Six clubs to suit your reading tastes

Come in to borrow your copy of our next book club reading choices.

Romance Required Book Club

Last Friday each month at 1pm

Feeling amorous. Join Colleen for a jaunt through the steamy worlds of romance. Can’t make a book club? Checkout our online Romance Book Club Forum.

December
November
October
September
August
July
June - The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren
​May - Red on the River by Christine Feehan
April - Slightly Dangerous by Mary Balogh
March - Neon Gods by Katee Robert
February - Emma by Jane Austen
January 2025 - Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah Adler
2024 Romance Book List
2023 Romance Book List

Mystery Lover’s Book Club

Fourth Tuesday each month at 6pm

Join our Assistant Director to Discuss her favorite genre.

September 2025 - Wish You Were Here by Rita Mae Brown (Animal Mystery)
August 2025 - A Time to Kill by John Grisham (Legal Thriller)
July 2025 - Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo (Woman Sleuth)
​June 2025 - The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King (Historical)
May 2025 - Knife Skills for Beginners by Orlando Murrin (Culinary Mystery)
April 2025 - The Ice Beneath Her by Camilla Grebe (Nordic Noir)
March 2025 - Rock Bottom by Erin Brockovich (Climate)
​February 2025 - Carved in Bone by Jefferson Bass (Forensic)
January 2025 - No Exit by Taylor Adams (Locked Room)
2024 Mystery Book Club List
2023 Mystery Book Club list

Monday Afternoon Book Club

First Monday of the Month at 3pm

This Kingston Community Library book club has been active since May, 1998. The Club members read and discuss a wide variety of materials with the Library Director.

December
November
October
September
August 2025 - True Biz by Sara Novic
July 2025 The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
June 2025 This Other Eden by Paul Harding
May 2025 - Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
April 2025 - James by Percival Everett
March 2025 - The White Lady by Jacqueline Winspear
February 2025 - Tale of the Last Flower Bride by Roshani Choksi
January 2025 - Solito by Javier Zamora

2024 Monday Book Club
2023 Monday Book Club
2022 Monday Book Club
May 1998- February 2022 list.pdf

Non-Fiction Book Club

Third Wednesday each month at 6pm

Join the Library Director each month to discuss some of the best and newest non-fiction of the 21st century.

July 2025 - Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely (153.8 ARI)
June 2025 - A Fatal Inheritance by Lawrence Ingrassia (616.99ING)
May 2025 - The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
April 2025 - Cue the Sun by Emily Nussbaum (791.456 NUSS)
March 2025 - Midwife's Tale by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (B BAL)
February 2025 - Knife by Salman Rushdie (Bio RUSH)
January 2025 - The Wager by David Grann (910.42 and LP)

2024_non-fiction_book_club.pdf

2022-2023 Non-fiction book club list

Cookbook Club

4th Monday each month at 12:30

Join the Assistant Library Director each month to browse a different cookbook and sample dishes.

July 2025 - Go-To Dinners: Make Ahead, Freeze Ahead, Prep Ahead, Easy Assembly by Ina Garten
June 2025 - Ciao Italia: Plant, Harvest, Cool! by Mary Ann Esposito
May 2025 - Dinner Then Dessert: Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5, or 7 Ingredients by Sabrina Snyder
April 2025 - One: Simple One-Pan Wonders by Jamie Oliver
March 2025 - Half Baked Harvest Everyday by Teighan Gerard
​February 2025 - Jacques Pépin quick + simple : simply wonderful meals with surprisingly little effort by Jacques Pepin
January 2025 - The How Not to Diet Cookbook: 100+ Recipes for Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss​ by Michael Greger, M.D.
December 2024 - Dorie's Cookies by Dorie Greenspan
November 2024 - Delish: Eat Like Every Day's the Weekend by the Editors of Delish
October 2024 - The Pioneer Woman Cooks―Super Easy!: 120 Shortcut Recipes for Dinners, Desserts, and More​ by Ree Drummond
September 2024- Milk Street: Cook What You Have: Make a Meal Out of Almost Anything
August 2024- Vegetables Unleashed by Jose Andres
July 2024 - Smitten Kitchen Keepers by Deb Perelman
June 2024 - Cook's Illustrated all time best appetizers

Thursday Night Book Club

2nd and 4th Thursday’s at 6pm

Join this library patron run book club to discuss an eclectic mix of scholarly titles.

April 2025 - Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
March 2025 - Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen
February 2025 - Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth by Natalie Haynes
January 2025 - Grimm's Fairy Tales
September 2024 - Hound of the Baskervilles
August 2024 - Romeo and Juliet
June/July 2024 - Henry IV parts 1 & 2 by Shakespeare
May 2024 - Edwin Arlington Robinson, Tristram
March / April 2024 - Siege of Thebes by John Lydgate
January / Feb 2024 -  The Assembly of Gods
December 2023 - Two Lives of Charlemagne 
November 2023 - The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
October 2023 - Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff
September 2023 - Wicked by Gregory Maguire
August 2023 - Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
July 2023 - Coriolanus & The Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare
June 2023 - Ariadne by Jennifer Saint