Book Clubs
BoCo Eclectic Readers | Blue Ridge Library
Meets the 3rd Monday at 6:30 PM
The saying of this group? It’s True Crime All the Time! Lover of murder and mayhem? You’ve found the group for you. Unpack some of the gruesome murders and crimes that have taken place over the centuries. Our first session will highlight cases that hit close to home.
Date | True Crime Titles |
April | Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer |
May | Under Cover of the Night by Dianne Fanning |
June | For Alison by Andy Parker |
July | Star Crossed: The Story of Astronaut Lisa Nowak by Kimberly Moore |
August | American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica Hess |
BoCo Eclectic Readers | Buchanan Library
Meets the 1st Wednesday of each month at 12:00 PM.
We will have a recommended reading list and participants may choose what they want to read.
April: stories set in France |
My Life in France by Julia Child |
The Paris Library by Janet Charles Skeslien |
A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle |
May: stories set in the British Isles |
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro |
Longbourn by Jo Baker |
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett |
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear |
June: stories set in India |
Life of Pi by Yann Martel |
Siddhartha: a new translation by Hermann Hess |
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri |
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy |
July: stories set in Africa |
August: stories set in Iceland |
BoCo Eclectic Readers | Eagle Rock Library
Meets the 4th Thursday of each month at 11:00 AM.
Month | Appalachian Stories |
April | Gap Creek by Robert Morgan |
May | Clay's Quilt by Silas House |
Historic Fiction | |
June | The Last Garden in England by Julie Kelly |
July | West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge |
August | As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner |
BoCo Eclectic Readers | Fincastle Library
Meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 10:30 AM.
Love murder and mayhem, but don't want the details? Come to Fincastle Library's cozy mysteries book club where crime comes with a side of comedy.
Month | Book Titles |
April | The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly |
May | The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett |
June | Hope Harbor by Irene Hannon |
July | Summer by the Tides by Denise Hunter |
August | The Siren by Kiera Cass |