Marathon City Book Club: “The Hired Girl” by Laura Amy Schlitz

Mon. 10/9. Join us for our monthly book club at MCPL Marathon City! For the month of October, we’ll be reading “The Hired Girl” by Laura Amy Schlitz! Free, with new members always welcome! Call 715-443-2775 for more information. 5:45 p.m. 715-443-2775. [MCPL Marathon City]

Hatley Book Club: “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury

Tues. 10/10. Discuss Ray Bradbury’s classic novel “Fahrenheit 451” during our Hatley Branch’s October book club meeting! 2:00 p.m. 715-446-3537. [MCPL Hatley]

Edgar Book Club: “Missing Mom” by Joyce Carol Oates

Thurs. 10/12. Join us for a discussion of this book, about a woman who undergoes a major personal transformation in the year following her mother’s death. 11:30 a.m. 715-352-3155. [MCPL Edgar]

Athens Book Club: “Under The Influence” by Joyce Maynard

Thurs. 10/12. Discussion of a novel about a woman who falls apart in her personal and professional life, and falls under the spell of a charming couple. No registration required and new people are always welcome! 6:30 p.m. 715-257-7292. [MCPL Athens]

Mosinee Book Club: “The Light Between Oceans” by M. L. Stedman

Mon. 10/16. A baby washes ashore a remote Australian island where a childless

couple run a lighthouse. 1:00 p.m. 715-693-2144. [MCPL Mosinee]

Stratford Book Club “Magic Hour” by Kristin Hannah

Mon. 10/16. Reluctantly giving up her California practice working with troubled children, Julia Cates is forced to draw on all her skills to deal with a young mute girl found abandoned and terrified in her Pacific Northwest. 1:00 p.m. 715-687-4420. [MCPL Stratford]

Spencer Book Club: “Ordinary Grace” by William Kent Krueger

Mon. 10/16. Join us for a discussion of the book “Ordinary Grace,” about a man who looks back on a tragic event that shattered his small Minnesota hometown when he was 13. 6:30 p.m. 715-659-3996. [MCPL Spencer]

Women’s Night Out Book Club: “A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik Backman

Mon. 10/16. Lively, social discussion of the novel about a curmudgeon who finds an unexpected friendship among neighbors. 6:30 p.m. 715-261-7200. [MCPL Wausau]

Spencer Book Club: “Ordinary Grace” by William Kent Krueger

Thurs. 10/19. Join us for a discussion of the book “Ordinary Grace,” about a man who looks back on a tragic event that shattered his small Minnesota hometown when he was 13. 1:30 p.m. 715-659-3996. [MCPL Spencer]

Rothschild Book Club: “The Girls” by Emma Cline

Wed. 10/25. A 1960s teen girl becomes swept up in a chaotic cult and its charismatic

leader in “The Girls” by novelist Emma Cline. 11:00 a.m. 715-359-6208. [MCPL Rothschild]

Readers of Classic Literature Book Club: “The Golden Notebook” by Doris Lessing

Wed. 10/25. Join us for a discussion of this classic book, about a successful author who combines her different notebooks of writings into one single golden notebook. No registration required and new participants are always welcome! 12:00 p.m. 715-261-7200. [MCPL Wausau]