Book Clubs

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Book Talk

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.
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, August 24th 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 History of the Spirit Lake Massacre & Captivity of Miss Abbie Gardner by Abbie Gardner-Sharp. 

 Book summary: 
A recounting of the raid on settlements in northwestern Iowa by the Sioux, written by one of the survivors of the massacre.