Book Clubs
Jake’s Reads
First Thursday | 7:00 P.M.
Jake’s Eats: Upper Room
4680 Prospect St. | Mantua, OH 44255
Jake’s Reads (formerly Wine Bar Book Club) is a relaxed, all-genre book club for readers interested in discussing books from a variety of genres in a laid-back environment.
Please note: Book Club members receive 10% off all book club titles. If you would like to order a book, notify the shop at least 10 days before the first of the month.
2026 Schedule of Titles:
Thursday, March 5: Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
Thursday, April 2: The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine
Thursday, May 7: Isola by Allegra Goodman
Thursday, June 4: The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett
Thursday, July 2: Less by Andrew Sean Greer
Thursday, August 6: Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II by Elyse Graham
Thursday, September 3: The Bookbinder’s Secret by A.D. Bell
Thursday, October 1: The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
Thursday, November 5: Dirt Songs by Kari Gunter-Seymour
Thursday, December 3: The Book of (More) Delights by Ross Gay
Books @ Bibury
Second Wednesday | 9:00 A.M.
Bibury & Books
4672 E. Prospect St. | Mantua, OH 44255
Bibury & Books is a quirky, cozy book club for mystery lovers. This book club reads modern and classic mysteries. Coffee provided by Mantua’s own Good Earth Roasters.
Please note: Book Club members receive 10% off all book club titles. If you would like to order a book, notify the shop at least 10 days before the first of the month.
2026 Schedule of Titles:
Wednesday, March 11: The Great Mistake by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Wednesday, April 8: Darkenbloom by Eva Menasse
Wednesday, May 13: The Librarians by Sherry Thomas
Wednesday, June 10: The Inheritance by Trisha Sakhlecha
Wednesday, July 8: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
Wednesday, August 12: Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili
Wednesday, September 9: The Murder of Mr. Ma by SJ Rozan and John Shen Yen Nee
Wednesday, October 14: My Murder by Katie Williams
Wednesday, November 11: Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb
Wednesday, December 9: The Sentence Is Death: A Novel by Anthony Horowitz
Crestwood Community Center Book Club
Second Friday | 10:00 A.M.
Jake’s Eats: Upper Room
4680 Prospect St. | Mantua, OH 44255
The Crestwood Community Center Book Club is a collaboration with the CCC. This book club is perfect for community members looking for books that inspire and promote connection.
Please note: Book Club members receive 10% off all book club titles. If you would like to order a book, notify the shop at least 10 days before the first of the month.
2026 Schedule of Titles:
Friday, May 8: Eddie Winston is Looking for Love by Marianne Cronin
Friday, June 11: Nosy Neighbors by Freya Sampson
Friday, July 9: The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
Friday, August 14: Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time: How Mamie Fish, Queen of the Gilded Age, Partied Her Way to Power by Jennifer Wright
Friday, September 11: Vintage 1954 by Antoine Laurain
Friday, October 9: I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections by Nora Ephron
Friday, November 13: The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg
Friday, December 11: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
Austenites Unite!
Last Monday | 7:00 P.M.
Healthy Hearts Wellness & Yoga
10702 Main St. | Mantua, OH 44255
Netherfield has been let at last! Austenites Unite! is perfect for Austen fans looking for a different kind of Austen experience. This club alternates Austen’s work with nonfiction reads about her time period, personal experience and world. Tea served is from the lovely local Storehouse Tea, available at Mantua’s own Restoration 44 Coffee Company.
Please note: Book Club members receive 10% off all book club titles. If you would like to order a book, notify the shop at least 10 days before the first of the month.
2026 Schedule of Titles:
Monday, March 30: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Monday, April 27: Jane Austen’s Bookshelf by Rebecca Romney
Monday, May 25: Persuasion by Jane Austen
Monday, June 29: Jane Austen’s England by Roy & Lesley Adams
Monday, July 27: Wild for Austen: A Rebellious, Subversive, and Untamed Jane by Devoney Looser
Monday, August 31: Emma by Jane Austen
Monday, September 28: Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley
Monday, October 26: Jane Austen’s Letters edited by Deirdre Le Faye
Monday, November 30: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Monday, December 28: What Matters in Jane Austen? by John Mullan