2021-22 Book Discussion Groups
The Hershey Public Library will be host book group discussions starting in September. Our groups meet one Thursday a month. Please contact Aly Tran, Adult Program Manager, at 717-533-6555 x 3725 or email at atran@derrytownship.org. Email is the preferred communication option if possible. Please contact Aly before trying to attend prior to joining a group.
Reading Schedule:
Morning Contemporary Book Group: Begins at 9:45am. Facilitator: Aly Tran
September 9: Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
October 14: Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson
November 18: Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
January 13: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
February 10: American Dirt by Jeanine Cummings
March 10: The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
April 14: The Beekeeper’s Promise by Fiona Valpy
May 12: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Evening Contemporary Book Group: Begins at 6:30pm. Facilitator: Aly Tran
September 9: Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
October 14: Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan
November 11: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
December 9: Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
January 13: The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
February 10: Lions of 5th Avenue by Fiona Davis
March 10: The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segova
April 14: Oil and Marble by Stephanie Storey
May 12: When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain
Life Long Readers 6:30-7:50pm
9/17: The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson
10/15: Little Fires Everywhere, Celeste Ng
11/19: Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
1/21: The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky
2/18: News of the World, Paulette Jiles
3/18: The Long Flight Home (Author Visit April 11), Alan Hlad
4/15: The Long Petal of the Sea, Isabel Allende
5/20: The Baker’s Secret, Stephen P. Kiernan
Between the Lines Book Group: Begins at 6:45pm: Facilitator Peg Bradley
September 23: The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
October 28: Deacon King Kong by James McBride
December 2: The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson
January 27: Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
February 24: Who is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews
March 24: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
April 28: Empire of Pain by Patrick Keefe
May 26: The One by John Marrs
Lifelong Readers Book Group: Begins at 6:30pm: Facilitator John DeFrank
September 16: Lady Clementine by Marie Benedict
October 21: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
November 18: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
January 20: The March by E.L. Doctorow
February 17: King Lear by William Shakespeare
March 17: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michelle Richardson
April 21: The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson
May 19: Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck