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What is Book Group in a Bag?

Is your book group tired of having to track down multiple copies of a book for your next meeting? With Book Group in a Bag, receive 10 copies of one title, plus discussion resources.

Reservations are for 6 weeks. Reserve any title up to a year in advance. Plan to overlap your reservations; you can distribute the next book and collect the last book at the same meeting. Pick up and return Bags to the Reference Desk at the library.

To reserve a kit or view the titles available now, use the Online Reservation System.


Each Bag contains:

  • 10 copies of one title
  • Discussion Resources
  • Tips for a successful book group

Recently Added Titles

Empire Falls

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The struggles of Miles Roby with his teenage daughter, soon-to-be-ex-wife and the wealthy owner of the restaurant where he has worked for 20 years mirror the condition of this small fictional mill town in Maine. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2002.

Curious Incident of the Dog in The Night-Time

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The 15-year-old autistic narrator uses his superbly logical and literal mind to investigate the murder of his neighbor's dog, using the skills he learned from his favorite detective, Sherlock Holmes, in this funny and poignant novel that won the 2003 Whitbread Book of the Year award.

 

At Home in Mitford

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The first book in the popular Mitford series (1998) introduces generally lovable people living in a charming village. Father Tim, the bachelor rector, becomes involved in a rich, provincial comedy in which mysteries and miracles abound.

Persepolis: the Story of a Childhood

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Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and heartbreaking 2003 memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran in ages six to fourteen.

Fahrenheit 451

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Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires. He had been a fireman for ten years, and he had never questioned anything until he met a seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid. And Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do
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