The Reference Division of the library offers three book clubs open to anyone who would like to discuss books.
The First Thursday Book Club meets on the first Thursday of every month at 7:00 p.m. in the Gowland Meeting Room at the Dove Lane Library. Please contact Dione Sobin at (760) 602-2041 or Contact Us | Dove First Thursday Book Club for more information. Join us!
| September 4 | Dork of Cork by Chet Raymo |
| October 2 | Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris |
| November 6 | Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson |
| December 4 | Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert |
The First Wednesday Book Club meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 2:00 p.m. in the Gowland Meeting Room at the Dove Lane Library. Please contact Heidi Wyner at (760) 602-2044 or Contact Us | Dove First Wednesday Book Club, for more information.
| September 3 | Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali |
| October 1 | The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon |
| November 5 | Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky |
| December 3 | People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks |
The Monday Night Classics Book Club meets on the fourth Monday of every month at 7:00 p.m. in the Gowland Meeting Room at the Dove Lane Library. Please contact Leila Dooley (760) 602-2042 or Contact Us | Dove Library Classics Book Club, for more information.
| September 22 | Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen |
| October 27 | The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| November 24 | The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien |
| No meeting in December. |