Adult Services Programs

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.

2025/2026 Selections:

Page Turners Book Club

Meets on the 1st Wednesday in the Youth Activity Room at 6:30 pm.

  • Jan. 8, 2025: First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
  • Feb. 5, 2025: Home is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose
  • Mar. 5, 2025: Listen for the Lies by Amy Tintera
  • Apr. 2, 2025: The Girls We Sent Away by Meagan Church
  • May 7, 2025: The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
  • Jun. 4, 2025: Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight
  • Jul. 2, 2025: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
  • Aug. 6, 2025: The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
  • Sept. 3, 2025: Sisters Under the Rising Sun by Heather Morris
  • Oct. 1, 2025: The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick
  • Nov. 5, 2025: We Would Never by Tova Mirvis
  • Dec. 3, 2025: The Heart of Winter by Jonathan Evison
  • Jan. 7, 2026: Heartwood by Amity Gaige

Afternoon Book Club

Meets on the 3rd Tuesday in the Youth Activity Room at 2:00 pm.

  • Jan. 21, 2025: Go as a River by Shelley Read
  • Feb. 18, 2025: The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel
  • Mar. 18, 2025: The Connellys of County Down by Tracey Lange
  • Apr. 15, 2025: The Women by Kristin Hannah
  • May 20, 2025: Diva by Daisy Goodwin
  • Jun. 17, 2025: Everyone Here is Lying by Sheri Lapena
  • Jul. 15, 2025: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
  • Aug. 19, 2025: A Happier Life by Kristy Woodson Harvey
  • Sept. 16, 2025: Shelterwood by Lisa Wingate
  • Oct. 14, 2025: The Silence in Her Eyes by Armando Lucas Correa
  • Nov. 18, 2025: A Wild and Heavenly Place by Robin Oliveira
  • Jan. 20, 2026: What Happened to the McCrays? by Tracey Lange

Short Story Book Club

Meets on the 4th Tuesday at the Bunker Bar & Grill (N6246 US-12 at the Evergreen Golf Club in Elkhorn) at 7:00 pm.

  • Jan. 28, 2025: The Basement Room by Graham Greene
  • Mar. 25, 2025: The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber by Ernest Hemingway
  • Apr. 22, 2025: They Toynbee Convector by Ray Bradbury
  • May 27, 2025: The Appropriation of Cultures Percival Everett
  • Jun. 24, 2025: The Hidden Forests of Earth and Mars by Anna Zumbro
  • Jul. 22, 2025: The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens
  • Aug. 26, 2025: Graham Greene by Percival Everett
  • Sept. 23, 2025: How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery by E. F. Benson
  • Oct. 28, 2025: One For the Road by Stephen King
  • Nov. 18, 2025: The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
  • Jan. 27, 2026: Silent Snow, Secret Snow by Conrad Aiken
  • Feb. 24, 2026: The Bet by Anton Chekhov
  • Mar. 24, 2026: A Wilderness Station by Alice Munro