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) Delightsby 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: 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
Rescheduled to Tuesday, May 26 at 9:00 A.M.
Tuesday, June 9: The Inheritance by Trisha Sakhlecha
Tuesday, July 14: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
Tuesday, August 11: Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili
Tuesday, September 8: The Murder of Mr. Ma by SJ Rozan and John Shen Yen Nee
Tuesday, October 13: My Murder by Katie Williams
Tuesday, November 10: Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb
Tuesday, December 8: 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 Loveby Marianne Cronin
Friday, June 11: NO BOOK CLUB
Friday, July 9: Nosy Neighbors by Freya Sampsono
Friday, August 14: The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
Friday, September 11: Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time: How Mamie Fish, Queen of the Gilded Age, Partied Her Way to Power by Jennifer Wright
Friday, October 9: Vintage 1954 by Antoine Laurain
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!
Fall 2026| Last Tuesday | 7:00 P.M. |
Bibury & Books
4672 E. Prospect St. | Mantua, OH 44255
Netherfield has been let at last!
Austenites Unite! is the perfect Fall book club 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.
Fall 2026 Schedule:
Tuesday, September 29: Emma by Jane Austen
Tuesday, October 27: Wild for Austen: A Rebellious, Subversive, and Untamed Jane by Devoney Looser
Tuesday, November 24: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Tuesday, December 29: Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley