Lake Travis Community Library
2300 Lohman's Spur, Suite 100  Austin, TX 78734
Phone:  (512) 263-2885 
Fax:  (512) 535-3044

 

 

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Book Clubs


The library sponsors four adult book clubs and one teen book club.  New members are always welcome in all clubs! 

The Bottle of Wine Book Club usually meets the last Wednesday of the month at 7 PM.  Selections are listed below.  Please contact Susan Million for more information and location details at (512) 266-8630. 

The Classics Book Club usually meets the second Monday of every other month at 1 PM at 1 PM at Panera Bread in the Hill Country Galleria.  Upcoming selections are listed below.  For more information, contact Edie Tonnesen at (512) 264-3022.

The Friends Book Club meets the first Tuesday of each month at 10 AM at Lake Travis United Methodist Church (1502 Ranch Road 620 North).  The club takes a break in July and August and will reconvene the first Tuesday in September.  For more information about the group, please contact Joanne Hough at (512) 921-3660. 

The Glass of Wine Book Club usually meets the last Monday of the month at 7 PM.  Selections are listed below.  Contact Helen Kott at (512) 382-1227 for more information about the group and meeting location.

The Teen Book Club meets periodically on Sunday afternoons at 4 PM.  See Teen Programs for more information or call (512) 263-2885.


Upcoming Selections for the Bottle of Wine Book Club

Date Titles Authors
August 25 Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls
September 22 A Reliable Wife Robert Goolrick
October 27 Post-American World Fareed Zakaria

 


Upcoming Selections for the Classics Book Club

Date Titles Authors
September 13 The Chosen Chaim Potok
November 8 A Room with a View E.M. Forster
January 10 Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

 


Upcoming Selections for the Friends Book Club

Date Titles Authors Leader
September 7 Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Helen Simonson Sandy
October 5 Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson Pat
November 2 Saturday Ian McEwan Jeanie
December 7 The Moonflower Vine Jetta Carleton Dorothy
January 4 Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger Susan
February 1 The Stone Diaries Carol Shields Eileen
March 1 The Help Kathryn Stockett Carolyn
April 5 Lake Shore Limited Sue Miller Shirley
May 3 Now They Call Me Infidel and/or Abraham:  A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths Nonie Darwish/Bruce Feiler Joanne
Alternate Wildflower Mark Seal  

 


Upcoming Selections for the Glass of Wine Book Club

Date Titles Authors
August 2 The Namesake and/or The Reluctant Fundamentalist Jhumpa Lahiri/Mohsin Hamid
August 30 The Glass Castle and Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls

 


Here are some titles that have been popular with book clubs in the area:

  • Little Bee by Chris Cleave
  • Lit by Mary Karr
  • March by Geraldine Brooks
  • Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
  • Here If You Need Me by Kate Braestrup
  • Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
  • Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Barrows and Annie Barrows
  • I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron
  • A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
  • The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
  • The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

 

Lohman's Crossing Shopping Center  |  2300 Lohman's Spur, Suite 100, Austin, TX 78734
Phone: (512) 263-2885  |  Fax: (512) 535-3044