Aug 252020
MC-NPL offers four adult book clubs: Mystery Tuesday Book Club, Saturday Book Club, The Mostly Lesbian Book Club, and Horror Book Club (all books clubs are 18+)
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. 18, 2025 | Jane Eyre | Charlotte Bronte |
| Feb. 15, 2025 | Wide Sargasso Sea | Jean Rhys |
| March 15, 2025 | Lincoln in the Bardo | George Saunders |
| April 19, 2025 | Lessons in Chemistry | Bonnie Gramus |
| May 17, 2025 | If Beale Street Could Talk | James Baldwin |
| June 14, 2025 | The Moor's Account | Laila Lalami |
| July 19, 2025 | Parable of the Sower | Octavia E. Butler |
| Aug. 16, 2025 | Once There Were Wolves | Charlotte McConaghy |
| Sept. 20, 2025 | The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon | David Grann |
| Oct. 18, 2025 | Portrait of a Thief | Grace D. Li |
| Nov. 15, 2025 | The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store | James McBride |
| Dec. 20, 2025 | Good Material | Dolly Alderton |
The Mostly Lesbian Book 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 |
|---|---|---|
| January 27, 2025 | Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic | Alison Bechdel |
| February 24, 2025 | In the Dream House | Carmen Maria Machado |
| March 17, 2025 | She Drives Me Crazy | Kelly Quindlen |
| April 21, 2025 | This is How You Lose the Time War | Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone |
| May 19, 2025 | Felicity | Mary Oliver |
| June 16, 2025 | Frankissstein | Jeanette Winterson |
| July 21, 2025 | Milk Fed | Melissa Broder |
| August 18, 2025 | My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness | Kabi Nagata |
| September 15, 2025 | The Salt Grows Heavy | Cassandra Khaw |
| October 20, 2025 | Carmilla | Sheridan Le Fanu |
| November 17, 2025 | Keep Your Wives Away From Them: Orthodox Women, Unorthodox Desires | Miryam Kabakov |
| December 15, 2025 | Fingersmith | Sarah Waters |
Horror Book Club
Meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 6pm. Books discussed will feature non-traditional horror literature. All are welcome to attend.
| Meeting Date | Book | Author | Content Warnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | N/A | N/A | |
| February 2025 | N/A | N/A | |
| March 26, 2025 | Ring, Shout | Djeli Clark | Graphic- Racism, Body horror, Gore Moderate- Slavery, Racial slurs, Death of parent Minor- Animal death, Sexual content, Antisemitism |
| April 23, 2025 | Manhunt | Gretchen Felker-Martin | Graphic- Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail Moderate- Ableism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Racism, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Outing, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic Minor- Animal death and Panic attacks/disorders |
| May 28, 2025 | Meddling Kids | Edgar Cantero | Graphic- Violence, Mental illness, Death Moderate- Suicide, Transphobia, Gore Minor- Bullying, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders |
| June 25, 2025 | Witchcraft for Wayward Girls | Grady Hendrix | Graphic- Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Blood Moderate- Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault Minor- Rape, Racism, Adult/minor relationship |
| July 23, 2025 | Friday Black | Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah | Graphic- Violence, Racism, Gun violence Moderate- Abortion, Mass/school shootings, Suicide Minor- Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Cancer |
| August 27, 2025 | Tell Me I'm Worthless | Alisson Rumfitt | Graphic- Transphobia, Rape, Sexual assault Moderate- Drug use, Self harm, Suicide attempt Minor- Vomit, Pedophilia, Animal death |
| September 24, 2025 | Silver Nitrate | Silvia Moreno-Garcia | Graphic- Murder, Death, Blood Moderate- Racism, Car accident, Ableism Minor- Cancer, Alcoholism, Addiction |
| October 22, 2025 | My Sister the Serial Killer | Oyinkan Braithwaite | Graphic- Murder, Child abuse, Death Moderate- Domestic abuse, Blood, Violence Minor- Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Death of parent |
| December 10, 2025 | Never whistle at night : an Indigenous dark fiction anthology | Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. | Graphic- Racism, Body horror, Violence Moderate- Rape, Sexual assault, Colonisation Minor- Vomit, Alcoholism, Religious bigotry |
| December 24, 2025 | No Book Club (Library Closed) |