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

picture of a book cover titled What Happened to the Bennetts

Movie and Potluck

January 7, 2025

Death on the Nile

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February 4, 2025

The Institute

by Stephen King

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March 4, 2025

The Seven Year Slip

by Ashley Poston

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April 1, 2025

Lady Tan's Circle of Women

by Lisa See

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May 6, 2025

The Ferryman

by Justin Cronin

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June 3, 2025

Horse

by Geraldine Brooks

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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January 15, 2025

West with Giraffes

by Lynda Rutledge

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February 19, 2025

White Ivy

by Susie Yang

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March 19, 2025

When Ghosts Come Home

by Wiley Cash

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April 16, 2025

The Push

by Ashley Audrain

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May 21, 2025

Black Cake

by Charmaine Wilkerson

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June 18, 2025

Circe

by Madeline Miller

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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January 2, 2025

Little, Crazy Children

by James Renner

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February 6, 2025

Not Lost Forever

by Carmina Salcido

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March 6, 2025

Helltown

by Casey Sherman

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April 3, 2025

Killers of the Flower Moon

by David Grann

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May 1, 2025

Small Sacrifices

by Ann Rule

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June 5, 2025

My Story

by Elizabeth Smart

Past Book Club Selections, since November 2023

Not Your Mother's Book Club

  • Periodically
  • For Teens and Young Adults
  • Times vary

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July 14, 2023

The Grace Year

by Kim Liggett

Past Book Club Selections, since July 2023