Book clubs
Third Thursday Book Club
Our regular face-to-face book club program has been suspended until further notice. In the meantime, you are welcome to join a monthly bookish virtual meet-up known as Randwick City Library's Third Thursday Book Club
An expert library staff member will lead the informal discussion on Zoom. There are limited spaces available and online booking is essential.
Aspects of the book are discussed, such as: writing style; theme; author; impact it has had on the reader; a favourite scene or passage from the book. Titles up for discussion are selected from our online platforms so you can access an eBook edition for free on your own device with your Randwick City Library membership. If you aren't yet a library member you can sign up online today.
Please join us if you'd like to connect. All you need is your Randwick City Library membership, internet connection and a smart device or computer to access Zoom.
What we are reading next:
- 18 March - The Butterfly Man by Heather Rose available on the SLNSW Indyreads by Odilo platform.
Fiction Book Clubs
Books read so far in 2021
- 18 February - My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin available on the Overdrive/Libby platform
- 21 January - Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko available on the SLNSW Indyreads by Odilo platform.
Books read in 2020
- 17 December - No book club in December
- 19 November - The Sound by Sarah Drummond
- 15 October - Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
- 17 September - The Geography of Friendship by Sally Piper
- 20 August The White Girl by Tony Birch
- 16 July The Crusade of the Excelsior by Bret Hart
- 2 July Flappers and Philosophers by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- 18 June The Glad Shout by Alice Robinson
- 4 June The Birdman's Wife by Melissa Ashley
- 21 May Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo
- 7 May The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth
- 23 April The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood
Books read in 2019
- The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley
- Coraline by Neil Gaiman
- Esther by Jessica North
- Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe
- Five Bells by Gail Jones
- Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
- The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
- The Red and the Black by Stendal
- Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
- The True Deceiver by Trove Jansson
- Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
- The Man in High Castle by Philip K. Dick
- The Sparsholt Affair by Alan Hollinghurst
- The Helpline by Katherine Collette
- No Friend But the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani
- Amazons by John Man
- Forest Dark by Nicole Krauss
- Every Note Played by Lisa Genova
- Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmad Saadawi
- The Fragments by Toni Jordan
- The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
- Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff
- Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
- The Anarchy by William Dalrymple
Books read in 2018
- Eucalyptus by Murray Bail
- A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman
- Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud
- The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
- Plainsong by Kent Haruf
- Kim by Rudyard Kipling
- Beauty is a Wound by Eka Kurniawan
- The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
- Wicked Boy by Kate Summerscale
- H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
- Sweet Caress by William Boyd
- The Sparsholt Affair by Alan Hollinghurst
- Aunts up the Cross by Robin Dalton
- Purity by Jonathan Franzen
- The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson
- Red and Black by Stendhal
- The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
- Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
- Five Bells by Gail Jones
- Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Books read in 2017
- Women in Black by Madeleine St John
- The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
- The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh
- The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud
- The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
- An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alemeddine
- Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
- Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
- House of the Spirits by Isabelle Allende
- The Illuminations by Andrew O'Hagan
- Sweet Caress by William Boyd
- The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
- Purity by Jonathan Franzen
- Beauty is a Wound by Eka Kurniawan
- Wicked Boy by Kate Summerscale
- Eucalyptus by Murray Bail
- Plainsong by Kent Haruf
History Book Club
The History Book Club meet at Margaret Martin Library, Randwick on the 4th Thursday of the month from 6 - 7pm.
The History Book Club at Malabar Community Library, Matraville previously met on the 1st Tuesday of the month from 10 - 11am, currently on hold until further notice.
Books read in 2019
- Blood and Silk by Michael Vatikiotis
- Suffragettes by Joyce Marlow
- Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe
- Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
- Lost Kingdom by Serhii Plokhy
Books read in 2018
- England Arise by Juliet Barker
- Germany by Neil McGregor
- The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore
- Ghost Empire by Richard Fidler
- Revolution by Peter Ackroyd
- The Silk Roads : A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan
- Mongol Empire by John Man
- Mythos by Stephen Fry
- Ghost Empire by Richard Fidler
- A Short History of Africa: from the Origin of the Human Race to Arab Spring by Gordon Kerr
- The Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Books read in 2017
- The Wicked Boy by Kate Summerscale
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
- Agents of Empire by Noel Malcolm
- Sea of Dangers by Geoffrey Blainey
- The World of the Shining Prince by Ivan Morris
- Lancaster and York : the Wars of the Roses by Alison Weir
- And Man Created God : Kings, Cults and Conquests at the Time of Jesus by Selina O'Grady
- Candide and Other Works by Voltaire
- Sydney Noir by Michael Duffy and Nick Hordern
- Murder at Myall Creek by Mark Tedeschi
- Aunts Up the Cross by Robin Dalton
Gothic/Horror Book Club
Books read in 2019
- Salem's Lot by Stephen King
- The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
- Frankenstein in Baghdad by Aḥmad Saadāwī
- The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
- I Always Find You by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Books read in 2018
- Various - HP Lovecraft
- My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier
- The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott
- Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Trembley
- Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
- Horror Stories - E. Nesbit
- Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
Books read in 2017
- I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
- A Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells
- Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
- Mister B Gone by Clive Barker
- The Monk by Matthew Lewis
- It by Stephen King