1st Thursday Book Club
If you are interested in attending the virtual book club meeting for the 1st Thursday Book Club please contact Kathy Tweed by phone (609-780-1840) or by email ([email protected]) to gain access.
Join us in a lively discussion of recent literary fiction. We meet the first Thursday of every month from 7:00 to 8:30 PM. If you would like to be part of any or all of these discussions, you are welcome to join us.
Book Selections
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| Month | Book | Author |
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| November 2022 |
The Midnight Library |
Matt Haig |
| December 2022 |
A Promised Land |
Barack Obama |
| January 2023 |
The Full Cupboard of Life |
Alexander McCall Smith |
| February 2023 |
The Sweetness of Water |
Nathan Harris |
| March 2023 |
All the Light We Cannot See |
Anthony Doerr |
| April 2023 |
How the Word is Passed |
Clint Smith |
| May 2023 |
Piranesi |
Susanna Clark |
| June 2023 |
A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder |
Dianne Freeman |
| July 2023 |
The Weight of Ink |
Rachel Kadish |
| August 2023 |
The Personal Librarian |
Marie Benedict & Victoria C. Murray |
| September 2023 |
The Lost Daughter |
Elena Ferrante |
| October 2023 |
The Lincoln Highway |
Amor Towles |
| November 2023 |
The Sentence |
Louise Erdrich |
| December 2023 |
Crossroads |
Jonathan Franzen |
Great Books Book Club
Join us for a discussions on a varied range of reading selections from the Great Books Foundation. We meet September through May, every other Monday from 10AM-12PM at the Cape May Court House Library. All are welcome, no sign-up required. For information about the readings, contact K.Rose at the Court House Branch.
Contact kroses@cmclibrary.org to get a copy of the current reading anthology.
2022-2023 Featured Collection: Classic Reading for Discussion. Volume 1.
2022-2023 Reading List |
| Date | Title | Author | Page# |
| 1/9/23 |
"A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms" from Gulliver's Travels |
Johnathan Swift |
Pg. 123-201 |
| 1/23/23 |
"A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms" from Gulliver's Travels |
Johnathan Swift |
Pg. 123-201 |
| 3/6/23 |
"Wealth of Nations" |
Adam Smith |
Pg. 205-247 |
| 3/20/23 |
"Wealth of Nations" |
Adam Smith |
Pg. 205-247 |
| 4/3/23 |
King Lear (Acts I-II) |
William Shakespeare |
Pg. 1-116 |
| 4/17/23 |
King Lear (Acts III-V) |
William Shakespeare |
Pg. 1-116 |
| 5/1/23 |
The Federalist Papers No. 10 |
James Madison |
Pg. 256-264 |
| 5/15/23 |
Excerpt from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin |
Benjamin Franklin |
Pg. 268-275 |
Mystery at the Library Book Club
The Cape May County Library hosts the Mystery at the Library Book Club in conjunction with Baker and Taylor Distributors and Sourcebooks Publishing. This virtual book club is for adults 18+ interested in reading a variety of thrilling murder mystery tales. Mystery at the Library meets the 4th Monday of every month from 6:30 – 8 pm via GoToMeeting. Registration is required for this virtual event. In order to receive the link to attend, sign up through our events calendar.
Contact Rowan Baxter-Green [email protected] or 609-463-6350 ext 802
Upcoming Selections
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| Month | Book | Author |
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| November 2022 |
The Current |
Tim Johnston |
| December 2022 |
The Hunting Party |
Lucy Foley |
| January 2023 |
The Corpse Flower |
Anne Mette Hancock |
| February 2023 |
Botanist's Guide to Poisons and Parties |
Kate Khavari |
| March 2023 |
Local Woman Missing |
Mary Kubica |
| April 2023 |
Lies I Tell |
Julie Clark |
| May 2023 |
A House of Ghosts |
W.C. Ryan |
| June 2023 |
The Woman in the Library |
Sulari Gentill |
| July 2023 (Non-Fiction) |
HellTown: Cape Cod Serial Killer |
Casey Sherman |
| August 2023 |
The Marlow Murder Club |
Robert Thorogood |
| September 2023 |
False Witness |
Karin Slaughter |
| October 2023 |
Twenty Years Later |
Charles Donlea |
| November 2023 |
Bullet Train |
Kotaro Isaka |
| December 2023 |
Christmas Cake Murder |
Joanne Fluke |
Online Book Clubs
Join any of our free Online Book Clubs and start reading new and exciting books in your email. Each day we'll send you a 5-minute portion of a book. By the end of the week, you'll have read 2-3 chapters. If you'd like to finish a book, stop by the library and pick up a copy. Every week we feature new books. Sign up with your e-mail address today and start reading tomorrow. The following clubs are available: Audio Books - Business Books - Fiction Books - Good News Books - Horror Books - Mystery Books - NonFiction Books - Pre-Publication Books - Romance Books - Science Fiction Books - Teen Books
Sustainable Book Group
The Sustainable Book Group is hosted by The Upper Township Green Team and holds monthly Zoom discussions on books about the changing climate and environment as well as related topics. Join the group for discussions, book reviews, book recommendations, and more on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. Registration is required. Book selections and readers guides can be found through the registration link in our events calendar. Click here to find the next meeting on the Library events calendar!
