Book Clubs
Friends, books, and great conversation
Watermark Book Clubs
In the Margins
For readers who love to linger over the deeper questions.
In the Margins is Watermark’s literary book club, featuring novels that invite close reading, rich discussion, and plenty of room for interpretation. We’ll take about character, language, structure, memory, relationships, and all the things a book may be saying beneath the surface.
Look closely. What is happening underneath what we think we understand?
Led by Lisa
Off the Map
For readers ready to go somewhere unexpected
Off the Map is Watermark’s book club for books that take us somewhere we didn’t expect to go — into unfamiliar worlds, morally messy territory, culturally specific lives, darker stories, stranger perspectives, and reading experiences outside our usual habits.
Come ready to venture beyond the familiar and see where the book takes you.
Led by Lisa
September Book Club
In the Margins
“A sweeping and atmospheric novel of Ireland, whose people clung to their land in the face of colonialism during the days of the Great Hunger. O’Farrell focuses her lens on a family’s tragedy, trauma, guilt, and ultimately hope.”
—Betsy Von Kerens, The Bookworm of Omaha, Omaha
June 2026 Indie Next List
Led by Lisa | Sunday, September 27 from 5:30-6:30pm
Copies of Land are also available in the store for purchase.
October Book Club
Off the Map
“A knockout. A brief, bright sprint through the Dublin mob scene, giving Sopranos, giving The Wire, begging for an HBO series. Hard-boiled, beautiful prose and propulsive story, wastes no time and leaves us breathless. Left me wanting more, in the best way.”
—Jacob Orlando, Porter Square Books, Massachusetts
May 2026 Indie Next List
Led by Lisa | Sunday, October 4 from 5:30-6:30pm
Copies of All Them Dogs are also available in the store for purchase.