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