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, July 30th 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 Gangster in Our Midst: by Betty Brandt Passick. 

Book summary: 

Marshal Sweeney Delaney, a rookie in a small Iowa town, faces the challenges of Prohibition after the 18th Amendment. With even devout Christians brewing alcohol, Chicago gangster Louie La Cava arrives. Sweeney is supported by two allies: farmer Walter Bierkoff and Father John Halpin, the local priest, as he navigates this upheaval.