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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:

Page Turners Book Club

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

  • Oct. 4: Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica
  • Nov. 1: I’ll Push You by Patrick Gray and Justin Skeesuck
  • No meeting in December
  • Dec. 6: Comfort and Joy by Kristin Hannah
  • 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

Afternoon Book Club

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

  • Oct. 17: All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
  • Nov. 21: All the Broken Places by John Boyne
  • No meeting in December
  • 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

Short Story Book Club

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

  • 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
  • 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