Book clubs will explore Amazon jungles and the possibility that life exists beyond Earth during their November meetings.

The Friends of the Flathead County Library Book Club meets at 5 p.m. Nov. 12 to discuss Ann Patchett’s “State of Wonder.”

Pharmaceutical researcher Dr. Marina Singh sets off into the Amazon jungle to find the remains and effects of a colleague who died under mysterious circumstances. But first she must find Dr. Anneck Swenson, a renowned gynecologist studying the reproductive habits of a local tribe in which women can conceive well into middle age and beyond.

The group meets in the basement meeting room of the main library in Kalispell.

The Montana History Book Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 14 to discuss “Montana UFOs and Extraterrestrials” by Joan Bird.

In the 1950s, two spinning disks flew over Great Falls and were filmed on a hand-held movie camera. These and other experiences still defy conventional explanation. Whether a skeptic or a believer, this collection of UFO stories will inform, entertain and challenge readers to take a closer look at the possibility of UFOs.

The group meets at the Museum at Central School, 124 Second Ave. E., Kalispell.

For more information, call Diane at 752-0204.

The Flathead Valley Community College Reading Group meets at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 20 to discuss “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption,” by Laura Hillenbrand.

Louie Zamperini grew up a hellraiser, a thief, a prankster and a fighter. But in the 1930s, he emerged as one of the country’s foremost track stars. He competed in the Berlin Olympics, where he crossed paths with Hitler and stole a German flag. Zamperini fought in World War II and survived a plane crash, a shark attack and more.

The reading group meets monthly to discuss selected novels. The only cost involved is the purchase of the books.

For more information or to sign up, call Sharon Randolph at 756-3981.

The Bad Rock Book Discussion Group meets at 7 p.m. Nov. 21 to discuss “John Muir’s Last Journey: South to the Amazon and East to Africa.”

The book includes excerpts from Muir’s journals and correspondence during his eight-month journey to South America and Africa in 1911-12 at age 73. Though best known for his conservation efforts in California and his creation of the Sierra Club, Muir considered his final journey his most rewarding, writing in Africa in 1912 that "on this pair of wild hot continents I've enjoyed the most fruitful year of my life."

The group meets at Bad Rock Books on Nucleus Avenue in Columbia Falls. All are welcome. Treats are provided.

For more information, call Carol Rocks at 892-0515.

The Whitefish Library Book Discussion Group meets at 6 p.m. Nov. 26 to do its planning for the upcoming year.

Participants should bring suggestions for next year’s reading list. The group will vote on favorites and set the 2014 schedule.

The group does not meet in December.

For more information, call the Whitefish Community Library at 862-9914.