Upper Sandusky Community Library hosts two monthly book clubs. Copies of the monthly books are available upon request at the front desk in a variety of formats. The full list of past books read and the current schedules can be accessed below.
The Common Readers book discussion group meets on the third Tuesday of the month, except for July and December, at 6:30 p.m. New members are welcome anytime.
Once referred to as the Adult Book Discussion Group, the first meeting was held on Oct. 10, 1995. The current name was adopted in December 2001.
The 2024 Common Readers schedule is:
- Jan. 16: "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak
- Feb. 20: "Mad Honey" by Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan
- March 19: "The Diamond Eye" by Kate Quinn
- April 16: "George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring that Saved the American Revolution" by Brian Kilmeade & Don Yaeger
- May 21: "Lessons in Chemistry" by Bonnie Garmus
- June 18: "The Secret Book of Flora Lea" by Patti Callahan Henry
- Aug. 20: "The Witches: Salem, 1692" by Stacy Schiff
- Sept. 17: "The First Ladies" by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher
- Oct. 15: "Beartown" by Fredrik Backman
- Nov. 19: "A Woman Is No Man" by Etaf Rum
Do you have a favorite reading genre, but no one to talk about it with? Then make way for the Inglorious Bookworms Book Club and choose your own reading adventure. Each month will feature a different genre that you can dive into or skip. So whether romance makes you swoon, science fiction gets you going where no one has gone before, or mysteries have you donning a deerstalker hat, this book club is designed for your reading life.
Inglorious Bookworms Book Club meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month, except for July and December, at 6:00 p.m. at Don Tomasso's Italian Restaurant, 123 W. Wyandot Ave. This club focuses on different genres throughout the year. New members are welcome anytime.
Inglorious Bookworms was established in 2022 to meet the needs of readers who prefer genre reading.
The 2024 Inglorious Bookworms schedule is:
- Jan. 23 | Science Fiction: "Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir
- Feb. 28 | Romance: "The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches" by Sangu Mandanna
- March 27 | Mystery: "The Last Thing He Told Me" by Laura Dave
- April 24 | Horror: "The Outsider" by Stephen King
- Thursday, May 23 | Science Fiction: "Red Rising" by Pierce Brown
- June 26 | Fantasy: "Every Heart a Doorway" by Seanan McGuire
- Aug. 28 | Dystopian: "Swan Song" by Robert R. McCammon
- Sept. 25 | Fantasy: "The Lies of the Ajungo" by Moses Ose Utomi
- Oct. 23 | Horror: "Dead Silence" by S.A. Barnes
- Nov. 20 | Mystery: "Open and Shut" by David Rosenfelt