The community is invited to participate in monthly book discussions at the Snyder County Libraries. The library will host a morning discussion on the second Tuesday of every month at 10 AM at the Gelnett Library, Selinsgrove. Each month a new book will be discussed.
A monthly book list will be published in the Selinsgrove Library, in the Daily Item, as well as here. This program is free and open to the public. For more information please contact the Selinsgrove Library at 570-374-7163.
If you buy your books online, please remember that Amazon donates to the Snyder County Libraries about 7.5 percent of any purchase, provided that you use the links below.
The Morning Book Discussion Group meets at 10 am at Gelnett Library
Date | Title | Author | Moderator | |
12 September 2023 | Midwife of Auschwitz | Anna Stuart | Kathy Clark | |
10 October 2023 | The Paris Library | Janet Charles | Kathy Boushie | |
14 November 2023 | Sold on a Monday | Kristina McMorris | Patty Gaugler | |
12 December 2023 | The Beekeeper’s Apprentice | Laurie King | Joan Fasold | |
9 January 2024 | Klara and the Sun | Kazuo Ishiguro | Joe Koletar | |
13 February 2024 | And There Was Light | Jon Meachan | Sally Lauer | |
12 March 2024 | A Woman of No Importance | Sonia Purnell | Bev Menne | |
9 April 2024 | The Nation That Never Was | Kermitt Roosevelt III | Diane Curley | |
14 May 2024 | A Piece of the World | Christina Baker Kline | Raven Rudnitsky | |
11 June 2024 | Book Selection for 2024-2025 | ___ | ___ |
The Evening Book Discussion Group meets at 6:45 pm at Middleburg Borough Building
Date | Title | Author | Moderator | |
15 September 2022 | Crossroads | Jonathan Franzen | Dolly | |
20 October 2022 | The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket | Benjamin Lorr | Del | |
17 November 2022 | The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times | Jane Goodall | Trish | |
15 December 2022 | Call Us What We Carry | Amanda Gorman | Maggie | |
19 January 2023 |
Maus: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds | Art Spiegelman | Susan | |
16 February 2023 | Anna Karenina | Leo Tolstoy | Kay | |
16 March 2023 | The Guncle | Steven Rowley | Janet | |
20 April 2023 | The Splendid and the Vile: A Sage of Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Blitz | Erik Larson | Michele | |
18 May 2023 | This Is Your Mind On Plants | Michael Pollan | Julie | |
15 June 2023 |
Leonardo da Vinci | Walter Isaacson | Liz | |
20 July 2023 |
Book Selection for 2023-2024 | Everyone |