The Palos Verdes Library District offers four unique opportunities for you to connect with fellow book lovers!
- Malaga Cove Library Monthly Book Club - meets every first Saturday of the month at the Malaga Cove Library Community Room
- Miraleste Library Monthly Book Club - meets every second Saturday of the month at the Miraleste Library
- Page Against the Machine - meets every first Tuesday of the month at the Peninsula Center Library Purcell Meeting Room
- Edith Wharton Book Club - meets on select Fridays at the Peninsula Center Library Purcell Meeting Room
- Host Your Own Book Club - select from several titles with multiple copies each; all titles have discussion questions, literary reviews, and other resources to help jumpstart your book club!
Each month, we will read and discuss a single book. At the end of each meeting, we will select titles for the next two months.
Meets every first Saturday of the month at 2:00 PM
Malaga Cove Library Community Room
2400 Via Campesina, Palos Verdes Estates 90274
Next meeting: Saturday, April 4, 2026
April's Title: The Road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway
2026 Reading List
- January 3, 2026: Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
- February 7, 2026: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- March 7, 2026: Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe
- April 4, 2026: The Road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway
- May 2, 2026: Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks
- June 6, 2026: The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
- July 11, 2026 (note date change due to library being closed on 4th of July): White Mulberry by Rosa Easton Kwon
Questions? Contact the Malaga Cove Library 310-377-9584 x551
Each month, we will read and discuss a single book.
Meets every second Saturday of the month at 1:00 PM
Miraleste Library
29089 Palos Verdes Drive East, Rancho Palos Verdes 90275
Next meeting: Saturday, April 11, 2026
April's title: The Professor and the Madmen by Simon Winchester
2026 Reading List
- January 10, 2026: Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan
- February 14, 2026: The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl
- March 14, 2026: The Spy in Moscow Station by Eric Haseltine
- April 11, 2026: The Professor and the Madmen by Simon Winchester
- May 9, 2026: The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
- June 13, 2026: Blue Skies by T.C. Boyle
- July 11, 2026: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
- August 8, 2026: God's Shadow by Alan Mikhail
- September 12, 2026: Orbital by Samantha Harvey
- October 10, 2026: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
- November 14, 2026: American Spirits by Russell Banks
- December 12, 2026: [Share-a-Book/Pick-a-Book]
Questions? Contact the Miraleste Library 310-377-9584 x452
Everyone has a chance to talk about their favorite topical read from the previous month's assigned theme.
Meets every first Tuesday of the month
Peninsula Center Library Purcell Meeting Room
701 Silver Spur Rd., Rolling Hills Estates, 90274
Next meeting: Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Meets IN-PERSON at 11 am
April's theme: The National Book Critics Circle Award (Winners and Finalists): Read any winner or finalist (or longlisted title) of the NBCCA from any year.
Click here for a list of the 2025 nominees!
Questions? Contact Robert at 310-377-9584 x215 or email: [email protected]
Join us as we read novels by the great American author of the Gilded Age, Edith Wharton.
Meets on select Fridays at 4 pm - 5 pm from January to June 2026
Peninsula Center Library Purcell Meeting Room
701 Silver Spur Rd., Rolling Hills Estates, 90274
Next meeting: Friday, March 27, 2026
The Custom of the Country
Reading List:
- January 30, 2026: The House of Mirth
- February 27, 2026: Ethan Frome
- March 27, 2026: The Custom of the Country
- April 24, 2026: The Age of Innocence
- May 22, 2026: The Buccaneers
- June 19, 2026: Short Stories
Select from a number of titles with multiple copies each; all titles have discussion questions, literary reviews, and other resources to help jumpstart your book club!