Book Discussion Groups

Bonnie Greschaw & Nancy Hasek,
FCL Staff Selectors

Farmington Community Library Groups

The Library offers a number of venues for Book Discussion: Great Books, Popular Books, Hooked on Books, and Books to Go.

Great Books Discussion

Held at the Farmington Branch
23500 Liberty Street Farmington, MI 46335
Winter Thursdays at 1:00 p.m.
Moderated by Hal and Marilyn Lesse, in conjunction with a program offered by the Great Books Foundation.

Anonymous. The Epic of Gilgamesh.
Aeschylus. Prometheus Bound
Montaigne, Michel de. Of Friendship and Of Solitude.

Popular Books Discussion

Held at the Farmington Branch
23500 Liberty Street Farmington, MI 46335
Thursdays at 10:00 a.m.
Join other reading enthusiasts for coffee and lively, informal book discussion. Paperbacks are available for checkout. Come to one session or to all.
Call 248•553•0300 for further information.

September 11: McKay, Ami. The Birth House.
September 25: Horan, Nancy. Loving Frank.
October 9: Franklin, Ariana. Mistress of the Art of Death.
October 30: Anderson, M. T. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing Traitor to the Nation. (Volume 1: The Pox Party)
November 13: Boyle, T. Coraghessan. The Tortilla Curtain.
December 11: Obama, Barack. Dreams from My Father.

Held at the Costick Center:

September 4: McKay, Ami. The Birth House.
October 2: Franklin, Ariana. Mistress of the Art of Death.
November 6: Boyle, T. Coraghessan. The Tortilla Curtain.
December 4: Anderson, M. T. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing Traitor to the Nation. (Volume 1: The Pox Party)

Hooked on Books

Held at the Main Library on the last Monday of the month from 7 to 9 p.m. in Conference Room B. All titles in this discussion series are available at the Information Desk.

September 22: Hosseini, Khaled. A Thousand Splendid Suns
October 27: Noor, Queen. Leap of Faith.
November 24: Toole, John Kennedy. A Confederacy of Dunces.

Books to Go

Let us help you with your next book discussion. The Library has multiple copies of almost 100 fiction and non-fiction titles. We can provide you with a list of titles, background information and book discussion questions for your next book discussion.

For more information, please call Elyse Streit at (248) 553•6874 or Annette Weiss at (248) 553•6872.