Book Discussions

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Books & Brews Book Discussion: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Tuesday, April 1 at 7 PM Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Electrifying, funny, and…

Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips

Between the Lines Book Discussion: Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips

Monday, April 14 at 7 PM PULITZER PRIZE WINNER – LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION – A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “A tour de force.” –Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage In 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, renegades…

The Wager by David Grann

The Next Chapter: A 55+ Book Discussion Group: The Wager by David Grann

Wednesday, April 16 at 11 AM Northville Community Center, 303 W Main St, Northville, MI, 48167 Join us for our monthly 55+ book discussion group, The Next Chapter, in collaboration with Northville Senior Services. We will meet at the Community Center the third Wednesday of each month at 11 AM. We plan to alternate fiction…

Banyan Moon by Thao Thai

Books & Brews Book Discussion: Banyan Moon by Thao Thai

Tuesday, May 6 at 7 PM Books and Brews Book Discussion: Banyan Moon by Thao Thai FICTION A sweeping, evocative debut novel following three generations of Vietnamese American women reeling from the death of their matriarch, revealing the family’s inherited burdens, buried secrets, and unlikely love stories. e-book available on Hoopla e-audiobook available on Hoopla Register for…

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Between the Lines Book Discussion: Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Monday, May 12 at 7 PM “Hard to put down, harder to forget.” — Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author White lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences… Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn’t write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most certainly not Asian…

Stealing the Scream by Theodore Carter

From Page to Palette Book Club: Stealing the Scream by Theodore Carter

Wednesday, May 14 at 6:30 PM Join the Northville Art House and the Northville District Library at the Northville Art House for an art-inspired book club. Meeting bi-monthly, this book club will focus on fiction inspired by art history’s most famous (and infamous) figures and styles. Participants will see the story come to life through…

Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese

The Next Chapter: A 55+ Book Discussion Group: Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese

Wednesday, May 21 at 11 AM Join us for our monthly 55+ book discussion group, The Next Chapter, in collaboration with Northville Senior Services. We will meet at the Community Center the third Wednesday of each month at 11 AM. We plan to alternate fiction and non-fiction titles. This month’s selection is Hester by Laurie Lico…

Find all of this year's selected titles in Overdrive here.

Community Reads LogoThe Neighborhood Library Association (NLA) is a group of seven area libraries in a collaborative partnership. Our goal is to bring members of our communities together to read and discuss the same book in an annual Community Reads. These seven libraries also encourage community members to come together for events and programs related to that year’s book. The seven libraries composing the NLA are Commerce Township Community Library, Lyon Township Public Library, Northville District Library, Novi Public Library, Salem-South Lyon District Library, Walled Lake City Library, and Wixom Public Library.

Visit the Neighborhood Library Association’s Community Reads website for more information.

Book Club on the Go

Book Club on the Go

Complete list of book kit titles

  • Each kit contains 8 copies of fiction or non-fiction titles chosen based on professional reviews, award lists, and recommendations from Northville book group members.
  • Each kit includes a folder with book discussion questions, author biography, and book reviews.
  • The kits are checked out to one person who is responsible for all of the materials.
  • The kits check out for 6 weeks. Kits can be placed on hold. Kits can be renewed once if no holds exist.
  • New kits with new titles will be added throughout the year.
  • Single copies of the books may not be checked out from the kit.
  • The kit must be returned with all materials.
  • Items from the kit cannot be returned separately. Incomplete kits will not be accepted and will incur fines once the due date is reached. Overdue Book Group kits will be fined $1.00 a day to a maximum of $25.00 Replacement cost of an entire kit is $100.00. Replacement costs of individual items will depend on the cost of the missing/damaged item.

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  • The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World by Laura Imai Messina
  • Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad
  • Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan
  • A Burning by Megha Majumdar
  • I Live a Life Like Yours : A Memoir by Jan Grue
  • Pew by Catherine Lacey
  • Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
2021
  • In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
  • A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom by Brittany K. Barnett
  • The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
  • Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
  • Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo
  • The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
2020
  • Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas
  • A Place For Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
  • There There by Tommy Orange
  • All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole Chung
  • Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson
2019
  • Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
  • Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
  • The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce
  • The Power by Naomi Alderman
  • Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
  • Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas
2018
  • The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Woo by Junot Diaz
  • The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
  • Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
  • Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
  • Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
  • Beartown by Fredrik Backman
2017
  • Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
  • The Circle by Dave Eggers
  • Walden on Wheels by Ken Ilgunas
  • The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth McKenzie
  • Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Previous Next Chapter Book Discussions

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  • The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
  • Mika In Real Life by Emiko Jean
  • Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver
  • A Long Petal of the Sea, by Isabel Allende
  • Say Nothing: a True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, by Patrick Radden Keefe
  • Scarlet in Blue by Jennifer Murphy
  • Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
  • The Innocents by Michael Crummey
  • The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
2022
  • Maniac by Harold Schechter
  • The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
  • Fordlandia by Greg Grandin
  • The River by Peter Heller

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