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What happens in book club stays in book club

The following titles explore the friendships, drama, and unexpected revelations that can unfold when people gather to talk about a book. Discover the fictional lives of book club members and find your next great read—or perhaps, inspiration for your own group.

The Best Life Book Club by Sheila Roberts
Four women in need of new beginnings form a book club that evolves into a supportive sisterhood. Through their shared love of literature and friendship, they each find the strength to confront personal crises and start building their best lives. [print | audiobook]

The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick
In the 1960s in Virginia, a group of housewives form a book club to discuss Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique, which sparks a year of self-discovery and rebellion. The novel follows the friends as they challenge societal expectations, find strength in their growing sisterhood, and ultimately reclaim their independence by pursuing personal aspirations beyond the confines of domestic life. [e-book | print | audiobook | large type]

A Book Club to Die For by Dorothy St. James
A librarian is drawn into a murder investigation after the leader of an exclusive book club is found dead. Because her boyfriend, a detective, is removed from the case due to his mother being a suspect, the librarian must use her own skills to help find the real killer. [print]

The Bookshop Sisterhood by Michelle Lindo-Rice
Four lifelong friends—Celeste, Yasmeen, Toni, and Leslie—inspired by their love of books and their long running book club plan to open a bookstore. The plans are thrown into chaos as they each face devastating personal crises. As their grand opening approaches, the women must rely on their friendship to navigate grief, family secrets, and crumbling relationships, ultimately finding new beginnings in the process. [e-book | print]

The Break-Up Book Club by Wendy Wax
Four very different women form a bond in a book club as their lives unexpectedly fall apart. Through a shared love of reading and their evolving friendships, they find the courage to navigate their individual challenges and seek out their own versions of happiness. [print]

The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
After his wife asks for a divorce, a professional baseball player joins a secret romance book club with other male athletes to help save his marriage. Guided by a Regency-era novel, he attempts to better understand his wife's perspective, become a better partner and win back her trust. [print | audiobook]

The Titanic Survivors Book Club by Timothy Schaffert
A novel about a group of Titanic ticket-holders who, for various reasons, never boarded the ship. Haunted by their good fortune, they form a secret society and book club in Paris, where they process their trauma and grapple with fate through heated discussions about literature. [e-book | print | audiobook]

The Wartime Book Club by Kate Thompson
A historical novel inspired by true events about a librarian on Nazi-occupied island of Jersey who secretly saves banned books. With her best friend, she forms a book club as a form of resistance, offering escape and courage to her fellow islanders despite the rising dangers of the occupation. [e-book | print]

⏤Lillian