Library Virtual Book Group
a monthly book discussion group on Zoom
The library's virtual book group meets the third Friday of the month at 10 am on Zoom.
For May 2024 we will continue our Historical Fiction theme with a discussion of The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn. There will be extra copies of the book at the Library Front Desk. The book is also available as an ebook and audiobook on Libby. Send us an email at tricia@wigginml.org for more information. Please note that the size of the group is limited due to the virtual discussion format.
Previous WML Library Book Group Themes:
Exploring Historical Fiction:
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
Hotel Cuba by Aaron Hamburger
The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Exploring Memoirs:
- Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
- Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
- The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
- March - Book 1 by John Lewis
- The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
- The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
- The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
- Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
- The Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
- The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather
- Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
- The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
- Girls Like Us by Sheila Weller
- The Library Book by Susan Orlean
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
- Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes of World War II by Daniel James Brown
- A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
- In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Waiting for Snow in Havana by Carlos Eire
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
- The Glass Universe by Dava Sobel
- Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
- Chemistry by Weike Want
- Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
- An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
- The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michelle Richardson
- Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
- Cherokee America by Margaret Verble
- Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart
- Arctic Fury by Greer Macallister
- The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
- The Orphan Collector by Ellen Marie Wiseman
- The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
- The Round House by Louise Erdrich
- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- The Tenth Muse by Catherine Chung
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
- The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
- Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
- Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
- Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant by Roz Chast
- The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
- Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
- Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie
- The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
- Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
- The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
- My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
- Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
- This Life is in Your Hands by Melissa Coleman
- The Muralist by B.A. Shapiro
- The Music Lesson by Katharine Weber
- The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Austenmania:
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Longbourn by Jo Baker
- Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
Looking for other Book Clubs or book group ideas?
- Reads-to-Go by NHLA is a "book club in a bag" featuring over 200 different titles. Ask us how you can access this service.
- Reese's Book Club features selections by Reese Witherspoon with women at the center of the story.
- Read with Jenna is the Today Show book club featuring books chosen by Jenna Bush Hager.
- Oprah Winfrey's Book Club needs no introduction. See current and past Oprah selections here.
- The National Endowment for the Arts does The Big Read, a "nationwide book club."
- Netflix has a new book club that ties into their original streaming programming. Read the original Bridgerton, Orange is the New Black, Queen's Gambit, and more with Netflix Book Club.
- Amazon has a plethora of clubs and titles available here at Amazon Book Clubs.
- New Hampshire Humanities Book Group sponsors a variety of titles we can discuss, and they even provide a subject-matter expert to lead the conversation. Ask us how to apply.