Are you interested in joining a book club? Check the listing below for information about local groups throughout Monterey County. Can't find a book club in your area? Check our Selected Resources for Book Clubs page for information on how to start your own!

Book club(s) meeting in Seaside:

Friends of the Seaside Library "Food for Thought" Book Club meets once a month on Saturdays from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Seaside Branch Library. Come and tell us about your favorite books. No preparation required, no commitment expected. Everybody is invited. Check us out on LibraryThing.

For more information call Beata Obydzinski at 831-899-2055

Seaside Reading Group meets in private homes to discuss fiction and non-fiction books (one per meeting) and have pot luck refreshments. Accepts new members

For more information call Martha at 831-394-0520

Book club(s) meeting in Monterey:

Literary Circle meets on the last Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Monterey Public Library Community Room to discuss fiction books (one per meeting) with facilitators Stuart and Paula Walzer. Everybody is invited.

For more information call Kim Smith at 831-646-2093

Book club(s) meeting in Pacific Grove:

Works Bookstore Book Club meets on the second Thursday of each month at 9 a.m. to discuss fiction and non-fiction books. Everybody is invited.

For more information call Robert at 831-372-2242

Book club(s) meeting in Carmel Valley:

Carmel Valley Library Book Group - sophisticated, well-traveled and well-read women's book group that eases through their books intermixing film and conversation. Biography, nonfiction, women experience, classic English literature, travel books. The group meets every Thursday at 2pm and accepts new members.

For more information call Desiree Gillingham at 831-659-4055

Readers of the River - meets once a week to compare ideas about books and other works of art and to write reviews about the books. Accepts new members

For more information call Robert Feller at 831-659-1766

Book club(s) meeting in Big Sur:

Big Sur Book Club meets on the second Friday of each month at 10 a.m. in the Big Sur library to discuss fiction and non-fiction books (one per meeting). Accepts new members.

For more information call Jaci Pappas at 831-667-2956

Book club(s) meeting in San Ardo

The Chrysanthemums, a group of long time good friends meets once a month for great book discussion (one per meeting) and home-made treats. Tne group meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. and accepts new members.

For more information call Linda Winchell at 831-627-2430

Book club(s) meeting in Aromas:

Aromas Bookheads meets the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. to discuss "the book of the month", both fiction and non-fiction, take turn meeting in homes. Accepts new members.

For more information call Stephanie Meineke at 831-726-3704

If you'd like to add your book club's information to our list, click here. Please print and fill the form and bring or send to the Seaside Branch Library at 550 Harcourt Ave. Seaside, CA 93955 or fax it to 831-899-2735 attn. Book Club to Go Program Coordinator.