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:

  • February 18 The New Girl by Cassandra Calin
  • March 18 Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
  • April 15 Warcross by Marie Lu
  • May 20The Summer We Forgot by Caroline George
  • June 17The Last Dragon on Mars by Scott Reintgen

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.

 

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.

Future selections include:

  • February 2 A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown
  • March 2Meet Me at Blue Hour by Sarah Suk
  • April 6Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
  • May 4Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
  • June 1Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee
 

Click here for descriptions of the January through June 2026 selections as well as links to place a hold on a copy of the book and to register to attend the discussion.

 

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.

  • March 17 — Pizza and Pages
  • May 19 — 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:

  • February 17A Devil Went Down to Georgia: Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton by Deb Miller Landau
  • March 17The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom by Shari Franke
  • April 21The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
  • May 19The Carpool Detectives: A True Story of Four Moms, Two Bodies, and One Mysterious Cold Case by Chuck Hogan
  • June 16My Life as an FBI Special Agent: The Thomas Lee Dillon Case by Harry Trombitas
     

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.

 

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 June meeting is being held on the second Monday due to a scheduling conflict.

Future selections include:

  • February 9The Favorites by Layne Fargo
  • March 9A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win WWII by Sonia Purnell
  • April 13Heartwood by Amity Gaige
  • May 11 Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst
  • June 8Trust by Hernan Diaz

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.

The group has announced the following selections:

  • January 26Something to Look Forward To by Fannie Flagg
  • February 23The Soul of An Octopus by Sy Montgomery
  • March 23My Friends by Fredrik Backman
  • April 27The Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger
  • May 18Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
  • June 22The Lost Journals of Sacajewea by Debra Magpie Earling

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.

 

Monday Women's Book Group

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

  • January 19The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
  • February 2 Great Short Stories of the Masters, ed. Charles Neider, p. 174-198
  • February 16 —  All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

 

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.

[REGISTER HERE]