Library Book Clubs

Previous Book Club Selections

Beginning January 1st, help Carlsbad City Library reach a community reading goal of 125,000 minutes. Earn a free six inch sub from Subway (while supplies last) after reading for four hours. Click the icon to register. 

Monday Night Classics Book Club

Time: Fourth Monday of every month at 7 p.m.       
Location:  Gowland Meeting Room
Contact: Heidi Wyner @ 760-602-2044 or Heidi.Wyner@carlsbadca.gov 

January 27: Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
February 24: Jazz by Toni Morrison
March 23: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
April 27: Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
May 18 (25th is a holiday): Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small-Town Life by Sherwood Anderson
June: 22: The Group by Mary McCarthy

Tuesday Evening Book Club

Time: First Tuesday of every Month at 7 p.m. 
Location: Cole Community Room
Contact: Madelyn Horton @ 760-434-2933 or Madelyn.Horton@carlsbadca.gov 

February 4: Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
March 10: The Library Book by Susan Orlean
April 7: Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
May 5: City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
June 2: The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure 

Time: Third Tuesday of every Month at 3:30 p.m. 
Location: Dove Library, Study Room 234A & 234B
Contact: Ashleigh Hvinden at 760-434-2866 or ashleigh.hvinden@carlsbadca.gov

January 21: Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles
February 18: One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus
March 17: The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas
April 21: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff 
May: My Hero Academia volume 1 by Kohei Horikoshi 
June: Scythe by Neal Shusterman 

First Wednesday Book Club

Time: First Wednesday of every Month at 2 p.m. 
Location: Gowland Meeting Room
Contact: Liza Blue @ Liza.Blue@carlsbadca.gov 

February 5: Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris
March 4: The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West by David McCullough
April 1: Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
May 6: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
June 3: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
 
 

Thursday Afternoon Book Club

Time: Second Thursday of every month at 2 p.m.
Location: Cole Community Room 
Contact: Sheri Hanlon @ 760-602-2062 Sheri.Hanlon@carlsbadca.gov    

February 13: Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell
March 12: Vox by Christina Dalcher
April 9: Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover 
May 14: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
June 11: When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II by Molly Manning

Spanish Language Book Club

El club de Lectura en Español se reúne una vez al mes.  Para más información llame al 760-931-4500
Time: Tuesdays at 10 a.m. 
Location: Learning Center Room 14
Contact: Mayra Turchiano @ 760-931-4500

January 21: El Tiempo Entre Costuras by María Dueñas
February 28:  El País de las Mujeres by Gioconda Belli
March 17: La Mujer en la Ventana by A.J. Finn
April 21: Una Educación by Tara Westover  
May 19: El Psicoanalista by John Katzenbach