Book Club Kits
Book Club kits are available as a resource for local DIY Book Clubs in our community. The collection consists of popular and classic book titles.
What is Included
Each kit comes with:
- 10 copies of the book
- Discussion guides that include synopsis, author biography and questions
Some Book Club kits may also contain an Audio Book or Large Print version of the title.
Getting Started
To borrow from the Book Club Kits collection, you need to:
- Nominate a coordinator for your Book Club.
- Have your coordinator visit one of our libraries and sign up for a Book Club membership.
There is an annual fee that applies to each Book Club group. Visit our Library Fees and Charges page for more information.
Reserving Book Club Kits
- Book Club sets can be reserved by visiting or calling any City of Ryde Library branch, or by emailing us at rydelibrary@ryde.nsw.gov.au
- We operate on first-in, first-served basis. Please have several titles in mind when contacting us, as your first choice may not be available.
- You can nominate to pick up your reserved Book Club set at any City of Ryde Library branch.
Borrowing and Returning Book Club Kits
- Book Club kits can be borrowed for six weeks. You can only borrow one Book Club set at a time.
- Book Club kits can only be collected and returned during library opening hours, and cannot be returned through the after-hours return chutes. Returned Book Club sets must be handed to front desk staff in a complete set (i.e. with all copies of the title and all additional guide materials)
- Renewals are not available for Book Club kits. However, your Book Club may request the same kit again later.
Any lost or damaged items must be paid for on return. Visit our Library Fees and Charges page for more information.
Titles in the Collection
A
- Act of grace(PDF, 581KB) by Anna Krien
- Again, Rachel(PDF, 288KB) by Marian Keyes
- All the broken places(PDF, 293KB) by John Boyne
- American wife(PDF, 303KB) by Curtis Sittenfeld
- And the mountains echoed(PDF, 297KB) by Khaled Hosseini
- An astronaut's guide to life on Earth(PDF, 385KB) by Chris Hadfield
- Any ordinary day(PDF, 274KB) by Leigh Sales
- Apples Never Fall(PDF, 493KB) by Liane Moriarty
- The Attack(PDF, 280KB) by Catherine Jinks
- Australiana(PDF, 278KB) by Yumna Kassab
B
- Barrenjoey Road(PDF, 147KB) by Neil Mercer
- Battle hymn of the tiger mother(PDF, 335KB) by Amy Chua
- Beautiful Words(PDF, 286KB) by Vanessa McCausland
- Beautiful world, where are you(PDF, 284KB) by Sally Rooney
- Becoming(PDF, 284KB) by Michelle Obama
- Before I go to sleep(PDF, 299KB) by S. J. Watson
- Before she disappeared(PDF, 306KB) by Lisa Gardner
- Bellbird river country choir, The(PDF, 372KB) By Sophie Green
- Big little lies(PDF, 305KB) by Liane Moriarty
- Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray(PDF, 297KB) by Anita Heiss
- Black summer(PDF, 129KB) edited by Michael Rowland
- The blazing world(PDF, 333KB) by Siri Hustvedt
- The book thief(PDF, 317KB) by Marcus Zusak
- The boy in the striped pyjamas(PDF, 325KB) by John Boyne
- Breath(PDF, 327KB) by Tim Winton
- Brideshead revisited(PDF, 305KB) by Evelyn Waugh
- The broken shore(PDF, 388KB) by Peter Temple
- Brooklyn(PDF, 333KB) by Colm Toibin
- Burial rites(PDF, 323KB) by Hannah Kent
- The burning girls(PDF, 147KB) by C. J. Tudor
C
- Caleb's Crossing(PDF, 362KB) by Geraldine Brooks
- The Cane(PDF, 296KB) by Maryrose Cuskelly
- Canticle Creek(PDF, 280KB) by Adrian Hyland
- The Choke(PDF, 326KB) by Sofie Laguna
- Cilka's Journey(PDF, 350KB) by Heather Morris
- Cloud Cuckoo Land(PDF, 289KB) by Anthony Doerr
- Confusion of Languages(PDF, 319KB) by Siobhan Fallon
- A Constellation of Vital Phenomena(PDF, 342KB) by Anthony Marra
- Cooper Not Out(PDF, 289KB) by Justin Smith
- Crazy Rich Asians(PDF, 354KB) by Kevin Kwan
- The curious incident of the dog in the night-time(PDF, 311KB) by Mark Haddon
L
- The Lace Reader(PDF, 341KB) by Brunonia Barry
- Ladies in black(PDF, 409KB) by Madeleine St. John
- The Language of Flowers(PDF, 335KB) by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
- The Last Guests(PDF, 282KB) by J. P. Pomare
- Leaving time(PDF, 334KB) by Jodi Picoult
- Lessons in Chemistry(PDF, 285KB) by Bonnie Garmus
- The life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid(PDF, 360KB) by Bill Bryson
- Lincoln in the Bardo(PDF, 319KB) by George Saunders
- Little Bee(PDF, 325KB) by Chris Cleave
- A Little Bird(PDF, 299KB) by Wendy James
- The little Coffee Shop of Kabul(PDF, 348KB) by Deborah Rodriguez
- Lost & Found(PDF, 312KB) by Brooke Davis
- The Lost Apothecary(PDF, 364KB) by Sarah Penner
- Love Objects(PDF, 297KB) by Emily Maguire
- The Luminaries(PDF, 299KB) by Eleanor Catton
S
- Sarah's key(PDF, 337KB) by Tatiana de Rosnay
- The second-last woman in England(PDF, 325KB) by Maggie Joel
- The Secret History(PDF, 478KB)by Donna Tartt
- The Secret Keeper(PDF, 358KB) by Kate Morton
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo(PDF, 141KB) by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- The Sense of an Ending(PDF, 321KB) by Julian Barnes
- Shelter(PDF, 276KB) by Catherine Jinks
- The Signature of all things(PDF, 351KB) by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Stasiland(PDF, 336KB) by Anna Funder
- State of Wonder(PDF, 355KB) by Ann Patchett
- The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry(PDF, 324KB) by Gabrielle Zevin
- The Survivors(PDF, 452KB) by Jane Harper
- The Swan Thieves(PDF, 316KB) by Elizabeth Kostova
- Sweet Tooth(PDF, 375KB) by Ian McEwan
T
- The Tailor's Girl(PDF, 319KB) by Fiona McIntosh
- Talking to my Country(PDF, 365KB) by Stan Grant
- The Tattooist of Auschwitz(PDF, 322KB) by Heather Morris
- The Tea Gardens(PDF, 354KB) by Fiona McIntosh
- Tea with Arwa(PDF, 419KB) by Awra El Masri
- That Woman(PDF, 395KB) by Anne Sebba
- The Thirteenth Tale(PDF, 320KB) by Diane Setterfield
- This has been Absolutely Lovely(PDF, 281KB) by Jessica Dettmann
- This House of Grief(PDF, 339KB) by Helen Garner
- To Kill a Mockingbird(PDF, 317KB) by Harper Lee
- The Trial(PDF, 318KB) by Franz Kafka
- The Trivia Night(PDF, 284KB), by Ali Lowe
- Truly Madly Guilty(PDF, 321KB) by Liane Moriarty