Fiction Book Discussions
Upcoming Dates and Titles
Adult Services staff conduct monthly book discussions which are open to Skokie residents as space permits. Participants may attend either a morning or evening group. Skokie residents can pick up copies of the book to be discussed on the fifth day of the month preceding the discussion. To participate, sign up at the Readers' Services Desk.
As a service to local book discussion groups, Skokie Public Library offers twelve copies of books previously used for Library book discussions. These are generally trade paperbacks which have been used once. If your book group is interested in borrowing multiple copies of any of these titles for your discussion, please contact the Readers Services Department of the Library at 847.673.7774 by phone, or via email at askrs@skokielibrary.info.
The Skokie Public Library book discussion group has been meeting for more than thirty-five years; a full list of books discussed over the years by the group is available online. For additional information about reading groups, please visit some of these selected book discussion sites.
Book discussions for teens are also held at the Library. Readers in their 20s and 30s are invited to participate in LitLounge, a social book discussion group which meets outside the Library.
All book discussions are held in the Book Discussion Room, located near the west entrance.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Wednesday, January 16 at 10:00am
Thursday, January 17 at 7:30pm
Everyman by Philip Roth
Tuesday, January 15 at 7:30pm
Thursday, January 17 at 10:00am
Wednesday, February 20 at 10:00am
Thursday, February 21 at 7:30pm
The Green Shore by Natalie Bakopoulos
Tuesday, February 19 at 7:30pm
Thursday, February
21 at 10:00am
Wednesday, March 20 at 10:00am
Thursday, March 21 at 7:30pm
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Tuesday, March 19 at 7:30pm
Thursday, March 21 at 10:00am
Wednesday, April 17 at 10:00am
Thursday, April 18 at 7:30pm
The Paperbark Shoe by Goldie Goldbloom
Tuesday, April 16 at 7:30pm
Thursday, April 18 at 10:00am
Wednesday, May 22 at 10:00am
Thursday, May 23 at 7:30pm
The Rebel Wife by Taylor M. Polites
Tuesday, May 21 at 7:30pm
Thursday, May 23 at 10:00am
Wednesday, June 19 at 10:00am
Thursday, June 20 at 7:30pm
Excellent Women by Barbara Pym
Tuesday, June 18 at 7:30pm
Thursday, June 20 at 10:00am
Wednesday, July 17 at 10:00am
Thursday, July 18 at 7:30pm
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Tuesday, July 16 at 7:30pm
Thursday, July 18 at 10:00am
Wednesday, August 21 at 10:00am
Thursday, August 22 at 7:30pm
My Life in France by Julia Child
Tuesday, August 20 at 7:30pm
Thursday, August
22 at 10:00am
Wednesday, September 18 at 10:00am
Thursday, September 19 at 7:30pm
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow
Tuesday, September 17 at 7:30pm
Thursday, September 19 at 10:00am
Wednesday, October 16 at 10:00am
Thursday, October 17 at 7:30pm
The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman
Tuesday, October 15 at 7:30pm
Thursday, October 17 at 10:00am
Wednesday, November 20 at 10:00am
Thursday, November 21 at 7:30pm
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Tuesday, November 19 at 7:30pm
Thursday, November 21 at 10:00am
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at 10:00am
Thursday, January 23, 2014 at 7:30pm