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