Book Club in a Bag

Simplify your book club selection with Book Club in a Bag! These kits contain 12 to 13 copies of book-club-worthy titles, from biography to historical fiction to suspense, along with a discussion guide.

1. Access the availability calendar (via Google Docs) to view available titles.
   • You can browse all kits, or scroll by week for a specific kit. You can also download a printable list of all titles (PDF).
2. Request your preferred title using our online form.
   • Bookings may be made up to a year in advance.
3. Pick up your hold on the regular hold shelves. Your notification may come in a few days early, but it will remain available until your specified pick up date.
4. To cancel a booking, please email bookclub@cplma.ca with your name, library card number, book club title, and booking date to be cancelled.

Contact Information Services at hello@cplma.ca or 905-623-7322 x2712 for assistance.

• Six (6) week loan period.
• No renewals.
• Kit may be picked up at or returned to any library location.
• Kit must be returned at the desk during operating hours, not through an exterior drop box.
• All items are checked out to one member’s card.
• Two (2) kits may be borrowed by a customer at any time.
• The customer who borrowed the kit is responsible for:
  • The distribution and return of all items to his or her group members; and
  • Any damages to the books/bag, or lost items. The cost of a damaged or lost book varies depending on the item.

1. Afterlife, by Julia Alvarez
2. Be Ready When the Luck Happens, by Ina Garten
3. Beartown, by Fredrik Backman
4. The Berry Pickers, by Amanda Peters
5. The Book of Two Ways, by Jodi Picoult
6. Book Lovers, by Emily Henry
7. Born A Crime, by Trevor Noah
8. Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
9. Brother, by David Chariandy
10. By Any Other Name, by Jodi Picoult
11. A Burning, by Megha Majumdar
12. A Calamity of Souls, by David Baldacci
13. The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal
14. Camp Zero, by Michelle Min Sterling
15. The Cellist, by Daniel Silva
16. Circe, by Madeline Miller
17. The Clockmaker's Daughter, by Kate Morton
18. The Color of Our Sky, by Amita Trasi
19. Dancing in the Mosque, by Homeira Qaderi
20. Deacon King Kong, by James McBride
21. The Death of Vivek Oji, by Akwaeke Emezi
22. Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver
23. A Different Kind of Daughter, by Maria Toorpakai
24. The Donnellys, by James Reaney
25. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman
26. Five Little Indians, by Michelle Good
27. The Flight Attendant, by Chris Bohjalian
28. The Four Winds, by Kristin Hannah
29. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
30. The Friend, by Sigrid Nunez
31. A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles
32. The Giver of Stars, by Jojo Moyes
33. The God of the Woods, by Liz Moore
34. The Gown, by Jennifer Robson
35. Greenwood, by Michael Christie
36. Half-Blood Blues, by Esi Edugyan
37. The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
38. Heartland, by Sarah Smarsh
39. Held, by Anne Michaels
40. Hidden Valley Road, by Robert Kolker
41. Homecoming, by Kate Morton
42. Hotline, by Dimitri Nasrallah
43. How to Age Disgracefully, by Clare Pooley
44. The Huntress, by Kate Quinn
45. If I Knew Then, by Jann Arden
46. The Immortalists, by Chloe Benjamin
47. In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote
48. Indians on Vacation, by Thomas King
49. Inheritance, by Dani Shapiro
50. The Island of Sea Women, by Lisa See
51. James, by Percival Everett
52. The Jane Austen Society, by Natalie Jenner
53. Lady in the Lake, by Laura Lippman
54. The Lake House, by Kate Morton
55. The Last Thing He Told Me, by Laura Dave
56. Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus
57. The Library Book, by Susan Orlean
58. The Lincoln Highway, by Amor Towles
59. The Lion Women of Tehran, by Marjan Kamali
60. Looking for Jane, by Heather Marshall
61. The Lost Apothecary, by Sarah Penner
62. Lost Roses, by Martha Hall Kelly
63. The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, by Mitch Albom
64. The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig
65. Moon of the Turning Leaves, by Waubgeshig Rice
66. The Mountain Between Us, by Charles Martin
67. Normal People, by Sally Rooney
68. Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen
69. Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
70. Once Upon a River, by Diane Setterfield
71. The Only Woman in the Room, by Marie Benedict
72. Our Darkest Night, by Jennifer Robson
73. Our Missing Hearts, by Celeste Ng
74. The Pull of the Stars, by Emma Donoghue
75. The Push, by Ashley Audrain
76. Run Away, by Harlan Coben
77. Seven Fallen Feathers, by Tanya Talaga
78. Somebody’s Daughter, by Ashley C. Ford
79. The Stars are Fire, by Anita Shreve
80. State of Terror, by Louise Penny, Hillary Clinton
81. The Story of Us, by Catherine Hernandez
82. The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood
83. The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman
84. Time Shelter, by Georgi Gospodinov
85. Transcendent Kingdom, by Yaa Gyasi
86. The Vanishing Half, by Britt Bennett
87. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, by Sangu Mandanna
88. Vinyl Café Turns the Page, by Stuart McLean
89. Violeta, by Isabel Allende
90. Washington Black, by Esi Edugyan
91. We All Live Here, by JoJo Moyes
92. We Were Dreamers, by Simu Liu
93. Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens
94. The Widow, by Fiona Barton
95. The Witches of New York, by Ami McKay
96. The Woman in the Library, by Sulari Gentill
97. The Women, by Kristin Hannah
98. The Wonder, by Emma Donoghue
99. The Woo Woo, by Lindsay Wong
100. Yellowface, by R. F. Kuang

1. 1. 1. Be Ready When the Luck Happens, Ina Garten (New!)
      2. By Any Other Name, by Jodi Picoult (New!)
      3. A Calamity of Souls, by David Baldacci (New!)
      4. The God of the Woods, by Liz Moore (New!)
      5. Held, by Anne Michaels (New!)
      6. How to Age Disgracefully, by Clare Pooley (New!)
      7. James, by Percival Everett (New!)
      8. The Lion Women of Tehran, by Marjan Kamali (New!)
      9. Moon of the Turning Leaves, by Waubgeshig Rice (New!)
      10. Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck (New!)
      11. We All Live Here, by JoJo Moyes (New!)
      12. The Women, by Kristin Hannah (New!)
          
          
      13. Afterlife, by Julia Alvarez
      14. Beartown, by Fredrik Backman
      15. The Berry Pickers, by Amanda Peters
      16. The Book of Two Ways, by Jodi Picoult
      17. Book Lovers, by Emily Henry
      18. Born A Crime, by Trevor Noah
      19. Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
      20. Brother, by David Chariandy
      21. A Burning, by Megha Majumdar
      22. The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal
      23. Camp Zero, by Michelle Min Sterling
      24. The Cellist, by Daniel Silva
      25. Circe, by Madeline Miller
      26. The Clockmaker's Daughter, by Kate Morton
      27. The Color of Our Sky, by Amita Trasi
      28. Dancing in the Mosque, by Homeira Qaderi
      29. Deacon King Kong, by James McBride
      30. The Death of Vivek Oji, by Akwaeke Emezi
      31. Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver
      32. A Different Kind of Daughter, by Maria Toorpakai
      33. The Donnellys, by James Reaney
      34. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman
      35. Five Little Indians, by Michelle Good
      36. The Flight Attendant, by Chris Bohjalian
      37. The Four Winds, by Kristin Hannah
      38. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
      39. The Friend, by Sigrid Nunez
      40. A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles
      41. The Giver of Stars, by Jojo Moyes
      42. The Gown, by Jennifer Robson
      43. Greenwood, by Michael Christie
      44. Half-Blood Blues, by Esi Edugyan
      45. The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
      46. Heartland, by Sarah Smarsh
      47. Hidden Valley Road, by Robert Kolker
      48. Homecoming, by Kate Morton
      49. Hotline, by Dimitri Nasrallah
      50. The Huntress, by Kate Quinn
      51. If I Knew Then, by Jann Arden
      52. The Immortalists, by Chloe Benjamin
      53. In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote
      54. Indians on Vacation, by Thomas King
      55. Inheritance, by Dani Shapiro
      56. The Island of Sea Women, by Lisa See
      57. The Jane Austen Society, by Natalie Jenner
      58. Lady in the Lake, by Laura Lippman
      59. The Lake House, by Kate Morton
      60. The Last Thing He Told Me, by Laura Dave
      61. Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus
      62. The Library Book, by Susan Orlean
      63. The Lincoln Highway, by Amor Towles
      64. Looking for Jane, by Heather Marshall
      65. The Lost Apothecary, by Sarah Penner
      66. Lost Roses, by Martha Hall Kelly
      67. The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, by Mitch Albom
      68. The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig
      69. The Mountain Between Us, by Charles Martin
      70. Normal People, by Sally Rooney
      71. Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen
      72. Once Upon a River, by Diane Setterfield
      73. The Only Woman in the Room, by Marie Benedict
      74. Our Darkest Night, by Jennifer Robson
      75. Our Missing Hearts, by Celeste Ng
      76. The Pull of the Stars, by Emma Donoghue
      77. The Push, by Ashley Audrain
      78. Run Away, by Harlan Coben
      79. Seven Fallen Feathers, by Tanya Talaga
      80. Somebody’s Daughter, by Ashley C. Ford
      81. The Stars are Fire, by Anita Shreve
      82. State of Terror, by Louise Penny, Hillary Clinton
      83. The Story of Us, by Catherine Hernandez
      84. The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood
      85. The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman
      86. Time Shelter, by Georgi Gospodinov
      87. Transcendent Kingdom, by Yaa Gyasi 
      88. The Vanishing Half, by Britt Bennett
      89. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, by Sangu Mandanna
      90. Vinyl Café Turns the Page, by Stuart McLean
      91. Violeta, by Isabel Allende
      92. Washington Black, by Esi Edugyan
      93. We Were Dreamers, by Simu Liu
      94. Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens
      95. The Widow, by Fiona Barton
      96. The Witches of New York, by Ami McKay
      97. The Woman in the Library, by Sulari Gentill
      98. The Wonder, by Emma Donoghue
      99. The Woo Woo, by Lindsay Wong
      100. Yellowface, by R. F. Kuang