The Southington Library has a wide selection of in-house book group titles available to borrow. If your book group is interested in reserving titles not included on our in-house list, please read and follow our book group guidelines below. Scroll down to see our extensive list of books.
The Book Club Collection can be found on the second floor at the end of the adult fiction collection. The books in this collection are available for checkout as sets by anyone.
The Southington Library has a wide selection of in-house book group titles available to borrow. If your book group is interested in reserving titles not included on our in-house list, please read and follow our book group guidelines below. Scroll down to see our extensive list of books.
The Book Club Collection can be found on the second floor at the end of the adult fiction collection. The books in this collection are available for checkout as sets by anyone.
Book Group Guidelines
In order to serve book groups to the best of our ability, we require all book groups to follow the guidelines below:
If requests are submitted less than 3 weeks prior to the requested pick-up date, the title must be available from our in-house book group collection. Due to unpredictable shipping and processing times, requests made less than 3 weeks in advance cannot be guaranteed to arrive in time.
Book picks with a publication date of less than 1 year prior cannot be guaranteed to arrive. Many libraries in our consortium will not loan new books to other libraries. Popular books with long waitlists will be denied. When submitting a request, please have an alternate pick ready.
Book groups are always welcome to submit a list in advance. Doing so allows the book group librarian to make sure all picks will be available well in advance or to make appropriate suggestions to help your book group get the books you want. When submitting a list in advance, once it is okayed, we will keep a copy and make sure the books arrive when your group is ready to pick them up.
- Requests must be made to the librarian in charge of book groups at least 3 weeks prior to the requested pick up date.
- Books must have been published at least 1 year prior to the requested date.
- Books are picked up at and checked out from the Circulation Desk.
If requests are submitted less than 3 weeks prior to the requested pick-up date, the title must be available from our in-house book group collection. Due to unpredictable shipping and processing times, requests made less than 3 weeks in advance cannot be guaranteed to arrive in time.
Book picks with a publication date of less than 1 year prior cannot be guaranteed to arrive. Many libraries in our consortium will not loan new books to other libraries. Popular books with long waitlists will be denied. When submitting a request, please have an alternate pick ready.
Book groups are always welcome to submit a list in advance. Doing so allows the book group librarian to make sure all picks will be available well in advance or to make appropriate suggestions to help your book group get the books you want. When submitting a list in advance, once it is okayed, we will keep a copy and make sure the books arrive when your group is ready to pick them up.
Book Group Titles
Last Updated June 2025
Agatha Arch is Afraid of Everything by Kristin Bair (5)
All Adults Here by Emma Straub (8)
The Amish Wife : Unraveling the Lies, Secrets… by Gregg Olsen (8) [nonfiction]
Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson (7)
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins (7)
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini (8)
Angels of the Pacific by Elise Hooper (6)
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman (6)
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (6)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (9)
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (12)
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (10)
Boop and Eve’s Road Trip by Mary Helen Sheriff (5)
Boston Girl by Anita Diamant (8)
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown (8) [nonfiction]
The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout (8)
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (7)
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick (7)
Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay (7)
Educated by Tara Westover (8) [nonfiction]
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (13)
Every Now and Then by Lesley Kagen (5)
Fencing with the King by Diana Abu Jaber (7)
Fragile by Lisa Unger (8)
Free Lunch by Rex Ogle (10)
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (10)
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel (7)
The Girls in the Stilt House by Kelly Mustian (10)
The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr (12)
Good Night, Irene by Luis Urrea (12)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer (7)
Hamnet by Maggie O’ Farrell (13)
Happy People Read and Drink Coffee by Agnes Martin-Lugand (8)
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly (8) [nonfiction]
The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden (12)
The Housemates by Teun Toebes (9) [nonfiction]
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloo (8) [nonfiction]
In the Shadow of the Greenbrier by Emily Matchar (12)
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (8)
Joy for Beginners by Erica Bauermeister (8)
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Gran (8) [nonfiction]
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom (8)
The Last Time I Saw You by Elizabeth Berg (9)
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (8)
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman (7)
The Lioness of Boston by Emily Franklin (6)
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly (9)
Lion & Lamb by James Patterson (8)
Little Bee by Chris Cleave (9)
The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia by Juliet Grames (8)
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (8)
The Lost Summers of Newport by Beatriz Williams (6)
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult (8)
The Maid by Nita Prose (10)
Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan (9)
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (6)
The Martian by Andy Weir (10)
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (8)
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd (8)
My House in Umbria by William Trevor (9)
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (9)
The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose (8)
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (8)
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (10)
The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict (5)
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline (7)
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain (7)
The Pilot’s Wife by Anita Shreve (6)
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (12)
Room by Emma Donoghue (9)
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay (8)
Sea Change by Karen White (9)
The Second Mrs. Astor by Shana Abé (9)
Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda (5)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (8)
Shanghai Girls by Lisa See (8)
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (5)
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett (8)
Still Life by Louise Penny (7)
Still Alice by Lisa Genova (7)
These Ghosts are Family by Maisy Card (11)
Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (6)
Toward That Which is Beautiful by Marian O’Shea Wernicke (5)
Unbroken: A World War II Story by Laura Hillenbrand (8) [nonfiction]
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (5)
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (9)
West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge (8)
When Stars Rain Down by Angela Jackson-Brown (6)
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (10)
Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (7)
Wild: From Lost to Found by Cheryl Strayed (8) [nonfiction]
The Women by Kristen Hannah (6)
The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman (8)
Agatha Arch is Afraid of Everything by Kristin Bair (5)
All Adults Here by Emma Straub (8)
The Amish Wife : Unraveling the Lies, Secrets… by Gregg Olsen (8) [nonfiction]
Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson (7)
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins (7)
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini (8)
Angels of the Pacific by Elise Hooper (6)
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman (6)
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (6)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (9)
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (12)
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (10)
Boop and Eve’s Road Trip by Mary Helen Sheriff (5)
Boston Girl by Anita Diamant (8)
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown (8) [nonfiction]
The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout (8)
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (7)
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick (7)
Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay (7)
Educated by Tara Westover (8) [nonfiction]
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (13)
Every Now and Then by Lesley Kagen (5)
Fencing with the King by Diana Abu Jaber (7)
Fragile by Lisa Unger (8)
Free Lunch by Rex Ogle (10)
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (10)
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel (7)
The Girls in the Stilt House by Kelly Mustian (10)
The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr (12)
Good Night, Irene by Luis Urrea (12)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer (7)
Hamnet by Maggie O’ Farrell (13)
Happy People Read and Drink Coffee by Agnes Martin-Lugand (8)
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly (8) [nonfiction]
The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden (12)
The Housemates by Teun Toebes (9) [nonfiction]
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloo (8) [nonfiction]
In the Shadow of the Greenbrier by Emily Matchar (12)
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (8)
Joy for Beginners by Erica Bauermeister (8)
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Gran (8) [nonfiction]
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom (8)
The Last Time I Saw You by Elizabeth Berg (9)
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (8)
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman (7)
The Lioness of Boston by Emily Franklin (6)
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly (9)
Lion & Lamb by James Patterson (8)
Little Bee by Chris Cleave (9)
The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia by Juliet Grames (8)
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (8)
The Lost Summers of Newport by Beatriz Williams (6)
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult (8)
The Maid by Nita Prose (10)
Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan (9)
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (6)
The Martian by Andy Weir (10)
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (8)
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd (8)
My House in Umbria by William Trevor (9)
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (9)
The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose (8)
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (8)
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (10)
The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict (5)
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline (7)
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain (7)
The Pilot’s Wife by Anita Shreve (6)
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (12)
Room by Emma Donoghue (9)
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay (8)
Sea Change by Karen White (9)
The Second Mrs. Astor by Shana Abé (9)
Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda (5)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (8)
Shanghai Girls by Lisa See (8)
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (5)
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett (8)
Still Life by Louise Penny (7)
Still Alice by Lisa Genova (7)
These Ghosts are Family by Maisy Card (11)
Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (6)
Toward That Which is Beautiful by Marian O’Shea Wernicke (5)
Unbroken: A World War II Story by Laura Hillenbrand (8) [nonfiction]
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (5)
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (9)
West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge (8)
When Stars Rain Down by Angela Jackson-Brown (6)
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (10)
Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (7)
Wild: From Lost to Found by Cheryl Strayed (8) [nonfiction]
The Women by Kristen Hannah (6)
The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman (8)