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Book Discussion Kits

Available for check out

Kits contain 10 paperback copies of the book, background information on the author, book reviews and suggested questions to enhance your group discussion.

Click here to access a description of each book in the book kits.

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Discussion Groups

First Tuesdays

Meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 2 pm

2022-2023 Reading List

September -- Favorite Summer Reads
October -- The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
November -- The Last Painting of Sara DeVos by Dominic Smith
December -- Thunderstruck by Erik Larsen
January -- Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
February -- Apeirogon by Colum McCann
March -- Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
April -- Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
May -- The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
June -- Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout
Summer Read -- The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

Fourth Mondays

Meets on the 4th Monday of the month at 1:30 pm

September 26 -- The Guncle by Steven Rowley
October 24 -- Intimacies by Katie Kitamura
November 28 -- Little Gods by Meng Jin
December - No meeting
January 23 -- Matrix by Lauren Groff
February 27 - Thank You Mr. Nixon: Stories by Gish Jen
March 27 - Hell of a Book by Jason Mott
April 24 -- Chevy in the Hole by Kelsey Ronan
May 22 --
June 26 --

Tuesday Nights

Meets 7:00-8:00 p.m.

September 13 -- The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin
October 11 -- The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
November 8 -- Seabiscuit: a American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
January 10 -- Howard's End by E. M. Forster
February 14 -- Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
March 14 -- Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym
April 11 -- In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
May 9 -- Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau

Mystery Book Discussion

If you love mysteries and true crime, join us. Meets the 4th Tuesday, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Every other month.

October 4 -- August Snow by Stephen Mack Jones
November 22 -- In the Woods by Tana French
January 24 -- Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
March 28 -- Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
May 23 -- Thunderstruck by Erik Larson

Science Fiction Book Discussion Group

This bi-monthly group discusses current, contemporary and classical Science Fiction releases. Meets the second Wednesday at 7 p.m., every other month.

October 13 -- The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
December 8 -- Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold
February 9 -- Recursion by Blake Crouch
Apr 13 -- Foundation by Isaac Asimov

In Cold Mug: Book Club@ThePub

If you’ve never joined a book club before, or if you’ve ever simultaneously read a book while enjoying a cold one and nachos, this is the discussion group for you.

Meets 4th Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30 p.m.

July 26 -- The Guncle by Steven Rowley
August 23 -- Chevy in the Hole by Kelsey Ronan
September 27 -- You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington by Alexis Coe
October 25 -- Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
November 22 -- Hell of a Book by Jason Mott
No Meeting in December

Non-Fiction Book Discussion Group

Meets the 3rd Thursday of the month, 7:00-8:00 p.m.

2022 Reading list:

January 20 -- The World According to Fannie Davis by Bridgett M. Davis
February 17 -- Furious Hours by Casey Cep
March 17 -- Yale Needs Women by Anne Perkins
April 21 -- Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
May 19 -- The Premonition by Michael Lewis
No meeting in June
July 21 -- Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham
August 18 -- Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui

Thoughts to Action

Meets once a month via Zoom. Click here for the book group page.