Adult Services Book Discussion Kits

The Oswego Public Library District has discussion kits available for those who need multiple copies of books for discussion groups. The kits include a tote bag, up to 10 copies of the book, discussion questions, information about the author, and sometimes other materials to enhance the reading experience. Please contact Adult Services at 630-978-1024 for more information or to reserve a kit.

Guidelines for Use

The loan period for book discussion kits is 6 weeks. They may not be renewed.
Holds may not be placed on book discussion kits. However, kits may be reserved in advance by contacting Adult Services.
Reserved kits should be picked up at the Adult Services Desk and taken to the Circulation Desk for checkout.
Kits are checked out to one person. Members of the group should get their books from the person who checked out the kit. Discussion kit books are checked out only as part of the kit, not individually.
The person who checks out the kit is responsible for returning the complete kit.
The fine for overdue book discussion kits is 20¢ per item per day, including the bag, each book, and any other material checked out as part of the kit. There is no grace period.

Title List of Adult Services Book Discussion Kits

Please click on a book title to link to the Oswego Public Library District catalog, where you'll find plot summaries and reviews.

A – C D – F G – I J – L M – O P – R S – U V - Z

Adult Services Book Discussion Kits

Guidelines for Use

Title List of Adult Services Book Discussion Kits

A - C

All Other Nights by Dara Horn

All Over But the Shoutin’ by Rick Bragg

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

Astor Place Vintage by Stephanie Lehmann NEW!

The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin NEW!

Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo NEW!

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diáz NEW!

The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

Cage of Stars by Jacquelyn Mitchard

Case Histories by Kate Atkinson NEW!

The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton

Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland

The Circus Fire by Stewart O’Nan

Cutting for Stone by A. Verghese

D – F

Death Comes to Pemberley by P. D. James

Defending Jacob by William Landay NEW!

Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Expats by Chris Pavone NEW!

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas

G – I

Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

J – L

Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez with Kristin Ohlson

The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Little Children by Tom Perrotta

Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish

Loving Frank by Nancy Horan

M – O

Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear

Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson

March by Geraldine Brooks

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal NEW!

Mrs. Kennedy and Me by Clint Hill

My Ántonia by Willa Cather

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

Orphan Train by Christina Kline

P – R

The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi NEW!

Please Look After Mom by Kyung-sook Shin

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Room by Emma Donoghue

S – U

Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

Seabiscuit by Lauren Hillenbrand

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani

The Sinking of the Eastland by Jay R. Bonansinga

Small Island by Andrea Levy

Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett NEW!

Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner

The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult

Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows