Book Clubs

If you would like to form a book club at the library, please email. You may also call or stop by the library. If your club needs more copies of the book than are listed or would like to read a book not listed, we may be able to get them through Inter-Library Loan. The following sets are currently available at Paola Free Library:

  • The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes; Call number  F MOYES / LP MOYES; 8 copies available (4 regular print HB, 4 large print PB)
  • The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck; Call number  F BUCK;   8 copies available 
  • How to Be an American Housewife by Margaret Dilloway; Call number  F DILLOWAY;   6 copies available
  • The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh; Call number  F DIFFENBAUGH;    8 copies available
  • Left Neglected by Lisa Genova; Call number  F GENOVA ;   8 copies available
  • Life of Pi by Yann Martel;  Call number F MARTEL;    5 copies available
  • Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles; Call number   F TOWLES;   10 copies available
  • LOL  by Christy Dreiling; Call number  B DREILING;    5 copies available
  • Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan G. Gilmore; Call number  F GILMORE;  9 copies available
  • The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson; Call number  917.3 BRYSON;  13 copies available
  • A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman; Call number  F BACKMAN;    10 copies available
  • Memories of Malice by R. J. Rein; Call number  M REIN;   9 copies available
  • The Mole People by Jennifer Toth; Call number 305.5 TOTH;  10 copies available
  • Mrs. Queen Takes the Train by William Kuhn; Call number F KUHN;  6 copies available
  • My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman; Call number F BACKMAN;  11 copies available
  • Night by Elie Wiesel; Call number 940.531 WIESEL;   9 copies available
  • Orphan Number 8 by Kim van Alkemade; Call number  F ALKEMADE;   8 copies available
  • Peace like a River by Leif Enger; Call number  F ENGER;   8 copies available
  • The Rent Collector by Camron Steve Wright; Call number F WRIGHT;    11 copies available
  • Saving CeeCee Honeycutt  by Beth Hoffman; Call number  F HOFFMAN;   8 copies available
  • Still Alice by Lisa Genova; Call number F GENOVA;  7 copies available
  • The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin; Call number F ZEVIN;   8 copies available (plus guide book) 
  • The Turtle Warrior by Mary R. Ellis; Call number  F ELLIS;   7 copies available
  • Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand; Call number  940.54 HILLENBRAND;   8 copies available
  • Verity by Colleen Hoover; Call number  F HOOVER;   15 copies available
  • The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard; Call number  M PICKARD;    8 copies available
  • A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson; Call number  917.4 BRYSON;   14 copies available
  • Wild  by Cheryl Strayed; Call number  813.6 STRAYED;   12 copies available
  • Women of the Silk by Gail Tsukiyama; Call number  F TSUKIYAMA;   7 copies available
  • The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman; Call number  940.53 ACKERMAN;   13 copies available