Library Hours
Monday - Thursday : 9 - 9Friday and Saturday : 9 - 5
Sunday : 1 - 5
Winnetka Public Library
768 Oak StreetWinnetka, IL 60093 (map)
(847) 446-7220
Northfield Branch
1785 Orchard LaneNorthfield, IL 60093 (map)
(847) 446-5990
All Ages Storytime
Date: Friday, May 18, 2012Start time: 10:30 AM
End time: 11:00 AM
Location: Winnetka Library Lloyd Room
Event details
A half hour of stories, songs, and fun for all ages!
eReader Drop-in Clinic and Petting Zoo
Date: Friday, May 18, 2012Start time: 3:00 PM
End time: 5:00 PM
Registration required
Try out popular eReaders, receive one-on-one assistance and learn how to download free eBooks and audiobooks from the library. Stop by any time from 3:00pm-5:00pm. No registration required.
Book Discussion Titles
Fiction Book Club Titles
Clue Mystery Book Club Titles
Fiction Book Club Titles
1999-2000
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
Charming Billy by Alice McDermott
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Montana 1948 by Larry Watson
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Katterskill Falls by Allegra Goodman
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
The Soloist by Mark Salzman
2000-2001
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama
Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Gesture Life by Chang-rae Lee
Plainsong by Kent Haruf
Waiting by Ha Jin
2001-2002
O Pioneers by Willa Cather
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus
Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
Disobedience by Jane Hamilton
Hanna's Daughters by Marianne Fredriksson
Grass Dancer by Susan Power
2002-2003
House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
The Distinguished Guest by Sue Miller
Before Women Had Wings by Connie May Fowler
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Martin Sloane by Michael Redhill
Falling Angels by Tracy Chevalier
Atonement by Ian McEwan
My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki
2004
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Unless by Carol Shields
Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls
Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
What Was She Thinking by Zoe Heller
Saul & Patsy by Charles Baxter
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Our Lady of the Forest by David Guterson
2005
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
The Pearl Diver by Jeff Talarigo
The Laments by George Hagen
Orchard by Larry Watson
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
2006
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
March by Geraldine Brooks
When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
The Ha-Ha by Dave King
The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Foer
Saturday by Ian McEwan
2007
Slipstream by Leslie Larson
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Skinner's Drift by Lisa Fugard
Saving the World by Julia Alvarez
The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
Plum Wine by Angela Davis-Gardner
Evidence of Things Unseen by Marianne Wiggins
The Love Wife by Gish Gen
2008
The Rest of Her Life by Laura Moriarty
The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer
Away by Amy Bloom
Trespass by Valerie Martin
Clue Mystery Book List
2005 TITLE LIST
| Title & Author | Genre |
|---|---|
| Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly | Historical |
| Black and Blue by Ian Rankin | Police procedural |
| Blood of Victory by Alan Furst | Spies/espionage |
| Killer Stuff by Sharon Fiffer | Amateur sleuth |
| Babel by Barry Maitland | Religious - Islam |
| Outcast Dove by Sharan Newman | Religious - Judaism |
| Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon | Foreign - Italy |
| Season of the Monsoon by Paul Mann | Foreign - India |
| Sunset and Sawdust by Lansdale | Historical - 20th cent. |
| Widow of Jerusalem by Alan Gordon | Historical - 12th cent. |
2006 TITLE LIST
| Title & Author | Location |
|---|---|
| Year of the Hyenas by Brad Geagley | Ancient Egypt |
| Bahamarama by Bob Morris | US - Florida |
| Shinju by Laura Joh Rowland | Japan |
| Murder in the White House by Margaret Truman | US - Washington D.C. |
| River of Darkness by Rennie Airth | England |
| Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley | US - Los Angeles |
| Don't Look Back by Karin Fossum | Norway |
| Death in Lacquer Red by Jeanne Dams | US - Indiana |
| The Button Man by Brian Freemantle | Russia |
| The Shaman Sings by James Doss | US - Colorado |
| Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill | Laos |
2007 BOOK LIST
| Title & Author | Setting |
|---|---|
| Smell of the Night by Andrea Camilleri | contemporary Italy |
| Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey | early 20th century England |
| Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell | contemporary Sweden |
| Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith | Montana in 1892 |
| Perfidious Parrot by Janwillem Van de Wetering | contemporary Amsterdam |
| Brandenburg Gate by Henry Porter | East Germany in 1989 |
| Jar City by Arnaldur Indridason | contemporary Iceland |
| Dissolution by C.J. Sansom | England in 1537 |
| 36 Yalta Boulevard by Olen Steinhauer | Vienna in 1966 |
| Sun Storm by Asa Larsson | |
| contemporary Sweden | |
| Some Danger Involved by Will Thomas | London in 1884 |
2008 BOOK LIST
| Title & Author | Setting |
|---|---|
| The One from the Other by Philip Kerr | post-WWII Germany |
| Window in Copacabana by L. A. Garcia-Roza | Brazil |
| Sight Unseen by Robert Goddard | |
| contemporary England | |
| Borkmann's Point by Hakan Nesser | contemporary Sweden |
| Corpse in Koryo by James Church | North Korea |
| Season for the Dead by David Hewson | Italy |
| What is Mine by Anne Holt | Norway |
| Study in Scarlet (1st in the Sherlock Holmes series) by Arthur Conan Doyle | England |
| Easy Innocence by Libby Hellman | |
| Chicago's North Shore suburbs | |
| Forty Words for Sorrow by Giles Blunt | Canada |
| Above Suspicion by Lynda LaPlante | England |
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