The “Books-the-Other-Channel” book discussion group meets once a month in the library’s lower level meeting room. Books are selected by members of the group and include both fiction and non-fiction titles. New members are always welcome to attend. If you have any questions please e-mail demmer@demmerlibrary.org or call the library at 715-546-3391 for more information.
Reading List for October 2020-September 2021
10/27/20 (Memoir) The Radium Girls by Katie Moore
11/24/20 (Fiction) The Overstory by Richard Powers
12/15/20 (Classic) The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
1/26/21 (Youth) Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
2/23/21 (Romance) Summer of 69 by Elin Hilderbrand
3/23/21 (Mystery) The President is Missing by Bill Clinton & James Patterson
5/27/21 (Regional) Run at Destruction by Lynda Drews
5/25/21 (Non-Fiction) So You Want to Talk About Race By Ijeoma Oluo
6/22/21 (Just Because) Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
7/27/21 (Historical Fiction) The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by KM Richardson
8/24/21 (Humor) Lets Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
9/28/21 (Inspiration) One in a Million Boy by Monica Wood
Reading List for October 2019- September 2020
10/22/19 (Youth) Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters
11/26/19 (Romance) The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan
12/17/19 (Mystery) Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson
01/28/20 (Regional) Virgil Wander by Leif Enger
02/25/20 (Classic) Beloved by Toni Morrison
03/24/20 (Non Fiction) The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
04/28/20 (Historical Fiction) Island of the Sea Woman by Lisa See
05/26/20 (Just Because) Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
06/23/20 (Humor) Bossy Pants by Tina Fey
07/28/20 (Inspiration) Paddle for a Purpose by Barb Geiger
08/25/20 (Fiction) We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
09/22/20 (Memoir/Biography) The Grateful American by Gary Sinese
Reading List for October 2018- September 2019
On the dates listed, meetings begins at 6:30 PM and are being held at Fika Bakery, Superior Street until further notice.
10/23/18 (Classic) Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
11/20/18 (Inspiration) Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
12/18/18 (Adventure) Call of the Wild by Jack London
01/22/19 (Historical Fiction) The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
02/26/19 (Fiction) Lincoln in the Barbo by George Saunders
03/26/19 (Biography) The Long Haul by Finn Murphy
04/23/19 (Non Fiction) Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
05/28/19 (Romance) Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert Massie
06/25/19 (Regional) Our Living Ancestors by John Bates
07/23/19 (Humor) Insomniac Dreams by Mark Gaedtke
08/27/19 (Young Adult) Strong for Potatoes by Cynthia Thayer
09/24/19 (Mystery/Thriller)The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
Reading List for October 2017-September 2018
On the dates listed, meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. in the lower level of the Demmer Library:
10/24/17 (Adventure) Thousand-Miler Adventures on the Ice Age Trail by Melanie R. McManus
11/28/17 (Historical Fiction) Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
12/19/17 (Regional) Thunder Lake Narrow Gage: The Story of Vada Williams by Harvey Huston & Gary Williams
1/23/18 (Humor) The Inimitable Jeeves by PG Wodehouse
2/27/18 (Fiction) Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
3/27/18 (Inspirational) On Living by Kerry Egan
4/24/18 (Classic) My Antonia by Willa Cather
5/22/18 (Romance) Miss You by Kate Eberlen
6/26/18 (Thriller/Mystery) Watch Me Disappear by Janelle Brown
7/24/18 (Non-Fiction) Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
8/28/18 (Memoir/Biography) Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance
9/25/18 (Youth) Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry
Reading List for October 2016-September 2017
On the dates listed, meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. in the lower level of the Demmer Library:
10/25/16 (Classic) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
11/15/16 (Regional) Return to Wake Robin by Marnie Mamminga
12/13/16 (Memoir/Biography) Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson
1/24/17 (Non-Fiction) The Bridge at Andau: The Compelling True Story of a Brave, Embattled People by James Mitchner
2/28/17 (Adventure) Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team Six Operator Adam Brown by Eric Blehm
3/28/17 (Historical Fiction) The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
4/25/17 (Thriller/Mystery) Oxygen by Carol Cassella
5/23/17 (Youth) Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
6/27/17 (Fiction) The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
7/25/17 (Inspirational) The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
8/22/17 (Humor) The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
9/26/17 (Romance) Eleanore & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Reading List for Oct. 2014- Sept. 2015
On the dates listed, meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. in the lower level of the Demmer Library:
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger – 10/28/14
If I Stay by Gayle Forman – 11/18/14
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline – 12/16/14
The Bohemian Flats by Mary Relindes Ellis – 1/27/15
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov – 2/24/15
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver – 3/24/15
Blood Brothers: The Dramatic Story of a Palestinian Christian Working for Peace in Israel by Elias Chacour, David Hazard & James Baker – 4/28/15
Thunderstruck by Erik Larson – 5/26/15
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough – 6/23/15
The Divide by Matt Taibbi – 7/28/15
Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler – 8/25/15
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin – 9/22/15
Reading List for Oct. 2013 – September 2014
On the dates listed, meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. in the lower level of the Demmer Library:
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker – 10/22/13
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka – 11/19/13
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott – 12/17/13
Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World by Rita Golden Gelman – 01/28/14
An Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff – 02/25/14
Gone Girl: a novel by Gillian Flynn – 03/25/14
The Fault in our Stars by John Green – 04/22/14
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman – 05/27/14
Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini – 06/24/14
Harold’s Boys by Mark Gaedke – 07/22/14
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson – 08/26/14
Jewelweed: a novel by David Rhodes – 09/23/14
