Book clubs
Randwick City Library hosts several book clubs for members. Library membership is free, join online now.
Regular Book Clubs
We host general and history book clubs. These are held monthly.
The History Book Club meets at Margaret Martin Library, Randwick on the 4th Thursday of the month from 6 - 7pm. The History Book Club at Malabar Community Library, Matraville meets on the 1st Tuesday of the month from 10 - 11am.
The cost to join a regular book club is $28.00 per annum. This covers all the books purchased specifically for book clubs.
If you would like more information, or would like to join one of these clubs, please email us your details.
Hosting Your Own
If you would like to host your own book club, check out our Book Club in a Box or try eBooks - your book club can use the simultaneous loans available through Libby or Indyreads.
Previous Titles
Fiction Book Clubs
Books read in 2021
- The Sound by Sarah Drummond available on the SLNSW Indyreads by Odilo platform.
- The Butterfly Man by Heather Rose available on the Overdrive/Libby platform
- My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin available on the Overdrive/Libby platform
- Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko available on the SLNSW Indyreads by Odilo platform.
- The Glass Hotel by Emily St John Mandel
- The Golden Maze by Richard Fidler
- A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
- The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
- Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
- Mythos by Stephen Fry
- The Bridge by Enza Gandolfo
- Long Bright River by Liz Moore
- The Lying LIfe of Adults by Elena Ferrante
- Nineteen eighty-four by George Orwell
- The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Bendict
- The Paris Secret by Natasha Lester
- The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
- The Temple House Vanishing by Rachel Donohue
- Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck
- Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
- Lucky's by Andrew Pippos
- Middle Son by Deborah Iida (via Zoom) available on the Overdrive/Libby platform
- Glass by Sam Savage (via Zoom) available on the Overdrive/Libby platform
- Hinterland by Steven Lang (via Zoom) available on the SLNSW Indyreads by Odilo platform
Books read in 2020
- 17 December - No book club in December
- 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
History Book Clubs
Books read so far in 2021
- Fast Girls by Elise Hooper
- Aunts up the Cross by Robyn Dalton
- Beau Brummell by Ian Kelly
- Amritsar by Kim A. Wagner
- Lords of the Desert by James Barr
- The Golden Maze by Richard Fidler
- The Order of the Day by Eric Vuillard
- The Ambitions of Jane Franklin by Alison Alexander
- Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
- Inge's War by Svenja O'Donnell
- Esther by Jessica North
- The Lost Pianos of Siberia by Sophy Roberts
- River Kings by Cat Jarman
- Operation Jungle by John Shobbrook available on the SLNSW Indyreads by Odilo platform
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
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