Books and More: Book Clubs & ProgramsBook Clubs & Programs
Local Clubs Database
The Library maintains a database of information about local book clubs. Use the listings at the links below to browse the active clubs. Click the title of a book club for further information including their reading suggestions.
- Alphabetical Browse - display a list of book clubs alphabetically by title.
- Interest Type Check - Search the database by the selecting the types that most closely match your interests, such as "Mysteries" or "Historical Fiction." A list of local book clubs related to the interests you select will be displayed.
Include Your Club
To add your group to the Library's database print the ICPL Book Clubs List Form, fill it in, and mail it to:
Book Clubs List
Iowa City Public Library
123 South Linn
Iowa City, IA 52240
For more information on the Book Clubs Database or to update your group's information, contact Jason Paulios at 319.887.6075 or jason-paulios@icpl.org.
Book Club Kits
Book Club Kits are provided to help support reading groups and others who wish to read and discuss the same book. The kits provide 10 copies of books as well as discussion information packaged in a convenient canvas bag.
The Book Club Kits check out for six weeks. Book Club Kits may be found on the first floor near the Help Desk. Book Club Kits may be checked out by all patrons; there are no residency requirements.
All Iowa Reads
All of Iowa is reading The Year We Left Home by Jean Thompson! Get in on the 2013 discussion now by taking part in All Iowa Reads, a project of the Iowa Center for the Book.
The purpose of All Iowa Reads is to encourage Iowans statewide to read and talk about a single title in the same year. For more information about the All Iowa Reads program visit the All Iowa Reads website or contact the Library at 319.356.5200.
One Community, One Book
The Latehomecomer: a Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang. Yang has been chosen for the 2012 program. Community forums take place mid-September through mid-November.
One Community-One Book: All Johnson County Reads is a community-wide reading project sponsored by the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) that annually runs from the middle of September through the middle of November. The book is selected by a committee and announced in the Spring preceding the reading project.
One Community-One Book: All Johnson County Reads is a community-wide reading project that annually runs from the middle of September through the middle of November. The book is selected by a committee and announced in the Spring preceding the reading project.