Pontiac Public Library

The Adult Book Discussion Group will not meet in January, 2009.

Watch this space for the announcement of the next book to be discussed.


Our book discussions take place at 7 p.m. the first Monday of the month unless otherwise announced. All are welcome, the discussion is informal and led by the library director. Discussions last approximately one hour.

Past books we have discussed:

Ali, Monica – Brick Lane
Ambrose, Stephen – Undaunted Courage
Bragg, Rick – Ava’s Man
Chevalier, Tracy – Girl With a Pearl Earring
Cisneros, Sandra - Caramelo
Conway, Jill Ker – True North
Diamond, Jared – Guns, Germs and Steel
Didion, Joan – The Year of Magical Thinking
Du Maurier, Daphne – Rebecca
Enger, Leif – Peace Like a River
Haddon, Mark – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Harr, Jonathan – A Civil Action
Harris, Robert – Pompeii
Hillenbrand, Laura - Seabiscuit
Hoffman, Alice – Practical Magic
Hosseini, Khaled – The Kite Runner
James, PD – A Certain Justice
Krauss, Nicole – The History of Love
Larson, Erik – The Devil in the White City
Levitt, Steven D. and Steven J. Dubner - Freakonomics
McEwan, Ian – Atonement
McEwan, Ian – Saturday
McMurtry, Larry – The Late Child
Martel, Yann – Life of Pi
Mason, Daniel – The Piano Tuner
Mitchard, Jacquelyn – The Deep End of the Ocean
Moggach, Deborah – Tulip Fever
Morrison, Toni - Beloved
Nafisi, Azar – Reading Lolita in Tehran
Niffeneger, Audrey – The Time Traveler’s Wife
Patchett, Ann – Bel Canto
Pearl, Matthew – The Dante Club
Picoult, Jodi – My Sister’s Keeper
Preston, Robert - The Hot Zone
Reeder, Carolyn – Foster’s War
Reichl, Ruth – Tender at the Bone
Roberts, Cokie – Founding Mothers
Roth, Philip – The Plot Against America
Russo, Richard – Empire Falls
Shreve, Anita – The Weight of Water
Tan, Amy – The Bonesetter’s Daughter
Trevor, William – The Story of Lucy Gault
Winspear, Jacqueline – Maisie Dobbs