Book Discussions

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…

All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

Books & Brews Book Discussion: All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

Tuesday, June 3 at 7 PM Browndog Barlor, 120 E. Main St, Northville, MI, 48167 Books and Brews Book Discussion: All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers FICTION A journalist uncovers her hometown’s dark secrets when she becomes obsessed with the unsolved murder of her childhood neighbor. e-audiobook available on Libby e-book available on Libby Register…

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Between the Lines Book Discussion: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Monday, June 9 at 7 PM As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these lenses of knowledge together…

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

The Next Chapter: A 55+ Book Discussion Group: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Wednesday, June 18 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…

Cultish by Amanda Montell

Books & Brews Book Discussion: Cultish by Amanda Montell

Tuesday, July 1 at 7 PM Books and Brews Book Discussion: Cultish by Amanda Montell NONFICTION Linguist Amanda Montell analyzes the social science of cult influence: how “cultish” groups, from Jonestown and Scientologists to SoulCycle and social media gurus, use language as the ultimate form of power. e-audiobook available on Hoopla e-book available on Hoopla Register…

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Between the Lines Book Discussion: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Monday, July 14 at 7 PM In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family’s orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater…

Smoke gets in your eyes and other lessons from the crematory by Caitlin Doughty

The Next Chapter: A 55+ Book Discussion Group: Smoke gets in your eyes and other lessons from the crematory by Caitlin Doughty

Wednesday, July 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…

The Friday Night Club by Lundberg, Sofia

From Page to Palette Book Club

Wednesday, July 23 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…

Bear by Julia Phillips

Books & Brews Book Discussion: Bear by Julia Phillips

Tuesday, August 5 at 7 PM Books and Brews Book Discussion: Bear by Julia Phillips FICTION In Bear by Julia Phillips, two sisters face grief and transformation on a remote island, confronting nature, family secrets, and their own wild instincts. e-audiobook available on Libby e-book available on Libby Register for Books & Brews Book Discussion: Bear by Julia Phillips.

Real Americans by Rachel Khong

Between the Lines Book Discussion: Real Americans by Rachel Khong

Monday, August 11 at 7 PM Real Americans begins on the precipice of Y2K in New York City, when twenty-two-year-old Lily Chen, an unpaid intern at a slick media company, meets Matthew. Matthew is everything Lily is not: easygoing and effortlessly attractive, a native East Coaster and, most notably, heir to a vast pharmaceutical empire.…

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

Community Reads

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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Previous Books & Brews Book Discussions

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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

From Page to Palette Book Club Discussions

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