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Book Discussions

Novels at Night typically meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 6pm in the library meeting rooms. To see past titles discussed, see below.

Under the Covers (A Romance Book Club) typically meets the third Wednesday of every month at 6pm in the library meeting rooms. To see past titles discussed, see below.

Graphic Novel Book Club typically meets the second Thursday of every month at 3:30pm in the library meeting rooms. To see past titles discussed, see below.

LITerally Speaking met on the third Tuesday of the month at 1pm from 1999-2020. To see past titles discussed, see below.

Novels at Night Meeting Dates and Title Discussed:

Meeting DateBook for Discussion
May 2015Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
June 2015Me Before You by JoJo Moyes
July 2015 The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
August 2015You by Caroline Kepnes
September 2015 The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
October 2015The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
November 2015 Life From Scratch by Sasha Martin
December 2015A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
January 2016The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
February 2016The Mountain Story by Lori Lansens
March 2016Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
April 2016Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
May 2016Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
June 2016All the Things We Never Knew by Sheila Hamilton
July 2016The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
August 2016Inside the O’Briens by Lisa Genova
September 2016The Guest Room by Chris Bohjalian
October 2016Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan
November 2016I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
December 2016Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
January 2017Grunt by Mary Roach
February 2017Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
March 2017Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
April 2017Salt to the Sea by Rupta Septys
May 2017 The Girl With All the Gifts by M. R. Carey
June 2017Unfaithful by Alice Hoffman
July 2017All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
August 2017One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf
September 2017Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
October 2017The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel
November 2017Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
December 2017The Wanderers by Meg Howery
January 2018The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti
February 2018American Fire by Monica Hesse
March 2018Everybody’s Son by Thrity Umrigar
April 2018 Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart
May 2018Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
June 2018Sing Unburied Sing by Jessamyn Ward
July 2018 The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
August 2018 An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
September 2018 Educated by Tara Westover
October 2018 Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
November 2018 Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
December 2018 White Houses by Amy Bloom
January 2019 Flowers for Hitler by Ilse Horacek
February 2019 Grist Mill Road by Christopher J. Yates
March 2019 Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
April 2019 The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
May 2019Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
June 2019Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
July 2019The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
August 2019The Lost Man by Jane Harper
September 2019As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner
October 2019The Valedictorian of Being Dead by Heather B. Armstrong
November 2019The Girls of 17 Swann Street by Yara Zgheib
December 2019Inheritance by Dani Shapiro
January 2020The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth
February 2020After the End by Clare Mackintosh
March 2020Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
April 2020All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (via Zoom)
August 2020Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
September 2020Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
October 2020Wild Game by Adrienne Brodeur
November 2020The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
December 2020Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
January 2021Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
February 2021American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
March 2021Braver Than You Think by Maggie Downs
April 2021The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
May 2021Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
June 2021Buttermilk Graffiti by Edward Lee
July 2021The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline
August 2021The Push by Ashley Audrain
September 2021The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
October 2021A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum
November 2021Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian
December 2021Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
January 2022Hostage by Clare Mackintosh
February 2022Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
March 2022Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
April 2022Count the Ways by Joyce Maynard
May 2022Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
June 2022Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
July 2022We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride & Jo Piazza
August 2022Vanderbilt by Anderson Cooper
September 2022The People We Keep by Allison Larkin
October 2022The Guest List by Lucy Foley
November 2022In Love by Amy Bloom
December 2022The White Darkness by David Grann
January 2023Goodnight Beautiful by Aimee Molloy
February 2023The Measure by Nikki Erlick
March 2023Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
April 2023Blood Orange Night by Melissa Bond
May 2023Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult
June 2023The Sight of You by Holly Miller
July 2023The Family Game by Catherine Steadman
August 2023Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
September 2023The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
October 2023Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
November 2023No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister
December 2023The House is On Fire by Rachel Beanland
January 2024Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
February 2024Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan
March 2024Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
April 2024Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
May 2024Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
June 2024The Guest by Emma Cline
July 2024The Bird Hotel by Joyce Maynard
August 2024River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer
September 2024Yellowface by RF Kuang
October 2024One of the Good Guys by Araminta Hall
November 2024The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
December 2024The Women by Kristin Hannah
January 2025Sandwich by Catherine Newman
February 2025Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
March 2025God of the Woods by Liz Moore
April 2025College Girl, Missing by Shawn Cohen
May 2025Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

Under the Covers Meeting Dates and Title Discussed:

Meeting DateBook for Discussion
October 2022The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
November 2022Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren
December 2022Love in Color by Bolu Babalola
January 2023Mr. Malcolm’s List by Suzanne Allain
February 2023Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade
March 2023 One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
April 2023Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
May 2023The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
June 2023Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner
July 2023Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon
August 2023The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton
September 2023By The Book by Jasmine Guillory
October 2023The Book of Gothel by Mary McMyne
November 2023After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez
December 2023A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone
January 2024The Thorns Remain by JJA Harwood
February 2024Lunar Love by Lauren Jung Jessen
March 2024The Art of Scandal by Regina Black
April 2024Role Playing by Cathy Yardley
May 2024Life’s Too Short by Abby Jimenez
June 2024The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann
July 2024What the Hex by Jessica Clare
August 2024A Lady’s Guide to Scandal by Sophie Irwin
September 2024Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
October 2024Bride by Ali Hazelwood
November 2024Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
December 2024Three Holidays and a Wedding by Uzma Jalaluddin & Marissa Stapley
January 2025Raiders of the Lost Heart by Jo Segura
February 2025Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan
March 2025The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
April 2025The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
May 2025Tastes Like Shakkar by Nisha Sharma
June 2025Hunt on Dark Waters by Katee Robert
July 2025Wild Love by Elsie Silver
August 2025Malice by Heather Walter
September 2025Ana Maria and the Fox by Liana de la Rosa
October 2025Black Candle Women by Diane Marie Brown
November 2025The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava
December 2025Kiss Me at Christmas by Jenny Bayliss

Graphic Novel Book Club Meeting Dates and Title Discussed:

Meeting DateBook for Discussion
November 2023Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman
December 2023Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O’Malley
January 2024My Love Mix-Up! Volume 1 by Wataru Hinekure and Aruko
February 2024Paper Girls by Brian K Vaughan and Cliff Chiang
March 2024Nimona by ND Stevenson
April 2024Boys Run the Riot Volume 1 by Keito Gaku
May 2024Sheets by Brenna Thummler
June 2024Your favorite graphic novels!
August 2024Delicious in Dungeon Volume 1 by Ryoko Kui
September 2024The Last Ronin by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird
October 2024Your favorite horror comics!
November 2024Squire by Nadia Shammas and Sara Alfageeh
December 2024Fruits Basket Volume 1 by Natsuki Takaya
February 2025Elle(s) by Kid Toussaint
March 2025Insomniacs After School Volume 1 by Makoto Ojiro
April 2025Hungry Ghost by Victoria Ying
May 2025Belle of the Ball by Mari Costa
June 2025Heavy Vinyl Volume 1 by Carly Usdin

LITerally Speaking Meeting Dates and Title Discussed:

Meeting DateBook for Discussion
May 1999Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
June 1999Midwives: a Novel by Chris Bohjalian
July 1999I Want To Buy A Vowel: A Novel of Illegal Alienation by John Welter
August 1999What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage
September 1999Stigmata by Phyllis Alesia Perry
October 1999The Cliff Walk by Don J. Snyder
November 1999The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
January 2000Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
February 2000My Last Days As Roy Rogers by Pat Cunningham Devoto
March 2000The Unsettling of America by Wendell Berry
April 2000The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks by Donald Harrington
May 2000Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
June 2000There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz
July 2000Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins
August 2000Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
September 2000The Storm by Frederick Buechner
October 2000Praying for Base Hits by Bruce Clayton
November 2000Your Blue-eyed Boy by Helen Dunmore
January 2001Hunting for Hope by Scott Russell Sanders
February 2001Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
March 2001Having Our Say by Sarah and Elizabeth Delaney
April 2001The Evening News by Marly Swick
May 2001The Chosen by Chaim Potok
June 2001Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
July 2001Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
August 2001Dead Man Walking by Helen Prejean
September 2001The Hero’s Walk by Anita Rau Badami
October 2001A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith
November 2001The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
January 2002House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
February 2002The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
March 2002Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow
April 2002The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
May 2002The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
June 2002Murder in Little Egypt by Darcy O’Brien
July 2002Vernon Can Read! by Vernon Jordan
August 2002American Pastoral by Philip Roth
September 2002Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis
October 2002The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen Carter
November 2002The Children of First Man by James Alexander Thom
December 2002Prisoners of Hope by Dayna Curry
January 2003The Burning by Tim Madigan
February 2003To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
March 2003The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
April 2003Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
May 2003Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
June 2003A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel
July 2003We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
August 2003Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
September 2003Open House by Elizabeth Berg
October 2003A Child Called ‘It’ by David Pelzer
November 2003Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
December 2003No Meeting
January 2004The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
February 2004Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
March 2004Maus by Art Spiegelman
April 2004Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
May 2004The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
June 2004The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
July 2004Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
August 2004The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
September 2004The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
October 2004She’s Not There by Jennifer Boylan
November 2004No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
December 2004No Meeting
January 2005Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
February 2005The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
March 2005Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
April 2005My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
May 2005Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
June 2005Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
July 2005The Pilot’s Wife by Anita Shreve
August 2005Truth and Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett
September 2005Buffalo Soldier by Chris Bohjalian
October 2005A Painted House by John Grisham
November 2005Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
December 2005No Meeting
January 2006Paradise by Toni Morrison
February 2006The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
March 2006Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
April 2006Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
May 2006Widow of the South by Robert Hicks
June 2006In Praise of Slowness by Carl Honore
July 2006The Alchemist by Paul Coehlo
August 2006The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
September 2006The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
October 2006The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio by Terry Ryan
November 2006Me & Emma by Elizabeth Flock
December 2006No Meeting
January 2007Inside the Kingdom by Carmen bin Laden
February 2007Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
March 2007March by Geraldine Brooks
April 2007Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
May 2007The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
June 2007The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert
July 2007The Innocent Man by John Grisham
August 2007The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
September 2007The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
October 2007The Saffron Kitchen by Yasmin Crowder
November 2007The Bondswoman’s Narrative by Hannah Crafts
January 2008The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
February 2008Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
March 2008Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
April 2008Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
May 2008In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
June 2008Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
July 2008Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
August 2008The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
September 2008From the Heart’s Closet by Anneliese “Lee” Krauter
October 2008Becky: The Life and Loves of Becky Thatcher by Lenore Hart
November 2008Atonement by Ian McEwan
December 2008Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
January 2009The Rest of Her Life by Laura Moriarty
February 2009The History of Love by Nicola Krauss
March 2009The Next Thing On My List by Jill Smolinski
April 2009Rhett Butler’s People by Donald McCaig
May 200919th Wife by David Ebershoff
June 2009American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
July 2009Looking for Alaska by John Green
August 2009The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
September 2009Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
October 2009Body Surfing by Anita Shreve
November 2009Julie & Julia by Julie Powell
December 2009No Meeting
January 2010Breakfast at Sally’s by Richard LeMieux
February 2010A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
March 2010The Piano Teacher by Janice Lee
April 2010The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
May 2010Wild Life by Molly Gloss
June 2010The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
July 2010Dewey by Vicki Myron
August 2010The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
September 2010Hope’s Boy by Andrew Bridges
October 2010The Help by Kathryn Stockett
November 2010The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
January 2011Eve: A Novel of the First Woman by Elissa Elliott
February 2011Eat Cake by Jeanne Ray
March 2011Picking Cotton by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton
April 2011Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin
May 2011Still Alice by Lisa Genova
June 2011The Quiet American by Graham Greene
July 2011Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
August 2011The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
September 2011Room by Emma Donoghue
October 2011Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
November 2011The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
January 201229 Gifts by Cami Walker
February 2012Labor Day by Joyce Maynard
March 2012The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach
April 2012Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
May 2012Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
June 2012A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
July 2012Rocket Boys by Homer Hickham
August 2012Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. Ross
September 2012The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
October 2012The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
November 2012The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
January 2013The Geographer’s Library by Jon Fasman
February 2013Gap Creek by Robert Morgan
March 2013Acqua Alta: A Commissario Novel by Donna Leon
April 2013Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen
May 2013The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
June 2013Marmee & Louisa: The Untold Story of Louisa M. Alcott & Her Mother by Eve LaPlante
July 2013Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
August 2013The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
September 2013The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
October 2013The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
November 2013Gifted Hands by Ben Carson
January 2014The Girl in the Blue Beret by Bobbie Ann Mason
February 2014The Aviator’s Wife by Melody Benjamin
March 2014
April 2014The Ladies Auxiliary by Tova Mirvis
May 2014Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver
June 2014The Millionaire and the Mummies by John M. Adams
July 2014Empty Mansions by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr.
August 2014Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
September 2014The Vintage Teacup Club by Vanessa Greene
October 2014Widder’s Landing by Eddie Price
November 2014The Gardener of Versailles by Alain Baraton
January 2015We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
February 2015The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
March 2015The Orchard by Teresa Weir
April 2015 The Butterfly and the Violin by Kristy Cambron
May 2015 Liar Temptress Soldier Spy by Karen Abbott
June 2015 Still Alice by Lisa Genova
July 2015 The Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
August 2015 All the Light You Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
September 2015 Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
October 2015 The Dog Who Saved Me by Susan Wilson
November 2015 Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
December 2015 No Meeting
January 2016 The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows
February 201612 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
March 2016Pirate Hunters by Robert Kurson
April 2016Tiffany Girl by Deeanne Gist
May 2016Dead Wake by Erik Larson
June 2016Operation Thunderbolt by Saul David
July 2016The Last Bookaneer by Matthew Pearl
August 2016The Song of Hartgrove Hall by Natasha Solomons
September 2016Stars over Sunset Boulevard by Pamela D. Toler
October 2016
November 2016The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
December 2016Heroines of Mercy Street by Susan Meissner
January 2017Open Discussion
February 2017The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
March 2017 Dune Boy by Edwin Way Teale
April 2017The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht
May 2017The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu by Joshua Hammer
June 2017A Truck Full of Money by Tracy Kidder
July 2017Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
August 2017A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley
September 2017The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
October 2017Will in the World by Stephen Greenblatt
November 2017In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd
December 2017No Meeting
January 2018 The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
February 2018 Sound and Sweet Airs by Anna Beer
March 2018 The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson
April 2018 Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts
May 2018 Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
June 2018 The Underground River by Martha Conway
July 2018 Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
August 2018 My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
September 2018Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
October 2018 The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
November 2018 As You Wish by Chelsea Sedoti
December 2018No Meeting
January 2019A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
February 2019On Call in the Arctic by Thomas J. Sims
March 2019The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (And Their Muses) by Terri-Lynne DeFino
April 2019The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
May 2019The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir by Jennifer Ryan
June 2019The Hour of Land by Terry Tempest Williams
July 2019Flowers for Hitler by Mike Whicker
August 2019Send Down the Rain by Charles Martin
September 2019Belleweather by Susanna Kearsley
October 2019A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
November 2019The Christmas Angel Project by Melody Carlson
December 2019No Meeting
January 2020The Oysterville Sewing Circle by Susan Wiggs
February 2020The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abi Waxman
March 2020Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks
April 2020The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat by Edward Kelsey Moore