Morning Book Group
The Morning Book Discussion Group meets at 10 am on the third Wednesday of every month. The group meets in the fireplace room in the historic Adams part of the main library. The group is led by Jessica Fitzhanso, Head Readers Services. She can be reached for questions or suggestions at 978-256-5521 x1115, or e-mail: jfitzhanso@chelmsfordlibrary.org.
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Selected titles for this group
2022-23:
- July 20, 2022 – Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, by Fannie Flagg
- August 17, 2022 – The Other Black Girl, by Zakiya Delila Harris
- September 21, 2022 – The Lincoln Highway, by Amor Towles
- October 19, 2022 – Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- November 16, 2022 – The Last Thing He Told Me, by Laura Dave
- December 21, 2022 – Finding Freedom, by Erin French
- January 18, 2023 – The Radium Girls, by Kate Moore
- February 15, 2023 – The Vanishing Half, by Britt Bennett
- March 15, 2023 – The Music of Bees, by Eileen Garvin
- April 19, 2023 – One Book Chelmsford selection
- May 17, 2023 – The Lost Apothecary, by Sarah Penner
- June 21, 2023 – Selection meeting
2021-22:
- July 21, 2021 – Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
- August 18, 2021 – American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
- September 15, 2021 – Blankets by Craig Thompson
- October 20, 2021 – A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
- November 17, 2021 – Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker
- December 15, 2021 – The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
- January 19, 2022 – There There by Tommy Orange
- February 16, 2022 – Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
- March 16, 2022 – This is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel
- April 20, 2022 – 2022 One Book Chelmsford selection!
- May 18, 2022 – The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
- June 15, 2022 – Selection meeting
Alternates:
- How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior
- The Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth Morrey
2020-21:
- July 15, 2020 – Alice Network by Kate Quinn
- August 19, 2020 – Lost Book of Adana Moreau by Michael Zapata
- September 16, 2020 – Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
- October 21, 2020 – Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
- November 18, 2020 – Britt Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
- December 16, 2020 – Less by Andrew Sean Greer
- January 20, 2021 – The Library Book by Susan Orlean
- February 17, 2021 – Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
- March 17, 2021 – 2021 One Book Chelmsford selection!
- April 21, 2021 – Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman
- May 19, 2021 – Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
- June 16, 2021 – Selection meeting
Alternates:
- Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
2019-20:
- August 21, 2019 – The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
- September 18, 2019 – A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
- October 16, 2019 – The Stars are Fire by Anita Shreve
- November 20, 2019 – A Separate Peace by John Knowles
- December 18, 2019 – Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
- January 15, 2020 – My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
- February 19, 2020 – 2020 One Book Chelmsford selection!
- March 18, 2020 – I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
- April 15, 2020 – The Library Book by Susan Orlean
- May 20, 2020 – Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
- June 17, 2020 – Selection meeting
- July 15, 2020 – The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
Alternates:
- Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris
- The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick
2018-19:
- August 15, 2018 – Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- September 19, 2018 – Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- October 17, 2018 – Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
- November 21, 2018 – The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck
- December 19, 2018 – The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
- January 16, 2019 – 2019 One Book Chelmsford selection!
- February 20, 2019 – Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
- March 20, 2019 – LaRose by Louise Erdrich
- April 17, 2019 – The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict
- May 15, 2019 – Everything You Want Me To Be by Mindy Mejia
- June 19, 2019 – Selection meeting
- July 17, 2019 – The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Alternates:
- Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
2017-18:
- August 16, 2017 – Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
- September 20, 2017 – Unseen World by Liz Moore
- October 18, 2017 – Walden by Henry David Thoreau
- November 15, 2017 – All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
- December 20, 2017 – Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle
- January 17, 2018 – The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah – 2018 One Book Chelmsford selection!
- February 21, 2018 – Book that Matters Most by Ann Hood
- March 21, 2018 – Singles Game by Lauren Weisberger
- April 18, 2018 – 11/22/1963 by Stephen King
- May 16, 2018 – Mischling by Affinity Konar
- June 20, 2018 – Fortune’s Rocks by Anita Shreve
- July 18, 2018 – Selection meeting
2016-17:
- August 17, 2016 – Accused by Lisa Scottoline
- September 21, 2016 – Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
- October 19, 2016 – Out by Natsuo Kirino
- November 16, 2016 – Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin
- December 21, 2016 – East of Eden by John Steinbeck
- January 18, 2017 – Bishop’s Wife by Mette Ivie Harrison
- February 15, 2017 – Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
- March 15, 2017 – 2017 One Book Chelmsford selection!
- April 19, 2017 – Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman
- May 17, 2017 – Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
- June 21, 2017 – Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
- July 19, 2017 – Selection meeting
2015-16:
The August discussion will take place on Aug 26th (not the 19th) because the library will be closed that morning for staff training.
- August 26, 2015 – Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
- September 16, 2015 – The Round House by Louise Erdrich
- October 21, 2015 – Netherland by Joseph O’Neill
- November 18, 2015 – Fever by Mary Beth Keane
- December 16, 2015 – Spare Parts by Joshua Davis
- January 20, 2016 – Shucked: Life on a New England Oyster Farm by Erin Byers Murray
- February 17, 2016 – Before I go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
- March 16, 2016 – 2016 One Book Chelmsford selection!
- April 20, 2016 – The Supremes at Earl’s all-you-can-eat by Edward Kelsey Moore
- May 18, 2016 – The Shoemaker’s Wife by Adriana Trigiani
- June 15, 2016 – The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows
- July 20, 2016 – Selection meeting
2014-15:
- August 20, 2014 – And then there were none by Agatha Christie
- September 17, 2014 – The elegance of the hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
- October 15, 2014 – The last runaway by Tracy Chevalier
- November 19, 2014 – Life after life by Kate Atkinson
- December 17, 2014 – Where’d you go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
- January 21, 2015- The art of hearing heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker
- February 18, 2015 –Chelmsford One Book selection, The Sandcastle Girls” by Chris Bohjalian
- March 18, 2015 –The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner
- April 15, 2015 – Mrs. Lincoln’s dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini
- May 20, 2015 – Burial rites by Hannah Kent
- June 17, 2015 – The boys in the boat : nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
2013-14:
- August 21, 2013 – Lost in Shangri La by Mitchell Zuckoff
- September 18, 2013 – Cutting for Stone by A. Verghese
- October 16, 2013 –Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamidr
- November 20, 2013 – Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland
- December 18, 2013 – My Antonia by Willa Cather
- January 15, 2014 – Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
- February 26, 2014 – Quiet:the Power of Introverts by Susan Cain (NOTE: this is on the 4th Wednesday)
- March 19, 2014 – The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro
- April 16, 2014 – Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walte
- May 21, 2014 – Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
- June 18, 2014 – The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
- July 16, 2014 – selection meeting
2012-13:
- August 15, 2012 – Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
- September 19, 2012 – Silver Lotus by Thomas Steinbeck
- October 17, 2012 – Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey
- November 14, 2012 – Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- December 19, 2012 – Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
- January 16, 2013 – Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
- February 27, 2013 – Way the Crow Flies by Ann Marie MacDonald
- March 20, 2013 – Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
- April 10, 2013 – Between the Bridge & the River by Craig Ferguson
- May 15, 2013 – State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
- June 19, 2013 – Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
- July 17, 2013 – Selection meeting
2011-12:
- August 17, 2011 – Ape House by Sara Gruen
- September 21, 2011 – The Emperor’s Children by Claire Messud
- October 19, 2011 – Home Safe by Elizabeth Berg
- November 16, 2011 – Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay
- December 21, 2011 – The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
- January 18, 2012 – A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
- February 15, 2012 – Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
- March 21, 2012 – Without a Map: A Memoir by Meredith Hall
- April 18, 2012 – The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
- May 16, 2012 – The Help by Kathryn Stockett
- June 20,2012 – Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
2010-11:
- 8/18/2010 – Peace like a River by Lief Enger
- 9/15/2010 – Leisure Seekers by Michael Zadoorian
- 10/20/2010 – Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
- 11/17/2010 – Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
- 12/15/2010 – Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
- 1/19/2011 – Run by Ann Patchett
- 2/16/2011 – Testimony by Anita Shreve
- 3/16/2011 – Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
- 4/20/2011 – Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
- 5/18/2011 – Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay
- 6/15/2011 – Little Bee by Chris Cleave
- Alternates:
- Without a map Meredith Hall
- Alchemist Paulo Coelho Alternate
2009-10:
- August 19, 2009 – Senator’s Wife, by Sue Miller
- September 16, 2009 – Beneath a Marble Sky, by John Shors
- October 21, 2009 – Eat Pray Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert
- November 18, 2009 – Secret Between Us, by Barbara Delinsky
- December 16, 2009 – Skeletons at the feast, by Chris Bohjalian
- January 20, 2010 – Women of the Silk, by Gail Tsukiyama
- February 24, 2010 – Stealing Athena, by Karen Essex
- March 17, 2010 – Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
- April 21, 2010 – Little Giant of Aberdeen County, by Tiffany Baker
- May 19, 2010 – The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
- June 16, 2010 – Heretic’s Daughter, by Kathleen Kent
- July 21, 2010 rescheduled to July 28, 2010 – Title selection meeting for the next year, beginning with August, 2010.
2008-09:
- August 20, 2008: Blindness by José Saramago
- September 17, 2008: When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
- October 15, 2008: Dreamers of the Day by Mary Doria Russell
- November 19, 2008: The Moviegoer by Walker Percy
- December 17, 2008: The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
- January 21, 2009: A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
- February 18, 2009: Beloved by Toni Morrison
- March 18, 2009: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
- April 15, 2009: Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
- May 20, 2009: Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen
- June 17, 2009: Miscarriage of Justice by Kip Gayden