Afternoon Book Discussion Group

The group meets every 3rd Monday of the month (except in January and February when the third Monday is a holiday, so in January and February we meet on the fourth Monday of the month). Pick up a copy of the book at the Adult Reference Desk, or, an ebook or eaudiobook may be available through our hoopla or Libby apps.  Readers wanted!

Reading List

2026

January 26 - The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict
February 23 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
March 16 - From Here to the Great Unknown by Lisa Marie Presley
April 20 - First Women: the Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies by Kate Andersen Brower

2025

January 27 - The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
February 24 - Finding Me by Viola Davis
March 17 - The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson
April 15 - General discussion of books and going forward after longtime leader and Head of Adult Services Jean Hansen's retirement
May 19 - Sandwich by Catherine Newman
June 16 - The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner
July 21 - The House on Fripp Island by Rebecca Kauffman
August - no meeting
September 15 - The Huntress by Kate Quinn
October 20 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
November 17 - Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan

2024

January 22 - Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
February 26 - Book Lovers by Emily Henry
March 18 - The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
April 15 - The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
May 20 - The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough
June 17 - Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
July 15 - The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
August - no meeting
September 16 - Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
October 21 - What you are Looking for is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
November 18 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

2023

• January 23 - We Hope for Better Things by Erin Bartels
• February 27 - The Ride of Her Life by Elizabeth Letts
• March 20 - The Lido by Libby Page
• April 17 - The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
• May 15 - Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler
• June 19 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley
• July 17 - Cane River by Lalita Tademy
• September 18 - How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
• October 16 - How not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz
• November 20 - Foster by Claire Keegan
  
  

2022

• January 24 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
• February 28 - All Blood Runs Red by Phil Keith
• March 21 - The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline
• April 18 - Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette
• May 16 - We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker
• June 20 - The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family by Ron Howard and Clint Howard
• July 18 - Harry's Trees by Jon Cohen
• September 19 - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
• October 17 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
• November 21 - The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames by Justine Cowan

2021

• March 15 - America for Beginners by Leah Franqui
• April 19 - Maybe you should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
• May 17 - The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames (also available from hoopla)
• June 21 - Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
• July 19 - The Switch by Beth O'Leary 
• September 20 - Deacon King Kong by James McBride
• October 18 - Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
• November 15 - Eight Flavors: the untold story of American cuisine by Sarah Lohman

2020

• January 27 - Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
• February 24 - Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna
• March 16 - The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
• April 20 - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
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 2019

• January 28 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
• February 25 - The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick
• March 18 - The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne
• April 15 - The Life She Was Given by Ellen Wiseman
• May 20 - The Prime of Miss Jean Brody by Muriel Spark
• June 17 - Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
• July 15 - Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
• September 16 - News of the World by Paulette Jiles
• October 21 - Inheritance by Dani Shapiro
• November 18 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
• December - no meeting

2018

• January 22 - Inside the O'Briens by Lisa Genova
• February 26 - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
• March 19 - Not a Sound by Heather Gudenkauf
• April 16 - The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti
• May 21 - Wonder by R.J. Palacio
• June 18 - Celine by Peter Heller
• July 16 - Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
• August - no meeting
• September 17 - The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
• October 15 - Bird Box by Josh Malerman
• November 19 - Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
• December - no meeting

  2017

•   January 23 – The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarity
•   February  27 – River of Doubt by Candice Millard
•   March 20 -  Dear Life by Alice Munro
•  April 17 - The Passenger by Lisa Lutz
•  May 15 - The Widow by Fiona Barton
•  June 19 - This Time Together by Carol Burnett
•  July 17 - The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
• September 18 - Don't Tell Me You're Afraid by Guiseppe Catozzella
• October 16 - The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
• November 20 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

• January 25 - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
• February 22 - One Thousand White Women: the journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus
• March 21 - A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman  The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell
• April 18 - Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
• May 16 - The Power of Habit  by Charles Duhigg
• June 20- The Last Bus to Wisdom by Ivan Doig
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• July 18 -  The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
• No meeting in August
• September 19 - Long Gone by Alafair Burke
• October 17 - Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
• November 21 - Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach

  2015

• January 26 - The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
• February 23 - Me Before You by JoJo Moyes
• March 16 - The Girl You Left Behind by JoJo Moyes
  Note: We are not reading All the Light We Cannot See this month after all due to unavailability of copies of that title. We will read it sometime in the future after its popularity dies down somewhat.
• April 20 - The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
• May 18 - Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
• June 15 - Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
• July 20 - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
• No meeting in August
• September 21 - The Presidents Club: inside the world's most exclusive fraternity by Nancy Gibbs
• October 19 - Annie's Ghosts by Steve Luxenberg  Note: All the Light We Cannot See is still too popular and must be postponed again
• November 16 - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
• No meeting in December