Aug 252020
MC-NPL offers two book clubs: Mystery Tuesday Book Club and Saturday Book Club.
Email Sydney Mason at smason@mclinc.org for more information.
Mystery Tuesday Book Club
Led by Dr Monica D’Antonio, Associate Professor at Montgomery County Community College. The club meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 2 pm to discuss thriller, suspense, true crimes, noir and detective fiction.
| Discussion Date | Book |
| January 4, 2022: 2PM | Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran |
| February 1, 2022: 2PM | The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes |
| March 1, 2022: 2PM | The Red Scream by Mary Willis Walker |
| April 5, 2022: 2PM | The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths |
| May 3, 2022: 2PM | The Guest List by Lucy Foley |
| June 7, 2022: 2PM | Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow |
| July 19, 2022: 2PM over Zoom Note: this is the 3rd Tuesday |
Ghost Medicine by Aimée Thurlo and David Thurlo |
| August 9, 2022: 2PM Note: this is the 2nd Tuesday | While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams |
| September 6 2022: 2PM | The Cutting Season by Attica Locke |
| October 4, 2022: 2PM | Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters |
| November 1, 2022: 2PM | American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson |
| December 7, 2022: 2PM | The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins |
Saturday Book Club
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.
| Date | Book |
| January 15, 2022: 2PM | Turtles All the Way Down by John Green |
| February 19, 2022: 2PM | Harry’s Trees by Jon Cohen |
| March 19, 2022: 2PM | The Round House: A Novel by Louise Erdrich |
| April 23, 2022: 2PM Note: This is the 4th Saturday |
Milkman: A Novel by Anna Burns |
| May 21, 2022: 2PM | The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy |
| June 18, 2022: 2PM | The Songs of Trees by David George Haskell (a Longwood Gardens Community Read selection) |
| July 23, 2022: 12PM Please note the change in date and time! |
Happiness: A Novel by Aminatta Forna |
| August 20, 2022: 12PM Please note the change in time! |
There There by Tommy Orange |
| September 17, 2022: 2PM | The Price of a Child, by Lorene Cary The One Book One Norristown selection for 2022! |
| October 15, 2022: 2PM | Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley |
| November 12, 2022: 2PM Please note the change in date! |
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See. |
| December 17, 2022: 2PM | The Good Lord Bird: A Novel by James McBride |