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All Livingston Parish Library branches host monthly book clubs for adults. Each book club features a different “Book of the Month” that participants read and discuss during their monthly gathering.
No matter your reading interest, there is a club for everyone at your library!
For more information on a particular book club, please call the branch.
Sunny Side Up Inspirational Book Club
April meeting time, date, and location
10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 8, at the Watson Branch
April selection
“True Courage” by Dee Henderson
About the book
When his cousin's wife and son are abducted by a dangerous, unknown perpetrator, an FBI agent embarks on a desperate search for the kidnapper, racing against time to find the missing victims before it is too late. But his investigation becomes complicated when he falls in love with the only witness to the crime.
Joyful Reads Book Club
April meeting time, date, and location
10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 1, at the South Branch
April selection
“Just Once” by Karen Kingsbury
About the book
From a bestselling author, this sweeping and unforgettable World War II love story released in November 2023 follows a young woman who is torn between two brothers.
Spine Tinglers Book Club
April meeting time, date, and location
6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 8, at the Watson Branch
April selection
“Trust Your Eyes” by Linwood Barclay
About the book
Thomas Kilbride is a schizophrenic who spends his days and nights on a website called Whirl360. He travels the world without ever leaving his bedroom and memorizes the details of every street in every city. Then one day, he sees an image that looks like a woman being murdered. Thomas’s brother, Ray, knows Thomas’s paranoia all too well. But if this time it’s real, both of them will have more to deal with than Thomas’s delusions – because someone somewhere is watching them.
Box of Chocolates Book Club
April meeting time, date, and location
2 p.m. on Thursday, April 17, at the Denham Springs-Walker Branch
April selection
“The Devil In The White City” by Erik Larson
About the book
From the New York Times bestselling author of “The Splendid and the Vile” comes the true tale of the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death.
ASB Book Club
April meeting time, date, and location
10 a.m. on Monday, April 28, at the Albany-Springfield Branch
April selection
“The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts” by Loren Grush
About the book
Acclaimed journalist Loren Grush shows these brilliant and courageous women enduring claustrophobic media attention, undergoing rigorous survival training, and preparing for years to take multi-million-dollar payloads into orbit.
Main Branch Book Club
April meeting time, date, and location
10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 29, at the Main Branch (Livingston)
April selection
“Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone” by Benjamin Stevenson
About the book
In “Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone,” Ernie Cunningham, a self-proclaimed crime-writing expert, attends a family reunion in the snowy mountains, only to discover that everyone in his eccentric family harbors a deadly secret, and each has, in fact, taken a life.
South Branch Bookies
April meeting time, date, and location
5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, at the South Branch
April selection
“The Women” by Kristin Hannah
About the book
From the celebrated author of “The Nightingale” and “The Four Winds” comes Kristin Hannah’s “The Women” – at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided.