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:

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January 6

Meeting Cancelled

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February 3

Banned/Challenged Picture Book Storytime

March 3

All American Boys by Jason Reynolds

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April 7

To Be Announced

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May 5

To Be Announced

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June 2

To Be Announced


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 21

Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen

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February 18

To Be Announced

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March 18

To Be Announced

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April 15

To Be Announced

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May 20

To Be Announced

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June 17

To Be Announced


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 28

Accidental Presidents, John Tyler to Gerald Ford

March 25

To Be Announced

May 27

To Be Announced

July 22

To Be Announced

September 23

To Be Announced

November 25

To Be Announced


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:

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January 21

Meeting Cancelled

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February 18

To Be Announced

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March 18

To Be Announced

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April 15

To Be Announced

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May 20

To Be Announced

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June 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:

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January 16

Rescheduled

February 20

Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen

March 20

What an Owl Knows by Jennifer Ackerman

April 18

The Singularity is Nearer by Ray Kurzweil

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May 16

To Be Announced

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June 20

To Be Announced


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

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November 20

Meeting Cancelled

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 13

Mysteries with a Strong Sense of Place

February 10

Historical Mysteries

March 10

Cozies

April 14

Humorous Mysteries

May 12

To Be Announced

June 19

To Be Announced


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 16

Tangleroot by Kalela Williams

February 20

How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang

March 20

The Book of Love by
Kelly Link

April 17

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

May 15

The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan

June 19

All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman