Books for Reading Groups

The ACT Public Library can offer up to 15 copies of many great titles to PRIVATE reading groups or clubs. These books form a special collection that is not available to the general public.

Benefits to participants of the program include:

Free service. Groups may choose up to six titles per year;
The books are available for loan one month before your meeting date;
The date due is tailored to your meeting date;
The books are delivered to a convenient library in the name of the group to be collected by the convener or individuals of the group;
For convenience, one member of the group may return the books; and
Books may be returned to the after hours chutes of any library.

These books are in great demand, BOOK EARLY to avoid disappointment.

We trust that you will enjoy this special service offered by the ACT Public Library.

For more information, please contact our Customer Information Centre

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Choose books

The following books are available for Reading Groups.

Albom, Mitch The five people you meet in heaven;
*Ali, Monica Brick Lane
Allende, Isobel House of the spirits ;
Anderson, Jessica Tirra Lirra by the river
Atwood, Margaret Alias Grace ;
Banville John The sea
Burroughs, Augusten Dry;
Clanchy, John Vincenzo's garden
Chang, Jung Wild swans ;
*Chatwin, Bruce Songlines
Collins, BIlly Sailing alone around the world (Poetry);
Cunningham, M The Hours
de Bernieres, Louis Captain Corelli’s mandolin ;
Drabble, Margaret The Red Queen
Fitzgerald, F Scott The Great Gatsby ;
Forner, Aminatta The Devil that danced on water
Garner, Helen The Children’s Bach ;
Gordimer, Nadine Burger’s daughter ;
Grenville, Kate The Idea of perfection
*Grenville, Kate The Secret river
Haddon, Mark The curious incident of the dog in the night-time
*Hazzard, Shirley The great fire
*Hoeg, Peter Miss Smilla's feeling for snow
Hollinghurst, Alan, The line of beauty
Horniman, Joanne Secret scribbled notebooks;
Huggan, Isobel Belonging
James, Clive Unreliable memoirs
Johnston, Dorothy The Trojan dog
Johnston, George My brother Jack ;
Joyce, James A portrait of an artist as a young man ;
Kingsolver, Barbara Pigs in heaven
Koch, Christopher Highways to war ;
Lee, HarperTo kill a mockingbird;
Makine, Andre The French Testament ;
*Malouf, David The great world
Marquez, Gabriel One hundred years of solitude ;
Martin, Angela Beyond Duck River
McGahan, Andrew White earth
McLeod, Alistair No great mischief ;
Miller, Alex Journey to the stone country;
Mistry, Rohinton A fine balance ;
Mistry, Rohinton Family matters ;
Morante, Elsa History
Morrison, Toni, Beloved ;
Nafisi, Azar Reading Lolita in Tehran
*Nemirosky, Irene Suite Francaise
*Newton, Nreida Death of a whaler
Niffenegger, Audrey The time traveller's wife
*Ondaatje, Michael Anil's ghost
Pratchett, Ann Truth and beauty
*Robinson, Marilynne Gilead
Rowling, J.K, The Harry Potter Collection ;
Sebald, WG Austerlitz ;
Seth, Vikram An equal music ;
Shreve, Anita Sea Glass;
Smith, Sadie White teeth
Toibin, Colm Blackwater lightship ;
Winton, Tim, Cloudstreet
Winton, Tim Dirt music ;
Winton, Tim The turning
Woolf, Virginia Mrs Dalloway ;

*added in 2008

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