The Pocono Book Club meets 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm on the first or second Saturday of each month at various eateries. If the library has a copy of a month’s selection, you can click on the title to access the catalog entry.

 

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2026

◆ March 14: Cry, the Beloved Country, by Alan Paton

◆ April 11: Hidden Valley Road, by Robert Kolker

◆ May 16: All the Pretty Horses, by Cormac McCarthy

◆ June 13: Three Days in June, by Anne Tyler

◆ July 11: My Friends, by Fredrik Backman

◆ August 8: Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke

◆ September 12: Red Clay, by Charles B. Fancher — and meet the author!

◆ October 3: I’m Glad My Mom Died, by Jennette McCurdy

◆ November 7: A Head Full of Ghosts, by Paul Tremblay

◆ December 12: Waiting For Eden, by Elliot Ackerman

◆ December 12: also, the 11th Annual Holiday Grab-Bag!

 


 

2026

◆ February 14: The Heart’s Invisible Furies, by John Boyne

◆ January 3: the 10th Annual Holiday Book Grab-Bag Follow-up!

 

2025

◆ December 6: also, the 10th Annual Holiday Book Grab-Bag!

◆ December 6: Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan

◆ November 8: Train Dreams, by Denis Johnson (10th Anniversary Meeting!)

◆ October 11: North Woods, by Daniel Mason

◆ September 13: Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver

◆ August 9: The Many Lives of Mama Love, by Lara Love Hardin

◆ July 12: The Women, by Kristin Hannah

◆ June 14: The Other Valley, by Scott Alexander Howard

◆ May 3: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Madness, by David Grann

◆ April 12: The Masterpiece, by Fiona Davis

◆ March 15: Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes

◆ February 8: You, by Caroline Kepnes

◆ January 6: the 9th Annual Holiday Book Grab-Bag Follow-up!

 

2024

◆ December 14: also, the 9th Annual Holiday Book Grab-Bag!

◆ December 14: Appointment in Samarra, by John O-Hara

◆ November 2: A History of Wild Places, by Shea Ernshaw

◆ October 26: Edgar Allan Poe Dramatic Reading at Grey Towers in Milford

◆ October 5: Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides

◆ September 7: Exit West, by Mohsin Hamid

◆ August 10: Klara and the Sun, by Kazuo Ishiguro

◆ July 13: The Leopard is Loose, by Stephen Harrigan

◆ June 15: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon

◆ May 18: The Whispers, by Ashley Audrain

◆ April 13: Lady Tan’s Circle of Women, by Lisa See

◆ March 2: Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus

◆ February 3: The Silent Patient, by Alex Michaelides

◆ January 6: the 8th Annual Holiday Book Grab-Bag Follow-up!

 

2023

◆ December 2: The Bear and the Nightingale, by Katherine Arden

◆ December 2: also, the 8th Annual Holiday Book Grab-Bag!

◆ November 4: Sea of Tranquility, by Emily St. John Mandel

◆ October 7: Absent Witness, by Karl Petry, & meet the author!

◆ September 9: Beautiful Little Fools, by Jillian Cantor

◆ August 5: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, by Fannie Flagg

◆ July 8: The Lost Summers of Newport, by Beatriz Williams et al.

◆ June 3: Finlay Donovan is Killing It, by Elle Cosimano

◆ May 6: Killers of the Flower Moon, by David Grann

◆ April 1: Peach Blossom Spring, by Michelle Fu

◆ March 4: In Five Years, by Rebecca Serle

◆ February 4: Wish You Were Here, by Jodi Picoult

◆ January 8: the 7th Annual Holiday Book Grab-Bag Follow-Up!

 

2022

◆ December 3: Anxious People, by Fredrik Backman

◆ December 3: also, the 7th Annual Holiday Book Grab-Bag!

◆ November 5: Hex, by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

◆ October 8: The Nest, by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

◆ September 10: The Gifted School, by Bruce Holsinger

◆ August 13: Malibu Rising, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

◆ July 9: Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir

◆ June 11: The Dutch House, by Ann Patchett

◆ May 14: A Tale for the Time Being, by Ruth Ozeki

◆ April 2: The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper, by Hallie Rubenhold

◆ March 5: The Personal Librarian, by Marie Benedict

◆ February 5: Then She Was Gone, by Lisa Jewell

◆ January 8: the 6th Annual Holiday Book Grab-Bag Follow-Up!

 

2021

◆ December 4: Mr Dickens and His Carol, by Samantha Silva

◆ December 4: also, the 6th Annual Holiday Book Grab-Bag!

◆ November 6: The Secret History, by Donna Tartt

◆ October 9: Hour of the Witch, by Chris Bohjalian