Book Clubs

Discussion Groups

Note: Currently all book groups are meeting virtually via zoom or Facebook

First Tuesdays 

Meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 2 pm 

• September 8 -- The Library Book by Susan Orlean
• October 6 -- The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
• November 3 -- The Overstory by Richard Powers
• December 1 -- Leadership in Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Fourth Mondays 

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

• September 28 -- Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
• October 26 -- Last Stories by William Trevor
• November 23 -- American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
• December - No meeting
• January 25 - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
• February 22 - Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
• March 22 - Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
• April 26 -- The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantu
• May 24 -- The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
• June 28 -- I Have the Answer by Kelly Fordon

Tuesday Nights 

Meets 7:00-8:00 p.m. 

• September 8 -- Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• October 13 -- West with the Night by Beryl Markham
• November 10 -- Dangerous Liaisons by Choderlos de Laclos
• January 12 -- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
• February 9 -- Hedy's Folly: the Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy LaMarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Richard Rhodes
• March 9 -- Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy: a Lost Generation Love Story by Amanda Vaill
• April 13 -- Fun Home: a Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
• May 11 -- Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns

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.

• September 22 -- A Cast of Killers by Sidney Kirkpatrick
• November 24 -- The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John Le Carre
• January 26 -- Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart
• March 23 -- Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
• May 25 -- Anne Perry and the Murder of the Century by Peter Graham
• July 27 -- Not a Sound by Heather Gudenkauf

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 14 -- Without Warning by John Birmingham
• December 9 -- The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
• February 10 -- Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
• Apr 14 -- Robots of Gotham by Todd McAulty

In Cold Mug: Book Club@ThePub

We hope to be able to resume meeting at Howlers & Growlers when they reopen. 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. 

• September 22 -- Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• October 27 -- The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
• November 27 -- One Day: An Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America by Gene Weingarten
• January 26 -- Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
• February 23 -- Flow by Mihaly Cskikszentmihalyi
• March 23 -- Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
• April 27 -- Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Desha Philya
• May 25 -- Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
• June 22 -- Disability Visability Edited by Alice Wong

Non-Fiction Book Discussion Group

• January 21 -- Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
• Feburary 18 -- When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors
• March 18 -- Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe

Facebook Virtual Book Discussion

Meets once a month on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on Facebook. Visit this link to join the group

• September 29 -- Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi

Thoughts to Action 

Meets once a month on Thursday evening, 7 p.m. via Zoom.  Click here for the book group page.