Welcome to the Ames Free Library's Book Clubs page! We have a number of book clubs to suit many reading tastes:
Ames Free Library Book Club | Council on Aging Book Club | Mystery Book Club | Ames Free Library Nonfiction Book Club
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 |
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Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell |
by Madeline Miller |
by Tayari Jones |
| May 13 & 15 | June 10 & 12 | |
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by Heather Morris |
by Esi Edugyan |
by Leila Slimani |
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by Matt Taibbi |
| October 21 & 23* | November 18 & 20* | |
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by Susan Orlean |
by Tara Westover |
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 |
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by Helen Macdonald |
by Madeline Miller |
by Rumaan Alam |
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| May 28 | June 25 | |
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by Michael Finkel |
by Katherine Arden |
by Lillian Li |
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| August 27 | September 24 | |
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by Sarah Winman |
by Celeste Ng |
by Fatima Farheen Mirza |
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| November 26 | December 17* | |
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by Sarah Smarsh |
by Kate Morton |
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 |
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by Jill Paton Walsh |
The true story of New York City's greatest female detective and the 1917 missing girl case that captivated a nation by Brad Ricca |
by Peter Tremayne |
| April 25 | May 30 | June 27 |
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by Linda Castillo |
by Owen Laukkanen |
by Ruth Ware |
July through December 2019
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Mixed Genre |
Thriller/Noir |
Police Procedural |
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by Tony Hillerman |
by Niklas Natt och Dag |
by Martin Walker |
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Nonfiction |
Holiday |
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by Barbara Hambly |
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe |
by Susan Wittig Albert |
Ames Free Library Nonfiction Book Club
Meets the second Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m., 1st Floor Presentation Room, Queset House, 51 Main Street. We welcome all new members!
Join us for our first meeting on Thursday, June 13 at 6:30 pm. Pick up a copy of July's selection and help us choose books for next year! Refreshments provided.
| July 11 | August 8 | September 12 |
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by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich |
by Abdi Nor Iftin |
The Hunt for the New Bedford Highway Serial Killer by Maureen Boyle |
| October 10 | November 14 | December 12 |
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Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro |
One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara |
by Ijeoma Oluo |
