Book Clubs

Davenport Public Library offers a variety of book clubs for adults.

Big/Little Book Club

Big/Little Book Club meets on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 6:30pm at the Eastern Branch. Littles (kids in 3rd through 5th grade) and their Bigs (adults or older siblings) read a book together and will discuss the book and do some book-related crafts and activities each event. Registration is required. Click here for more information.

Book Lovers (Starting May, 2025)

Romance readers! Join us for Book Lovers, a brand new book club featuring a variety of romance novels! Join us on the first Thursday night of each month at 6:30 at the Eastern Branch to discuss our favorite romance tropes and happily ever afters. A limited number of copies of the book will be available at the Eastern Branch on a first-come, first-served basis. This program is intended for adults; registration is appreciated but not required! Click here for more information

Brown Bag Book Club

The Brown Bag Book Club meets on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 1:00 pm at the Eastern Branch to discuss recently published adult fiction and nonfiction titles. Books can be signed out from the Eastern Branch on a first-come, first-serve basis. Click here for more information.

Online Reading Challenge (2025)

January 1 - December 31, 2025 | Ages 18+
Spend the year reading a different genre each month. Read the suggested title for the month, or choose one on your own. This reading challenge is low-pressure and ideal for someone who wants to read more.

Participate on Beanstack or use one of our challenge bookmarks. Bookmark logs are available at Library desks.

Overbooked

Do you love to read and wish you could talk to other people about what you read? Then join Overbooked! The club meets on the third Thursday of each month at 6:30 PM. A new book will be provided to you at each meeting. A variety of fiction, young adult fiction and non-fiction books will be read. Registration is required. Click here for more information.

March 20: I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
April 17: How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
May 15: Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King
June 26: The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson
July 17: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria Schwab
August 21: The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie King
September 18: The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex
October 16: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
November 20: Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
December 18: Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

QCL Book Club

Join Morgan Ottier and Brittany Peacock monthly for QCL Book Club live on KWQC Channel 6 during Quad Cities today at 3pm. For more information about the books discussed. Click here for more information.

April: The Royal Librarian by Daisy Wood
May: This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune
June: What Have We Done by Alex Finlay

Read With Pride

Celebrate the LGBTQ+ community every month with the Read with Pride book club! The club reads fiction and nonfiction titles by queer authors or featuring queer characters. The club meets the third Tuesday of the month at the Fairmount Branch at 6:30pm. Books are available on a first come, first serve basis at the Fairmount Branch service desk. This program is best suited to adults. Registration is required. Click here for more information.

See YA

Join the adult book club with a teen book twist. See why so many teen books are being turned into movies and are taking over the bestseller lists. Registration is not required. Books are available on a first-come, first-served basis at the Eastern Branch. The club meets the first Wednesday of the month at the Eastern Branch at 6:30pm. Click here for more information.

Shorts & Sweets

Discuss a new short story every month with a variety of different authors both current and classics. Shorts & Sweets meets at the Fairmount Branch every second Monday of the month at 10:00am. Click here for more information.

April 14: The Garden of Time by J.G. Ballard (1962)
May 12: The Statement of Jared Johnson by Geraldine Bonner (1899)
The Penguin book of murder mysteries (2023) edited by Michael Sims

West End Book Club

The West End Book Club reads a variety of fiction and nonfiction books. The club meets at the Fairmount Branch on the second Tuesday of each month. Registration is required. Click here for more information.

April 8: The Guest Book by Sarah Blake
May 13: Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire by Peter Stark
June 10: Beloved by Toni Morrison
July 8: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
August 12: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingslover
September 9: The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
October 14: Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
November 18: Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
December 9: Distant Sons by Tim Johnston

For more information, call (563) 326-7832.