Adult Book Discussion Group
First Thursday of the month @ 2:00 pm via Zoom (Unless otherwise noted on events calendar)
Drop by our long-running, monthly book discussion group for lively and stimulating conversation. Some of our previous titles include Love and Summer by William Trevor, Molokai by Alan Brennert, and Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility. This book club meets via Zoom from September through June. Register Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqd-6upjIsGNwwg5pHnVpuAiOidErmaLBM
Titles for 2025-26
SEPT 11 (Second Thursday): The Lindbergh Nanny by Mariah Fredericks (2022)
OCT 2: I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O’Farrell (2017)
NOV 6: Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto (2023)
DEC 4: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (2024)
JAN 8 (Second Thursday): The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World by Ben Macintyre (2024)
FEB 5: The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck (1931)
MAR 5: Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang (2019)
APR 2: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (2022)
MAY 7: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (2023)
JUN 4: All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley (2023)
Please Note: Titles not found in library collection may be obtained via Interlibrary Loan.
Too-Busy-for-Books Book Club
Second Tuesday of the month @ 7:30 p.m. (Unless otherwise noted on events calendar)
Designed for people who barely find enough time to breathe, this book club reads only one short work per month. The group meets from September through June. Please e-mail kha@penningtonlibrary.org if you are interested in joining.
Titles for 2025-26
September 9: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir by R.A. Dick (1945, 192 pages)
October 14: A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe (1988, 160 pages)
November 18 (Third Tuesday): Montalbano’s First Case and Other Stories by Andrea Camilleri (2016, 148 pages for assigned sections)
“Montalbano’s First Case” pp. 1-122 (122 pages)
“The Artist’s Touch” pp. 179-204 (26 pages)
December 9: Elevation by Stephen King (2018, 146 pages)
January 13: Three Fires by Denise Mina (2023, 144 pages)
February 10: Train Dreams by Denis Johnson (2012, 116 pages)
March 10: The Lifecycle of Software Objects By Ted Chiang (2010, 111 pages – Included in Exhalation: Stories, 2019)
April 14: Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa (2017, 216 pages)
May 12: The White Darkness by David Grann (2018, 146 pages)
June 9: Western Lane: A Novel by Chetna Maroo (2023, 160 pages)
Please Note: Titles not found in library collection may be obtained via Interlibrary Loan.