Book Discussion Groups

The Iowa Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped holds several “Book Discussion” events throughout the year for patrons. Contact the Library for information about upcoming discussions.

Discussion Guides

Following are group discussion guides that were prepared by the Library for past group meetings. Feel free to browse, download, and copy these guides for your own use. You could start your own book club!

Alice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas
Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Blessings by Anna Quindlen
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Bunnicula by James Howe
The Closers by Michael Connelly
Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Evans Above by Rhys Bowen
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Master Butcher's Singing Club by Louise Erdrich
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Niagara Falls All Over Again by Elizabeth McCracken (2004 All Iowa Reads Selection)
Peace Like a River by Leif Erickson (2003 All Iowa Reads Selection)
Plainsong by Kent Haruf
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Rocket Boys by Linda Hickam
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillebrand
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio by Jeffery Kluger
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen E. Ambrose
We Need to Talk about Kevin: A Novel by Lionel Shriver
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleishman
Wish You Well by David Baldacci