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.
- November 26
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America by Bill Bryson - December 17
How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World by Steven Johnson
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.
- February 3
Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton - June 1
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.
This book group is moderated by Carole Shmurak, author of 11 books and Professor Emerita at Central Connecticut State University.
Fall 2019: Don’t Bury the Lede
The word “lede” was once an alternative spelling of lead; now it’s mainly journalistic jargon for the introductory portion of a news story–the first part of an article that gives the gist of the story and contains the most important points readers need to know. One should never “bury the lede” or begin a news story with nonessential details. This fall, we’ll follow some female journalists as they solve mysteries and try to avoid being buried themselves.
- December 11
Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva
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.
- March 4
The Art of Detection by Laurie King - April 1
The 13th Juror by John Lescroart - May 6
Listen to the Silence by Marcia Muller - 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.
- 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
- November 21
Endangered by Eliot Schrefer - December 26th
Maizon at Blue Hill by Jacqueline Woodson