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The Penfield Public Library has a special collection of books reserved just for book clubs. Borrow four to fifteen copies of any one title, and use a "Build Your Own Book Club" tote bag to carry them to your next meeting. The loan period for the books and sturdy tote bag is eight weeks. To check on the availability of a certain title, please call the Information Desk at (585) 340-8720. Peruse our selection of fiction and nonfiction book club titles below.

Fiction Titles
All the Light We Cannot See All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
Anything Is Possible Anything Is Possible
by Elizabeth Strout









Beekeeper of Aleppo The Beekeeper of Aleppo
by Christy Lefteri
Beautiful World Where Are You Beautiful World, Where Are You
by Sally Rooney









Book of Lost Names The Book of Lost Names
by Kristin Harmel
Chilbury Ladies' Choir The Chilbury Ladies' Choir
by Jennifer Ryan









Cloud Cuckoo Land Cloud Cuckoo Land
by Anthony Doerr
Cuban Affair The Cuban Affair
by Nelson DeMille









Eleanor Oliphant Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
by Gail Honeyman
   









Evvie Drake Starts Over Evvie Drake Starts Over
by Linda Holmes
Exit West Exit West
by Mohsin Hamid









Forest of Vanishing Stars The Forest of Vanishing Stars
by Kristin Harmel
Future Home of the Living God Future Home of the Living God
by Louise Erdrich









Gentleman in Moscow A Gentleman in Moscow
by Amor Towles
Girl In His Shadow The Girl In His Shadow
by Audrey Blake









The Girl with the Louding Voice The Girl with the Louding Voice
by Abi Dare
The Great Alone The Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah









Harlem Shuffle Harlem Shuffle
by Colson Whitehead
Hell of a Book Hell of a Book
by Jason Mott









House of Mirth The House of Mirth
by Edith Wharton
House of Names House of Names
by Colm Tóibín









Klara and the Sun Klara and the Sun
by Kazuo Ishiguro
My Antonia My Ántonia
by Willa Cather









My Name Is Lucy Barton My Name Is Lucy Barton
by Elizabeth Strout
News of the World News of the World
by Paulette Jiles









The Nickel Boys The Nickel Boys
by Colson Whitehead
The Nix The Nix
by Nathan Hill









Normal People Normal People
by Sally Rooney
Of Women and Salt Of Women and Salt
by Gabriela Garcia









Olive, Again Olive, Again
by Elizabeth Strout
Orphan Train Orphan Train
by Christina Baker Kline









Paris Library The Paris Library
by Janet Skeslien Charles
Peaces Peaces
by Helen Oyeyemi









Personal Librarian The Personal Librarian
by Marie Benedict
Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen









Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
by Katarina Bivald
Secret Chord The Secret Chord
by Geraldine Brooks









The Secrets We Kept The Secrets We Kept
by Lara Prescott
Sentence The Sentence
by Louise Erdrich









Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Summer Wives The Summer Wives
by Beatriz Williams









Sweetness of Water The Sweetness of Water
by Nathan Harris
The Tattooist of Auschwitz The Tattooist of Auschwitz
by Heather Morris









We Were the Lucky Ones We Were the Lucky Ones
by Georgia Hunter
Where the Crawdads Sing Where the Crawdads Sing
by Delia Owens









Nonfiction Titles
Adolfo Kaminsky Adolfo Kaminsky: A Forger's Life
by Sarah Kaminsky
Boys In the Boat The Boys In the Boat
by Daniel James Brown









Braiding Sweetgrass Braiding Sweetgrass
by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Cloister Walk The Cloister Walk
by Kathleen Norris









Dead Wake Dead Wake
by Eric Larson
Distance Between Us The Distance Between Us
by Reyna Grande









Doctors Blackwell The Doctors Blackwell
by Janice P. Nimura
Educated Educated: A Memoir
by Tara Westover









Feather Thief The Feather Thief
by Kirk Wallace Johnson
Fierce Love Fierce Love
by Jacqueline Lewis









Hidden Life of Trees The Hidden Life of Trees
by Peter Wohlleben
I Am Malala I Am Malala
by Malala Yousafzai









Just Mercy Just Mercy
by Bryan Stevenson
Library Book The Library Book
by Susan Orleans









Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
by Emmanuel Acho