Matheson Memorial Library hosts three book clubs per month. You can check out a copy of the book club selection 3-4 weeks prior to the book club meeting. Meetings for the book clubs are held at the library and are facilitated by staff librarians.
2023/2024 Selections:
Afternoon Book Club (3rd Tuesday at 2:00pm)
- Dec. 20: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
- Jan. 17: The Missing Treasures of Amy Ashton by Eleanor Ray
- Feb. 21: The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks
- Mar. 21: The Confusion of Languages by Siobhan Fallon
- Apr. 18: Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts
- May 16: True Biz by Sara Novic
- Jun. 20: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
- Jul. 18: The Foundling by Ann Leary
- Aug. 15: The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda
- Sept. 19: The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
- Oct. 17: All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
- Nov. 21: All the Broken Places by John Boyne
Page Turners Book Club (1st Wednesday at 6:30pm)
- Dec. 7: Miracle on 34th Street by Valentine Davies
Jan. 4: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman - Feb. 1: The Last Flight by Julie Clark
- Mar. 1: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
- Apr. 5: Fox Creek by William Kent Krueger
- May 3: Any Other Family by Eleanor Brown
- Jun. 7: The Stolen Book of Evelyn Aubrey by Serena Burdick
- Jul. 5: The Family Game by Catherine Steadman
- Aug. 2: The Lindbergh Nanny by Mariah Fredericks
- Sept. 6: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
- Oct. 4: Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica
- Nov. 1: I’ll Push You by Patrick Gray and Justin Skeesuck
- Dec. 6: Comfort and Joy by Kristin Hannah
Short Story Book Club (4th Tuesday at 7:00pm)
- Sept. 26: The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce
- Oct. 24: Ghost Hunt by H. R. Wakefield, and At Lorn Hall by Ramsey Campbell
- Nov. 28: Stubby Pringle’s Christmas by Jack Shaefer
- No meeting in December
- Jan. 23: An Equal Share of the Bone by Karen Osborn
- Feb. 27: A Dark Brown Dog by Stephen Crane
- Mar. 26: Mr. McCaslin by Peter S. Beagle
- Apr. 23: Chivalry by Neil Gaiman
- May 28: Atrophy by Edith Wharton
- Jun. 25: For Esme-with Love and Squalor by J.D. Salinger
- Jul. 23: Beware of the Dog by Roald Dahl
- Aug. 27: Leaf, by Niggle by J.R.R. Tolkien