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.
Tredyffrin Public Library
Paoli Library
Tredyffrin Public Library
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:
September 4
(In Person)
A Few Words About Breasts by Nora Ephron* & On the Pleasure of Hating by William Hazlitt*
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
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
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
March 21
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
April 18
Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks
May 16
Material World by Ed Conway
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
February 26
To Be Announced
March 26
To Be Announced
Paoli Library
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