Bethalto Public Library

BOOK CLUBS

The Bethalto Public Library has three Book Clubs. They are informal discussion groups. Copies of selected books may be checked out at the Library beginning approximately four weeks before the discussion date. Everyone is welcome.

Original Book Club

  • Monthly
  • First Tuesday of the month
  • 6:30pm - in the Great Room

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July 1, 2025

The Only One Left

by Riley Sager

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August 5, 2025

The Homecoming

by Kate Morton

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September 2, 2025

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

by Gabrielle Zevin

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October 7, 2025

Dead Wake

by Erik Larson

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November 4, 2025

The Frozen River

by Ariel Lawhon

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December 2, 2025

In Five Years

by Rebecca Serle

Past Book Club Selections, since October 2000

Just Another Book Club

  • Monthly
  • Third Wednesday of the month
  • 10:00am - in the Great Room

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July 16, 2025

Babel

by R.F. Kuang

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August 20, 2025

Nothing to See Here

by Kevin Wilson

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September 17, 2025

Good Material

by Dolly Alderton

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October 15, 2025

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

by Grady Hendrix

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November 19, 2025

The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

by Annie Lyons

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December 17, 2025

The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

by Ally Carter

Past Book Club Selections, since June 2022

True Crime Book Club

  • Monthly
  • First Thursday of the Month
  • 6:00pm - in the Little House. Enter through the ramp door at the back of the house.

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July 3, 2025

My Time to Stand

by Gypsy-Rose Blanchard

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August 7, 2025

Furious Hours

by Casey Cep

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September 4, 2025

The Good Nurse

by Charles Graeber

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October 2, 2025

The Best Minds

by Jonathan Rosen

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November 6, 2025

Burned

by Edward Humes

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December 4, 2025

The House of My Mother

by Shari Franke

Past Book Club Selections, since November 2023

Not Your Mother's Book Club

  • For Teens and Young Adults
  • This book club is not currently meeting. Please let us know if you have an interest in it.

Past Book Club Selections, since July 2023