Novel Conversations

The Novel Conversations Book Group meets on the first Friday of the month at 12:30 pm. The group will meet in-person downstairs in the conference room. The group is led by volunteer Debbie Smyton, and is always welcoming new members. For more information or to join for the first time, please email Jill Kenny, Head of Reader Services at jkenny@chelmsfordlibrary.org or call 978-256-5521, x1114.

Selections

Sept 6, 2024 Tom Lake by Ann Patchett and Our Town- 3 Act Play by Thornton Wilder

Oct. 4, 2024 The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Nov. 1, 2024 Absolution by Alice McDermott

Dec. 6, 2024 Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

Jan. 3, 2025 Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

Feb. 7, 2025 How to Read a Book by Monica Wood

March 7, 2025 Horse by Geraldine Brooks

April 4, 2025 Town Book

May 2, 2025 The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

June 6, 2025 After Annie by Anna Quindlen

2023-2024:

September 1, 2023 – Dear Edward, by Ann Napolitano
October 6, 2023 – Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, by Ann Frank
November 3, 2023 – Big Little Lies, by Liane Moriarty
December 1, 2023 – Miss Benson’s Beetle, by Rachel Joyce
January 5, 2024 – Fly Girl, by Ann Hood
(Last HYBRID meeting) February 2, 2024 – Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
(Meeting in person- downstairs in the conference room) March 1, 2024 – Black Cake, by Charmaine Wilkerson
April 5, 2024 – Chelmsford’s One Book, The Kind Worth Killing, by Peter Swanson
May 3, 2024 – The Lost Apothecary, by Sarah Penner
June 7, 2024 – Endless Summer, by Elin Hilderbrand

2022-2023:

September 2, 2022 – The Day the World Came to Town, by Jim Defede
October 7, 2022 – Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
November 4, 2022 – The Night Watchman, by Louise Erdrich
December 2, 2022 – The Guncle, by Steven Rowley
January 6, 2023 – Oh William!, by Elizabeth Strout
February 3, 2023 – The Sunflower Sisters, by Martha Hall Kelly
March 3, 2023 – The Four Winds, by Kristin Hannah
April 7, 2023 – Migrations, by Charlotte McConaghy (One Book Chelmsford selection)
May 5, 2023 – The Giver of Stars, by Jojo Moyes
June 2, 2023 – The Beekeeper of Aleppo, by Christy Leteri

2021-2022:

September: Beartown, by Fredrik Backman
October: The Book of Lost Names, by Kristin Harmel
November: The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett
December: Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng
January: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
February: The Rose Code, by Kate Quinn
March: The Children’s Blizzard, by Melanie Benjamin
April: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, by Ocean Vuong, One Book Chelmsford’s 2022 selection
May: This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
June: This is How it Always is, by Laurie Frankel

2020-2021:

September: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman
October: An American Marriage, by Tayari Jones
November: A Spark of Light, by Jodi Picoult
December: Lost Roses, by Martha Hall Kelly
January: Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens
February: Olive Again, by Elizabeth Strout
March: Educated, by Tara Westover
April: How to Be A Good Creature, by Sy Montgomery
May: The Guest Book, by Sarah Blake
June: My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She’s Sorry, by Frederik Bachman