Rodman Library Offers Book Clubs for All Ages

If you like to read, Rodman Library has a book club for you – no matter your age.

Here's a look at future book club selections:

 

Teen Book Club

For teens 12 to 18, the Teen Book Club meets at 4 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month. Registration is required at attend.

Future selections include:

  • June 17The Last Dragon on Mars by Scott Reintgen
  • July 15Fable by Adrienne Young 
  • August 19Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce
  • September 16 The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick 
  • October 21Ravenfall by Kalyn Josephson
  • November 18The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  • December 16The Lost Girl of Astor Street by Stephanie Morrill

For more information, call 330-821-2665, ext. 217.

Click here for book descriptions for the January through June 2026 selections, links to place holds on books, and links to register to attend meetings.

Click here for book descriptions for the July through December 2026 selections, links to place holds on books, and links to register to attend meetings.

 

I Read YA Discussion

The I Read YA Discussion, a book club for adults who like to read young adult literature, meets every first Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Main Library. Registration is required to attend.

NOTE: The September meeting will be held on the second Monday due to the Labor Day observance.

Future selections include:

  • July 6 Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli
  • August 3All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
  • September 14  — Legend by Marie Lu
  • October 5Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
  • November 2 The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones
  • December 7Rolls and Rivalry by Kristy Boyce
 
 

Pizza and Pages (For Kids)

Pizza and Pages is a book discovery program for children, ages 8 to 12, that is scheduled on the third Tuesday of each odd numbered month at 4 p.m. Participants will listen to excerpts from new books available at the library while enjoying a slice of pizza and other activities during the 45-minute program. Registration is required to attend this free program.

  • October 20 — Pizza and Pages

For information, call the Children’s Department at 330-821-2665 ext. 223.

 

True Crime Junkies

The True Crime Junkies meet at 6:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month.

Selections for future meetings include:

  • June 16My Life as an FBI Special Agent: The Thomas Lee Dillon Case by Harry Trombitas
  • July 21Portrait of a Monster: Joran van der Sloot, A Murder in Peru, and the Natalee Holloway Mystery by Lisa Pulitzer and Cole Thompson
  • August 18The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story by Pagan Kennedy
  • September 15The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne by Kate Winkler Dawson
  • October 20Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries by Rick Emerson
  • November 17 College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight by Shawn Cohen
  • December 15The Less People Know About Us: A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity by Axton Betz-Hamilton
     

Copies of each book are available at the Main Library, through the library’s catalog, or digitally through the Ohio Digital Library and Hoopla.

For more information about the True Crime Junkies, call 330-821-2665, ext. 207

Click here for descriptions of the January through June 2026 selections and links to place a hold on books and register for meetings.

Click here for descriptions of the July through December 2026 selections and links to place a hold on books and register for meetings. 

 

Books and Coffee

The Books and Coffee Book Club meets at 6:30 p.m. every second Monday of the month at Rodman Branch Library.

NOTE: The August meeting is being held on the first Monday due to a scheduling conflict.

Future selections include:

  • June 8Trust by Hernan Diaz
  • July 13The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement by Sharon McMahon. 
  • August 3 Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
  • September 14Mailman: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home by Stephen Starring Grant
  • October 12 Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
  • November 9 A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon  by Kevin Fedarko
  • December 14 — The Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrik Backman

Click here for descriptions of the July through December 2026 selections and links to place holds.

Copies of each book are available at the Main and Branch libraries, through the library’s catalog, or digitally through the Ohio Digital Library and Hoopla.

For more information, call 330-821-1313.

Click here for descriptions of the January through June 2026 selections as well as links to place holds.

 

Evening Book Discussion Group

 The Evening Book Discussion Group meets at 6:00 p.m. on the fourth Monday of each month.

NOTE: December's meeting is held on the third Monday due to the holidays.

The group has announced the following selections:

  • June 22The Lost Journals of Sacajewea by Debra Magpie Earling
  • July 27Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation by Cokie Roberts
  • August 24The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
  • September 28Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
  • October 26Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
  • November 23James by Percival Everett
  • December 21 Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

For more information, call 330-821-2665, ext. 204.

Click here for descriptions of the January-June 2026 selections and links to place a hold on a copy.

Click here for descriptions of the July-December 2026 selections and links to place a hold on a copy.

 

Monday Women's Book Group

Meets every first and third Monday of the month at 1 p.m. at the Main Library.

  • June 15On the Brink of Everything by Parker Palmer (Chapter 6 through end of the book)
  • July 6Great Short Stories of the Masters, ed. Charles Neider, p. 298-333
  • July 20Love by Toni Morrison
  • August 3Great Short Stories of the Masters, ed. Charles Neider, p. 334-363
  • August 17 Knife by Salmon Rushdie
  • September 7Great Short Stories of the Masters, ed. Charles Neider, p. 356-371
  • September 21Burn Book by Kara Swisher
  • October 5Great Short Stories of the Masters, ed. Charles Neider, p. 372-416
  • October 19It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis

 

DAR Book Group

The DAR Book Group, facilitated by the Jain Bain Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, meets quarterly. The group, which is open to both men and women, meets at 3 p.m. on a selected Friday in the RPL conference room.

Registration is required to attend.