We offer four Book Clubs each month. Copies of the books are available at the library circulation desk— come pick one up and join us! Books typically arrive 3-4 weeks ahead of the scheduled discussion.
New members are most welcome at any time. Email staff@newfieldslibrary.org to join the book club email list for updates (let us know which club you’re interested in).
Reserve any of the following titles through our catalog at the link below:
Wednesday Afternoon Book Club
Our Afternoon Book Club typically meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 1:00 pm in the living room.
2025 Afternoon Book Club Picks
January – The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers
February – The Women by Kristin Hannah
March – Domicana by Angie Cruz
April – Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
May – Like Mother, Like Mother by Susan Rieger
June – Real Americans by Rachel Khong
July – The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
August – Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
September – The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA by Liza Mundy
October – American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
November – The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
December – Christmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Past Book Club Picks
2024
Midwives by Chris Bohjalian
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
The Lioness of Boston by Emily Franklin
Where There Was Fire by John Manuel Arias
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napalitano
The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi
The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh
Northern Spy by Flynn Berry
The Perfumist of Paris by Alka Joshi
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno Garcia
One Day in December by Josie Silver
2023
The Lions of 5th Avenue by Fiona Davis
The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
The People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan
2022
Educated by Tara Westover
Palaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg
The Seamstress by Sara Tuvel Bernstein
Monday Evening Book Club
Our Evening Book Club meets at the library on the third Monday of each month at 6:30 pm.
2025 Evening Book Club Picks
February – Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
March – Trust by Hernan Diaz
April – The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
May – The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay
June – Sparks like Stars by Nadia Hashimi
July – The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
August – The Kingdom of Women by Choo Waihong
September – Without a Map by Meredith Hall
October – Dead Mountain by Donnie Eichar
November – The Place of Tides by James Rebanks
December – The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog by Dave Berry
January 2026 – The Clinic by Cate Quinn
Past Book Club Picks
2024
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Verity by Colleen Hoover
Secret Life of Sunflowers by Marta Molnar
Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummings
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
Comfort & Joy by Kristen Hannah
North Woods by Daniel Mason
2023
H is For Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden by Zhuqing Li
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Unbreakable by Richard Askwith
A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
Hurricane Season by Lauren K. Denton
West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
The Children’s Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin
When Christmas Comes by Debbie Macomber
2022
Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner
Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan Henry
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
Jane Eyre by Emily Brontë
Circe by Madelline Miller
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley
The Art of Mending by Elizabeth Berg
Lost Horizon by James Hilton
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Grief Awareness Book Club
**This group is currently paused. Please check back later for updates.**
The Grief Awareness Book Club meets at the library on the first Wednesday of the month at 10:15am. More info here.
About the Group
Grief awareness promotes well-being and offers us wisdom in how we acknowledge loss and move through grief and allows us to support others in their grief journey.
Through reading and discussion, members of the group will learn about the grief process and different strategies for navigating and coping with grief.
Who is this for: Adults who would like to better understand grief and the human experience
What this group is not: This book club is not a support group or therapy.
Contact the library to sign up.
>>Copies of the books are available for checkout at the library desk.
2024 Grief Awareness Book Club Picks
March – A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
April – Wild by Cheryl Strayed
May – It’s OK that You’re Not Ok by Megan Divine
June – A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
July – The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
August – H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
September – When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
October – The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
November – Still Alice by Lisa Genova
December – The Grieving Brain: the surprising science of how we learn from love and loss by Mary Frances-O’Connor
Fantasy & Sci-Fi Book Club
The Fantasy & Sci-Fi Book Club meets on the third Saturday of the month at 10:30am. Each month alternates between a fantasy and sci-fi pick.
2025 Fantasy & Sci-Fi Book Club Picks
January – Vox by Christiana Dolcher
February – City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
March – Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
April – The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
May – Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse Series) by James S.A. Corey
June – Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
Past Book Club Picks
2024
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Fireborne by Rosaria Munda
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Adventures of Amina by S. A. Chakraborty
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Jade City by Fonda Lee
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Additional Book Club Resources
Download a list of past book club reads here: Past Book Club Lists
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