Book Clubs

Due to inclement weather, Anythink libraries and offices will delay opening until 12 pm on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Please check back for future updates.

No matter where you live or your interests, we’ve got a book club for you.

Anythink Bennett

Meets the first Friday of each month at 10:30 am.

  • When the Emperor Was Divine by Yulie Otsuka – Feb. 3, 2012
  • The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed – March 2, 2012
  • Serena by Ron Rush – April 6, 2012
  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot – May 4, 2012
  • The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger – June 1, 2012
  • The World is Flat by Tom Friedman – July 6, 2012
  • Parrot & Olivier in America by Peter Carey – Aug. 3, 2012
  • 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles Mann – Sept. 7, 2012
  • Solar by Ian McEwan – Oct. 5, 2012
  • A Secret Kept by Tatiana DeRosnay – Nov. 9, 2012
  • Children of the Storm by Ariana Harner – Dec. 7, 2012

Anythink Brighton

ROWDY READERS BOOK CLUB

Meets the second Wednesday of the month at 10 am.

  • Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff – Jan. 11, 2012
  • How Starbucks Saved My Life by Michael Gates Gill – Feb. 8, 2012
  • Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson – March 14, 2012
  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot – April 11, 2012
  • I Still Dream About You by Fannie Flagg – May 9, 2012
  • Just Like Us by Helen Thorpe – June 13, 2012
  • Unbroken: A WWII Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand – July 11, 2012
  • The Cowboy and His Elephant by Malcolm MacPherson – Aug. 8, 2012
  • Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland – Sept. 12, 2012
  • Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy – Oct. 10, 2012
  • State of Wonder by Ann Patchett – Nov. 14, 2012
  • If You Ask Me (and of Course You Won’t) by Betty White – Dec. 12, 2012

BRIGHTON BOOKLOVERS

Meets the third Wednesday of the month at 10 am.

  • The Help by Kathryn Stockett – Jan. 18, 2012
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon – Feb. 15, 2012
  • People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks – March 21, 2012
  • Plainsong by Kent Haruf – April 18, 2012
  • Smaldone: the Untold Story of an American Crime Family by Dick Kreck – May 16, 2012
  • The Informationist by Taylor Stevens – June 20, 2012
  • The Life of Pi by Yann Martel – July 18, 2012
  • Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond – Aug. 15, 2012
  • Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks – Sept. 19, 2012
  • Tamar: a Novel of Espionage, Passion and Betrayal by Mal Peet – Oct. 17, 2012
  • Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay – Nov. 21, 2012
  • Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen – Dec. 19, 2012

Anythink Huron Street

MIGHTY MONDAY BOOK CLUB

Meets the third Monday of each month at 2 pm.

  • Maisie Dobbs by Jacquelyn Winspear – Jan. 30, 2012 (meets on the fourth Monday this month)
  • The Memory Palace by Mira Bartok – Feb. 27, 2012
  • Please Look After Mom by Kyong-Sook Shin – March 19, 2012
  • Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese – May 21, 2012
  • Broken by Lisa Jones – June 18, 2012
  • Tarzan of the Apes by William Rice Burroughs – July 16, 2012
  • The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson – Aug. 20, 2012
  • When the Killing's Done by T.C. Boyle – Sept. 17, 2012
  • The Art of Making Money by Jason Kersten – Oct. 15, 2012
  • The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee – Nov. 19, 2012

TUESDAY TALES BOOK CLUB

Meets the Tuesday following the third Monday of each month at 2 pm.

  • The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson – Jan. 17, 2012
  • Freedom by Jonathan Franzen – Feb. 21, 2012
  • The Memory Palace by Mira Bartok – March 20, 2012
  • Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff – May 22, 2012
  • Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese – June 19, 2012
  • Broken by Lisa Jones – July 17, 2012
  • The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck – Aug. 21, 2012
  • Just Like Us by Helen Thorpe – Sept. 18, 2012
  • When the Killing's Done by T.C. Boyle – Oct. 16, 2012
  • The Art of Making Money by Jason Kersten – Nov. 20, 2012

Anythink Wright Farms

WRIGHT FARMS READERS AM

Meets the third Tuesday of each month at 9:30 am.

  • Butterfly Mosque by Willow Wilson – Jan. 17, 2012
  • Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese – Feb. 21, 2012
  • The Lost Painting by Jonathan Harr – March 20, 2012
  • Breaking Night by Liz Murray – April 17, 2012
  • Where the River Ends by Charles Martin – May 15, 2012
  • The Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Ann Barrows – June 19, 2012
  • I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali – July 17, 2012
  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot – Aug. 21, 2012
  • The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman – Sept. 18, 2012
  • The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander – Oct. 16, 2012
  • The Help by Kathryn Stockett – Nov. 20, 2012
  • Winter Garden by Kristen Hannah – Dec. 18, 2012