The Evening Book Group meets the 1st Wednesday of the month at 6:00. No registration is required, all are welcome. A limited supply of books is available for checkout at the circulation desk.
The former “Dinner and a Book” group has folded into the Evening Book Group. To view this group’s past selections, please scroll to the bottom of the page.
Selections for 2023
- January 4: Dear Edward / Ann Napolitano
- February 1: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent / Isabel Wilkerson
- March 1: Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan-Am / Julia Cooke
- April 5: The Indigo Girl / Natasha Boyd
- May 3: On Animals / Susan Orlean
- June 7: Raft of Stars / Andrew J. Graff
- July 5: How It All Began / Penelope Lively
- August 2: The Red Address Book / Sofia Lundberg
- September 6: Transcription / Kate Atkinson
- October 4: Fahrenheit 451 / Ray Bradbury
- November 1: After the End / Clare Mackintosh
- December 6: Lessons in Chemistry / Bonnie Garmus
PAST SELECTIONS:
2022:
- January 5: A Journey to the Center of the Earth / Jules Verne
- February 2: Anxious People / Fredrik Backman
- March 2: Dangerous Women / Hope Adams
- April 6: Raceless / Georgina Lawton
- May 4: Outlawed / Anna North
- June 1: The Book That Matters Most / Ann Hood
- July 6: Fast Girls / Elise Hooper
- August 3: How Not to Die Alone / Richard Roper
- September 7: This Tender Land / William Kent Krueger
- October 5: Maiden Voyages / Sian Evans
- November 2: The Personal Librarian / Marie Benedict
- December 7: West With Giraffes / Lynda Rutledge
2021:
- January 6: Mister Penumbra’s Twenty-Four Hour Bookstore / Robin Sloan
- February 3: The Night Circus / Erin Morgenstern
- March 3: Stay Sexy and Don’t Get Murdered / Karen Kilgariff
- April 7: The Bees / Laline Paull
- May 5: Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? / Roz Chast
- June 2: Lanny / Max Porter
- July 7: At the End of the World, Turn Left / Zhanna Slor
- August 4: Mrs. Dalloway / Virginia Woolf
- September 1: Mudbound / Hillary Jordan
- October 6: Hidden Valley Road / Robert Kolker
- November 3: Searching for Sylvie Lee / Jean Kwok
- December 1: Caroline: Little House, Revisited / Sarah Miller
2020:
- February 5: The Library Book / Susan Orlean
- April 1: Cancelled
- June 3: Cancelled
- August 5: Becoming / Michelle Obama
- October 7: Educated: A Memoir / Tara Westover
- November 4: In the Midst of Winter / Isabel Allende
- December 2: An American Marriage / Tayari Jones
2019:
- January 17: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI / David Grann
- February 21: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood / Trevor Noah
- March 21: Montaigne in Barn Boot: An Amateur Ambles Through Philosophy / Michael Perry
- April 25: A Gentleman in Moscow / Amor Towles
- May 16: Woman in the Window / A. J. Finn
- June 20: Beneath a Scarlet Sky / Mark Sullivan
- July 18: Flight of Dreams / Ariel Lawhon
- August 15: Lincoln in the Bardo / George Saunders
- September 19: Moll Flanders / Daniel Defoe
- October 17: Flat Broke with Two Goats: A Memoir / Jennifer McGaha
- November 21: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window & Disappeared / Jonas Jonasson
- December 19: The Underground Railroad / Colson Whitehead
2018:
- January: A Man Called Ove / Fredrik Backman
- February: The Aviator’s Wife / Melanie Benjamin
- March: The Picture of Dorian Gray / Oscar Wilde
- April: The Other Einstein / Marie Benedict
- May: Bird in Hand / Christina Baker Kline
- June: The Nest / Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney *
- July: How to Find Love in a Bookshop / Veronica Henry *
- August: White Teeth / Zadie Smith *
- September: Before We Were Yours / Lisa Wingate
- October: Small Great Things / Jodi Picoult
- November: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis/ J. D. Vance
- December: Ordinary Grace/ William Kent Krueger
* In June, July, and August the group met with the Books on the Town group
2017:
- January: Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter / Kate Clifford Larson
- February: Girl on the Train / Paula Hawkins
- March: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / Robert Louis Stevenson
- April: Deep Down Dark / Hector Tobar
- May: The Kitchen House / Kathleen Grissom
- June: My Name is Lucy Barton / Elizabeth Strout
- July: Court Martial: How Military Justice has Shaped America from the Revolution to 9/11 and Beyond / Chris Bray
- August: Commonwealth / Ann Patchett
- September: The Excellent Lombards / Jane Hamilton
- October: News of the World / Paulette Jiles
- November: Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War 1937-1948 / Madeleine Albright
- December: Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race / Margot Lee Shetterly
2016:
- January: Shotgun Lovesongs / Nikolas Butler
- February: Dream Lover / Elizabeth Berg
- March: Orphan Train / Christina Baker Kline
- April: The Bartender’s Tale / Ivan Doig
- May: Go Set a Watchman / Harper Lee
- June: A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail / Bill Bryson
- July: The Wright Brothers / David McCullough
- August: All the Light We Can Not See / Anthony Doerr
- September: Circling the Sun / Paula McLain
- October: My Antonia / Willa Cather
- November: Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania / Erik Larson
- December: The Girl on the Train / Paul Hawkins
2015
- January: The Goldfinch / Donna Tartt
- February: The Art of Hearing Heartbeats / Jan-Phillipp Sendker
- March: The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II / Denise Kiernan
- April: Invention of Wings / Sue Monk Kidd
- May: A History of Love / Nicole Krauss
- June: Mrs. Lincoln’s Rival / Jennifer Chiaverini
- July: Benediction / Kent Haruf
- August: Flight Behavior / Barbara Kingsolver
- September: The Round House / Louise Erdrich
- October: The Scarlet Sisters / Myra MacPherson
- November: A Room with a View / E. M. Forster
- December: All the Light We Cannot See / Anthony Doerr
2014:
- January: Wolf House / Hilary Mantel
- February: Memoir of the Sunday Brunch / Julia Pandl
- March: Once Upon a River / Bonnie Jo Campbell
- April: Girl in Translation / Jean Kwok
- May: The Lifeboat / Charlotte Rogan
- June: The Light Between Oceans / M. L. Steadman
- July: Little Bee / Chris Cleave
- August: No Buddy Left Behind / Terri Crisp
- September: Sandcastle Girls / Chris Bohjalian
- October: Frankenstein / Mary Shelley
- November: The House Girl / Tara Conklin
- December: The Buddha in the Attic / Julie Otsuka
2013:
- January: Wingshooters / Nina Revoyr
- February: The Language of Flowers / Vanessa Diffenbaugh
- March: In the Garden of Beasts / Erik Larson
- April: Harmless as Doves / Paul L. Gaus
- May: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot
- June: The Dressmaker / Kate Alcott
- July: Home Front / Kristin Hannah
- August: The Chaperone / Laura Moriarty
- September: Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West / Dorothy Wickenden
- October: Gone Girl / Gillian Flynn
- November: Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker / Jennifer Chiaverini
- December: Marmee & Louisa: The Untold Tue Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Mother / Eve LaPlante
2012:
- January: Sarah’s Key / Tatiana de Rosnay
- February: Cutting for Stone / Abraham Verghese
- March: The Kitchen Daughter / Jael McHenry
- April: The Murderer’s Daughters / Randy Susan Meyers
- May: A Moveable Feast / Ernest Hemingway
- June: State of Wonder / Ann Patchett
- July: To Kill a Mockingbird / Harper Lee
- August: The Last Time I Saw You / Elizabeth Berg
- September: Whistling in the Dark / Leslie Kagen
- October: Kitchen Boy / Robert Alexander
- November: The Art of Fielding / Chad Harbach
- December: Prayers for Sale / Sandra Dallas
2011:
- January: Desert Flower / Waris Dirie
- February: The Forgotten Garden / Kate Morton
- March: Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression / Mildred Armstrong Kalish
- April: The 19th Wife / David Ebershoff
- May: The Great Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald
- June: Remarkable Creatures / Tracy Chevalier
- July: The Help / Kathryn Stockett
- August: The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox / Maggie O’Farrell
- September: My Name is Mary Sutter / Robin Oliveira
- October: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet / Jamie Ford
- November: The Postmistress / Sarah Blake
- December: A Gate at the Stairs / Lorrie Moore
2010:
- January: My Stroke of Insight / Jill Bolte Taylor
- February: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas / John Boyne
- March: Flags of Our Fathers / James Bradley
- April: Mudbound / Hillary Jordan
- May: Chosen by a Horse / Susan Richards
- June: Cane River / Lalita Tademy
- July: The Shack / William P. Young
- August: Shanghai Girls / Lisa See
- September: Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea / Barbara Demick
- October: The Birth House / Ami McKay
- November: The Art of Racing in the Rain / Garth Stein
- December: Red Weather / Pauls Toutonghi
2009:
- January: So Brave, Young and Handsome / Leif Enger
- February: The Book Thief / Markus Zusak
- March: Bel Canto / Ann Patchett
- April: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle / David Wroblewski
- May: Three Cups of Tea / Greg Mortenson
- June: The Alchemist / Paulo Coehlo
- July: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society / Mary Ann Shaffer
- August: The Space Between Us / Thrity Umrigar
- September: Crossing to Safety / Wallace Stegner
- October: Eye Contact / Cammie McGovern
- November: The Other Side of the River / Alex Kotlowitz
- December: Luncheon of the Boating Party / Susan Vreeland
2008:
- January: The Mermaid Chair / Sue Monk Kidd
- February: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan / Lisa See
- March: One Thousand White Women: The Journals of Mary Dodd / Jim Fergus
- April: A Thousand Splendid Suns / Khaled Hosseini
- May: Before You Know Kindness / Christopher Bohjalian
- June: Mozart’s Sister / Nancy Moser
- July: March / Geraldine Brooks
- August: Uncommon Grounds / Sandra Balzo
- September: Tall Grass / Sandra Dallas
- October: People of the Book / Geraldine Brooks
- November: Eat, Pray, Love / Elizabeth Gilbert
- December: I Feel Bad About My Neck / Nora Ephron
2007:
- January: Girl with a Pearl Earring / Tracy Chevalier
- February: The Shadow of the Wind / Carlos Ruiz Zafron
- March: Mount Vernon Love Story / Mary Higgins Clark
- April: Alice’s Tulips / Sandra Dallas
- May: For One More Day / Mitch Albom
- June: Crow Lake / Mary Lawson
- July: The Devil Wears Prada / Lauren Weisberger
- August: My Sister’s Keeper / Jodi Picoult
- September: Teacher Man / Frank McCourt
- October: The Tortilla Curtain / T. C. Boyle
- November: The Memory Keeper’s Daughter / Kim Edwards
- December: You Learn by Living / Eleanor Roosevelt & Silent Night / Mary Higgins Clark
2006:
- January: Girl with a Pearl Earring / Tracy Chevalier
- February: The Saving Graces / Patricia Gaffney
- March: Hannah’s Daughters / Marianne Fredriksson
- April: The Kite Runner / Khaled Hosseine
- May: The Color of Water / James McBride
- June: Summer Island / Kristin Hannah
- July: A Place of Hiding / Elizabeth George
- August: Devil in the White City / Erik Larson
- September: The Dollmaker / Harriette Arnow
- October: Mountian Wolf Woman, Sister of Crashing Thunder: The Autobiography of a Winnebago Indian / Mountain Wolf Woman
- November: Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis / Jimmy Carter
- December: Peace Like a River / Leif Enger
2005:
- January: A Lesson Before Dying / Ernest J. Gaines
- February: Ishmael / Daniel Quinn
- March: Memoirs of a Geisha / Arthur Golden
- April: Empire Falls / Richard Russo
- May: Children of God / Mary Doria Russell
- June: The Da Vinci Code / Dan Brown
- July: The Lovely Bones / Alice Sebold
- August: Dancing at the Rascal Fair / Ivan Doig
- September: Angry Housewives Eating Bonbons / Lorna Landvik
- October: The Bonesetter’s Daughter / Amy Tan
- November: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency / Alexander McCall Smith
- December: The Five People You Meet in Heaven / Mitch Albom
2004:
- January: Watched an Agatha Christie Movie
- February: The Secret Life of Bees / Sue Monk Kidd
- March: The Reader / Bernhard Schlink
- April: The Winner / David Baldacci
- May: The Sparrow / Maria Doria Russell
- June: Where the Heart Is / Billie Letts
- July: One Hundred Years of Solitude / Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- August: Under the Tuscan Sun / Frances Mayes
- September: The Quiet American / Graham Greene
- October: Crooked River Burning / Mark Winegardner
- November: The Dogs of Babel / Carolyn Parkhurst
- December: Skipping Christmas / John Grisham & A Choice to Cherish / Alan Maki
2003:
- January: Dance of Intimacy / Harriet Goldhor Lerner
- February: Undaunted Courage / Stephen Ambrose
- March: Girl in Hyacinth Blue / Susan Vreeland
- April: White Teeth / Zadie Smith
- May: Pope Joan / Donna Woolfolk Cross
- June: Seabiscuit / Laura Hillenbrand
- July: Welcome to the World, Baby Girl / Fannie Flagg
- August: Cold Mountain / Charles Frazier
- September: I Don’t Know How She Does It / Allison Pearson
- October: Midnight Champagne / A. Manette Amsay
- November: In the Lake of the Woods / Tim O’Brien
- December: The Bachelor’s Cat / L.F. Hoffman
2002:
- January: A Conspiracy of Paper / David Liss
- February: Tara Road / Maeve Binchy
- March: Chocolat / Joanne Harris
- April: Red Tent / Anita Diamant
- May: It’s Not About the Bike / Lance Armstrong
- June: A Fine Balance / Rohinton Mistry
- July: Corelli’s Mandolin / Loius DeBernieres
- August: First Lady / Susan Elizabeth Phillips
- September: Pigs in Heaven / Barbara Kingsolver
- October: My Thomas, the Novel of Martha Jefferson’s Life / Roberta Grimes
- November: Hearts and Bones / Margaret Lawrence
- December: Catherwood / Marly Youmans
2001:
- January: The Testament / John Grisham
- February: Bastard Out of Carolina / Dorothy Allison
- March: The Shipping News / E. Annie Proulx
- April: Horse Heaven / Jane Smiley
- May: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood / Rebecca Wells
- June: At Home in Mitford / Jan Karon
- July: Possession / A. S. Byatt
- August: The Quilter’s Apprentice / Jennifer Chiaverini
- September: Bridget Jones’ Diary / Helen Fielding
- October: Plainsong / Kent Haruf
- November: A Painted House / Margaret Lawrence
- December: The Adams Women: Abigail and Louisa Adams, Their Sisters and Daughters / Paul Nagel
2000:
- April: The Dean’s List / Jon Hassler
- May: The Poisonwood Bible / Barbara Kingsolver
- June: Tuesdays with Morrie / Mitch Albom
- July: The Greatest Generation / Tom Brokaw
- August: The Ladies of Covington Sent Their Love / Joan A. Medlicott
- September: All Over But the Shoutin’ / Rick Bragg
- October: Midwives / Christopher A. Bohjalian
- November: The Vision of Emma Blau / Ursula Heig
- December: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China / Jung Chang
Dinner and a Book selections from previous years are listed below:
2020:
- January 8: Out of the Easy / Ruta Sepetys
- March 4: The Bookshop of Yesterdays / Ann Meyerson
- May 6: Cancelled
- July 1: Orphan #8 / Kim van Alkemade
- September 2: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek / Kim Richardson
- November 4: In the Midst of Winter / Isabel Allende
- December 2: An American Marriage / Tayari Jones
2019:
- January 2: Where’d You Go, Bernadette? / Maria Semple
- March 6: The Last Town on Earth / Thomas Mullen
- May 1: Never Let Me Go / Kazuo Ishiguro
- July 24: The Weird Sisters / Eleanor Brown
- September 25: The Commoner / John Burnham Schwartz
- November 20: Last Bus to Wisdom / Ivan Doig
2018:
- June: The Nest / Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
- July: How to Find Love in a Bookshop / Veronica Henry
- August: White Teeth / Zadie Smith
- September: The Ocean At the End of the Lane / Neil Gaiman
- November: Brooklyn / Colm Toibin