Join us Thursday, August 15 from 2-4 pm, at Skokie Public Library for a discussion of The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Allyson Coan will lead the book discussion. Nicole Steeves will lead the discussion on the leadership topic: How do you prepare for book discussions? Please bring a list of resources you

  Looking for great books for discussion that readers in your group haven’t already discovered?   Check out our list of “under the radar” book discussion gems compiled in 2019 and our list of lesser-known book discussion titles compiled in 2016

  Join us Tuesday, April 16, from 2-4 pm, at Itasca Community Library for a discussion of Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh.   RSVP to Carrie Straka (cstraka@itascalibrary.org)   Find more details on the ARRT Book Club Study page  

Save the dates! Check out our 2019 Book Club Study schedule… Winter Book Discussion: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond. Tuesday, February 26th, 2-4 p.m. Oak Park Public Library Spring Book Discussion: Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh. Tuesday, April 16th, 2-4 p.m. Itasca Community Library Summer Book Discussion: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh

Join us Tuesday, February 26, from 2-4 pm, at Oak Park Public Library for a discussion of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond. RSVP to Margita Lidaka (mlidaka@oppl.org) Find more details on the ARRT Book Club Study page

  Join us Wednesday, November 7, from 2-4 pm, at Stickney-Forest View Public Library for a discussion of The Leavers by Lisa Ko. RSVP to Sonia Reppe (reppes@sfvpld.org) Find more details on the ARRT Book Club Study page  

Please join us for a discussion of My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 by Emil Ferris led by Mike Hominick. Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ’60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster magazines iconography. Karen Reyes tries to solve the

  Notes from the January Book Club Study are now available.   Read about the discussion of Exit West and the topic of discussing “best” books.  

Think romance isn’t discussable?  Let us prove you wrong with A Distant Heart by Sonali Dev!  Sonali is a local Naperville author who writes romances with a Bollywood flavor that tackle big issues perfect for any book club to discuss. Sonali’s novels often win starred reviews and have been listed on Library Journal, NPR, Washington Post and Kirkus Best Books of the year lists.