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Book Group Kits

This program is made possible by The Friends of the West Hartford Public Library with a generous donation from the John P. Webster Library, First Church of Christ, Congregational,
West Hartford.

Book Group Kits, canvas bags containing multiple copies of a single title, are available for loan to individuals representing local book groups.

How the program works:                                                             Book Group Kit FAQ

  • One member of the group borrows the kit for the group with his or her library card.
  • That person is responsible for distributing the books to group members and for returning
        all books after the discussion. The bag and its entire contents must be returned to
        the library at the same time.
  • Kits may be returned to any branch of the West Hartford Public Library but may not be
        returned in a book drop.
  • The individual borrowing the kit will be responsible for any fines.
  • The loan period for a kit is 4 weeks and kits may be renewed once.
  • Kits may be reserved one week in advance by calling the Reference Desk at the
        Noah Webster(Main) Library at 561-6990
List of Kits:  See all fiction title summaries
See all nonfiction title summaries 
Fiction
  
American Pastoral Philip Roth
The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison
Bread Givers Anzia Yezierska
Brooklyn Colm Toibin
Crow Lake Mary Lawson
Digging to America Anne Tyler
Driftless David Rhodes
The Elegance of the Hedghog Muriel Barbery
Ella Minnow Pea Mark Dunn
Gilead Marilynne Robinson
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Schaffer
Half of a Yellow Sun Chimamanda Adichie
The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood
The History of Love Nicole Krauss
The Housekeeper and the Professor Yoko Ogawa
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Jamie Ford
The Hours Michael Cunningham
I Heard the Owl Call My Name Margaret Craven
Inheritance of Loss Kiran Desai
Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri
Lake Shore Limited Sue Miller
The Last Report of the Miracles at Little No Horse Louise Erdrich
A Lesson Before Dying Ernest J. Gaines
Let The Great World Spin Colum McCann
Little Bee Chris Cleave
Loving Frank Nancy Horan
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Helen Simonson
March Geraldine Brooks
Memory Keeper's Daughter Kim Edwards
Montana 1948 Larry Watson
Out Stealing Horses Per Petterson
Peace Like a River Leif Enger
The Remains of the Day Kazuo Ishiguro
Sarah's Key Tatiana de Rosnay
Sex Wars Marge Piercy
The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Siege of Salt Cove Anthony Weller
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Lisa See
The Things We Once Held Dear Anne Tatlock
This Side of Paradise F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
Tortilla Curtain T. C. Boyle
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel Louise Murphy
Sara Gruen
The Whistling Season Ivan Doig
Don DeLillo
   
NonFiction

 Bookseller of Kabul Asne Seierstad
Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert
A Girl Named Zippy
Haven Kimmel
 Glass Castle Jeannette Walls
Left To Tell
Immaculee Ilibaqiza
The Lemon Tree Sandy Tolan
Mountains Beyond Mountains
Tracy Kidder
Nickel and Dimed
Barbara Ehrenreich
Night
Elie Wiesel
Outcasts United Warren St. John
Reading Lolita in Tehran Azar Nafisi
 Same Kind of Different as Me Ron Hall & Denver Moore
Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson

 

Book Group Kit FAQ

Q. Who can check out a Book Group Kit?
A. Anyone with a valid local library card may borrow a kit to share with a book group.

Q. Who is responsible for returning the books from the kit?
A. The person who borrows the kit is responsible for returning the bag with all its contents at the same time.

Q. If a book from a kit is lost, who is responsible for the replacement charges?
A. The person who borrowed the kit is responsible for the replacement cost of the item plus the library processing fee.

 Q. May I return a West Hartford Public Library kit at another library?
A. No, kits ust be returned the circulation desk at any branch of the West Hartford Public Library.

Q. May I return a kit in a book drop?
A. No, kits may not be returned in a book drop.

Q. May a kit be reserved in advance?
A. Kits may be reserved no more than one week in advance by calling the Reference Desk at the Noah Webster Library, 860-561-6990.

Q. May a kit be renewed?
A. Kits may be renewed once.

Q. How do I know what was in the kit when I borrowed it?
A. All items in the kit are listed on the tag that is attached to the handle of the canvas bag.

Q. How can my book group help expand this program?
A. To create new kits, the Library will accept “gently used" copies of paperbacks that book group members have purchased.

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