MC-NPL offers three adult book clubs: Mystery Tuesday Book Club, Saturday Book Club, and The Mostly Lesbian Book Club.
Email JCove@mclinc.org for more information.
Mystery Tuesday Book Club
Led by Dr. Monica D’Antonio, former English professor at Montgomery County Community College, this club meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 2 pm to discuss thriller, suspense, true crimes, noir and detective fiction.
| Meeting Date | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| January 7, 2025 | The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia | Juliet Grames |
| February 4, 2025 | Lavender House | Lev AC Rosen |
| March 4, 2025 | Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers | Jesse Q. Sutanto |
| April 1, 2025 | The River We Remember | William Ken Krueger |
| May 6, 2025 | A Most Agreeable Murder | Julia Seales |
| June 3, 2025 | Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders | Kathryn Miles |
| July 1, 2025 | How to Solve Your Own Murder | Kristen Perrin |
| August 5, 2025 | The Other Americans | Laila Lalami |
| September 2, 2025 | Listen for the Lie | Amy Tintera |
| October 7, 2025 | Finally Donovan is Killing It | Elle Cosimano |
| November 4, 2025 | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | Douglas Adams |
| December 2, 2025 | Bad Monkey | Carl Hiaasen |
Meets on the third Saturday of each month at 2 pm. Dr. Hal Halbert, Professor at Montgomery County Community College facilitates the discussion. The club engages in all kinds of genre.
| Meeting Date | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 20, 2024 | The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois | Honoree Fanonne Jeffers |
| Feb. 17, 2024 | Our Missing Hearts | Celeste Ng |
| March 16, 2024 | The Horse | Geraldine Brooks |
| April 20, 2024 | The Lincoln Highway | Amor Towles |
| May 18, 2024 | Olga Dies Dreaming | Xochitl Gonzalez |
| June 15, 2024 | The Wager | David Grann |
| July 20, 2024 | King Of The Armadillos | Wendy Chin-Tanner |
| Aug. 17, 2024 | Who Is Maud Dixon? | Alexandra Andrews |
| Sept. 21, 2024 | The Things We Carried | Tim O'Brien |
| Oct. 19, 2024 | South To America: A Journey Below The Mason Dixon To Understand The Soul Of A Nation | Imani Perry |
| Nov. 16, 2024 | A Burning | Megha Majumdar |
| Dec. 21, 2024 | The Furrows | Namwali Serpell |
The Mostly Lesbian Books Club
Meets on the third Monday of each month at 6:30pm. Books discussed will feature lesbian characters or themes or be written by lesbian authors as chosen by the group. All are welcome to attend.
| Meeting Date | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | The Librarian of Burned Books | Brianna Labuskes |
| April 2024 | One Last Stop | Casey McQuiston |
| May 20, 2024 | Our Wives Under the Sea | Julia Armfield |
| June 17, 2024 | Skye Falling | Mia McKenzie |
| July 15, 2024 | She Who Became the Sun | Shelley Parker-Chan |
| Aug. 2024 | The Memory Librarian | Janelle Monae |
| Sept. 2024 | Cantoras | Carolina De Robertis |
| Oct. 2024 | The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo | Taylor Jenkins Reid |
| Nov. 2024 | Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit | Jeannette Winterson |
| Dec. 2024 | Orlando | Virginia Woolf |