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Books for Book Clubs October 2020
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Did you know? The High Plains Library District offers many services to support you and your book club! Book Club Bags: Each book club bag includes 12 copies of the book and a discussion guide, and best of all it comes with a 6-week checkout period! Book-a-Librarian for Book Clubs: Set up a face-to-face appointment for your book club with a librarian. From tips on running a successful discussion to presentations on hot new books, we're here to help! Just follow the link and select "Reading Advice" from the list of options. Personalized Reading Lists: If you'd like the personalized help from a librarian without the face-to-face meeting, this is the option for you! Simply fill out the survey, letting us know about the books your group loved (and loved to hate), and we'll send you a list of suggestions picked just for you! Books for Book Clubs Newsletter: Subscribe to this newsletter for monthly picks that are great for discussion, as well as notification of upcoming events and programs suited for book clubs.
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Fiction - Introspective Reads
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As the days get shorter and the weather gets cooler, it's the perfect time to stay indoors with a warm blanket, a mug of something warm, and a book that makes you think. Get cozy and indulge those Fall feelings with one of these thought-provoking titles.
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The Invisible Life of Addie Larue
by V. E. Schwab
Making a Faustian bargain to live forever but never be remembered, a woman from early 18th-century France endures unacknowledged centuries before meeting a man who remembers her name. By the best-selling author of the Villains series.
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Autumn
by Ali Smith
A debut installment in a series about aging, time, love and the nature of stories examines the dynamics of pop culture, meditation and harvests in a world growing more bordered and exclusive. By the Booker Prize-nominated author of How to Be Both.
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Watership Down
by Richard George Adams
An allegorical tale of survival about a band of wild rabbits who leave their ancestral home to build a more humane society chronicles their adventures as they search for a safe place to establish a new warren where they can live in peace.
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Leonard and Hungry Paul: A Novel
by Rónán Hession
Two friends—who still live with their parents, are resolutely kind, and like to read and play board games—discover that they are not considered “normal” and struggle to protect their concept of what’s meaningful in life.
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Non-Fiction - Introspective Reads
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These true tales feature people facing change or challenge with thoughtfulness and quiet courage. As a difficult year winds down, your book club may want to take the opportunity to consider past difficulty and plan for the future.
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Travels with Charley: In Search of America
by John Steinbeck
The acclaimed author records his emotions and experiences during a journey of rediscovery in his native land, accompanied by his French poodle named Charley.
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How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays
by Alexander Chee
In a series of essays that illustrate how we form our identities in life and in art, a best-selling author and activist, examining some of the his most formative experiences and those of our nation’s history, shows how the lessons learned from a life spent reading and writing fiction have changed him.
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