Call-in Book Club Series
TBP Book Club is currently a call-in format. We will give you a phone number to call and join us via conference call. The only technology you need to join the Book Club is a telephone!
When you are ordering a title for TBP Book Club, let us know so we can get the title out to you as soon as possible. All selected titles are also available for download from BARD. Whether ordering or downloading, please let us know if you plan on joining our book club discussion.
Please contact a Reader's Advisory Librarian at 1-800-252-9605 or at tbp.ral@tsl.texas.gov with any questions or to RSVP.
See the previous titles our Book Club has read
Upcoming English Book Club Titles
**Dates subject to change**
August 10, 2017 (Thursday), 7:00-8:00 p.m. Central
Friendswood by Rene Steinke
Friendswood, Texas, is a small Gulf Coast town of church suppers, oil rigs on the horizon, hurricane weather, and high school football games. When a local disaster threatens the peace, it pulls on the common thread that runs through the community. The town learns that the actions of a few can change the lives and well-being of many. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2014. DBC 02749; LB 07975
October 12, 2017 (Thursday), 7:00-8:00 p.m. Central
Road to Character by David Brooks
The author of The Social Animal (DB 72914) looks at the lives of ten famous men and women known for having overcome personal weakness to achieve outward success and inner worth. Each exemplifies humility, hard work, and devotion to a cause. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. Some violence, some strong language and some descriptions of sex. DB 81325; LB 08536
2017 English Book Club Selections
** Dates subject to change **
February 7, 2017 (Tuesday)
Me Before You
Jojo Moyes
Working-class English girl Louisa “Lou” Clark is hired as an aide to wealthy Will Traynor, a former mogul who has been paralyzed since a road accident. Lou tries to keep the embittered Will engaged with the world, while Will encourages Lou to expand her horizons. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2012. BR 19900; DB 7616122
March 7, 2017 (Tuesday)
Read Across Texas: The Veteran Experience (https://www.tsl.texas.gov/readacrosstexas)
You Know When the Men are Gone
Siobhan Fallon
There is an army of women waiting for their men to return in Fort Hood, Texas. Through a series of loosely interconnected stories, Fallon takes the readers onto the base, inside the homes, into the marriages and families not seen by the public. When the men are gone, babies still cry, telephones ring, Saturday morning cartoons screech, but without the men, there is a sense of muted silence, a sense of muted life. Strong language, violence and some descriptions of sex. 2011. DT 07103; LB 06759
April 6, 2017 (Thursday)
Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Daniel Brown
Recounts the accomplishments of nine working-class athletes from the University of Washington who beat elite teams at home and abroad and won the gold medal for rowing at the 1936 Nazi-orchestrated Berlin Olympics. Bestseller. 2013. DB 77138
June 6, 2017 (Tuesday)
One-Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Jonas Jonasson
Sweden. On his one-hundredth birthday, former demolitions expert Allan Karlsson escapes from an old folks’ home, steals a suitcase filled with money, and begins a madcap adventure running from criminals and the police. Originally published in Swedish in 2009. Some strong language. 2012. DB 75820; LB 07275
August 10, 2017 (Thursday)
Friendswood
Rene Steinke
Friendswood, Texas, is a small Gulf Coast town of church suppers, oil rigs on the horizon, hurricane weather, and high school football games. When a local disaster threatens the peace, it pulls on the common thread that runs through the community. The town learns that the actions of a few can change the lives and well-being of many. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2014. DBC 02749; LB 07975
October 12, 2017 (Thursday)
Road to Character
David Brooks
The author of The Social Animal (DB 72914) looks at the lives of ten famous men and women known for having overcome personal weakness to achieve outward success and inner worth. Each exemplifies humility, hard work, and devotion to a cause. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. Some violence, some strong language and some descriptions of sex. DB 81325; LB 08536
December 5, 2017 (Tuesday)
Did You Ever Have a Family
Bill Clegg
The night before her daughter’s wedding, June Reid loses her entire family when a fire destroys their home. Numb, she takes off across the country. But June is not the only one affected by the tragedy, and multiple stories weave together a picture of the disaster. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2015. BR 21238; DB 82942