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.

• 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 kits may be borrowed by a member at any time.
• The member 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. 1. 1. Afterlife, by Julia Alvarez
      2. The Alice Network, by Kate Quinn
      3. Beartown, by Fredrik Backman
      4. Bellevue Square, by Michael Redhill
      5. The Berry Pickers, by Amanda Peters
      6. Bluebird, Bluebird, by Attica Locke
      7. The Boat People, by Sharon Bala
      8. The Book of Two Ways, by Jodi Picoult
      9. Book Lovers, by Emily Henry
      10. Born A Crime, by Trevor Noah
      11. Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
      12. Brother, by David Chariandy
      13. A Burning, by Megha Majumdar
      14. The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal
      15. Camp Zero, by Michelle Min Sterling
      16. The Cellist, by Daniel Silva
      17. Circe, by Madeline Miller
      18. The Clay Girl, by Heather Tucker
      19. The Clockmaker's Daughter, by Kate Morton
      20. The Color of Our Sky, by Amita Trasi
      21. Dancing in the Mosque, by Homeira Qaderi
      22. Deacon King Kong, by James McBride
      23. The Death of Vivek Oji, by Akwaeke Emezi
      24. Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver
      25. A Different Kind of Daughter, by Maria Toorpakai
      26. The Donnellys, by James Reaney
      27. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman
      28. Every Note Played, by Lisa Genova
      29. Five Little Indians, by Michelle Good
      30. The Flight Attendant, by Chris Bohjalian
      31. The Four Winds, by Kristin Hannah
      32. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
      33. The Friend, by Sigrid Nunez
      34. A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles
      35. The Giver of Stars, by Jojo Moyes
      36. The Gown, by Jennifer Robson
      37. The Great Alone, by Kristin Hannah
      38. Greenwood, by Michael Christie
      39. Half-Blood Blues, by Esi Edugyan
      40. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
      41. The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
      42. Heartland, by Sarah Smarsh
      43. Hidden Valley Road, by Robert Kolker
      44. Homecoming, by Kate Morton
      45. Hotline, by Dimitri Nasrallah
      46. The Huntress, by Kate Quinn
      47. If I Knew Then, by Jann Arden
      48. The Immortalists, by Chloe Benjamin
      49. In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote
      50. Indians on Vacation, by Thomas King
      51. Inheritance, by Dani Shapiro
      52. The Island of Sea Women, by Lisa See
      53. The Jane Austen Society, by Natalie Jenner
      54. Lady in the Lake, by Laura Lippman
      55. The Lake House, by Kate Morton
      56. The Last Thing He Told Me, by Laura Dave
      57. Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus
      58. The Library Book, by Susan Orlean
      59. The Lincoln Highway, by Amor Towles
      60. Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng
      61. Looking for Jane, by Heather Marshall
      62. The Lost Apothecary, by Sarah Penner
      63. The Lost Diaries of Susanna Moodie, by Cecily Ross
      64. Lost Roses, by Martha Hall Kelly
      65. Love and Ruin, by Paula McLain
      66. The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, by Mitch Albom
      67. A Man Called Ove, by Fredrik Backman
      68. The Massey Murder, by Charlotte Gray
      69. The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig
      70. The Mountain Between Us, by Charles Martin
      71. Normal People, by Sally Rooney
      72. Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen
      73. Once Upon a River, by Diane Setterfield
      74. One Perfect Lie, by Lisa Scottoline
      75. The Only Woman in the Room, by Marie Benedict
      76. Our Darkest Night, by Jennifer Robson
      77. Our Missing Hearts, by Celeste Ng
      78. The Pull of the Stars, by Emma Donoghue
      79. The Push, by Ashley Audrain
      80. Run Away, by Harlan Coben
      81. Seven Fallen Feathers, by Tanya Talaga
      82. Somebody’s Daughter, by Ashley C. Ford
      83. A Spark of Light, by Jodi Picoult
      84. The Stars are Fire, by Anita Shreve
      85. State of Terror, by Louise Penny, Hillary Clinton
      86. Still Life, by Louise Penny
      87. The Story of Us, by Catherine Hernandez
      88. The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood
      89. This Accident of Being Lost, by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
      90. The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman
      91. Time Shelter, by Georgi Gospodinov
      92. Transcendent Kingdom, by Yaa Gyasi 
      93. Two by Two, by Nicholas Sparks
      94. The Vanishing Half, by Britt Bennett
      95. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, by Sangu Mandanna
      96. Vinyl Café Turns the Page, by Stuart McLean
      97. Violeta, by Isabel Allende
      98. Warlight, by Michael Ondaatje
      99. Washington Black, by Esi Edugyan
      100. We Were Dreamers, by Simu Liu
      101. Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens
      102. The Widow, by Fiona Barton
      103. The Witches of New York, by Ami McKay
      104. The Woman in Cabin 10, by Ruth Ware
      105. The Woman in the Library, by Sulari Gentill
      106. The Wonder, by Emma Donoghue
      107. The Woo Woo, by Lindsay Wong
      108. Yellowface, by R. F. Kuang