Upcoming Events

Summer Reading Book Club

We are a history book club that focuses on the American Civil War. We currently are reading the book, Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson by S.C.

The Maybee Branch Book Club meets the last Monday of the month at 7pm.  New members are always welcome, stop in and get your copy of this months selection. 

Love Young Adult Literature? So do we. Come hang out and talk YA lit with us. Discussions will be on the last Monday of the month at 7:00 pm via Zoom. 

Join us on the last Tuesday of the Month as we discuss non-fiction books.  New members always welcome.  This month we will be discussing Devil’s Mile by Alice Sparberg Alexiou.

If you like to read thought-provoking non-fiction books, join us for Just the Facts book club on the last Wednesday of each month at 11:00 am.

Join us as we read some of the great classics.  We will meet every other month, on the last Wednesday of the month at 6:30 PM.

Classic Book List 2024 

The Ellis Fanta-Sci book club is the only Fantasy and Science Fiction book club in the Monroe County Library System! 

March- Did You Hear About Kitty Karr by Crystal Smith Paul

April- Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Lowen

May- The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill

June-American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

All readers are welcome to join us as we read and discuss Historical Fiction books. Copies of the books can be picked up at the library. Discussions will be on the first Thursday of the month at 6:30 pm.

Join us for snacks, drinks, and lively discussion at this casual book club. We will meet at Quimby's in Lambertville. Please contact Jessica at the library with any questions.  

The Dundee Branch Book Club meets the first Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. on the lower level of the library, except where noted with an *asterisk*.

Everyone is welcome, and books are available at the library.

Meetings are typically held on the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30 PM.

Life is a Mystery Book Club 2024 

*February 7 Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley 

Meetings are held on the second Thursday of the month at 11:00am.

All meetings are held on the second Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Ida Branch Library. New members are always welcome! Please pick up a copy of the book at the library before the meeting.

All readers are welcome to join us as we read and discuss books with an emphasis on Japanese culture/history with our friends in Hofu, Japan and members of MIFA.  Discussions will be on the second Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm Monroe local

Nature-loving readers with a passion for the outdoors, unite! This year-round, all-weather, nature-themed book club is for the adventurous reader who enjoys walking outdoors.

August 1939: London prepares for war as Hitler’s forces sweep across Europe. Grace Bennett has always dreamed of moving to the city, but the bunkers and drawn curtains that she finds on her arrival are not what she expected.

January 10th, 2024: The Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

February 14th, 2024: How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior

The Newport Branch Library Book Club will meet the second Wednesday of the month at 2:00 pm. All meetings are open to all readers. This month's book is, Tom Lake by Ann Patchett.

If you love historical fiction or want to try something new,  join us every second Wednesday of the month here are at the branch.
 

Historical Fiction Book Club Titles for 2024

All meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month at 4pm

2024 selections:

January - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

February - Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld