When four very different small-town Delaware high school girls are forced to join a mother-daughter book club over summer vacation, they end up learning about more than just the books they read.

Flor, Ruby, Olivia, and Niki each find a special book on their doorstop, so they begin a book club in which they discover the title they are discussing relates to their summer experiences.

An impulsive promise to her brother before he goes off to the European Front puts Avis Montgomery in the unlikely position of head librarian in small-town Maine. Though she has never been much of a reader, when wartime needs threaten to close the library, she invents a book club to keep its doors open. The women she convinces to attend the first meeting couldn't be more different--a wealthy spinster determined to aid the war effort, an exhausted mother...

Athena, the newest member of the Newport Ladies' Book Club, juggles the demands of attending to an ailing parent and running her business. When she stumbles across an old shoebox in her mother's closet, she's stunned by its contents, which hold unexpected truths about her parents' relationship.

Struggling as a busy mother, wife, and neighbor, Olivia Robbins has forgotten how to be a unique and vibrant individual. Determined to make a change, she joins a local book club, where she nurtures new friendships and explores new ideas. But her growing confidence falters when her husband Nick declares his independence--and while her new friends lovingly encircle her with support, only Olivia can reach into the depths of her fledgling self to find...

Set in small-town Tennessee, RITA Award winner Beth Pattillo's heartwarming tale features a diverse ensemble of ladies transformed through the healing power of compassion. The Knit Lit Society discusses literature and knitting but avoids real problems. And then a deeply troubled teen joins the group. Her unique perspective and the books they discuss trigger an unexpected outpouring of concern.

At age sixty-two, newly widowed Ruby Crenshaw, founder of the Newport Ladies Book Club and long-suffering wife to an unfaithful husband, is jetting off on a much-needed Greece adventure. What she isn't prepared for is Gabriel--the group's tour guide--a native Greek and a true gentleman. His unquestionable charm is hard to resist. But resist she must after vowing to never make the mistake of giving her heart to another man.

On the downward spiral of addiction Ilana Goldstein must rely on her family and friends in the Newport Ladies Book Club to overcome her devastating losses.

"Melanie Travis's new book club caters to readers craving fiction--with bite! But when a real-life murder case bares its fangs, she'll need to swap dog-eared novels for a lengthy suspect list to prove her own innocence"-- Thanks to Aunt Peg and her enthusiastic pedigree dog show pals, Melanie's aptly named Bite Club reading group has book lovers all over town burying their noses in thrilling murder mysteries. But another pet project surfaces when...

Twenty-eight-year-old Aurora (Roe) Teagarden is a professional librarian and belongs to the Real Murders club, a group of 12 enthusiasts who gather monthly to study famous baffling or unsolved crimes ...