Book Club to Go Bags

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Overview


Book Club to Go bags are designed for local book groups looking to conveniently borrow multiple copies of interesting fiction and nonfiction titles to read and discuss. Each bag:

  • Contains 10 copies of a specific book. 
  • Circulates for 8 weeks.

Frequently Asked Questions

Available Titles

  • Scroll below to view a full list of available fiction and nonfiction titles. To view or reserve an item on the list in our catalog, just click on the link in the title. Or, go to catalog.fallschurchva.gov and search using the subject "book club kits."
  • We plan to build and maintain a collection of 45-50 Book Club to Go bags, which we will regularly update and refresh; so be sure to check here periodically for new titles!
  • Have a title you think would make a great Book Club to Go bag? Let us know!
Photo of Books Kits on Shelf

Fiction Titles by Author

Author Title 
Adiche, Chimamanda Ngozi Americanah
Alvarez, Julia Afterlife
Atwood, Margaret The Handmaid's Tale
Backman, Fredrik A Man Called Ove
Backman, Fredrik Anxious People 
Barbery, Muriel The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Bennett, Brit The Vanishing Half
Cosby, S.A. Razorblade Tears
Dare, Abi The Girl with the Louding Voice
Doerr, Anthony All the Light We Cannot See
Ferrante, Elena My Brilliant Friend
George, Nina The Little Paris Bookshop
Gyasi, Yaa Transcendent Kingdom
Jiles, Paulette News of the World
Kline, Christina Baker Orphan Train
Nguyen, Viet Thanh The Sympathizer
O'Farrell, Maggie Hamnet
Owens, Della Where the Crawdads Sing
Patchett, Ann Commonwealth
Patchett, Ann The Dutch House
Shaffer, Mary Ann The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Shipstead, Maggie Great Circle
Toibin, Colm Brooklyn
Towles, Amor A Gentleman in Moscow
Whitehead, Colson The Nickel Boys

Nonfiction Titles by Author

Author Title
Brown, Daniel The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Bruder, Jessica Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
Coates, Ta-Nehisi Between the World and Me
Desmond, Matthew Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Didion, Joan The Year of Magical Thinking
Hirschman, Linda Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsberg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World
Larson, Erik The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Larson, Erik The Splen­did and the Vile: A Sa­ga of Churchill, Fam­i­ly, and De­fi­ance Dur­ing the Blitz
Millard, Candice Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President
Moore, Wes The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
Obama, Michelle Becoming
Shetterly, Margot Lee Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Woman Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
Vance, J.D. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of Family and Culture in Crisis
Wilkerson, Isabel Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Winchester, Simon The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary