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.

2024/2025 Selections:

Page Turners Book Club

Meets the 1st Wednesday in the Friends Room at 6:30 pm.

Jan. 3rd: Hang the Moon by Jeanette Walls
Feb. 7th: Dust Child by Nguyen Phan Que Mai
Mar. 6th: The First Ladies by Marie Benedict
Apr. 3rd: A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
May 8th: Still True by Maggie Ginsburg
Jun. 5th: Marmee by Sarah Miller
Jul. 3rd: The Only One Left by Riley Sager
Aug. 7th: Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea
Sept. 4th: None Of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
Oct. 2nd: Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
Nov. 6th: The Little Liar by Mitch Albom
Dec. 4th: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Jan. 8th: First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
Feb. 5th: Home is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose
Mar. 5th: Listen for the Lies by Amy Tintera
Apr. 2nd: The Girls We Sent Away by Meagan Church
May 7th: The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
Jun. 4th: Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight
Jul. 2nd: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Aug. 6th: The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Sept. 3rd: Sisters Under the Rising Sun by Heather Morris
Oct. 1st: The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick

Afternoon Book Club

Meets the 3rd Tuesday in the the Friends Room at 2:00 pm.

Jan. 16th: The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner
Feb. 20th: The Matchmaker’s Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman
Mar. 19th: Switchboard Soldiers by Jennifer Chiaverini
Apr. 16th: Sold on a Monday by Kristina Mcmorris
May 21st: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Jun. 18th: Homecoming by Kate Morton
Jul. 16th: Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal
Aug. 20th: The House is On Fire by Rachel Beanland
Sept. 17th: Banyan Moon by Thao Thai
Oct. 15th: The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell
Nov. 19th: The Spectacular by Fiona Davis
Dec. 17th: The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise by Colleen Oakley
Jan. 21st: Go as a River by Shelley Read
Feb. 18th: The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel
Mar. 18th: The Connellys of County Down by Tracey Lange
Apr. 15th: The Women by Kristin Hannah
May 20th: Diva by Daisy Goodwin
Jun. 17th: Everyone Here is Lying by Sheri Lapena
Jul. 15th: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Aug. 19th: A Happier Life by Kristy Woodson Harvey
Sept. 16th: Shelterwood by Lisa Wingate
Oct. 14th: The Silence in Her Eyes by Armando Lucas Correa

Short Story Book Club

Meets the 4th Tuesday at Station 20 Pub (20 S. Wisconsin Street Elkhorn, WI) at 7:00 pm.

Sept. 24: The Town without Death (Appalachian folk tale) by Craig Dominey (themoonlitroad.com)
Oct. 22: The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs
Nov. 19 (one week early!): Aunt Susanna’s Thanksgiving Dinner by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Dec. 17 (one week early!): A Christmas Tree by Charles Dickens
Jan. 28: The Basement Room by Graham Greene
Feb. 25: Postponed!
Mar. 25: The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber by Ernest Hemingway
Apr. 22: They Toynbee Convector by Ray Bradbury
May 27: The Appropriation of Cultures Percival Everett
Jun. 24: The Hidden Forests of Earth and Mars by Anna Zumbro
Jul. 22: The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens
Aug. 26: Graham Greene by Percival Everett
Sept. 23: How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery by E. F. Benson
Oct. 28: One For the Road by Stephen King
Nov. 18: The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry