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.
- January 28
Between Them: Remembering My Parents by Richard Ford - February 25
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote - March 31
Furious Hours by Casey Cep
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.
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.
- February 20
The Chosen by Chaim Potok - March 19
Furious Hours by Casey Cep - April 16
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie - May 20 (this is a Wednesday meeting)
Birds of America by Lorrie Moore - June 18
The Circle by Dave Eggers - 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
- January 30
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert - February 27
Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy