
Book Clubs

Book Clubs for Adults
AFL Book Club
Meets every month, on the 2nd Monday at 6:30 p.m. & the 2nd Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. (except where noted*). See specific event dates for location information.
We welcome all new members! Subscribe to the "AFL Book Club" e-newsletter to receive book club reminders, updates, and meeting invitations. Copies of each month’s selection will be made available for check-out at the Circulation Desk. Click on the titles below for information on availability of digital editions.
January 9 and 11 | February 8 and 13 | March 8 and 13 |
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by Marie Benedict |
by Xochitl Gonzalez |
by Sally Hepworth |
April 10 and 12 | May 8 and 10 | June 12 and 14 |
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by Kevin Wilson |
by Suleika Jaouad |
by William Kent Krueger |
(Wednesday ONLY in July)
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(Wednesday ONLY in August)
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September 11 and 13 |
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Bring Your Own Book | Bring Your Own Book |
by Bonnie Garmus
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October 11 and 16* | November 8 and 13 | December 11 and 13 |
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Mad Honey
by Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan |
by John Steinbeck |
Small World
by Laura Zigman |
Frothingham Hall Book Club
Meets the 2nd Thursday of every month at 2:30 p.m.
Monthly meetings will take place at Frothingham Hall, located at 15 Barrows Street.
January 12 | February 9 | March 9 |
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Her Hidden Genius
by Marie Benedict |
Olga Dies Dreaming
by Xochitl Gonzalez |
by Sally Hepworth |
April 13 | May 11 | |
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by Kevin Wilson |
by Suleika Jaouad |
by William Kent Krueger |
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Bring Your Own Book |
Bring Your Own Book |
by Bonnie Garmus |
October 12 | ||
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Mad Honey
by Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan |
by John Steinbeck |
Small World
by Laura Zigman |
Mystery Book Club
Meets the last Thursday of every month at 3:00 p.m. in the Queset House
We welcome all new members! Subscribe to the "Mystery Book Club" e-newsletter to receive book club reminders, updates, and meeting invitations. Click on the titles below for information on availability of digital editions.
January 26 | February 23 | March 30 |
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The Marlow Murder Club
by Robert Thorogood
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A Map of the Dark
by Karen Ellis
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The Bangalore Detectives Club
by Harini Nagendra
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April 27 | May 25 | June 29 |
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Gone for Good
by Joanna Schaffhausen
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The Eighth Sister
by Robert Dugoni
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Portrait of a Thief
by Grace D. Li
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July 27 | August 31 | September 28 |
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The Appeal
by Janice Hallett
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Thin Ice
by Paige Shelton
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This Might Hurt
by Stephanie Wrobel
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October 26 | November 30 | December 28 |
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The Bandit Queens
by Parini Shroff
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The Banker's Wife
by Cristina Alger
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Winter at the Door
by Sarah Graves
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Nonfiction Book Club
January 12 | February 9 | March 9 |
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Boy Erased by Garrard Conley
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Unbroken
by Laura Hillenbrand
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Dark Tide
by Stephen Puleo
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April 13 | May 11 | June 8 |
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Empire of Pain
by Patrick Radden Keefe
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A City So Grand
by Stephen Puleo
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Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson
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July 13 | August 10 | September 14 |
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The Devil in the White City
by Erik Larson
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Bunker Hill
by Nathaniel Philbrick
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Chasing History
by Carl Bernstein
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October 12 | November 9 | December 14 |
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The Outlaw Ocean
by Ian Urbina
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Into the Abyss
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Stories From the Shadows
by James J. O'Connell
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