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Have you read a good book lately?
The Library is happy to host a number of book group and book discussion options. These groups are led by both Library staff and volunteers.
These are the groups currently meeting at the Library:
Monday Night Book Club (meets at 7:30pm)
- May 3, 2021 - The Ship of Brides by Jojo Moyes
- April 5, 2021 - The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
- March 1, 2021 - The Island of the Sea Women by Lisa See
- February 1, 2021 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- December 7, 2020 - The Godmother: A Crime Novel by Hannelore Cayre
- November 2, 2020 - Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
- October 5, 2020 - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- Full list of Books for the 2019 - 2020 season
- Full list of Books for the 2018 - 2019 season
- Full list of Books for the 2017 - 2018 season
- Full list of Books for the 2016 - 2107 season
- Full list of Books for the 2015 - 2016 season
Eclectic Book Club
- Currently on hiatus
- October 23, 2019 - The Last Cowboys of San Geronimo by Ian Stansel
- June 26, 2019 - Marauders by Tom Cooper
- February 13, 2019 - Only Killers and Thieves by Paul Howath
- October 24, 2018 - Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
- June 20, 2018 - American War by Omar El Akkad
- February 28, 2018 - The Attack by Yasmina Khadra
- Full List of Previous Titles
Local History Book Discussion
- ONLINE December 2, 2020 - Black Bostonians: Family Life and Community Struggle in the Antebellum North by James Oliver Horton
- ONLINE September 9, 2020 - Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 by Stephen Puleo
- ONLINE June 3, 2020 - A City So Grand by Stephen Puleo
- March 4, 2020 - American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, RalphWaldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau:Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work by Susan Cheever
- August 28, 2019 - Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
- April 24, 2019 - The Gardner Heist by Ulrich Boser
- Full List of Previous Titles
Cookbook Club
- November 12, 2020 - Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines
- September 30, 2020 - The Mason Jar Cookbook by Amy Fazio
- August 5, 2020 - Sweetie Pie's Cookbook by Miss Robbie
- June 4, 2020 - Baking by Dorie Greenspan
- January 27, 2020 - Vietnamese Food Any Day by Andrea Nguyen
- November 18, 2019 - The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays by Ree Drummond
- September 23, 2019 - Plenty More by Yotam Ottolenghi
- May 20, 2019 - Bring It! by Ali Rosen
- March 25, 2019 - New England Invite by Kate Bowler
- January 14, 2019 - Skinnytaste Fast and Slow by Gina Homolka
- Full List of Previous Titles
Celebrity Book Club
- November 5, 2020 - Mercy House by Alena Dillon
- September 23, 2020 - A Hundred Suns by Karin Tanabe
- July 30, 2020 - Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
- June 11, 2020 - Careful What You Wish For by Hallie Ephron
- May 7, 2020 - Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
- April 9, 2020 - Elevator Pitch by Linwood Barclay
- February 6, 2020 - American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
- December 5, 2019 - A Place for Us by Fatima Mirza
- October 17, 2019 - Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
- August 1, 2019 - The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin
- June 6, 2019 - The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker
- April 4, 2019 - Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
- February 7, 2019 - An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
- December 6, 2018 - Still Lives by Maria Hummel