Following are our day and evening book lists. If you are interested in joining our group discussions, there is a Contact option on our opening page and a Join option to become a member of our branch.
DAYTIME BOOK CLUB
Usually meets the third Tuesday of the month at 12 noon at Crest Pier Community Center, 5800 Ocean Avenue, Wildwood Crest (between Crocus & Heather). Dates are rescheduled if there is a holiday conflict.
Please bring your lunch & beverage. Dessert will be provided.
EVENING BOOK GROUP
Usually meets the fourth Wednesday of the month at 6pm at Mulligan’s Shore Bar & Grill, 310 West Hildreth Avenue, Wildwood. We discuss the book after ordering dinner.
Contact Mary Jane Slugg at 609-884-7041 or shoresluggs@aol.com to let her know you are coming for each evening book club meeting.
Please make a note of any good books that you think the rest of the group would enjoy too. Submit your ideas to Mary Jane Slugg shoresluggs@aol.com with the name and author of the books.
Following are our selections for September 2023 through April 2024 if you wish to read ahead:
Keep scrolling down for lists of previously read books.
DAYTIME BOOKS
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Rock, Paper, Scissors by Alice Feeney
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
The Woman on the Orient Express by Lindsey Jayne Ashford
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
The Sisterhood by Liza Mundy
EVENING BOOKS
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Joan by Katherine J. Chen
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
The Wager by David Grann
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Circe by Madeline Miller
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
I Know Who You Are by Barbara Rae-Ventner
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
DAYTIME BOOK CHOICES SEPTEMBER 2022 – JUNE 2023
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey by Kathleen Rooney
Tuesday, October 18, 2022 The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki
Tuesday, November 15, 2022 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
Tuesday, December 20, 2022 Days of Afrekete by Asali Solomon
Tuesday, January 17, 2023 The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain
Tuesday, February 21, 2023 Fire Keeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez
Tuesday, May 16, 2023 My Broken Language by Quira Alegria Hudes
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 Funny Farm by Laurie Zeleski
EVENING BOOK CHOICES SEPTEMBER 2022 – JUNE 2023
Wednesday, September 28, 2022 West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
Wednesday, October 26, 2022 Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler (Part of the Hogarth Shakespeare Project based on The Taming of the Shrew)
Wednesday, November 30, 2022 The Lobotomist’s Wife by Samantha Greene Woodruff
Wednesday, December 28, 2022 Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Tuesday, January 24, 2023 Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva. NOTE: This meeting has been cancelled due to COVID.
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 1984 by George Orwell
Wednesday, March 29, 2023 Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland
Wednesday, April 26, 2023 Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Tuesday Wednesday, June 27, 2023 Elephant Company by Vicki Croke
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