The Library offers several book clubs catering to a wide range of reading interests. The titles listed below are available from the Information Desk.
Discussion Group Schedule
Truth Be Told: Tuesday Night Nonfiction Book Group
Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. in the Collins Room
Discussion moderated by Library Enthusiast Will Minter.
- CANCELLED: May 26
Inheritance by Dani Shapiro - CANCELLED: June 30
River of Doubt by Candice Millard
Classics Book Club
First Monday of February, June & October at 7:00 p.m. in the Collins Room
This book group is moderated by Cindy Haiken, Readers’ Advisory Librarian. The June meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. Contact Cindy Haiken at chaiken@wallingfordlibrary.org for details and to find out how to access the book online.
- June 8
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Mystery Book Group
First Wednesday (September-June) at 3:00 p.m. in the Community Room. No meeting in January or February. The June meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. Contact Leah Farrell at lfarrell@wallingfordlibrary.org for details.
This book group is moderated by Carole Shmurak, author of 11 books and Professor Emerita at Central Connecticut State University.
Spring 2020: The City by the Bay
The state of California looms large in the history of mysteries. Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon, set in San Francisco, and Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep, set in Los Angeles, essentially began the “hard-boiled” tradition of American mysteries. A few years ago, we read books set in The City of Angels; now it’s time for mysteries set in The City by the Bay.
- June 3
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
Thursday Night Book Club
Third Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the Collins Room
This book group is moderated by Cindy Haiken, Readers’ Advisory Librarian. The June meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. Contact Cindy Haiken at chaiken@wallingfordlibrary.org for details and to find out how to access the book online.
- June 18
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry - July 16
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt - August 20
Tin Man by Sarah Winman - September 17
Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres - October 15
Radio Free Vermont by Bill McKibben - November 19
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead - December 17
The Wife by Meg Wolitzer
Wallingford Reads YA
Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. in the Board Room
Open to all teens and adults