books

Book Clubs

Book Club 1

Hosted by Jacquie Hinrichs: ttime49@gmail.com and Linda Bakian: lindaireneb@gmail.com

Book Club 1 meeting will be held on the second Monday of the month at 1:30pm at the Lewis Bay Library,  345 Lafayette Avenue, Hawthorne, NJ 07506, Room B.
 

Book Club 1 Schedule for September 2025 – June 2026

Sept. 8, 2025 – The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis

Oct. 6, 2025 – The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict

Nov. 10, 2025 – The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

Dec. 8, 2025 – Lady Clementine by Marie Benedict

Jan. 12, 2026 – The Heiress by Rachel Hawkin

Feb. 9, 2026 – The Rive We Remember by William Kent Kruger

March 9, 2026 – The Paris Library – Janet Skeslien Charles

April 13, 2026 – American Princess by Stephanie Marie Thornton

May 11, 2026 – Three Days In June by Anne Tyler

June 8, 2026 – We will meet to pick the books we want to read for the coming year

 

Book Club 2

Hosted by Doreen Di Fiore: doreenmdf@gmail.com and Lauren Salvani: laurensal0811@gmail.com

Book Club 2 meeting will be held on the third Thursday of the month at the Ridgewood Library – 1:00 -3:00pm.

Book Club 2 – 2026
Jan 15     The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
Feb 19     Isola by Allegra Goodman
Mar 19   The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
Apr 16    The Borrowed Life of 
Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston 
May 21   The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
June 18  The Lion Women of
Tehran by Kamali Marjan
July 16    Luncheon
Aug 20 ————-
Sept 17   The View From Lake Como by 
Adriana Trigiani
Oct 15     Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by Barbara Derrick
Nov 19    Broken Country by Clare Hall
Dec 17     Holiday Party!  Savini’s

Book Club 3

Hosted by Donna Kahn: dmk2g@yahoo.com

Book Club 3 will meet on the second Tuesday of the
month from 10:00am – 12:00pm at The First Presbyterian Church from September to
June.
  During July and August, Book Club 3 will meet at Panera’s in
Paramus, Rt 17 North.


Book Club #3: July to December 2026 

 

July: The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See 

 

August: The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman

 

September: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

 

October: Blessings by Anna Quindlen 

 

November: The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding by Jennifer Robson 

 

December: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

 

Book Club 3 Schedule for 2026

 

January: The Storyteller’s Secret by Sejal Badani

February: The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray

March: Miller’s Valley byAnna Quindlen

April: Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee

May: 33 Place Brugmann by Alice Austen 

June: The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters 

July: The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See 

August: The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman

September: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawton

October: Blessings by Anna Quindlen 

November: The Gown A Novel of the Royal Wedding by Jennifer Robson

December: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Book Club 4

Book Club 4 will meet on the fourth Thursday of the month at 1:30 pm in the Library at the Northwest Senior Center (NWSC).

Book Club 4 Schedule for January, 2026 – December, 2026

January 22nd, 2026Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
led by Margie Doyle

February 19thThe Martha’s Vineyard Beach and
Book Club
by Martha Hall Kelly led by Debbie Curran

March 26th The Marriage Portrait by Maggie
O’Farrell
led by Susan Milchman

April 23rdThe View From Lake Como by Adriana Trigiani led by Cheryl Wardrop.

May 28thLetters for Emily by Cameron Wright ledgy Marion Manners

June 18th – Educated by Tara Westover led by Andrea Gallucio 

July 23rd Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy led by Betty Vella

September 24thIsola by Allegra Goodman, led by Celeste Ravese

October 22ndThe Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman, led by Andrea Gallucio

November 19thMad Mabel by Sally Hepworth, led by Debbie Curran

(Note: due to Thanksgiving the November meeting will be the 3rd week)

December – We will not meet for book discussion but will have a luncheon on December 10th, place TBD

Book Club 5 - Zoom Book Club

Hosted by Brenda Brunelle: bbrunelle@aol.com

Book Club 5 meets on Zoom on the fourth Thursday of the month at 7:00pm. 

Zoom Book Club 5 Selections for 2026

January:  BRAVE GIRL/QUIET GIRL by Catherine Ryan Hyde

February:  THE CORRESPONDENT by Virginia Evans

March:  THE GUNCLE by Steven Rowley

April:  THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE by James McBride

May:  THE LIONS OF FIFTH AVENUE by Fiona Davis

June:  SUMMER ISLAND by Kristin Hannah

July:  EDUCATED by Tara Westover

Book Club 6 - Classic Book Club

 Hosted by Carol LaFond: lafond371@yahoo.com

The Classic Book Club meets at the First Presbyterian Church (FPC) on the first Friday of the month at 10:00am from September to June. It meets at Panera’s, Route 17 North, Paramus, in August, no July meeting. 

     Classic Book Club 2026

Of Human Bondage by W Somerset Maugham – Chapters 1-78, Friday, January 3, 2026

Of Human Bondage by W Somerset Maugham – Chapters 79-122, Friday, February 6, 2026

The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain, Friday, March 6, 2026

To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, Friday, April 10, 2026, at Panera’s, Rte 17 North, Paramus

A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul, Friday, May 1, 2026

Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson, Friday, June 5, 2026

No July Meeting

An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser, Friday, August 7, 2026 at Panera’s

Movie: A Place in the Sun, to be viewed on Friday, August 14, 2026 at 12:30pm in the Hawthorne Library

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, Friday, September 4, 2026 (Location to be confirmed)

The End of the Affair by  Graham Greene, Friday October 2, 2026 (FPC)

Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut, November 6, 2026

The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton, December 4, 2026

 
 

Book Club 7

Hosted by Linda Brophy: linda.brophy@gmail.com and Dottie Giglietta: dgiglietta@gmail.com

Book Club 7 meets on the first Monday of the month from 1:00 – 3:00 pm at the church. Please park in the spaces marked “CH”.