Get ready to fall into some fantastic reads this September with these Livingston Parish Library book club selections. All LPL branches host monthly book clubs for adults, and each club features a different “Book of the Month.” For more information on a particular book club, please call the branch.
Joyful Reads Book Club
Meeting time, date, and location
10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 2, at the South Branch
September selection
“The River We Remember” by William Kent Krueger
About the book
In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh fuel on old grievances in this dazzling standalone novel.
Sunny Side Up Inspirational Book Club
Meeting time, date, and location
10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 9, at the Watson Branch
September selection
“The Preacher’s Daughter” by Beverly Lewis
About the book
This 2005 novel begins a remarkable journey of heartache and homespun delight – a series readers will find impossible to forget.
Spine Tinglers Book Club
Meeting time, date, and location
6 p.m. on Tuesday, September 9, at the Watson Branch
September selection
“Those Empty Eyes” by Charlie Donlea
About the book
From the bestselling author of “Twenty Years Later” comes this brilliantly twisting, skillfully plotted thriller perfect for fans of Jeneva Rose and Colleen Hoover’s “Verity.”
Box of Chocolates Book Club
Meeting time, date, and location
2 p.m. on Thursday, September 18, at the Denham Springs-Walker Branch
September selection
“The Secret Life of Bees” by Sue Monk Kidd
About the book
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this literary phenomenon tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. “The Secret Life of Bees” spent more than two years on the New York Times bestseller list.
ASB Book Club
Meeting time, date, and location
10 a.m. on Monday, September 29, at the Albany-Springfield Branch
September selection
“I Hope This Finds You Well” by Natalie Sue
About the book
An international bestseller, this wildly funny and heartwarming office comedy follows an admin worker who accidentally gains access to her colleagues’ private emails and DMs and decides to use this intel to save her job.
Main Branch Book Club
Meeting time, date, and location
10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 30, at the Main Branch (Livingston)
September selection
“The Secrets We Kept” by Lara Prescott
About the book
A thrilling tale of secretaries turned spies, of love and duty, and of sacrifice – the real-life story of the CIA plot to infiltrate the hearts and minds of Soviet Russia, not with propaganda, but with the greatest love story.
South Branch Bookies
Meeting time, date, and location
5:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 25, at the South Branch
September selection
“The Second Mrs. Aster” by Shana Abe
About the book
Told in rich detail, this riveting novel takes you inside the scandalous courtship and catastrophic honeymoon aboard the Titanic of the most famous couple of their time – John Jacob Astor and Madeleine Force.