Book Clubs
Book clubs provide opportunities for readers to discuss books and their significance in society and culture. Share your reading experience and meet new people. Here are three book clubs that meet at the Library.
If you are interested in joining one of these groups, or if you would like to start a new book club, please contact bookclubs@mclvt.org.
History Book Club:
Meetings take place the third Tuesday of every month at 4 PM. This club is currently CLOSED to new members. An idea of the group’s interests may be gained from selections for 2024:
January– A Fever In The Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot To Take Over America… | Timothy Egan
February– Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy | Damien Lewis
March– River Of The Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile | Candice Millard
April– Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West | Dee Brown
May– How The Scots Invented The Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe’s Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything in It | Arthur Herman
June – The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams | Stacey Schiff
July– Our Declaration: A Reading Of The Declaration Of Independence In Defense Of Equality | Danielle S. Allen
August– Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History | Robert M. Edsel
September– Empress Of The Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt’s Ancient Temples from Destruction | Lynne Olson
October– East West Street: On the Origins of “Genocide” and “Crimes Against Humanity” | Phillippe Sands
November– 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus | Charles C. Mann
December– The Wife Of Bath, A Biography | Marion Turner
MCL Book Club:
The MCL Book Club meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 4:30 PM. This club is CLOSED to new members. An idea of the group’s interests may be gained from selections for 2024:
January– BOOK BANNING ALL ABOUT –| exploring the rapid growth of book banning in the US open book selection & discussion with Kathe Dillmann
February– The Good Neighbor: The Life And Work Of Fred Rodgers | Maxwell King
March– Hamnet | Maggie O’Farrell
April– Nothing To Be Frightened Of | Julian Barnes
May– A Geography Of Time -The Temporal Misadventures Of A Social Psychologist | Robert V. Levine
June– Remarkably Bright Creatures | Shelby Van Pelt
July– Horse | Geraldine Brooks
August– Oath And Honor | Liz Cheney
September– Demon Copperhead | Barbara Kingsolver
October– Wait Till Next Year | Doris Kearns Goodwin
Page Turners:
Meetings take place the third Thursday of every month at 5 PM. This club is OPEN to new members. An idea of the group’s interests may be gained from selections so far for 2024:
February– Pet | Catherine Chidgey
March– Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom | Ilyon Woo
April– We Begin at the End | Chris Whitaker
May– The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics | Daniel Brown
July– Frozen River | Ariel Lawhon
August– A Room with a View | E.M. Forster
September– After Annie | Anna Quindlen
October– The Secret Life of Sunflowers | Marta Molnar
Silent Book Club:
Friends and strangers gather at the Manchester library, first Monday of every month at 2pm. Share what they’re reading, and settle in for 30 minutes of silent, sustained reading. At the end of the 30 minutes, attendees can socialize—or not!
Read what you like or pair up and read a book together. We started Silent Book Club because reading with friends enriches our lives and makes us happy. Sometimes you just need a little help to find the next great read!