Read about our Book Club books. We have also published a summary of the Book Club discussion and rating for each book. You are also able to write your own comments about The Ath Book Club Books by clicking this link.

The Ath Book Clubs are now full, but we have a waiting list for members who would be interested in joining a book club. When places become vacant, we will contact people on the waiting list.

The library purchases up to 10 copies of the book being discussed each month, with each book club member being able to borrow the book for two weeks. The books and handouts are the same for both book clubs so if you can't make your regular session, you can enquire at the Library about coming along to the other group.

After both Book Clubs have discussed the books, ratings and a summary will be compiled from the discussions and published under the Book Club Discussion heading on this page.

The Ath Book Club is free with your membership. If you would like to attend, please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

In 2010, the Ath Book Clubs will read Australian authors and world classics. The book list will be completed during the year.

Please pick up a Book Club flyer from the Library to see the dates when each book is discussed in the respective group.

1. Bernhard Schlink: The Reader (for those who didn't get to read the book in 2009)
2. Leo Tolstoy: War and Peace
3. Tim Winton: Breath
4. Harper Lee: To Kill a Mockingbird
5. Fergus Hume: The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
6. Heather Rose: The Butterfly Man
7. Joan London: Gilgamesh
8. W. Somerset Maugham: Rain and Other South Sea Stories (Short stories: Rain, Mackintosh, The Fall of Edward Barnard, Red, The Pool, Honolulu)
9. Ernest J. Gaines: A Lesson Before Dying
10. David Malouf: Fly Away Peter
11. To be decided
12. To be decided

ATH BOOK CLUB MEETING DATES 2010

All Ath Book Clubs meet at 12 noon.