Book Discussion Groups
Share your love of cooking and trying new recipes. Every month, the group selects a cookbook and each participant chooses a recipe from it to prepare for sharing. The group then meets to sample the dishes made and discuss the recipes. Stop by the Circulation Desk to choose a recipe from this month’s cookbook.
2025 meeting dates:
- January 6 | Everyone’s Table by Gregory Gourdet
- February 3 | Go-To Dinners by Ina Garten
- March 3 | TBD
- April 7 | TBD
- May 5 | TBD
- June 2 | TBD
- July 7 | TBD
- August 4 | TBD
- September 8 | TBD
- October 6 | TBD
- November 3 | Thanksgiving Dinner Edition: we are celebrating Thanksgiving early. Please bring a favorite dish to share.
- December 1 | TBD
Join us in the library or online to discuss nature-themed books.
2025 meeting dates are:
- January 8 | The Comfort of Crows : A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl
- February 5 | Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by Ben Goldfarb
- March 5 | The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution by David Quammen
- April 2 | Love Your Mother: 50 States, 50 Stories, and 50 Women United for Climate Justice by Mallory McDuff
- May 7 | Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden by Eleanor Perenyi
- June 4 | Sprout Lands: Tending the Endless Gift of Trees by William Bryant Logan
- July | No meeting
- August | No meeting
- September 3 | Figuring by Maria Popova
- October 1 | The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Marta McDowell
- November 5 | The Laws of Medicine: Field Notes From an Uncertain Science by Siddhartha Mukherjee
- December 3 | The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger
The American Association of University Women sponsors a Notable Books discussion that meets on the first Thursday of the month.
2025 meeting dates:
January 2 | Dearborn by Ghassan Zeineddine
February 6 | A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Tim Egan
March 6 | James by Percival Everett
April 3 | Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
May 1 | North Woods by Daniel Mason
June 5 | Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham
July 3 | Y/N by Esther Yi
August 7 | In Memoriam by Alice Winn
September 4 | Share a Book – each member is invited to bring a favorite book to share with the group
October 2 | TBD
November 6 | TBD
December 4 | no meeting
Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice Book & Film Group | 4th Tuesday of the month | 6:00 PM
A partnership with the SDARJ, the Alliance Book and Film Group, celebrating its 5th year, meets in the library and online to discuss classic and contemporary works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and cinematic art.
2025 book selections:
- January 28 | Stamped from the Beginning (film) | Supplemental reading: Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
- February 25 | Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People by Tiya Miles
- March 25 | James: A Novel by Percival Everett
- April 22 | Black Barbie (film)
- May 27 | Love and Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest by Fawn Weaver
- June 24 | The Nickel Boys: A Novel by Colson Whitehead
- July 22 | A Pair of Wings: A Novel by Carole Hopson
- August 26 | Rustin (film) | Supplemental reading: Bayard Rustin: A Legacy of Protest and Politics by Michael G. Long
- September 23 | The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church by Rachel L. Swarns
- October 28 | Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on Health in America by Linda Villarosa
- November 26 | What Happened, Miss Simone? (film) | Supplemental reading: I Put a Spell on You: The Autobiography of Nina Simone
- December | no meeting
A monthly book discussion group sponsored by Dewey Beer Co. New, seasonal brews will be sampled at discussion. Copies of the books are available to borrow at the Circulation Desk.
Book selections will be made for the rest of the 2023 year at the first discussion.
2025 meeting dates:
January 28 | 1984 by George Orwell
February 25 | Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult
March 25 | Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
April 22 | Started Villain by John Scalzi
May 27 | Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman
June 24 | The Maid by Nita Prose
July 22 | Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
August 26 | Joyland by Stephen King
September 23 | TBD
October 28 | TBD
November 25 | TBD
December | no meeting
A monthly book discussion group. Copies of the books are available to borrow at the Circulation Desk.
2025 book selections:
January 23 | The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh
February 27 | Day by Michael Cunningham
March 27 | The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth
April 24 | Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
May 22 | Night Road by Kristin Hannah
June 26 | Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
July 24 | Violeta by Isabel Allende
August 28 | Summer Love by Nancy Thayer
September 25 | The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
October 23 | TBD
November | no meeting*
December 4 | Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
* the November and December meetings are combined and meet on Thursday, December 4
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