Book Clubs

Ames Free Library Book Club 

Meets every month, except July & August, on the 2nd Monday at 6:30 pm and the 2nd Wednesday at 1:30 pm, Learning Commons at Queset House, 51 Main Street.

We welcome all new members! Subscribe to the "AFL Book Club" e-newsletter to receive book club reminders and updates.

2019 Titles

*Denotes rescheduled date due to holiday

January 14 & 16	February 11 & 13	March 11 & 13
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell	Circe by Madeline Miller	An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
April 8 & 10	May 13 & 15	June 10 & 12
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris	Washington Black by Esi Edugyan	The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani
July	August	September 9 & 11
No meetings will be held this month	No meetings will be held this month	I Can't Breathe:  A Killing on Bay Street by Matt Taibbi
October 21 & 23*	November 18 & 20*	December 9 & 11
The Library Book by Susan Orlean	Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover	Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston

Council on Aging Book Club

Meets on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 1:00 pm, Frothingham Hall, 15 Barrows Street. We welcome all new members! Subscribe to the "Council on Aging Book Club" e-newsletter to receive book club reminders and updates.

2019 Titles

*Denotes rescheduled date due to holiday

January 22	February 26	March 26
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald	Circe  by Madeline Miller	That Kind of Mother by Rumaan Alam
April 23	May 28	June 25
The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel	The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden	Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li
July 22	August 27	September 24
Tin Man by Sarah Winman	Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng	A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
October 22	November 26	December 17*
Heartland: A Memoir by Sarah Smarsh	The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton	Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver

Mystery Book Club

Meets the last Thursday of every month at 3:00 pm, 1st Floor Presentation Room, Queset House, 51 Main Street. We welcome all new members! Subscribe to the "Mystery Book Club" e-newsletter to receive book club reminders and updates.

January through June 2019

January 31	February 28	March 28
The Attenbury Emeralds by Jill Paton Walsh	Mrs. Sherlock Holmes : The true story of New York City's greatest female detective and the 1917 missing girl case that captivated a nation by Brad Ricca	A Prayer for the Damned: A Mystery of Ancient Ireland by Peter Tremayne
April 25	May 30	June 27
Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo	The Professionals by Owen Laukkanen	The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware