The Palos Verdes Library District offers four unique opportunities for you to connect with fellow book lovers!
- Malaga Cove Library Monthly Book Club - meets every first Saturday of the month at the Malaga Cove Library Community Room
- Miraleste Library Monthly Book Club - meets every second Saturday of the month at the Miraleste Library
- Page Against the Machine - meets every first Tuesday of the month via Zoom and in person at the Peninsula Center Library Purcell Meeting Room
- Too Busy Book Club - meets every third Monday of the month at the Peninsula Center Library Purcell Meeting Room
- Host Your Own Book Club - select from a number of titles with multiple copies each; all titles have discussion questions, literary reviews, and other resources to help jumpstart your book club!
Each month we will read and discuss a single book. At the end of each meeting, we will select titles for the next two months.
Meets every first Saturday of the month at 2:00 PM
Malaga Cove Library Community Room
2400 Via Campesina, Palos Verdes Estates 90274
Next meeting: Saturday, December 7, 2024
December's title: A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
2024 Reading List
- July 6, 2024: Bad Marie by Marcy Dermansky
- August 3, 2024: A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
- September 7, 2024: Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes
- October 5, 2024: Erasure by Percival Everett
- November 2, 2024: Obsessive Genius by Barbara Goldsmith
- December 7, 2024: A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
Questions? Contact the Malaga Cove Library 310-377-9584 x551
Each month we will read and discuss a single book.
Meets every second Saturday of the month at 1:00 PM
Miraleste Library
29089 Palos Verdes Drive East, Rancho Palos Verdes 90275
Next meeting: Saturday, December 14, 2024
December's title: [Share-A-Book/Pick-A-Book]
2024 Reading List
- January 13, 2024: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- February 10, 2024: The Premonition: a pandemic story by Michael Lewis
- March 9, 2024: The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
- April 13, 2024: Rock, Paper, Scissors by Alice Feeney
- May 11, 2024: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
- June 8, 2024: Stones for Ibarra by Harriet Doerr
- July 13, 2024: Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict
- August 10, 2024: As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
- September 14, 2024: The Night Tiger by Yangsze Cho
- October 12, 2024: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
- November 9, 2024: Killers of the Flower Moon: the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
- December 14, 2024: [Share-A-Book/Pick-A-Book]
Questions? Contact the Miraleste Library 310-377-9584 x452
Everyone has a chance to talk about their favorite topical read from the previous month's assigned theme.
Meets every first Tuesday of the month
Peninsula Center Library Purcell Meeting Room
701 Silver Spur Rd., Rolling Hills Estates, 90274
Next meeting: Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Meets IN-PERSON at 11 am
December's theme is "Read What's Been Read". We're reading titles that were previously shared by participants from this year as well as years past.
For ideas, check out the list of suggested titles
Questions? Contact Robert at 310-377-9584 x215 or email: rbroadstone@pvld.org
Too busy to keep up with the recent best sellers? Read with us and catch up on old best sellers! Each month we discuss a book you may have missed. We will read both Fiction and Non-Fiction titles.
Meets every third Monday of the month from 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Peninsula Center Library Purcell Meeting Room
701 Silver Spur Rd., Rolling Hills Estates, 90274
Next meeting: Monday, January 20, 2025
Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
Select from a number of titles with multiple copies each; all titles have discussion questions, literary reviews, and other resources to help jumpstart your book club!