Books by the Stack

Great books lead to great discussions! To help our local book clubs choose their next great read, we’ve created a collection called Books by the Stack. Modeled after a well-established collection at the Grand Rapids Public Library (MI), we’ve essentially created free-form book club kits that readers can tailor to their own book clubs’ needs.

Books can be checked out individually, so you can take as many as you need or individual book club members can come in and grab a copy on their own. And if you want to take the whole stack to hand out to your group, we have several handy tote bags to check out as well. If you need more than ten books, we can request copies from other libraries in Onondaga County and have them delivered to Skaneateles. Just let us know!

Books by the Stack titles are chosen to inspire interesting conversation. They are well-written, engaging and can grab the interest of a broad audience. We also aim to offer diversity within the collection, selecting memoirs, non-fiction, fiction and short stories. The best books to spark a discussion get readers excited to share why they loved it or hated it. They always stir up some emotion, whether positive or negative. We hope our Books by the Stack inspire you to read, meet and discuss!

Image depicts book cover for The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. A girl sits surrounded by yellow balls, frowning and looking at her smartphone.

Image depicts the cover of The Women by Kristin Hannah. A red cover with scrapes of gold. The largest gold shape silhouettes a helicopter over palm trees.

Image depicts the cover of The Truth of Who You Are by Sheila Myers. The silhouette of a man sits on a ledge at twilight.

Image depicts the cover of Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese. The cover is blak and white and shows the profile of a barn on a landscape horizon.

Image depicts the cover of James by Percival Everett. The name James, in yellow, is shown against a black background. An image of a slave can be seen in the curve of the J.

Image depicts the cover of The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles. It is a mostly white cover with a photographic image of a steam engine train running next to a highway with a car.

Image depicts the cover of The God of the Woods by Liz Moore. Cover is a blurry green, with a decipherable tree. A pink substance drips from the top of the image.

Image depicts the cover of American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. An artistic representation of white tiles with painted blue birds. Or it could be a grid made of barbed wire looking at a sky.

Image depicts the book cover of The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict. A woman's profile looks down from behind stylized red leaves.

Image depicts the book cover of Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. A braid of grass runs horizontally across a white cover.

Image depicts the cover of The Lighthouse Effect by Steve Pemberton. A lighthouse is in front of a stormy sky.

The Four Winds: A Novel: Hannah, Kristin: 9781250178602: Amazon.com: Books


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