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 Non-Fiction Book Discussion
Last Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. in the Collins Room
This book group is moderated by Parul Kapur Hinzen, a journalist and literary critic whose writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal Europe, Esquire, GQ, New York Newsday, The American Book Review, Guernica, and Slate. She is a longtime member of the National Book Critics Circle.
- February 26
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates - March 26
Just Kids by Patti Smith - April 30
Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala - May 28
The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantu - June 25
Behind The Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
Mystery Book Group
First Wednesday (September-June) at 3:00 p.m. in the Community Room
This book group is moderated by Carole Shmurak, author of 11 books and Professor Emerita at Central Connecticut State University.
Spring 2019 – Partners in Crime: Detecting Duos
Is crime-solving an aphrodisiac? Are love and marriage compatible with murder and mayhem? We’ll look at five couples — spouses, lovers, friends — who sleuth together. They give new meaning to “til death do us part.”
- March 6 (snow date: Thursday, March 7)
Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers - April 3
The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie King - May 1
Reflecting the Sky by S.J. Rozan - June 5
The Body Snatchers Affair by Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini
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.
- February 21
They May Not Mean To But They Do by Cathleen Schine - March 21
The Shallows by Nicholas Carr - April 18
The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin - May 16
Girl Waits With Gun by Amy Stewart - June 20
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - July 18
Less by Andrew Sean Greer - August 15
News of the World by Paulette Jiles - September 19
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver - October 17
Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks - November 21
Warlight by Michael Ondaatje - December 19
Let Me Be Frank with You by Richard Ford
Wallingford Reads YA
Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. in the Board Room
Open to all teens and adults
- February 28
How We Roll by Natasha Friend