Book Groups

Whatever you like to read, we’ve got a book group for you here at Tredyffrin Township Libraries! The 2024 selections for each book group are below. Click on the book image to place a copy on hold.


Banned Book Club (In Person)

The Banned Book Club is reading their way through the ALA’s Top Challenged Books Lists to discuss the literary and artistic aspects of the text alongside its social context. We meet on the first Monday of each month from 1-2:30pm. New members are always welcome! Contact Sam Sorensen and Carla Vastine with any questions.

Banned Book Club Selections:

January 8

Flamer
by Mike Curato

February 12

Looking for Alaska by John Green & Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

March 4

Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison

April 1

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

May 6

Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez

June 3

This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson

July 1

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

August 5

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

September 9

Sold by Patricia McCormick

October 7

Melissa by Alex Gino

November 4
(Cancelled)

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi

December 2

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi


Book Bound Book Group (Virtual)

Book Bound welcomes readers with a love of non-traditional titles & spirited conversation. Book Bound meets on the third Tuesday of each month from 7-8 pm. New members are always welcome. Contact Tara Thorne with any questions.

Book Bound Selections:

January 16

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

February 20

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

March 19

Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea

April 16

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

May 21

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

June 18

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

July 16

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

August

No Meeting!

September 17

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

October 15

“The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe & What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

November 19

Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

December 17

A Selection of
Children’s Books


Great Books Club (In Person & Virtual)

The Tredyffrin Public Library Great Books Club is led by volunteers John Dalton and Helen McGrane. The group meets monthly on the second Wednesday from 7-8pm at the library and via Zoom. Some selections, marked with an asterisk, will be emailed. Books can be checked out from the library or purchased. The group takes a break during the summer months.

Contact Sam Sorensen with any questions, including requesting emailed readings. For virtual meetings, register for the link on our event calendar.

Great Books Club Selections:

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September 4
(In Person)

A Few Words About Breasts by Nora Ephron* & On the Pleasure of Hating by William Hazlitt*

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October 9
(In Person)

Cat Person by Kristen Roupenian

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November 13
(Virtual)

The Ways by Colin Barrett & Desire by Esther Freud

December 11
(Virtual)

One Writer’s Beginnings by Eudora Welty

January 8
(Virtual)

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

February 12
(Virtual)

Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill

March 12
(Virtual)

The Stranger by Albert Camus

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April 9
(In Person)

Differently by Alice Munro

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May 14
(In Person)

Selected Poems*


History Book Club (In Person)

The History Book Club is a volunteer-run group. Members select the topic for each meeting and are free to read titles of their choosing and to participate in discussion of the topic at the next meeting. This book club usually meets every other 4th Tuesday of the month from 5-6:30 pm. New members are always welcome.

Contact Steve Harlen with any questions.

History Book Club Topics:

January 23

Famous Trials in History

March 27

Political Violence in History

May 28

The U.S. Constitution’s Origins, Passage, and Interpretations

July 23

Conspiracy Theories in U.S. History

September 24

Natural Disasters in History

November 19

Third Parties in American History


Open Minds Book Group (Virtual)

Meets on the third Tuesday of every month at 2 pm. New members are always welcome. Contact Gretchen Chamberlin with any questions.

Open Minds Book Group Selections:

January 16

The Wager by David Grann

February 20

Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane

The Postcard

March 19

The Postcard by Anne Berest

April 16

Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez

May 21

Absolution by Alice McDermott

June 18

The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

July 16

The Secret Hours by Mick Herron

August 20

Vesper Flights: New and Collected Essays by Helen Macdonald

September 17

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

October 15

The Known World by Edward P. Jones

November 19

The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason

December 17

To Be Announced


Science Book Discussion Group (In Person)

This group meets from 3-5 pm on the third Thursday of every month. New members are always welcome. Contact Valerie Green with any questions.

Science Book Discussion Group Selections:

January 18

Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villians by Bethany Brookshire

February 15

Once Upon a Prime by Sarah Hart

Guns Germs and Steel

March 21

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond

Musicophilia

April 18

Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks

May 16

Material World by Ed Conway

Crossings

June 20

Crossings by Ben Goldfarb

July 18 (Cancelled)

Alien Earths by Lisa Kaltenegger

August 15

Alien Earths by Lisa Kaltenegger

September 19

White Holes by Carlo Rovelli

October 17

An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks

November 21

Beaverland by Leila Philip

December 19

We Are Electric by Sally Adee


Short Stacks (Virtual)

Excited to read but short on time? We read and discuss works across genres, and all are 200 pages or less. Short Stacks meets every fourth Wednesday from 7-8PM on Zoom. New members are always welcome! To receive the Zoom link, register on our event calendar.

Contact Sam Sorensen with any questions.

October 23

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

November 20
(Cancelled)

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

December 18

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

January 22

What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

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February 26

To Be Announced

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March 26

To Be Announced


Mystery Book Club (Virtual)

The Mystery Book Club will meet at 11am on the second Monday of each month on Zoom. Join us as we discuss mysteries across different topics. Contact Aimee Polaha with any questions.

Mystery Book Club Topics:

January 8

Anything by Josephine Tey

February 12

Husbands, Wives, and Romance (Gone Wrong)

March 11

Irish Authors or Settings

April 8

French Authors or Settings

May 13

Murderous Mothers (or Matricide)

June 10

Wedding Bells

No July Meeting

Vacation!

August 12

Anything Goes (New Finds or Old Favorites)

September 9

Schools or Libraries

October 14

No Meeting!

November 18

Mysteries Involving Indigenous Peoples

December 9

Holiday or Winter-themed Mysteries


The Next Big Thing Book Club (Virtual)

Have you been stuck in a rut reading all of the same authors? Let us introduce you to new voices! The Next Big Thing Book Club is an adult group that reads debut titles by fresh, new authors.

The group meets on the third Thursday of every month at 6pm on Zoom. Contact Aimee Polaha with any questions.

The Next Big Thing Selections:

January 18

The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell

February 15

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

March 21

Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty

April 18

Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

May 16

Weyward by Emilia Hart

June 20

The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan

July 18

Bellies by Nicola Dinan

August 15

The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard

September 19

The Husbands by Holly Gramazio

October 17

Piglet by Lottie Hazell

November 21

Early Sobrieties by Michael Deagler

December 19

I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue