CPL Book Group
The Charlton Public Library book club meets on the second Thursday of each month from 6:00-7:00 in the Community Room. Book selections are available for checkout one month prior to the discussion date. Registration is not required. We welcome anyone who wishes to attend, whether you choose to participate or just listen. Suggestions for future titles are always welcome (email cpldirector@cwmars.org)
2026 Selections
| January 8 | Frozen River | Ariel Lawhon |
| February 12 | Brave New World | Aldous Huxley |
| March 12 | Memorial Days | Geraldine Brooks |
| April 9 | The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store | James McBride |
| May 14 | Hiroshima | John Hersey |
| June 11 | Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead | Olga Tokarczuk |
| July 9 | The Backyard Bird Chronicles | Amy Tan |
| August 13 | Beloved | Toni Morrison |
| September 10 | Station Eleven | Emily St. John Mandel |
| October 8 | Speak | Laurie Halse Anderson |
| November 12 | Rosemary: the hidden Kennedy daughter | Kate Clifford Larson |
| December 10 | James | Percival Everett |
Better Read Than Dead
True Crime Book Club
The Better Read Than Dead True Crime Book Club meets in the Local History Room at 11 am on the first Wednesday of the month.
Books are available to pick up at the Library one month prior to the discussion date.
2026 Selections
| January 7 | Blood in the Water | Casey Sherman |
| February 4 | Death in Mud Lick | Eric Eyre |
| March 4 | The Scientist and the Serial Killer | Lise Olsen |
| April 1 | The Devil Behind the Badge | Rick Jervis |
| May 6 | Murder in the Dollhouse | Rich Cohen |
| June 3 | The Disquieting Death of Emma Gill | Marcia Biederman |
| September 2 | A Devil Went Down to Georgia | Deb Miller Landau |
| October 7 | Lucky | Alice Sebold |
| November 4 | The Unusual Suspect | Ben Machell |
| December 2 | Liliana’s Invincible Summer | Cristina Rivera Garcia |
Senior Center Book Group
The Senior Center Book Group meets at the Senior Center at 10:30 am on the second Wednesday of the month. Everyone is welcome!
Books are available to pick up at the Library one month prior to the discussion date.
2026 Selections
| January 14 | Before & After | Judy Christie and Lisa Wingate |
| February 11 | Beautiful Country | Qian Julie Wang |
| March 11 | The Book Club for Troublesome Women | Marie Bostwick |
| April 8 | Rough Sleepers | Tracy Kidder |
| May 13 | Dear Edward | Ann Napolitano |
| June 10 | Fuzz | Mary Roach |
| July 8 | Paper Palace | Miranda Cowley Heller |
| August 12 | The Swans of Harlem | Karen Valby |
| September 9 | The Alice Network | Kate Quinn |
| October 14 | Being Mortal | Atul Gawande |
| November 18 | The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife | Anna Johnston |
| December 9 | Following Atticus | Tom Ryan |
Hello Sunshine Book Club
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Read with Jenna Book Club
Since March 2019, TODAY host Jenna Bush Hager has chosen a new book every month to share with the Read with Jenna Book Club. Jenna works hard to choose stories that will delight, entertain and challenge readers. She understands the power of a good book to unite communities and ignite conversation.
Click here to read more about Read with Jenna.
Click here to see Jenna’s Book Club List
Big Library Read
Global ebook Club
Big Library Read (BLR), facilitated by OverDrive, is a reading program through your library that connects readers around the world with the same ebook at the same time without any wait lists or holds.
Easy to Join
It’s a worldwide digital version of a local book club, the program is free through your local library or school library and all you need to get started reading is a library card or student ID.
Your local book club gone global
Download Libby, find your library and get ready to read! Simply borrow the free ebook from your library using your phone or tablet.
