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Current hours are
MONDAY – THURSDAY:
10:00 am-6:00 pm
FRIDAY and SATURDAY:
9:00am-1:00pm

LOCATION
733 State Street
Chester, Illinois 62233

Telephone:  618.826.3711

Book Discussion


Book Discussion Group

2024 *Please note that titles are subject to change if an insufficient number of materials in a variety of formats are not available for the month needed.

  • January 2 (6:30pm) – The Measure by Nikki Erlick
  • February 6 (1pm) – Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
  • March 5 (6:30pm) – The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • April 2 (1pm) – The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict
  • May 7 (6:30pm) – Radium Girls by Kate Moore
  • June 4 (1pm) – Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult
  • July 2 (6:30pm) – Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Germus
  • August 6 (1pm) – Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
  • September 3 (6:30pm) – Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
  • October 1 (1pm) – Long Bright River by Liz Moore
  • November 5 (6:30pm) – Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
  • December 3 (1pm) – Christmas at Rosie Hopkins’ Sweet Shop by Jenny Colgan

2023   

  • January 3 – In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
  • February 7 – Lost & Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs
  • March 7 – Karolina’s Twins by Ronald Balson
  • April 4 – Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers
  • May 2 – Meet Me in Monaco by Hazel Gaynor
  • June 6 – A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
  • Thursday, July 6 – The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
  • August 1 – Reading List by Sara Adams
  • September 5 – Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
  • October 3 – Plot by Korelitz
  • November 7 – When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLaine
  • December 5 – Library of Lost & Found by Phaedra Patrick

2022

  • January 4 –The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
  • February 1 – The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan      
  • March 1 – What’s Mine and Yours by Naima Coster
  • April 5 – Four Winds by Kristin Hannah  
  • May 3 – Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria Schwab
  • June 7 – Rose Code by Kate Quinn              
  • July 5 – The Paris Library  by Janet Skeslien Charles
  • August 2 – Carnegie’s Maid by Marie Benedict
  • September 6 –The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
  • October 4 – The Guest List by Lucy Foley   
  • November 1 – Midnight Library by Matt Haig      
  • December 6 – The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper  by Phaedra Patrick

 2021

  • January 5 – Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore    
  • February 2 – The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory    
  • March 2 – The Dry by Jane Harper     
  • April 6 – Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
  • May 4 – Vox by Christina Dalcher                                                                                             
  • June 1 – The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict
  • July 6 – An American Summer by Alex Kotlowitz                                                                  
  • August 3 – City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert                                                                     
  • September 7 – Wednesday Sisters by Meg Clayton                                                         
  • October 5 – Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn                                                          
  • November 2 – All Adults Here by Emma Straub                                                                
  • December 7 – One Day in December by Josie Silver    

2020

– Evening at 7:00 p.m. – 1st Tuesday of month in Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, & Nov.
– Afternoon at 1:00 p.m. – 1st Tuesday of the month in Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, & Dec

– January 2020 (Eve) – “Bear Town” by Fredrik Backman
– February 2020  (Aft) – “The Gown” by Jennifer Robson
– March 2020  (Eve) – “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” by Ned Vizzini
– April 2020  (Aft) – Canceled
– May 2020  (Eve) – Canceled
– June 2020  –  via Zoom – “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin
– July 2020  – via Zoom “My Antonia” by Willa Cather
– August 2020 via Zoom “Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine” by Gail Honeyman
– September 2020 via Zoom – “Educated” by Tara Westover
– October 2020 via Zoom- “The Nightingale” by Kristin Hannah
– November 2020 via Zoom – “The Address” by Fiona Davis
– December 2020 – via Zoom – “Seven Days of Us” by Francesca Hornak

2019

– January 2019 (Eve) – “My Italian Bulldozer” by Alexander McCall Smith
– February 2019 (Aft/Morn) – “Beekeepers Ball” by Susan Wiggs
– March 2019 (Eve) – “The Girls in the Picture” by Melanie Benjamin
– April 2019 (Aft/Morn) – “The History of Love” by Nicole Krauss
– May 2019 (Eve) – “The Daughter” by Diane Chamberlain
– June 2019 (Aft/Morn) – “Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake” by Anna Quindlan
– July 2019 (Eve) – “Before We Were Yours” by Lisa Wingate
– August 2019 (Aft) – “Plainsong” by Kent Haruf
– September 2019 (Eve) – “The Goldfinch” by Donna Tartt
– October 2019 (Aft) – “The Vanishing Act” of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’ Farrell
– November 2019 – (Eve) – “Broken Harbor” by Tana French
– December 2019 – (Aft) – “The Mistletoe Promise” by Richard Paul Evans


Archived “Books Read” Lists from 1999-2018

– Afternoon Discussion Group
(Full List from 1999 to 2018) PDF File or .docx File


– Evening Book Discussion Group
(Full List from 2011 to 2018) PDF File or .docx File