Book Groups

Beach Book Club

Join us in-person at the Clearwater Beach Library or from the comfort of your own home on ZOOM for monthly book discussions at 4 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month.

2024 Book List

• Jun. 5 - The Spectacular by Fiona Davis
• Jul. 3 - The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
• Aug. 7 - Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
• Sep. 4 - Solito by Javier Zamora
• Oct. 2 - The Measure by Nikki Erlick
• Nov. 6 - A Map for the Missing by Brenda Huijuan Tan
• Dec. 4 - Small Things Like These and So Late in the Day, both by Claire Keegan

Book Lover's Bistro @ Main

Meets in the Main Library's first-floor Conference Room on the first Tuesday of each month at noon, between October and May. Books are available at the Main Library's first-floor Circulation Desk.

Círculo de Lectura @ Main

Círculo de Lectura ocurre el cuarto miércoles de cada mes, de 1 a 3 p.m. Los libros están disponibles en el Mostrador de Referencia ubicado en el tercer piso de la Biblioteca Principal (Main Library).

2024 Lista de libros

• Sep. 25 y Oct. 23: Lejos de Luisiana de Luz Gabás
• Nov. 20: A prueba de fuego de Javier Moro
• Dic. 18: Las hijas de la criada de Sonsoles Ónega

2025 Lista de libros

• Ene. 22: El viento conoce mi nombre de Isabel Allende
• Feb. 26: Le dedico mi silencio de Mario Vargas Llosa
• Mar. 26: En agosto nos vemos de Gabriel García Márquez
• Abr. 23 y May. 28: El valle de los arcángeles de Rafael Tarradas Bultó

Countryside Collective Book Club

Meets at the Countryside Library on the second Tuesday of each month from 2-3 p.m. Books are available at the Information Desk.

• June/July: Summer break. The Countryside Collective will resume in August.

Ebony Book Talk @ North Greenwood

Join us in-person at the Clearwater North Greenwood Library or from the comfort of your own home via ZOOM to discuss literary works by African American authors, monthly on the second Saturday of each month.

2024 Book List:

• September 14: Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes by Phoebe Robinson

• October 12: The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb

• November 9: On Beauty by Zadie Smith

• December 14: The Thing About Home by Rhonda McKnight

   

Virtual participants will need access to the Internet, a microphone, and preferably a webcam. Online registration is required to receive the Zoom meeting ID and password. 

In the Margins Book Club

Meets of the 1^st Saturday of the month at the Starbucks in Downtown Clearwater, 433 Cleveland St. Clearwater, FL 33755. Books are available at the Reference Desk located on the third floor of the Main Library.

2024 Book list: 

• June  Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets by Gayle E. Pitman (all on Hoopla)
• July The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time  by Mark Haddon (audio on Hoopla)
• August A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott (audio on Hoopla)
• September  In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez (all on Hoopla)

Killer Reads Book Club

Meets the first Tuesday of the month at 5:30 PM @ Starbucks 2833 Gulf to Bay Blvd. Clearwater FL 33759. Enjoy some Killer Reads in this book club! Books are available at the Reference Desk located on the third floor of the Main Library.

2024 Book List:

• June: The Killer Across the Table by John E. Douglas 
• July: The Guest List by Lucy Foley 
• August: A Taste for Poison by Neil Bradbury 

Page Turners Book Club at the East Community Library @ St. Petersburg College

Online and in person the last Monday of each month from 4-5 p.m. Books are available at the East Library's Information Desk.