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Wednesday Night Book Club

Funded through the generosity of the Friends of the Rogers Free Library.

Monthly book club meetings are held at 6:30 pm on the last Wednesday of the month.

Meet us in the Upstairs Conference Room or on Zoom. New members are always welcome!

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Monthly book selections are listed below. The library pre-orders multiple physical copies from the catalog so that copies of the books are available for checkout one month prior to each meeting; simply ask for a copy at the circulation desk. Click each link below to see other ways to borrow the books (i.e. Audiobook, eBook, eAudiobook, Large Print, Kindle, etc.)

Book cover for the book "The Hobbit" by J. R. R. Tolkien.

September 30

The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” So begins one of the most beloved and delightful tales in the English language—Tolkien’s prelude to The Lord of the Rings. Set in the imaginary world of Middle-earth, at once a classic myth and a modern fairy tale, The Hobbit is one of literature’s most enduring and well-loved high fantasy novels.

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Bilbo reluctantly joins their epic quest, unaware that on his journey to the Lonely Mountain he will encounter both a magic ring and a frightening creature known as Gollum.

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Book cover for the book "Culpability" by Bruce Holsinger

October 28

Culpability
Bruce Holsinger

When the Cassidy-Shaws’ autonomous minivan collides with an oncoming car, seventeen-year-old Charlie is in the driver’s seat, with his father, Noah, riding shotgun. In the back seat, tweens Alice and Izzy are on their phones, while their mother, Lorelei, a world leader in the field of artificial intelligence, is absorbed in her work. Yet each family member harbors a secret, implicating them each in the accident.

During a weeklong recuperation on the Chesapeake Bay, the family confronts the excruciating moral dilemmas triggered by the crash.

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Cover for the book "Magpie Murders" by Anthony Horowitz.

November 18

Magpie Murders
Anthony Horowitz

When editor Susan Ryeland is given the tattered manuscript of Alan Conway’s latest novel, she has little idea it will change her life. She’s worked with the revered crime writer for years and his detective, Atticus Pund, is renowned for solving crimes in the sleepy English villages of the 1950s. As Susan knows only too well, vintage crime sells handsomely. It’s just a shame that it means dealing with an author like Alan Conway…

But Conway’s latest tale of murder at Pye Hall is not quite what it seems. Yes, there are dead bodies and a host of intriguing suspects, but hidden in the pages of the manuscript there lies another story: a tale written between the very words on the page, telling of real-life jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition and murder.

From Sunday Times bestseller Anthony Horowitz comes Magpie Murders, his deliciously dark take on the vintage crime novel, brought bang- up-to-date with a fiendish modern twist.

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Book cover for the book "Small Things Like These" by Claire Keegan.

December 16

Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan

It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man faces into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church.

An international bestseller, Small Things Like These is a deeply affecting story of hope, quiet heroism, and empathy from one of our most critically lauded and iconic writers.

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January 27

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February 24

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Book cover of "Happy Land" by Dolen Perkins-Valdez. The cover shows the face of a woman; she has dark skin and there is a flower crown on her head.

March 31

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April 28

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Extra copies of this book will be available from the Main Circulation Desk through a special checkout process, while supplies last.

May 26

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Join us for our monthly book club. New members are always welcome! Books are available for checkout at the library.

All meetings are held at 6:30 pm on the last Wednesday of the month unless otherwise noted. Registration is required.

The adult book club is funded through the generosity of the Friends of the Rogers Free Library.