Are you new to town? Are you looking to join a book club? The Austin Public Library has the story for you:

All of these selections can be found or ordered from APL locations. Please join us for a lively discussion of some fascinating books!

Book Clubs for Teens@APL
The Wired for Youth program hosts Young Adult (YA) Book Club discussions at various library locations. Check HERE for YA Book Club schedule.

May Featured Books

2008 Branch Book Clubs for ages 18 and older:

Carver Branch Oprah SoulSearchers Book Club
Meeting day:
Third Wednesday of each month from 6 to 8 p.m.
Place:
1161 Angelina, Austin, Texas 78702
Contact:
(512)974-1010

What Carver Branch Oprah SoulSearchers Book Club is Reading:

• March 19 through December 17
  A New Earth-Awakening To Your Life’s Pupose by Eckhart Tolle

Hampton Branch at Oak Hill A World Lit: The Flame of Literature Book Club
Meeting day:
3rd Thursday of each month from 7 to 8 p.m.
Place:
5125 Convict Hill Rd., 78749
Contact:
(512) 892-6680

What Oak Hill is Reading:

• May 17 – The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing
• June 19 – The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
• July 17 – Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• August 21 – Snow by Orhan Pamuk
• September 18 - Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson

Downtown Book Club at the Faulk Central Library
Meeting day:
Third Monday of every month from 12 noon - 1 pm
Place:
800 Guadalupe, Austin, Texas 78702
Contact:
(512)974-7400

What Faulk Central Library is Reading:

• May 19-Beethoven Was One-Sixteenth Black by Nadine Gordimer

Howson Branch Book Club
Meeting day:
First Thursday of each month from 7 to 8 p.m.
Place:
2500 Exposition, Austin, Texas 78703
Contact:
(512) 472-3584

What Howson is Reading:

• May 1-Persepolis I and II by Marjane Satrapi
• June 5-Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
• July 3-The Maytrees by Annie Dillard
• August 7-The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• September 4-Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
• October 2-The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta
• November 6-Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
• December 4-Persuasion by Jane Austen

Howson Branch Science Fiction Book Club
Meeting day:
Third Monday of each month from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Place:
2500 Exposition, Austin, Texas 78703
Contact:
(512) 472-3584

What Howson Science Fiction Book Club is Reading:

• May 19-Brasyl by Ian McDonald

Milwood Branch Book Club
Meeting day:
First Tuesday of each month from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Place:
12500 Amherst Dr., Austin, Texas 78727
Contact:
(512) 339-2355

What Milwood is Reading:

• May 6-The Tummy Trilogy and About Alice by Calvin Trillin
• June 3-Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
• July 1-Collapse by Jared Diamond
• August 5-Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

North Village Branch FACT
Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club
Meeting day:
First Monday of each month from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Place:
2139 W. Anderson Ln., 78757
Contact:
(512) 458-2239

What North Village is Reading:

• May 5-Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart
• June 2-Mainspring by Jay Lake
• July 7-Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
• August 4-Forever War by Joe Haldeman

Old Quarry Branch Book Club
Meeting day:
Second Tuesday of each month from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Place:
7051 Village Center Dr., Austin, Texas 78731
Contact:
(512) 345-4435

What Old Quarry Banch is Reading:

• May 13-Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
• June 10-The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Sallinger
• July 8-Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
• August 12-The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
• September 9-The Stranger by Albert Camus

Pleasant Hill Branch Mystery Book Club
Meeting day:
Third Tuesday of each month from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Place:
211 E. William Cannon Dr.
Contact:
(512) 974-3940

What Pleasant Hill is Reading:

• May 20-Forensic Mystery: Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs
• June 17-Political Mystery: Executive Privilege by Jay Brandon
• July 15-Legal Mystery: Prime Witness by Steve Martini
• August 19-Ecclesiastical Mystery: Blood Ties by Ralph McInerny

Spicewood Springs Branch Book Club
Meeting day:
Third Tuesday of each month from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
Place:
8637 Spicewood Springs Rd., Austin, Texas 78759
Contact:
(512) 974-3800

What Spicewood Springs is Reading:

University Hills Branch Book Club
Meeting Day:
Second Thursday of each month from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Place:
4721 Loyola Ln., Austin, Texas 78723
Contact:
(512) 929-0551

What University Hills is Reading:

• May 8-Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan
• June 12-Rivertown: Two Years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler
• July 10-Blindness by Jose Saramago

University Hills Branch Spanish Book Club
Meeting Day:
Third Wednesday of each month from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Place:
4721 Loyola Ln., Austin, Texas 78723
Contact:
(512) 929-0551

What University Hills is Reading in Spanish:

• May 21-La sombra del viento by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Club de Lectura en la sucursal University Hills
Día de Reunión:
El tercer miércoles de cada mes desde 7:30 a 8:30 p.m.
Lugar:
4721 Loyola Ln., Austin, Texas 78723
Contacto:
(512) 929-0551

Que se lee en español en la sucursal University Hills:

• 21 de mayo-La sombra del viento de Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Windsor Park Branch Book Club
Meeting Day:
Second Tuesday of each month from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Place:
5833 Westminster Dr., Austin, Texas 78723
Contact:
(512) 928-0333

What Winsdor Park is Reading:

• May 13-The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Taleb
• June 10-A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
• July 8 - The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
• August 12 - A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
• September 9 - The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
• October 14 - Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner
• November 11 - Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
• December 9 - Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Citywide Bookclub
Mayor's Book Club: Keep Austin Reading, sponsored by the Austin Public Library. Annual Citywide book club.
Place:
Click HERE for 2008 Discussions and Events
Contact:
(512) 974-7400

What the Mayor's Book Club is Reading:

• To be announced Spring 2009