Book Groups

We host two book groups — a noontime group and an evening group. All are welcome to join our conversations. Whether you are an avid reader or simply looking to connect with others who enjoy great books, we encourage you to join us.
The Library can help you find the books.

To sign up for the Book Group list and notifications, please email: library@souththomaston.me

Noontime Book Group

3rd Monday of the month

12 pm

February 19        The Promise by Damon Galgut, 2021 Booker Prize Winner. Takes place in South Africa, where a matriarch of a  white family makes a promise to a black maid, which has far reaching consequences.

March 19        The Seascraper by Benjamin Wood, A young man leading a dismal life as a shanker (scraping for shrimp ) along England's north coast, when one day his life is changed with the arrival of an American.

April 20        All That Man Is by David Szalay, Nine stories tracing the life of nine men from youth to old age.

May 18 The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark A 1998 novel about a group of low income young women attempting to normalize their lives in post war London.

June 15      Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The concerns of a 70+ years old classic unfortunately once again come to the front.

July 20    Freestyle, Pick'em, we return to the old book report format, each member will announce at the June 15th meeting what book they will discuss.

August 17 London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe

September

October 19 The Last Whaler by Cynthia Reeves

November 16 Heart the Lover by Lily King

December 21 Switzy by Emma Cline

2027

January 18 We Will See You Blessed by Ron Currie

February 15 The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout

Evening Book Group

2nd Thursday of the month

6 pm

May 21 The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

June 18 The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

July 16 The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel

August 20 The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

September postponed to October 8 The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez