Book Discussion Groups

The Page Turners Book Discussion Group meets for about an hour at 1:30 p.m. on the second or third Wednesday of each month, September through June. The group reads literary fiction, classics and popular nonfiction. The discussions are led by a trained leader and are lively and fun! Let the Library staff know if you would like to participate and they will order the selected book for you. The planned books are as follows:

2024

Jan 10, 2024 – Horse by Geraldine Brooks
Feb 14, 2024 – The Book of Joy by Dalai Lama & Desmond Tutu
Mar 13, 2024 – The Librarianist by Patrick DeWitt
Apr 10, 2024 – First Ladies by Marie Benedict
May 8, 2024 – Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
Jun 12, 2024 – The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Sept. 11, 2024 – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Oct. 9, 2024 – Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry
Nov. 13, 2024 – James by Percival Everett
Dec. 11, 2024 – Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

2025

Jan. 8, 2025 – Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Feb. 12, 2025 – Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
Mar. 12, 2025 – Absolution by Alice McDermott
Apr. 9, 2025 – Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
May 14, 2025 – House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Jun. 11, 2025 – Unfinished Love Story by Doris Kearns Goodwin

The Cuba Library is pleased to announce a new monthly book group. Books & Brews will meet the fourth Thursday of every month at different establishments around town. That’s right, your library at a bar or coffee shop! Titles will include bestselling fiction and nonfiction by popular authors. Engage in great discussion while being able to enjoy appetizers, dinner, and drinks (although purchase is not necessary to participate in book club).

2024

Thursday, Jan 25 – The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
Thursday, Feb 22 – Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
Thursday, Mar 28 – Yellowface by R F Kuang
Thursday, April 25 – Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
Thursday, May 23 – The Measure by Nikki Erlick
Thursday, June 27 – The IT Girl by Ruth Ware
Thursday, July 25 – The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict
Thursday, Aug 22 – 19 Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Thursday, Sept 26 – Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Thursday, Oct 24 – The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

2025

Thursday, Jan. 23 The Reading List by Sarah Nisha Adams
Thursday, Feb. 27 Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
Thursday, Mar. 27 Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Thursday, Apr. 24 The Rosie Project by Graeme C Simsion
Thursday, May. 22 The Stolen Child by Ann Hood
Thursday, Jun. 26 Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Thursday, Jul. 24 The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer
Thursday, Aug. 28 Knife: Meditations… by Salman Rushdie
Thursday, Sep. 25 The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Thursday, Oct. 23 Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

Please call the Cuba Library at 585-968-1668 to sign up. We will provide a copy of the book for you to read. Cheers!

Page Turners

2023

Feb. 8, 2023 – “The Sweetness of Water” by Nathan Harris
Mar. 8, 2023 – “The Hours” by Michael Cunningham
Apr 12, 2023 – Fall of Marigolds By Susan Meissner
May 10, 2023 – Spring Tea
Jun 14, 2023 – Ordinary Grace By William Kent Krueger
Sept 13, 2023 – Braiding Sweetgrass By Robin Wall Kimmerer
Oct 11, 2023 – Kindred by Octavia Butler
Nov 8, 2023 – Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Dec 13, 2023 – Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

2022

Sept. 14, 2022 – “Oh William!” by Elizabeth Strout
Oct. 12, 2022 – “Ask Again, Yes” by Mary Beth Keane
Nov. 9, 2022 – “Open House” by Elizabeth Berg
Dec. 14, 2022 – “Breathing Lessons” by Anne Tyler
Jan. 11, 2023 – “The Lincoln Highway” by Amor Towles

Books & Brews

2023

January 26, 2023 – I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
February 23, 2023 – Deliberate Cruelty by Roseanne Montillo
March 23, 2023 – The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth
April 27, 2023 – One Hundred Years of Lenni & Margot by Marianne Cronin
May 25, 2023 – Sandy Keough’s Sooley by John Grisham
June 22, 2023 – Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
July 27, 2023 – The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
August 24, 2023 – West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
**September 27, 2023** – Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult
October 26, 2023 – Kindred by Octavia Butler
November & December 2023 – No Meeting

2022

July 28, 2022 – When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
August 25, 2022 – The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
September 22, 2022 – True Biz by Sara Novic
October 27, 2022 – One, Two, Three by Laurie Frankel
November & December 2022 – No Meeting