Book Clubs
THE LAST WEDNESDAY BOOK CLUB
The Last Tuesday Book Club meets at the library on the last Wednesday of the month at noon in the library program room. Members of the book club vote on book titles in the spring for the upcoming year. The book club meets starting in September and lastly in the month of May- no discussion group in December. The Library will obtain the needed copies of books for each member of the book club, but members are welcome to source their own physical or electronic copies.
BOOK TITLES FOR 2025-2026
2025
SEPTEMBER- BOOK OF YOUR OWN CHOICE
OCTOBER- "SHORT NIGHTS OF THE SHADOW CATCHER" BY TIMOTHY EAGAN
NOVEMBER- "SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE" BY CLAIRE KEEGAN
2026
JANUARY- "THE ART THIEF" BY MICHAEL FINKEL
FEBRUARY- "THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY" BY SHAFFER & BARROWS
MARCH- "THE BIG BURN" BY TIMOTHY EAGAN
APRIL- "GO SET A WATCHMAN" BY HARPER LEE
MAY- "THE FORGOTTEN STORM" BY WALLACE AKIN
SUMMER BREAK
If you would like to join the book club please stop in to the library, call us at 319-656-3501 or email the director at director@kalonalibrary.org
THE LAST MONDAY BOOK CLUB
The Last Monday Book Club is a fiction book club that meets at the library on the last Monday of the month at 1 pm in the library's program room. Members of the book club vote on book titles in the spring for the upcoming year. The book club meets every month. The Library will obtain the needed copies of books for each member of the book club, but members are welcome to source their own physical or electronic copies.
BOOK TITLES FOR 2025
DECEMBER 2024- "WEST WITH GIRAFFES" BY LYNDA RUTLEDGE
JANUARY- "APPLES NEVER FALL" BY LIANE MORIARTY
FEBRUARY- "THE BOOK OF LOST NAMES" BY KRISTIN HARMEL
MARCH- "THEN SHE WAS GONE" BY LISA JEWELL
APRIL- "THE BOOK WOMEN'S DAUGHTER" BY KIM MICHELLE RICHARDSON
MAY- "THE SILENT PATIENT" BY ALEX MICHAELIDES
JUNE- "THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMMAGE OF HAROLD FRY" BY RACHEL JOYCE
JULY- "THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME" BY LAURA DAVE
AUGUST- "GUERNSEY LITERARY & POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY" BY BARROWS & SHAFFER
SEPTEMBER- "THURSDAY MURDER CLUB" BY RICHARD OSMAN
OCTOBER- "THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10" BY RUTH WARE
NOVEMBER- "THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART TIME INDIAN" BY SHEMAN ALEXIE
DECEMBER- "MARCH" BY GERALDINE BROOKS