Book Clubs

Join the Discussion

Book Talk meets monthly on the last Monday of the month at 10:00 am.
This group gathers in the library's meeting room for discussion. Everyone welcome.

Join us in our love of books!
We’ll provide a reading suggestion for each month. You pick your own book to read.

Monthly Reading Themes for 2026

January:Book has a dust jacket
February: Iowa Ties
March: A guide to...
April: All read the same book
May: Author's initials are the same
June: Murder to solve
July: Pioneer time period
August: Biography
September: A book from your ancestry
October: A book that costs you nothing
November: Based on a true story
December: Day of the week in the title
 

Oelwein Reads
Thursday, March 26th at 6:00. p.m.

Oelwein Reads Book Club will meet at the library.
This book club will focus on books about Iowa or the Midwest.  
The book selected is By the Iowa Sea by Joe Blair 

Book summary:

An exquisitely written memoir about the heartbreaks and ecstasies of marriage and fatherhood by a talented new writer from the University of Iowa MFA program.