The Goodnow Library offers several choices of book clubs for all ages and interests. If you are interested in starting a new book club, please let us know!
Book Groups for Adults
The Bookies
The Bookies: A group that easily goes undercover while reading books you can really bet on. Read ’em and weep, or laugh… have fun, get smart! Feel free to ask for a copy from Randy LeSage, Group Leader. We hope you will attend and enjoy a lively, informal discussion!
The Bookies typically meet once a month on Monday morning. Please check our online calendar for future dates and details. Start time is 11AM. Please contact Randy LeSage at [email protected] for more information.
The Bookies will be reading Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President next and will meet to discuss on November 2nd, 2026.
The Goodnow True Crime Book Club
Due to the popular demand of podcasts, such as “My Favorite Murder” and TV series like Tiger King, we are offering this book club for our readers with an interest in True Crime. Each month, the group will choose a book (or books) about a particular crime to read and discuss. The True Crime Book Club usually meets online on the second Wednesday of each month.
Registration is required through our online calendar.
The Goodnow True Crime Book Club will be reading Too Pretty To Live: The Catfish Murders of East Tennessee by Dennis Brooks next and will meet to discuss on November 18th, 2026.
The Great American Read Book Club
Welcome to The Great American Read Book Club! Inspired by PBS’ The Great American Read, we will spend each month reading and discussing a book from the list of America’s 100 most-loved books. The Great American Read Book Club usually meets online on the third Thursday of each month.
Registration for each session is required through our online calendar.
The Great American Read Book Club will be reading The Eye of the World: The Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan and will meet to discuss on November 19th, 2026.
The Goodnow Grub Club
The Goodnow cookbook club is back! The revamped Goodnow Grub Club will meet on the 2nd Friday of every month at noon.
Each month a cookbook is selected and will be listed with the author’s website for additional recipe ideas. Members will cook one recipe from the selected cookbook, or from another cookbook published by the same author, and will bring the food to Goodnow Library to enjoy as a club. All members will discuss what it was like cooking the recipes, what they learned, and bond over great food and company!
The Goodnow Grub Club will be using I’ll Bring the Apps by Marissa Mullen and Salty, Cheesy, Herby, Crispy Snackable Bakes by Jessie Sheehan and will meet to eat and discuss on November 13th, 2026.
Book Groups for Kids
The Children’s department offers three monthly book groups for our elementary age patrons: Book Buddies for 1st graders, Next Chapter for 2nd and 3rd graders, and Page Turners for 4th and 5th graders. The kids get to help pick the book selections and then meet to discuss over snacks one evening each month. Each group will play a game, or complete a fun activity related to the book, and we’ve even been fortunate enough to have local authors visit the groups! Registration is required for each session through our online calendar and the books can be picked up at the children’s desk.
Book Groups for Teens
The Teen department offers a monthly book club for teens. We’ll meet to discuss over snacks one afternoon each month. Registration is required for each session through our online calendar and the books can be picked up in the teen area.