Book Club Kits
Each kit has multiple copies of the book as well as discussion questions and other support materials to help make your book discussion a success.
Contact Anne Kabel at akabel@southfieldlibrary.org or call (248) 796-4381 for more information.
 | Have a Little Faith Albom, Mitch Albom discovers how faith matters through two very different men. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | The Winner Baldacci, David A down on her luck lottery winners has to run for her life. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Orange Mint and Honey Brice, Carleen An estranged mother and daughter try to find their way back together. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Lemon City Brown, Elaine Faye breaks the city’s number one rule – she brings home an outsider! Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Lethal Brown, Sandra A woman is on the run with a suspected murderer, trying to clear his name. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | One Drop Broyard, Bliss A young woman comes to terms learning that her father is African American after believing him to be Caucasian. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Kindred Butler, Octavia A young woman from the 20th century is transported back to the plantation where her ancestors were held as slaves. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Sweet Summer Campbell, Bebe Moore Campbell recounts her childhood summers spent in the south with her father’s family. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | The Stranger Camus, Albert An ordinary man finds himself involved in a murder. A philosophical treatise on how a person relates to society. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Land of a Thousand Hills Carr, Rosalind In the 1950’s, an American woman and her husband go to Rwanda to run a flower plantation and witness history. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | The Lincoln Lawyer Connelly, Michael A slightly shady lawyer defends a murder suspect. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Life is Short But Wide Cooper, J. California Several generations of a family are followed from the early 1900’s to the present. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | The Red Tent Diamant, Anita The Biblical story of Jacob and his sons, told through the eyes of the women of the family. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | The Memory Keepers Daughter Edwards, Kim In desperate circumstances, a woman gives birth to twins and her husband gives one of them away. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Invisible Man Ellison, Ralph The classic novel of an African American man’s quest to be seen by society. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Cold Comfort Farm Gibbons, Stella Told with delightful British humor, a young Londoner has to live with relatives at their run down farm. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Taft 2012 Heller, Jason After a mysterious disappearance, President Taft arrives in the 21st century and is encouraged to run for office again. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Hiroshima Hersey, John A look at life in Hiroshima before and after the atomic bomb was dropped on the city. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Mr. Pip Jones, Lloyd An Englishman finds himself the sole teacher on an island in the middle of a civil war. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | The Beekeepers Apprentice King, Laurie R. Sherlock Holmes, now retired, takes on a young girl as his apprentice. Book Club Discussion Kit |
 | The Poisonwood Bible Kingsolver, Barbara An American family goes to the Belgian Congo as missionaries but find they are ill-prepared for the life awaiting them. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Drinking: a Love Story Knapp, Caroline The author shares her story as an alcoholic and her struggle to become sober. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Under the Banner of Heaven Krakauer, Jon A look at a renegade sect of the Mormon religion and their involvement in a murder. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Plain Secrets Mackall, Joe An inside look at life in an Amish community. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Miracle at St. Anna McBride, James Set in WWII, this is the story of a African American soldiers, Italian partisans and a special boy who encounter the horrors of war and some miracles as well. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Atonement McEwan, Ian Set in a large manor house in pre WWII England, members of a family commit acts that all need some sort of forgiveness from others. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | A Day Late and a Dollar Short McMillan, Terry Viola and Carl and their four grown children face up to the dramas of everyday life. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Jazz Morrison, Toni Set in Harlem during the 20’s, Morrison tells of a love affair gone wrong. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Three Cups of Tea Mortenson, Greg The author relates his efforts to create peace by building schools in Afghanistan. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Stealing Buddha’s Dinner Nguyen, Bich The author arrives in Michigan as a small child from the war torn country of Vietnam. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | The Audacity of Hope Obama, Barack Obama’s views on the greatness of America's original ideals and a reminder on how vital it is to keep them before us. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Run Patchett, Ann A prosperous Boston family adopts the child of an accident victim. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Handle with Care Picoult, Jodi After years of friendship, one family sues their doctor because of a misdiagnosis that results in the birth of a severely ill child. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | The Hindi Bindi Club Pradhan, Monica The Americanized daughters of immigrants from India find they have more in common with their mothers than they think. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Fire and Brimstone Punke, Michael A fascinating look at a mining accident in the early 1900’s in Wyoming. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Finding My Voice Rehm, Diane The PBS talk show host reveals how she found her calling in life. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Sarah’s Key De Rosnay, Tatiana A journalist is writing a story about the dark French secret of the treatment of the Jews during WWII. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | The Sparrow Russell, Mary Doria People of the Earth finally make contact with beings on another planet and find that things are not what they appear to be. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | The Thirteenth Tale Setterfield, Diane A writer is invited to the house of one of the world’s most popular – and most mysterious – authors to write her life story. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Skloot, Rebecca Follow the quest to find out more about the woman whose cells have been responsible for many of the advances in modern medicine. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Of Mice and Men Steinbeck, John The classic story of two drifters trying to find a home. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | The Help Stockett, Kathryn Set in Mississippi in the 1960’s, the story of a young white woman and the African American maids who serve the families of the well to do. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | The Ditchdigger’s Daughters Thornton, Yvonne A family of five daughters who have very high standards to meet. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court Toobin, Jeffrey A history of the Court and the politics involved in selecting the jurors, as well as that involved in their decision making. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | The Language of Threads Tsukiyami, Gail Set in China in the 1930’s, this book explores the daily life of several women, and how it changes when the clouds of war loom. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Innocent Turow, Scott A sequel to Presumed Innocent, set 20 years later, when the same lawyer is now accused of murdering his wife. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | Presumed Innocent Turow, Scott A lawyer is accused of murdering his mistress and must prove his innocence. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | The Sirens of Titan Vonnegut, Kurt The richest man in America manipulates the entire country with an invasion from Mars. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | The Geography of Bliss Weiner, Eric An NPR analyst studies the world to find the happiest countries on Earth. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | The Age of Innocence Wharton, Edith Set in the late 1800’s, members of New York’s high society must choose between passion and conventions. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | The Memory of Water White, Karen Two sisters who haven’t spoken in years find themselves facing their unhappy past together. Book Club Discussion Guide |
 | The Shack Young, William A man trying to deal with the horrific death of his young daughter finds himself talking to God. Book Club Discussion Guide |
