Book Clubs

Our Afternoon Book Club welcomes all participants and is open to both patrons of the Dyer Library and non-cardholders. Meetings will almost always take place on the first Thursday of every month at 4:00 p.m. in the Board Room.

book cover with a man and a woman standing together with faces hiddenThe next Afternoon Book Club meeting will be held on Thursday, March 5th at 4:00 PM. The book we will be discussing is “Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand” by Helen Simonson. For a copy of the book, please visit the circulation desk.

2025-2026 Afternoon Book Club Selections

September: Welcome Back! We’ll discuss favorite summer reads.
Discussion Date – September 4th

October: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Discussion Date – October 2nd

November: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Discussion Date – November 6th

December: Go As a River by Shelley Read
Discussion Date – December 4th

January: No Meeting

February: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Discussion Date – February 5th

March: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Discussion Date – March 5th

April: The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
Discussion Date – April 2nd 

May: A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash
Discussion Date – May 7th

June: The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
Discussion Date – June 4th

Our Morning Book Club focuses on historical fiction and will generally meet the third Wednesday of each month at 10:00 AM in the Board Room (behind the Deering Room), and is led by Miss Lois.

book cover with a woman in a 1940's hairstyle facing away from the readerThe next Morning Book Club meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 18th at 10:00 AM. The book we will be discussing is “Lady Clementine” by Marie Benedict. For a copy of the book, please visit the circulation desk.

2025-2026 Morning Book Club Selections

September: The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
Discussion Date – September 17th

October: The Daring Ladies of Lowell by Kate Alcott
Discussion Date – October 15th

November: The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Discussion Date – November 19th

December: No Meeting

January: The Huntress by Kate Quinn
Discussion Date – RESCHEDULED to January 28th

February: Lady Clementine by Marie Benedict *please note book change*
Discussion Date – February 18th

March: The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel *please note book change*
Discussion Date – March 18th

April: The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende
Discussion Date – April 15th

May: The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Discussion Date – May 20th

June: When the World Fell Silent by Donna Jones Alward
Discussion Date – June 17th