society, by Natalie Jenner
      46. Lady in the Lake, by Laura Lippman
      47. The Lake House, by Kate Morton
      48. The Last Thing He Told Me, by Laura Dave
      49. Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus
      50. The Library Book, by Susan Orlean
      51. The Lincoln Highway, by Amor Towles
      52. Looking for Jane, by Heather Marshall
      53. The Lost Apothecary, by Sarah Penner
      54. Lost Roses, by Martha Hall Kelly
      55. The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, by Mitch Albom
      56. The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig
      57. The Mountain Between Us, by Charles Martin
      58. Normal People, by Sally Rooney
      59. Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen
      60. Once Upon a River, by Diane Setterfield
      61. The Only Woman in the Room, by Marie Benedict
      62. Our Darkest Night, by Jennifer Robson
      63. Our Missing Hearts, by Celeste Ng
      64. The Pull of the Stars, by Emma Donoghue
      65. The Push, by Ashley Audrain
      66. Run Away, by Harlan Coben
      67. Seven Fallen Feathers, by Tanya Talaga
      68. Somebody’s Daughter, by Ashley C. Ford
      69. The Stars are Fire, by Anita Shreve
      70. State of Terror, by Louise Penny, Hillary Clinton
      71. The Story of Us, by Catherine Hernandez
      72. The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood
      73. The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman
      74. Time Shelter, by Georgi Gospodinov
      75. Transcendent Kingdom, by Yaa Gyasi 
      76. The Vanishing Half, by Britt Bennett
      77. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, by Sangu Mandanna
      78. Vinyl Café Turns the Page, by Stuart McLean
      79. Violeta, by Isabel Allende
      80. Washington Black, by Esi Edugyan
      81. We Were Dreamers, by Simu Liu
      82. Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens
      83. The Widow, by Fiona Barton
      84. The Witches of New York, by Ami McKay
      85. The Woman in the Library, by Sulari Gentill
      86. The Wonder, by Emma Donoghue
      87. The Woo Woo, by Lindsay Wong
      88. Yellowface, by R. F. Kuang