Book Groups
We love talking about books almost as much as we enjoy reading them. Our book groups cover a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction. Copies of the book in discussion are often available throughout the partnership.
2nd Wednesday Book Group
- 2nd Wednesday, 6:30pm
- Blackfoot Room & Virtual Event
Discussion Titles:
2024
May 8 – Memphis: A Novel, by Tara Stringfellow
June 12 – Night of the Living Rez, by Morgan Talty
July 10 – Women Talking: A Novel, by Miriam Toews
August 14 – Harlem Shuffle, by Colson Whitehead
September 11 – To the Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf
October 9 – The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride
November 13 – The Sea Cloak: And Other Stories, by Nayrouz Qarmout
December 11 – Tales of the City, by Armistead Maupin
2025
January 8, 2025 – The Immortal Irishman, by Timothy Egan
February 12 – Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr
March 12 – Loot, by Tania James
April 9 – The Lost Journals of Sacajewea, by Debra Earling
May 14 – The Last Green Valley: A Novel, by Mark Sullivan
June 11 – Blind Your Ponies, by Stanley Gordon West
July 9 – The Coroner’s Lunch, by Colin Cotterill
August 13 – Night Watch, by Jayne Anne Phillips
3rd Wednesday Book Group
- 3rd Wednesday, 6:30 pm
- Blackfoot Room
We read a wide variety of fiction and nonfiction titles, primarily from the Book Chat Bag collections of MPL and its Partner Libraries. This lively book discussion group is facilitated by a librarian. New members are always welcome! See calendar for upcoming titles.
If you are interested in participating in this discussion, email Pam at with the “3rd Wednesday Book Group” in the subject line.
Discussion Titles:
February – Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
March – Paradise by Abduzazal Gurnah
- April – When Paris Sizzled by Mary Auliffe
May – In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
June – The Guncle: a novel by Steven Rowley
July – Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet
August – Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
September – Small Mercies by Dennis Lahane
October – The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict
November – Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
December- The Sympathizer by Nguyen Viet Thanh
- January 2025 – Gender Queer, A Memoir by Marie Kobabe
Book Group Resources:
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