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Second Tuesday Book Discussion Groups
You are invited to attend the Second Tuesday Book Discussion Groups for adults, led by a member of the Library's Reader's Advisory staff.
These groups meet in the Bisbee Conference Room off the main lobby on the second Tuesday of the month, at either 10:00 to 11:15 a.m. or 7:00 to 8:15 p.m.
If you are a SCPL cardholder and need help getting a copy of a book for book discussion, please ask at the Reference & Reader Services Desk.
2018
January 9
Morning & Evening
Kitchens of the Great Midwest
By J. Ryan Stradal ■ FIC STRADAL
February 14
Morning
Exit West
By Mohsin Hamid ■ FIC HAMID
Evening
Hillbilly Elegy
By J. D. Vance ■ 305.562 VAN
March 13
Morning
Hillbilly Elegy
by J. D. Vance ■ 305.562 VAN
Evening
Exit West
by Mohsin Hamid ■ FIC HAMID
April 10
Morning & Evening
Pachinko
by Min Jin Lee ■ FIC LEE
May 8
Morning & Evening
And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie ■ FIC CHRISTIE
June 12
Morning
Driving Miss Norma
by Tim Bauerschmidt ■ 362.196994 BAU
Evening
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah ■ 792,7028 NOA
July 10
Morning & Evening
Euphoria
by Lily King ■ FIC KING
August 14
Morning & Evening
Behold the Dreamers
by Imbolo Mbue ■ FIC MBUE
September 11
Morning & Evening
The Jazz Palace
by Mary Morris ■ FIC MORRIS
October 9
Morning & Evening
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir
by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich ■ 364.1523 MAR
November 13
Morning
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah 792.7028 NOA
Evening
History of the Rain
by Niall Williams ■ FIC WILLIAMS
December 11
Morning & Evening
Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin ■ FIC ZEVIN
2017
January
Saving Simon: How a Rescue Donkey Taught Me the Meaning of Compassion
by Jon Katz ■ 636.182 KAT
February
Homegoing
by Yaa Gyasi ■ FIC GYASI
So Big
by Edna Ferber ■ FIC FERBER
March
Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free
by Héctor Tobar ■ 363.119622 TOB
Orhan’s Inheritance
By Aline Ohanesian ■ FIC OHANESIAN
April
The Snow Child
by Eowyn Ivey ■ FIC IVEY
May
My Brilliant Friend
by Elena Ferrante ■ FIC FERRANTE
June
Manhunt: The Twelve-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer
by James Swanson ■ 973.7 SWA
July
A Gentleman in Moscow
by Amor Towles ■ FIC TOWLES
August
Everyone Brave is Forgiven
by Chris Cleave ■ FIC CLEAVE
September
Fates and Furies
by Lauren Groff ■ FIC GROFF
Homegoing
by Yaa Gyasi ■ FIC GYASI
October
Heat and Light
by Jennifer Haigh ■ FIC HAIGH
The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead ■ FIC WHITEHEAD
November
The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home
by George Howe Colt ■ 974.492 COL
The Circle
by Dave Eggers ■ FIC EGGERS
December
News of the World
by Paulette Jiles ■ FIC JILES
2016
January
Cold Comfort Farm
by Stella Gibbons ■ FIC GIBBONS
February
H is for Hawk
by Helen Macdonald ■ 598.944 MAC
Benediction
by Kent Haruf ■ FIC HARUF
March
Benediction
by Kent Haruf FIC HARUF
H is for Hawk
by Helen Macdonald 598.944 MAC
April
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
by Daniel James Brown ■ 797.123 BRO
May
City of Thieves
by David Benioff ■ FIC BENIOFF
June
Nora Webster
by Colm Tóibín ■ FIC TOIBIN
July
Burial Rites
by Hannah Kent ■ FIC KENT
August
Running the Rift
by Naomi Benaron ■ FIC BENARON
$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America
by Kathryn J. Edin ■ 339.46 EDI
September
$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America
by Kathryn J. Edin ■ 339.46 EDI
Running the Rift
by Naomi Benaron ■ FIC BENARON
October
The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson ■ FIC JACKSON
November
Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
by Sherry Turkle ■ 302.231 TUR
December
Dear Committee Members
by Julie Schumacher ■ FIC SCHUMACHER
Tinkers
by Paul Harding ■ FIC HARDING
Titles read by the Book Discussion Groups
2nd Tuesday Book Discussion Titles 2015.pdf
2nd Tuesday Book Discussion Titles 2013.pdf
2nd Tuesday Book Discussion Titles 2012.pdf
2nd Tuesday Book Discussion Titles 2011.pdf
2nd Tuesday Book Discussion Titles 2010.pdf