Holiday Library Closure Schedule

  • All Ventura County Libraries will close early at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 24 and are closed all day Wednesday, December 25.
  • Todas las bibliotecas del condado de Ventura cerrarán temprano a las 5:00 p.m. el martes 24 de diciembre y estarán cerradas todo el día el miércoles 25 de diciembre.

 

  • All Ventura County Libraries will close early at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 31 and are closed all day Wednesday, January 1.
  • Todas las bibliotecas del condado de Ventura cerrarán temprano a las 5:00 p.m. el martes 31 de diciembre y estarán cerradas todo el día el miércoles 1 de enero.

Oak View Library Reading Society

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About the Society

Adult participants read a selected title and share their opinions with other readers using comment cards. A communal reading experience with no meeting commitment.

The current title is Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon.

Interested in reading this title? Contact Oak View Library staff for more information. Books are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Thank you to the Ojai Valley Library Friends and Foundation for their funding support.

 

Oak View Events for Adults

There are currently no upcoming events.

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Oak View Reading Society-Past Titles by Year

  • Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly
  • The Paragon Hotel by Lyndsay Faye
  • Rough Sleepers by Tracy Kidder (One County, One Book selection)
  • The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
  • The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley
  • The Last Bus to Wisdom by Ivan Doig
  • Solito by Javier Zamora (One County, One Book selection)
  • The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery
  • The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
  • The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
  • About Grace by Anthony Doerr
  • The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
  • The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia
  • Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America by Mayukh Sen (One County, One Book selection)
  • This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
  • We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
  • Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
  • The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan
  • The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
  • Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha (One County, One Book selection)
  • The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See (One County, One Book selection)
  • Light from Other Stars by Erika Swyler
  • The Lost Man by Jane Harper
  • Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce
  • There,There by Tommy Orange
  • The Fifteen Wonders of Daniel Green by Erica Boyce
  • Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
  • The Library Book by Susan Orlean (One County, One Book selection)
  • The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce
  • The Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
  • Transcription by Kate Atkinson
  • Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple
  • Barbarian Days by William Finnegan (One County, One Book selection)
  • A Girl in Disguise by Greer Macallister
  • In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende
  • The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom
  • Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
  • A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline
  • The Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
  • Sourdough by Robin Sloan
  • Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
  • The Dinner by Herman Koch
  • The Little Paris Book Shop by Nina George
  • My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman
  • The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
  • Slade House by David Mitchell
  • Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan  
  • Home by Toni Morrison
  • Memory Painter by Gwendolyn Womack
  • Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
  • The Telling Room by Michael Paterniti
  • The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley
  • Dry Bones in the Valley by Tom Bouman  
  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
  • Mr. Penumbra’s Twenty-Four Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
  • The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
  • The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
  • Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck