Book Discussions
Mystery Book Discussion Group
This group meets monthly at the library. Books are available at the library approximately one month before the discussion date. All are welcome to join. Groups may be meeting remotely; contact the book group coordinator to find out the plan for their upcoming discussion.
Discussions are on Thursdays at 7:00 pm.
2026
January 15:The Ghosts of Belfast (Jack Lennon #1), by Stuart Neville
February 19:The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman
March 19:The Murder of Mr. Ma, by John Sen Yen Nee
April 16:The Other Half (Caius Beauchamp #1), Charlotte Vassell
May 21:Death at the Sanatorium, by Ragnar Jonasson
June 18:A Rising Man (Sam Wyndham #1), by Abir Mukherjee
July 16:Bad Summer People, by Emma Rosenblum
August 20:The Sunday Philosophy Club, by Alexander McCall Smith
September 17:The Sherlockian, by Graham Moore
October 15:The Mysterious Affair at Styles, by Agatha Christie
November 19: A Study in Scarlet Women (Charlotte Holmes #1), by Sherry Thomas
No Meeting in December
2027
January 21:Long Bright River, by Liz Moore
February 18:The Frozen People, by Elly Griffiths
March 18: The Berry Pickers, by Amanda Peters
April 15:The Princess of Burundi, by Kjell Eriksson
May 20:Murder Your Employer, by Rupert Holmes
June 17: The Distant Echo (Karen Pirie #1), by Val McDermid
July 15:Death at the Chateau Bremont (Verlaque and Bonnet #1), by MI Longworth
August 19: The Case of the Missing Maid (Harriet Morrow #1), by Rob Osler
September 16:The Sorority Murder (Regan Merritt #1), by Allison Brennan
October 21:A Distant Grave (Maggie Darcy #2), by Sarah Stewart Taylor
November 18: Murder on the Red River (Cash Blackbear #1), by Marcie Rendon
Mystery book group coordinator: Maureen Parent, 802-434-2055, msparent@gmavt.net
(Mostly) Fiction Book Discussion Group
This group meets monthly at the library. Books are available at the library approximately one month before the discussion date. All are welcome to join. Groups may be meeting remotely; contact the book group coordinator to find out the plan for their upcoming discussion.
Discussions are on Tuesdays at 6:00 pm.
2026
January 13: Burial Rites, by Hannah Kent
February 10: James, by Percival Everett
March 10: The Book Women of Troublesome Creek, by Kim Michelle Richardson
April 14: North Woods, by Daniel Mason
May 12: The Small and the Mighty, by Sharon McMahon
June 9: Outlawed, by Anna North
July 15: How to Read a Book, by Monica Wood
August 11: The Maid and the Crocodile, by Jordan Ifueko
2025
January 14: Under the Whispering Door, by T.J. Klune
February 11: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride
March 11: Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger, by Soraya L. Chemaly
April 8: My Cousin Rachel, by Daphne du Maurier
May 13: Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt
June 10: Seek You, by Kristen Radtke
July 8: The Berry Pickers, by Amanda Peters
August 12: Other Birds, by Sarah Addison Allen
September 9: The Whalebone Theatre, by Joanna Quinn
October 14: This Time Tomorrow, by Emma Straub
November 11: The Mighty Red, by Louise Erdrich
December 9: Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan
Book group coordinator: Gwen Landis, 802-434-5012, gwennie1972@yahoo.com
Climate Action Book Discussion Group
A collaboration between the Richmond Climate Action Committee and the library, this group discusses books that focus on climate and environmental issues and stories.
Books discussed so far:
- Ministry for the Future, by Kim Stanley Robinson (November 2022)
- We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast, by Jonathan Safran Foer (February 2023)
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, by Robin Wall Kimmerer (May 2023)
- The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis, by Amitav Ghosh (November 2023)
- The Heat Will Kill You First, by Jeff Goodell (February 2024)
- The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth, by Elizabeth Rush (May 2024)
- Playing God in the Meadow, by Martha Leb Molnar (November 2024)
- Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter, by Ben Goldfarb (May 2025)