Discover monthly book recommendations for adults, teens, and children. Scroll down or jump to each section for descriptions, page counts, subject and reading level information, teaching & discussion guides, as well as links to check out titles for use in your own DIY Book Club. You can borrow digital copies through OverDrive or Libby.
Adult Fiction | Adult Non-fiction | YA Books | Children Books | Past Materials
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In-person Book Clubs
Oak Creek Public Library also hosts two in-person book clubs. Novel Ideas meets on the first Wednesday of each month, September thru May, from 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. in the Civic Center. Morning Book Club (AKA ‘Books Bags’) meets on the third Tuesday of each month, September thru May, from 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. in the Civic Center. Registration is required for both clubs and is currently closed. Please check back on our events calendar for any future openings.
Adult Fiction
Find monthly adult fiction titles that our librarians recommend for discussion:
The Correspondent
Most mornings Sybil sits down to write letters to her brother, to her best friend, and to one person to whom she writes often yet never sends the letter. But when letters from someone in her past force her to examine one of the most painful periods of her life, she realizes the letter she has been writing over the years needs to be read.
Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros
Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky. Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through.
Adult Non-fiction
Find monthly adult non-fiction titles that our librarians recommend for discussion:
The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind
Michio Kaku
A survey of current research into the human mind reveals how top international laboratories have innovated unique technologies for recording profound mental capabilities and enabling controversial opportunities in the field of cognition enhancement.
Subjects: Brain, Cognitive neuroscience, Mathematical models
Page count: 377
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Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
Thomas L. Friedman
Friedman shows that we have entered an age of dizzying acceleration—and explains how to live in it.
Subjects: Business, Modern civilization, Climate changes
Page count: 486
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YA Books
Find monthly teen-friendly titles that our librarians recommend for discussion:
Powerful
Lauren Roberts
Now alone, Adena learns the streets of Loot by herself and meets a mysterious Elite named Kai Azer who harbors a dangerous ability, but their love is quickly interrupted when Adena becomes Paedyn’s seamstress for the Purging Trials.
Subjects: Ability, Contests, Fantasy
Page count: 221
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Imagine Me
Tahereh Mafi
Now that Ella knows who Juliette is and what she was created for, things have only become more complicated. As she struggles to understand the past that haunts her and looks to a future more uncertain than ever, the lines between right and wrong blur. And with old enemies looming, her destiny may not be her own to control.
Subjects: Ability, Dictatorship, Dystopian fiction
page count: 480
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Children Books
Find monthly child-friendly titles that our librarians recommend for discussion:
Inside Cat
Brendan Wenzel
Inside Cat views the world through many windows, but when the door opens it discovers a whole new view.
Page Count: 40
Lexile: 320
AR/ATOS: 1.6
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The Celebrity Cat Caper
Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Aldens are excited to meet their favorite celebrity Walter the Cat, who makes the funniest videos on the Internet! And when this celebrity cat inherits a million dollars from his owner, he becomes even more famous! But someone seems to be angry about the will and is stealing things from Walter’s house.
Page Count: 230
AR/ATOS: 5.7
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The Magic Awakens
Erin Hunter
Willow and Luna have been on their own since they were kittens. After their mother’s death, they settled into life in the heart of the city. But when a mysterious fire rips through their makeshift shelter, they’re left searching for a new home.
Page count: 217
Lexile: 1020
AR/ATOS: 5.6
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Past materials, all of which are downloadable in PDF format: