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.
- 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
- Nov. 6th: The Little Liar by Mitch Albom
Afternoon Book Club
Meets the 3rd Tuesday in the the Friends Room at 2:00 pm.
- 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
- Nov. 19th: The Spectacular by Fiona Davis
Short Story Book Club
Meets the 4th Tuesday at Station 20 Pub (20 S. Wisconsin Street Elkhorn, WI) at 7:00 pm.
- 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
- 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