Glocester Libraries Book Discussion Groups

 Harmony Library Book Discussion Groups

Second Thursday Book Discussion
Meetings begin at 1:30 PM
The Second Thursday Book Discussion Group meets the second Thursday of the month in the community room at the Harmony Library.
Booklist for 2025-2026

• September 11: A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders
• October 19: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
• November 13: The Call of the Wild by Jack London
• No Meeting in December
• January 8: The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
• February 12: Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
• March 12: 2026 Read Across Rhode Island title
• April 9: Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts
• May 14:  Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
• June 12: Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese

Alternate Titles:
          The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner
          Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
                       
Mystery Book Discussion
Meetings begin at 1:30 PM
*The Mystery Book Discussion Group meets the fourth Thursday of the month from September to June at 1:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
Booklist for 2025-2026

• September 25: Open Season by C.J. Box
• October 23: Last Night by LuAnn Rice
  
• No Meeting in November
• *December 4: When Christmas Comes by Andrew Klaven (Pot Luck Lunch @ 12:30 p.m.)
• January 22 : An Unkindness of Ravens by M.E. Hilliard
  
• February 26: The Blackhouse by Peter May
• March 26: The Yard by Alan Grecian
• April 23: The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
• May 28: An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tursten

Alternate Titles:
        Unsub by Meg Gardinier (Unsub #1)
        None of This is True by Lisa Jewell
        Fallout by Sara Paretsky
Updated: August 1, 2025 
   
Glocester Senior Center Book Discussion
Meetings begin at 1:00 PM
This book discussion group meets the second Wednesday of the month in the multi-purpose room at the Glocester Senior Center. Meetings are held at 1:00 p.m. from September to May. Books are available at the Glocester Senior Center and the Harmony Library.
Booklist for 2025-2026

• September 10: The Stolen Child by Ann Hood
• October 8: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
• November 12: The Beekeeper's Apprentice, or , On the Segregation of the Queen by Laurie R. King
• December 10: Beautiful Country: A Memoir by Qian Julie Wang
• January 14: Haven by Emma Donoghue
• February 11: Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
• March 11: A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd
• April 8: This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash
• May 13: Isola by Allegra Goodman
• June 10: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Updated June 21, 2025

Glocester Manton Library Book Discussion Groups

Fantasy Book & Pizza Club
Meetings begin at 6 p.m.

• January 21: The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
• February 18: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
• June 17: Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill
• July 15: The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
• August 19: Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli
• September 16: The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society by C.M. Waggoner
• October 21: The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig
• November 18: Quicksilver by Callie Hart
• December 16: Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry
  
• January 20: The Princess Bride by William Goldman
  

Rock & Roll Book Discussion – A Brand New Book Discussion!
Meetings begin at 6 p.m.

• July 22: Just Kids by Patti Smith
• September 23: Chronicles: Part One by Bob Dylan
• October 28: Face It by Debbie Harry
• November 18: Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid