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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.

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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

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

Non-Fiction Book Discussion Group

September 17 -- Crisis in the Red Zone by Richard Preston
October 15 -- The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine Weiss
November 19 -- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Start-up by John Carreyrou
December 17 -- The Story of More by Hope Jahren

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