Find a Book Club
We read a lot and are happy to share our book club favorites with you! You can request a personalized list or find our book club favorites. Interested in finding a book club? We have in-branch and virtual options, from romance to banned books. If you can't find what you are looking for, please email your local branch and they can better assist you.
Book Club Kits
Book clubs are a great way to meet new people, find new reads and engage in meaningful discussion. If you are looking to start a group, the library can help. We offer Book Club Kits of several popular titles across different genres. Each kit includes 10 copies of one title for your convenience. For the most up to date listing visit our library catalog or download a list of titles.
Kit Keeper Titles
Due to unexpected circumstances, Plymouth Rocket, the company that supports our Kit Keeper reservation system for managing Book Club Kits, is ceasing operations at the end of December.
Customers will no longer be able to place holds for titles through Kit Keeper but will instead reserve kits through our online catalog. Customers that had book club kit titles reserved through June of 2025 do not need to worry, we will continue to manage reservation of those titles separately. We are also working on evaluating and moving the titles we had available on Kit Keeper to our library catalog. Since the summer of 2024 we have added over 100 new kits to our catalog.
Staff at locations can help with putting book club kits on reserve.
Checkout Guidelines
- Customers can request titles from our catalog to be sent to any location.
- There is no cost to checkout a kit and they can be done by any adult with a valid Charlotte Mecklenburg Library card.
- Each cardholder may check out two kits at a time for six weeks. Book Club Kits are not renewable.
Return Guidelines
- Book Club Kits can be returned at any location. Due to their size and value, they must be returned to a library employee during open hours not in the outside bookdrop.
- Each kit contains 10 copies of a title. Kits must be returned in their entirety to avoid getting charged replacement fees. Kits returned with missing copies will not be checked in and removed from the borrower's account until all pieces are returned.
- Replacement cost:
- No cost for the first lost/damaged copy. $10 for additional copies.
- $20 for replacement bag
- $150 for the total cost of a book club kit.
FAQ's
Reserve your Book Club kit through the library catalog to be sent to any branch to be picked up. You will be notified when the kit is ready for pickup, and you will have seven (7) days to pick it up.
Each book club kit comes with 10 paperback copies. Links to reading guides can be found in the library catalog.
Book club kits check out for six weeks with no renewals.
Book club members may find additional copies of titles through our catalog where you can request other formats (i.e. books on disc, large print). These additional copies are subject to the normal library lending periods - typically three weeks.
- There is no cost to checkout book club kits.
- The library does not charge late fees but there is a cost if the kit is returned damaged or not complete. The person borrowing the kit will be responsible for returning it as a complete set. Books or parts of the kit cannot be returned separately.
- View our Book Club Selection Criteria
- If you would like to request a title as a book club kit, please email [email protected].
- You may return the kit in person to any Charlotte Mecklenburg Library branch. You cannot return kits through after-hours book drops. The kit must be intact with all copies included. Incomplete kits will be subject to replacement costs.
- All materials in the kit must be returned together; a library staff member will inventory the kit upon return. Kits returned with missing copies will not be checked in until all copies are returned or missing copies are paid for. Fees for missing books will be charged to the customer who checked out the kit.
- Discussion guides to book club kit titles are not included but may be found in the library catalog.
- You can also find guides through: