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