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Book Kits

Book Club to Go.

Book Club To Go is a service of the Waukee Public Library that provides the convenience of complete kits for book discussions.

Finding a kit

  • Use the lists below to browse titles. Click on the title for more information and to see if the kit is currently available.
  • You can also search the catalog for “book discussion box”.
  • Please Ask Us if you have any questions.

Using a kit

  • A kit is checked out to one patron who is responsible for all of the materials.
  • Overdue fines and fees for missing books will be charged to the patron who checked out the kit.
  • Each kit contains 10 books and circulates for 60 days.
  • Kits may be renewed if there are no outstanding holds.

Getting a kit

  • If the kit you want is currently checked out, you can place a hold on it. 
  • To place a kit on hold, search the catalog or use the lists below to browse for kits. You can also call the library at 515-978-7944.
  • Whether a kit is checked out or checked in, you may place a hold on it.
  • If a kit is not checked out, place it on hold and pick it up at the library.

Returning a kit

  • Please ensure that all copies of the book are in the kit before returning it.
  • Kits must be returned to the library's front desk during open hours and cannot be returned in the book drop.

LIST OF BOOK CLUB KITS

ISBN: 9781571313560
Title: Braiding Sweetgrass
Author: Robin Wall Kimmerer
ISBN: 9780399588198
Title: Born A Crime
Author: Trevor Noah
ISBN: 9780143109419
Title: Kitchens of the Great Midwest
Author: J. Ryan Stradal
ISBN: 9780312304355
Title: Moloka'i
Author: Alan Bennert
Title: Missing Pieces
Author: Heather Gudenkauf
ISBN: 0375725768
Title: A Woman Is No Man
Author: Etaf Rum
ISBN: 9780345533661
Title: Defending Jacob
Author: William Landay
ISBN: 9780345525550
Title: The Language of Flowers
Author: Vanessa Diffenbaugh
ISBN: 9781101873984
Title: In the Unlikely Event
Author: Judy Blume
ISBN: 9781451645859
Title: Ordinary Grace
Author: William Kent Krueger
ISBN: 9781492623441
Title: The Reader's of the Broken Wheel Recommend
Author: Katarina Bivald
ISBN: 9781616204518
Title: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Author: Gabrielle Zevin
ISBN: 9780062498533
Title: The Hate U Give
Author: Angie Thomas
ISBN: 9780393351903
Title: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Author: Caitlin Doughty
Title: Beneath A Scarlet Sky
Author: Mark Sullivan
Title: It Ends With Us
Author: Colleen Hoover
Title: Tell The Wolves I'm Home
Author: Carol Rifka Brunt
Title: Just Mercy
Author: Bryan Stevenson
Title: This Is How It Always Is
Author: Laurie Frankel
ISBN: 9781984806093
Title: The bromance book club
Author: Lyssa Kay Adams
ISBN: 9781250217394
Title: Under the whispering door
Author: TJ Klune
ISBN: 9781770463622
Title: Grass
Author: Keum Suk Gendry-Kim
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