The public libraries listed below have indicated that they own book discussion sets they are willing to loan to other libraries in Connecticut (please contact the library directly for details). For a listing by book title, go to Book Discussion Sets in Connecticut - a Listing By Title Cragin Memorial Library, Colchester, contact Joann Koch. Easton Public Library. Search catalog, use "Book Discussion Group" as category. Ferguson Library, Stamford. Groton Public Library, for a list of titles type in "book discussion" in the search box (8-10 copies of each title). Contact, Judy Kelmelis. Huntington Branch, Plumb Library in Shelton. Contact Geri Roberts. New Canaan Public Library, click on Featured Lists, click on Book Group Collection. Contact Phebe Kirkham. Russell Library, Middletown. Contact Janet Cavanagh. Derby Neck Library, contact Patricia Sweeney. Hamden - Miller Memorial Library, contact Pamela Ross Salem Public Library, contact Margaret Leary Windsor Public Library, contact Leanne Costello For additions and corrections to this list, please contact WebJuntion CT.
Links to collection lists at these libraries:
Westport Public Library.
Willimantic Library Service Center (most sets are for children, but some are for adults).
Book Sets available at these libraries:
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Dante Club 13 copies
The Known World 20 copies
The Life of Pi 20 copies
The Namesake 13 copies
Snow in August 12 copies
Pearl Diver 10 copies
Somers Public Library, contact Kathy Caruso (som-ill@biblio.org)
All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg - 20 copies
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt - 10 copies
Summer Before the Dark by Doris Lessing - 15 copies
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene - 15 copies
No Country for Young Men by Julia O'Faolain - 14 copies
Thompson Public Library, contact Alison Boutaugh
The Dead Letter, and The Figure Eight / Metta Fuller Victor - 10 copies
Breath, Eyes and Memory, by Edwidge Danticat - 6 copies
The Color of Water, by James McBride - 34 copies
The Buffalo Soldier, by Chris Bohjalian - 37 copies
Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston - 20 copies
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A directory of libraries with collections of books intended for Book Group discussions. The libraries listed here have multiple copies of books used in previous book group discussion series.
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