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: If you would like to order a book, click the link OR 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 10: The Book of (More) Delights by Ross Gay
Books @ Bibury
Second Tuesday | 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: If you would like to order a book, click the link OR 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
Rescheduled to Tuesday, May 26 at 9:00 A.M.
Tuesday, June 9: The Inheritanceby Trisha Sakhlecha
Tuesday, July 14: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
Tuesday, August 11: A Drop of Corruptionby Robert Jackson Bennett
Tuesday, September 8: Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili
Tuesday, October 13: The Murder of Mr. Ma by SJ Rozan and John Shen Yen Nee
Tuesday, November 10: My Murder by Katie Williams
Tuesday, December 8: Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb
2027 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 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: If you would like to order a book, click the link OR notify the shop at least 10 days before the first of the month.
2027 Schedule of Titles:
Thursday, January 7: Murderbot Diaries, Volume 1 by Martha Wells
Thursday, February 4: I See You’ve Called in Dead by John Kenney
Thursday, March 4: The Subtle Art of Folding Space by John Chu
Thursday, April 1: Homebound by Portia Elan
Thursday, May 6: The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Thursday, June 3: Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman
Thursday, July 1: She Made Herself a Monster by Anna Kovatcheva
Thursday, August 5: Country People by Daniel Mason
Thursday, September 2: A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing by Alice Evelyn Yang
Thursday, October 7: The Postcard by Anne Berest
Thursday, November 4: Appraisals by Claire Boyles
Thursday, December 16 (Third Thursday due to Merry Evening in the Village): The Elsewhere Express by Samantha Sotto Yombao
Books @ Bibury
Second Tuesday | 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: If you would like to order a book, click the link OR notify the shop at least 10 days before the first of the month.
2027 Schedule of Titles:
Tuesday, January 12: Watership Down by Richard Adams
Tuesday, February 9: The Death Row Club by V.A. Vazquez
Tuesday, March 9: The Politician by Tim Sullivan
Tuesday, April 13: The Kindness of Strangers by Emma Garman
Tuesday, May 11: Missing by E.A. Jackson
Tuesday, June 8: Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker
Tuesday, July 13: The Case of the Murdered Muckraker by Rob Osler
Tuesday, August 10: The Final Problem by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Tuesday, September 14: The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke
Tuesday, October 12: Death at a Scottish Halloween by Lucy Connelly
Tuesday, November 9: Murder Like Magic by Trisha Blanchet
Tuesday, December 14: My Grandfather, The Master Detective by Masateru Konishi