Book Groups at the Library
Virtual, International Murder Mystery—we have something for everyone. Interested in starting a new book group? Let us know!
Virtual Book Club
This online book club meets on the third Saturday of the month at 4:00 p.m.
April 19 at 4 p.m.
The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl
Bestselling author Ruth Reichl takes readers on an adventure of food, art, and fashion in 1980s Paris in this dazzling, heartfelt novel
2025 Book Club Selections
April 19: The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl
May 17: Backyard bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
June 21: The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza
July 19: The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
August 16: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawson
September 20: The Peach Seed by Anita Gail Jones
October 18: Someone Else’s Bucket List by Amy T Matthews
November 15: Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
December 20: The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
You can request a book, or ebook from the Mid-Hudson library system. Please call the library with any questions: 845-657-2482
International Murder Mystery Book Club
This book club meets in person at the library on the 3rd Monday of each month at 2 p.m., led by Henrietta Shannon.
April 21 at 2 p.m.
In The Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith- Botswana
Precious is busier than usual at the detective agency when she discovers an intruder in her house on Zebra Drive—and perhaps even more baffling—a pumpkin on her porch. Her associate, Mma Makutsi, also has a full plate. She's taken up dance lessons, only to be partnered with a man with two left feet. And at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, where Mr J.L.B. Matekoni is already overburdened with work, one of his apprentices has run off with a wealthy older woman. But what finally rattles Mma Ramotswe’s normally unshakable composure is a visitor who forces her to confront a difficult secret from her past.
2025 Book Club Selections
**Rescheduled**March 31: Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafon - Spain
April 21: In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall - Botswana
May 19: The Dance of the Seagull by Andrea Camillieri - Italy
June 16: The Pure of Heart by Susan Hill - England
July 21: The Fire Witness by Lars Kepler - Sweden
August 18: Bryant and May: The Lonely Hour by Christopher Fowler - England
September 15: The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vasquez - Brazil
October 20: Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent - England
November 17: Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill - Laos
December 15: Hold Your Breath China by Qiu Xialong - China
Defending Democracy Book Club
In-person book club meeting the first Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m., led by author David Corbett.
April 1 at 5:30 p.m.
How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky
How Democracies Die is a 2018 comparative politics book by the Harvard University political scientists Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt about democratic backsliding and how elected leaders can gradually subvert the democratic process to increase their power.
April 1: How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt
May 6: Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen
June 3: Autocracy Inc. by Anne Applebaum
July 1: The Undertow by Jeff Sharlet
August 5: Dark Money by Jane Mayer