Book Groups Services
Schedules for all Library sponsored Book Groups is listed below. For more information on Library Book Groups, please contact the Information Services Department at 673-6791.
Reading schedules: Book Circle | Farm. Woods | Mon. Eve |
Mystery | Senior | Online Book Clubs | N.A.M.I. Bookgroup
The Farmington Library announces a new service to book groups in Farmington and Unionville. Contact the library and we will gather your books and call when they are ready to pick up. Please use the linked form to register for the service and to facilitate the process of obtaining the books.
Book Circle
Meets at 9:30 a.m. at the Farmington Library the 2nd
Wednesday of each month.
| 2011 | Title | Author |
| Sept. 14 | Speak, Memory | Vladimir Nabokov |
| Oct. 12 | Death of an Adversary | Hans Keilson |
| Nov. 9 | Yacoubian Building | Alaa Al Aswany |
| Dec. 14 | Love in the Time of Cholera | G. Garcia Marquez |
| 2012 | ||
| Jan. 11 | The White Tiger | Aravind Adiga |
| Feb. 8 | Charterhouse of Parma | Stendhal |
| Mar. 14 | Question of Bruno | Aleksandar Hemon |
| Apr. 11 | The Ambassadors | Henry James |
| May 9 | Vanity Fair | William Thackery |
| July 11 | Out Stealing Horses | Per Petterson |
| Aug. 8 | Duke of Deception | Geoffrey Wolff |
Farmington Woods Book Group
Meets at 10:00 a.m. at the Farmington Library the 2nd Tuesday of each month.
| 2011 | Title | Author |
| Sept. 13 | Cutting for Stone | Abraham Verghese |
| Oct. 11 | The Commoner |
John Burnham Schwartz |
| Nov. 8 | Red Water | Judith Freeman |
| Dec. 13 | Jane Eyre | Charlotte Bronte |
| 2012 | ||
| Jan. 10 | The Night Listener | Maupin Armistead |
| Feb. 14 | Lunch at the Piccadilly | Clyde Edgerton |
| March 13 | Homer & Langley | E.L. Doctorow |
| Apr. 10 | Harriet and Isabella | Patricia O'Brien |
| May 8 | Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet | Jamie Ford |
| June 12 | The Help | Katharine Stockett |
Monday Evening Book Group
Meets at 7:00 p.m. at the Farmington Library on the 2nd Monday of each month.
| 2011 | Title | Author |
| Jan 10 | Sally Hemings | Barbara Chase-Riboud |
| Feb. 14 | Stones Into Schools | Greg Mortenson |
| Mar. 14 | Mansfield Park | Jane Austen |
| Apr. 11 | Turbulent Souls (aka Choosing My Religion) | Stephen Dubner |
| May 9 | Winter of Our Discontent | John Steinbeck |
| June 13 | Digging to America | Ann Tyler |
| July 11 | The Nine | Jeffrey Toobin |
| Aug 8 | In Sunlight, in a Beautiful Garden | Kathleen Cambor |
| Sep 12 | The Painter From Shanghai | Jennifer Cody Epstein |
| Oct. 17 | Heat and Dust | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
| Nov 14 | Eden's Outcasts | John Matteson |
| Dec 12 | The Brief and Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao | Junot Diaz |
Mystery Book Group
Meets from 7:30-9:00 p.m. at the Farmington Library on the 2nd Thursday of each month.
| 2011 | Title | Author |
| Sept. 8 | Wings of Fire | Charles Todd |
| Oct. 13 | The Man in the Queue | Josephine Tey |
| Nov. 10 | Murder Must Advertise | Dorothy L. Sayers |
| Dec. 8 | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | Agatha Christie |
| 2012 | ||
| Jan. 12 | Dark Adapted Eye | Barbara Vine |
| Feb. 9 | The House Sitter | Peter Lovesey |
| March 8 | The Chill | Ross MacDonald |
| April 12 | Overture to Death | Ngaio Marsh |
| May 10 | Thrones, Dominations | Dorothy L. Sayers and Jill Paton |
| June 14 | Sins of the Fathers | Ruth Rendell |
| July12 | A Shilling for Candles | Josephine Tey |
| August 9 | A Noble Radiance | Donna Leon |
Senior Book Group
Meets at 1:00 p.m. at the Community & Senior Center on the 3rd Thursday of each month.
| 2012 | Title | Author |
| Jan.19 | Moloka'i | A. Brennert |
| Feb. 16 | Brooklyn | C. Toibin |
| Mar. 15 | Sarah's Key | T. DeRosnay |
| Apr. 19 | Hotel on the Corner of Bitter & Sweet | J. Ford |
| May 17 | Remember Me | S. Kinsella
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| June 21 | Paul & Me | A.E. Hotchner |
| July 19 | Three Cups of Tea | G. Mortensen |
| Aug. 16 | Minding Frankie | M. Binchy |
| Sept. 20 | The Confession | B. Lewis |
| Oct. 18 | Faith | J. Haigh |
| Nov. 15 | The Trial of Abigail Goodman | H. Fast |
| Dec. 20 | Amish Midwife | M. Clark & L. Gould |
N.A.M.I Bookgroup
Meets alternately every month at the Farmington Library and Simsbury Library typically on Wed at 7pm.
| 2011 | Library | Title | Author |
| Feb 9 | Famington | Lincoln's Melancholy | Joshua Wolf Shenk |
| Mar 9 | Simsbury | Transforming Madness | Jay Neugeboren |
| April 13 | Famington | In Her Wake | Nancy Rappaport |
| May 11 | Simsbury | Comfortably Numb | Charles Barber |
| June 8 | Famington | Girl, Interrupted | Susanna Kaysen |
| September 14 | Simsbury | Running with Scissors | Augusten Burroughs |
| October 5 | Famington | We Mad Climb Shaky Ladders | Pamela Spiro Wagner |
| November 9 | Simsbury | We've Got Issues: Children and Parents in the Age of Medication | Judith Warner |
