Too Busy for Books Book Club

Second Tuesday of the month @ 7:30 p.m. (Unless otherwise noted)

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)