Rockdale Library & Community Information Services currently runs two book groups for adults. Both groups meet at Rockdale Library, one meets on a Wednesday morning and the other meets on a Friday evening. Both groups read mostly fiction. At each book group meeting the group discusses the current selection.

Members of the groups are provided with copies of the selection for the next month at the end of the meeting. If you would like to join please contact Rockdale Library on 9562 1821 to ensure your copy of the current read is available.

The 1st Wednesday group meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 10:30am.

Rockdale Readers meets on the third Friday of every month at 5:30pm.

For more information please call Natalie on 9562 1821.

1st Wednesday Book Group 2013
6 February - The Help by Kathryn Stockett
6 March - The Road by Cormac McCarthy
3 April - Sister by Rosamund Lupton
1 May - Listening to Country by Ros Moriarty
5 June - Sophie's Choice by William Styron
3 July - Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
7 August - My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
4 September - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
2 October - Happiest Refugee by Anh Do
6 November - Animal Farm by George Orwell
4 December - Eye of the Storm by Patrick White

Rockdale Readers Book List 2013
18 January - All things Jane Austen - 200 years of Pride & Prejudice
15 February - Empty Cradles/Oranges & Sunshine by Margaret Humphries
15 March - Lantana Lane by Eleanor Dark
19 April - Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
17 May - The Legacy by Larissa Berendt
21 June - The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul by Deborah Rodriguez
19 July - Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
16 August - Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
20 September - Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
18 October - Between Stations by Kim Cheng Boey
15 November - Under The Volcano by Malcolm Lowry

1st Wednesday Group Reading List 2012
7 March - Think - The Lost Life by Steven Carroll
4 April - Feel - Harp in the South by Ruth Park
2 May - Escape - Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis De Bernieres
6 June - Dream - Love In the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Márquez
4 July - Discover - The Painted Veil - Somerset Maugham
1 August - Question - We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
5 September - Grow - Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
3 October - Explore - Between the Assassinations by Aravind Adiga
7 November - Cry - The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan
5 December - Love2Read - Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

Rockdale Readers Group Reading List 2012
17 February - Laugh - Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
16 March - Think - Riders in the Chariot by Patrick White
20 April - Feel - Brick Lane - Monica Ali
18 May - Escape - Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
15 June - Dream - Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer
20 July - Discover - Infidel - Ayaan Hirsi Ali
17 August - Question - Plot Against America - Philip Roth
21 September - Grow - Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
19 October - Explore - To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
16 November - Cry - Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh

1st Wednesday Group Reading List 2011
2 March - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - Alan Bradley
6 April - The Mayor of Casterbridge - Thomas Hardy
4 May - Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
1 June - Tirra Lirra by the River - Jessica Anderson
6 July - Family Matters - Rohinton Mistry
3 August - Trout Opera - Matthew Condon
7 September - Q & A - Vikas Swarup
5 October - I am Legend - Richard Matheson
2 November - The Broken Shore - Peter Temple
7 December - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne

Rockdale Readers Group Reading List 2011
18 February - Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
18 March - Breath - Tim Winton
15 April - Secret Scripture - Sebastian Barry
20 May - Possession - A S Byatt
17 June - The old Curiosity Shop - Charles Dickens
15 July - The Life of Pi - Yann Martel
19 August - The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
16 September - My Family and Other Animals - Gerald Durrell
21 October - The Wind-up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
18 November - The Slap - Christos Tsiolkas

1st Wednesday Group Reading List 2010
3 March - Saturday - Ian McEwan
7 April - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian - Marina Lewycka
5 May - Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
2 June - The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
7 July - Brave New World - Aldus Huxley
4 August - Captain Correlli's Mandolin - Louis de Bernieres
1 September - Spare Room - Helen Garner
6 October - Leopard - Guiseppe di Lampedusa
3 November - Woman in White - Wilke Collins
1 December - Oscar & Lucinda - Peter Carey

Rockdale Readers Group Reading List 2010
19 February - Let Me Sing You Gentle Songs - Linda Olssen
19 March - Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
16 April - Reluctant Fundamentalist - Moshin Hamid
21 May - The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
18 June - Notes on a Scandal - Zoe Heller
16 July - The Sea, The Sea - Iris Murdoch
20 August - From The Land of Green Ghosts - Pascal Khoo Thwe
17 September - Oryx & Crake - Margaret Atwood
15 October - Snow Country - Yasunari Kawabata
19 November - People of The Book - Geraldine Brooks

1st Wednesday Group Reading List 2009
4 March - No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
1 April - All Quiet on The Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque
6 May - A Fortunate Life - A B Facey
3 June - Room With a View - E M Forster
1 July - Flowers in The Attic - Virginia Andrews
5 August - North And South - Elizabeth Gaskell
2 September - Romulous, My Father - Raimond Gaita
7 October - Ice Station - Matthew Reilly
4 November - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - Philip K Dick
2 December - TBA Romance

Rockdale Readers Group Reading List 2009
20 February - Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kinsolver
20 March - Fine Balance - Rohinton Minstry
17 April - Tuesdays With Morrie - Mitch Albom
15 May - Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
19 June - Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
17 July - Benang - Kim Scott
21 August - Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
18 September - Gift of Rain - Tan Twan Eng
16 October - Breaking The bank - Carol Baxter
20 November - Forgotten Garden - Kate Morton