Kaleidoscope Book Club

Kaleidoscope Book Club

The Kaleidoscope Book Club meets 6:00 – 7:30 pm on the third Thursday of each month in the Pullen Room at Hughes Library and online via Zoom.

Each month features a theme highlighting LGBTQ+ authors, characters, and stories across all genres. Suggested titles are provided in advance, but you are welcome to choose any book that fits the theme—on or off the list. Haven’t finished your book? Join the conversation anyway!

Most suggested titles can be found through the library’s catalog. Additionally, some selections can be found through the Library’s collections on Hoopla  or Libby. You’re welcome to pick a title from the suggested list or choose your own read!

Who Can Join
All adults are welcome—LGBTQ+ readers, allies, and anyone curious. We maintain a respectful and inclusive atmosphere for all participants.

How to Participate
The club is offered in a hybrid format: attend in person at the library or join via Zoom. For questions, to join the reminder list, or to receive the Zoom link:

2026 Schedule

January – Thursday, January 15th, 6pm

  • Theme: Fresh Starts & First Chapters
    Kick off the new year with coming-of-age stories or books about self-discovery and transformation. Read about characters finding themselves, coming out, transitioning, or beginning new chapters in their lives. Books should feature LGBTQ+ characters or be written by authors from the LGBTQ+ community. Fiction or nonfiction selections welcome. Books from any category—adult, young adult, etc. —are welcome.
  • January Recommendations – Kaleidoscope

February – Thursday, February 19th, 6pm

  • Theme: Black Love, Queer Legacies & Futures
    In celebration of Black History Month, this month’s theme invites you to explore LGBTQ+ stories connected to Black history, culture, and imagination. Choose a book that features Black LGBTQ+ characters or is written by a Black author from the LGBTQ+ community. Stories may center on love, relationships, identity, resistance, pivotal moments in Black history, or visions of Black futures. Fiction or nonfiction selections are welcome, including romance, classics, poetry, essays, memoirs, or speculative works. Books from any category—adult, young adult, and beyond—are all welcome.
  • February Recommendations – Kaleidoscope Book Club

March – Thursday, March 19th, 6pm

  • Theme: We March: Rights, Resistance, & the Fight Forward
    For March, we invite you to read a book choice rooted in LGBTQ+ resistance, advocacy, and the ongoing fight for rights and safety. Choose a book that explores protest, organizing, community defense, standing up in the face of injustice or anything similar that inspires you, whether through memoir, fiction, poetry, history, or speculative futures. Stories could center on collective action, personal courage, legal battles, chosen family, or the long work of protecting hard-won freedoms. Lighter, hopeful, or forward-looking reads are also welcome, including stories that imagine safer, freer worlds. All genres and age categories—adult, young adult, and beyond—are invited.
  • March Recommendations – Kaleidoscope Book Club

April – Thursday, April 16th, 6pm

May – Thursday, May 21st, 6pm

June – Thursday, May 18th, 6pm

July – Thursday, July 16th, 6pm

August – Thursday, August 20th, 6pm

September – September 17th, 6pm

October – October 15th, 6pm

November – November 19th, 6pm

December – December 17th, 6pm