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.
2026 meeting dates:
- January 5 | Dinner Tonight by Alex Snodgrass
- February 2 | My Mexican Kitchen by Eva Longoria
- March 2 | TBD
- April 6 | TBD
- May 4 | TBD
- June 1 | TBD
- July 6 | Cookout
- August 3 | TBD
- September 14* | TBD
- October 5 | TBD
- November 9* | Thanksgiving Dinner Edition: we are celebrating Thanksgiving early. Please bring a favorite dish to share.
- December 7 | TBD
* Note change in meeting date.
The CAMP Rehoboth Book Club is a LGBTQ+ facilitated discussion group dedicated to reading novels about LGBTQ+ topics and/or books by queer authors that tackle a variety of interest and subject matters. The Book Club alternates between fiction, non-fiction, and YA. This group typically meets on the last Monday of every month and is a partnership between CAMP Rehoboth and Lewes Public Library.
The CAMP Rehoboth Book Club aims to bring all members of the community together in a safe, supportive and inclusive space to enjoy literature, conversation and most of all engage with each other. This group is open to all regardless of sexuality and gender. Attendees joining via Zoom are encouraged to be on camera for the discussion.
2025 meeting dates and books:
- June 30 | Nicked by M. T. Anderson
- July 28 | Up Your HOA Hole by B. J. Irons (note: author is local and will be joining the discussion)
- August 28 | Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly
- September 29 | When Brooklyn Was Queer by Hugh Ryan
- October 27 | Florenzer by Phil Melanson
- November 24 | The Lilac People by Milo Todd (note: author will join the discussion via Zoom)
- December 29 | Mothers and Sons by Colm Tóibín
2026 meeting dates and books:
- January 26 | The Secret City by James Kirchick (Chapters 1 -18)
- February 23 | The Secret City by James Kirchick (Chapter 18 – conclusion)
- March 30 | TBD
- April 27 | TBD
- May 18 | TBD
- June 29 | TBD
- July 27 | TBD
- August 31 | TBD
- September 28 | TBD
- October 26 | TBD
- November 30 | TBD
- December 28 | 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
2026 meeting dates are:
- January 7 | Under The Sea Wind by Rachel Carson
- February 4 | The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms by Amy Stewart
- March 4 | How Can I Help?: Saving Nature with Your Yard by Douglas W. Tallamy
- April 1 | Buzz, Sting, Bite: Why We Need Insects by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
- May 6 | Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 by Phillip Hoose
- June 3 | Raising Hare: A Memoir by Chloe Dalton
- July | No meeting
- August 5 | Wildscape: Trilling Chipmunks, Beckoning Blooms, Salty Butterflies, and other Sensory Wonders of Nature by Nancy Lawson
- September 2 | The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
- October 7 | What Your Food Ate: How to Restore Our Land and Reclaim Our Health by David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé
- November 4 | Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
- December 2 | The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer
The American Association of University Women sponsors a Notable Books discussion that meets on the first Thursday of the month.
2026 meeting dates:
- January 8* | Kent State: An American Tragedy by Brian VanDelMark
- February 5 | Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor
- March 5 | Playground by Richard Powers
- April 2 | Native Nations: Millennium in North America by Kathleen DuVal
- May 7 | The Hidden Globe: How Wealth Hacks the World by Atussa Araxia Abrahamian
- June 4 | Ghostroots by Pemi Aguda
- July 2 | The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck
- August 6 | Why Animals Talk: The New Science of Animal Communication by Alik Kershenbaum
- September 3 | Share A Book
- October 1 | TBD
- November 19** | TBD
- December** | no meeting
*Note change in date due to the holiday.
**The November and December meetings are combined and meet on Thursday, November 19, 2026.
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.
2026 book selections:
- January 27 | The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- February 24 | Straw (film)
- March 24 | Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank by Justine Hill Edwards
- April 28 | Waking Up White: Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving
- May 26 | Shirley (film)
- June 23 | Black Moses: Ambition and Fight for a Black State by Caleb Gayle
- July 28 | The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor (book and film)
- August 25 | Is That Black Enough for You?: History and Craft of African-American Cinema (film)
- September 22 | Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools That Built the Civil Rights Movement by Elaine Weiss
- October 27 | Descendants: The Story of Africatown, Alabama by Margaret Brown
- December 1* | Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Black Appalachian Culinary Heritage by Crystal Wilkinson
*Note: the November and December meetings are combined and meet on Tuesday, December 1
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.
2026 book selections:
- January 27 | The Night Shift by Alex Finlay
- February 24 | The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett
- March 24 | Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
- April 28 | The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
- May 26 | The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
- June 23 | Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
- July 28 | God of the Woods by Liz Moore
- August 25 | Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches by John Hodgman
- September 22 | What I Read This Summer! – Come prepared to share a book of your choice with the group
- October 27 | Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- November 24 | In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences by Truman Capote
- 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 | East of Eden by John Steinbeck
November | no meeting*
December 4 | Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
* the November and December meetings are combined and meet on Thursday, December 4
2026 book selections:
- January 22 | The Reading List by Sara Adams
- February 26 | The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
- March 26 | The Women by Kristin Hannah
- April 23 | Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
- May 28 | First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
- June 25 | The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
- July 23 | The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevi
- August 27 | Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
- September 24 | Broken Country by Clare Hall
- October 22 | TBD
- November | no meeting*
- December 3* | A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst
* the November and December meetings are combined and meet on December 3
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