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 |
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| Jan. 18, 2025 | Jane Eyre | Charlotte Bronte |
| Feb. 15, 2025 | Wide Sargasso Sea | Jean Rhys |
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | TBD | 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 |