Book Clubs

2nd Wednesday Book Club

The Falmouth Memorial Library Book Group meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 1pm. The group reads a mixture of fiction and non-fiction. New members always welcome!

Upcoming books*:

June 2025: Table for Two
July 2025: The Briar Club
August 2025: James
September 2025: Bring in a picture book you love or loved as a child and read it aloud to the group. Tell us what makes it special to you.
October 2025: North Woods
November 2025: A Swim in the Pond in the Rain
December 2025: How to Read a Book

*Months subject to change due to availability.

Some of our past books:

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Loon Lake by E. L. Doctorow
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East by Sandy Tolan
The Wife, the Maid and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon
American Eclipse by David Baron (with a visit from the author!)
Blue Horses by Mary Oliver (for National Poetry Month!)
March by Geraldine Brooks
The Lobster Coast by Colin Woodard
The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin
Mill Town by Kerri Arsenault

Short Story Discussion Group

Don’t have time to read a whole book for a book club? Join us to discuss short stories and essays instead! Every other Monday morning, the group meets to discuss a story or essay from a specific collection. New members are encouraged to join any time!

Current book: The Oxford Book of American Short Stories / edited by Joyce Carol Oates

Dates/pages:
May 12, 2025: 17-61, Irving & Austin
*June 2, 2025: 62-90, Hawthorne & Melville
June 9, 2025: 91-108, Poe & Beecher Stowe
June 23, 2025: 109-128, Clemens & Jewett
July 7, 2025: 129-152, Chopin & Chesnutt
July 21, 2025: 153-189, Gilman & James
August 4, 2025: 190-224, London & Freeman
August 18, 2025: 225-255, Crane & Wharton
*September 8, 2025: 256-284, Anderson & Cather
September 22, 2025: 285-300, Toomer & Hemingway
October 6, 2025: 301-322, Fitzgerald & Williams
October 20, 2025: 323-351, Porter & Faulkner
November 3, 2025: 352-370, Hurston & Hughes
November 17, 2025: 371-396, Wright & Bowles
December 1, 2025: 397-439, O’Connor & Baldwin
December 15, 2025: 440-462, Ellison & Bradbury
December 29, 2025: 463-487, Taylor & Welty
January 12, 2026: 488-510, Singer & Malamud
January 26, 2026: 511-551, Bellow & Cheever
February 9, 2026: 552-559, Le Guin & Barthelme
February 23, 2026: 560-581, Updike & Adams
March 9, 2026: 582-600, Carver & Silko
March 23, 2026: 601-619, Ozick & Oates
April 6, 2026: 620-654, Wolff & O’Brien
*April 27, 2026: 655-696, Mason & Wideman
May 11, 2026: 697-726, Mukherjee & Tan
*June 1, 2026: 727-745, Erdrich & Leavitt
June 15, 2026: 746-end, Cisneros & Benedict
*adjusted date due to Monday holiday

Cookbook Club

Choose a recipe from the cookbook of the month, prepare your recipe at home, then bring it to the library to share with others. Meets every 3rd Wednesday at 5:30pm.

Registration is required and can be found on our online Event Calendar.

Email events@falmouthmemoriallibrary.org to find out this month’s cookbook!