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Novel Ideas Book Club

2022-2023

During 2022-2023, this discussion group met in a hybrid format, zoom and in person and they discussed:

September: Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen
October: Anxious People: a novel by Fredrik Backman
November: American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
December: People we meet on vacation by Emily Henry
January: How high we go in the dark: a novel by Sequoia Nagamatsu
February: The last thing he told me: a novel by Laura Dave
March: The guest list: a novel by Lucy Foley
April: The Lincoln highway by Amor Towles
May: Crying in H Mart: a memoir by Michelle Zauner
June: The Good sister by Sally Hepworth

2021-2022

During 2021-2022, this discussion group met in a hybrid format, zoom and in person and they discussed:

September: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
October: The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
November: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
December: Weather: a novel by Jenny Offill
January: A Burning by Megha Majumdar
February: Long Bright River by Liz Moore
March: Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
April: Hamnet: a novel of the plague by Maggie O’Farrell
May: The Searcher by Tana French
June: White Ivy: a novel by Susie Yang

2020-2021

During 2020-2021, this discussion group met in a hybrid format, zoom and in person and they discussed:

Africaville by Jeffrey Colvin
All Adults Here by Emma Straub
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The Woman In The Window by AJ Finn
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
You Can’t Go Home Again by Thomas Wolfe
Sold On A Monday by Kristina McMorris

2017 – 2018

September: The House at the Edge of Night by Catherine Banner
October: You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
November: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
December:The Widower’s Wife by Cate Holahan
January: LaRose by Louise Erdrich
February: The Loved Ones by Sonya Chung
March: I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
April: The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee
May: Missing, Presumed by Susie Steiner
June: Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan

SciFi Fantasy Book Club

Join us for our newest book club! The SciFi Fantasy Book Club will meet on the first Wednesday of each month. Meetings are in person at the library, but virtual attendees are also welcome! Zoom links will be sent in registration confirmation emails.

2023-2024

July: All Systems Red by Martha Wells
August: Storm Front by Jim Butcher
September: The Martian by Andy Weir
October: The Call by Peadar O’Guilin
November: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
December: Invisible Life of Addie Larue by VE Schwab
January: Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
February: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
March: Hounded by Kevin Hearne
April: Redshirts by John Scalzi
May: Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
June: Exo by Fonda Lee

Iris Book Club – An LGBTQ+ Book Club for Teens

The Iris Book Club has sadly come to an end. Thanks for a fabulous 2 1/2 years of LGBTQ+ books!

The Iris Book Club for LGBTQ+ teens & allies that meets on the last Monday of the month to discuss queer YA novels, anthologies, & graphic novels covering a variety of identities. We have read the following:

2024

January: Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anne-Marie McLemore
February: The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
March: Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
April: The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta
May: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
June: Northranger by Rey Terciero

2023

January: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
February: Be Gay, Do Comics!: Queer History, Memoir, & Satire from The Nib by Various Authors
March: She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlan
April: All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages by Various Authors
May: I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
June: Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
July: I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee
August: Before We Disappear by Shaun David Hutchinson
September: Dreadnought by April Daniels
October: Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
November: Pumpkin by Julie Murphy
December: Bring Your Own Book

2022

January: The Mermaid, the Witch, & the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
February: Hani & Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Abida Jaigirdar
March: The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
April: The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice & Virtue by Makenzi Lee
May: Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
June: Camp by L.C. Rosen
July: Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens
August: Wilder Girls by Rory Powers
September: Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki
October: Cemetery Boys by Aidan Thomas
November: Loveless by Alice Oseman
December: Bring Your Own Book

Social Justice Book Club

2019 – 2020

During 2019- 2020 the Social Justice Book Club met to discuss both fiction and non-fiction books that explore ideas around race, gender, immigration and criminal justice. (Visit our Social justice podcast club on our facebook page)

2018 – 2019

During 2018 and 2019 the Novel Ideas: Fiction Book Club for Adults met to discuss the following books. To accommodate as many users as they could, this club met at two different times to discuss the same book, daytimes and evenings.

Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny
Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Grace by Paul Lynch

2017 – 2018

September 7 – There Goes the Neighborhood: How Communities Overcome Prejudice and Meet the Challenge of American Immigration by Ali Noorani
November 2 – Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
January 4 – Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
March 1 – Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
May 3 – The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein

Social Justice Book Club: For Adults and Teens

2018

During 2018 the Social Justice Book club met to discuss both fiction and nonfiction books that explore the ideas around race, gender, immigration, poverty and criminal justice.

Scarlet A by Katie Watson
The Soul of America: the Battle for Our Better Angels by Jon Meacham
Crazy: A Father’s Search Through America’s Mental Health Madness by Peter Earley
The Trigger: Narratives of the American Shooter by Daniel Patinkin
Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli

Q(ueer) & A(llies) Book Club for Teens Grades 9-12

2017 – 2018

This book club typically meets the 4th Thursday of every other month to discuss novels that feature main characters who consider themselves part of the LGBTQIA (queer) community. Books are selected by the attendees (culled from a wider list generated by Assistant Director, Rebecca Meehan). It’s not essential that attendees read the book in order to attend the program. Many great discussions are inspired by the book, but then naturally evolve into other related topics.

May 24 – Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan
July 26 – The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
September 27 – Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin

BookEaters (4th & 5th Graders) Club

During 2018 the BookEaters (4th & 5th Graders) club met to discuss:

Sophia’s War: a Tale of the Revolution by Avi
Front Desk by Kelly Yang

Middle School Book Club

During 2018 the Middle School book club met to discuss these books:

Brave by Svetlana Chmakova
Crunch by Leslie Conner
The Night Diary by V

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