The library will be closing at noon on Tuesday December 24th, and will be closed on Wednesday December 25th. Happy holidays!

Wadleigh Memorial Library


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Reading About Racism Book Group

1st Tuesday at 6:30 - 7:15 p.m.

January 7: Master Slave Husband Wife: an epic journey from slavery to freedom by Ilyon Woo

February 4: The Swans of Harlem: Five black ballerinas, 50 years of sisterhood and their reclamation of a groundbreaking history by Karen Valby

March 4: Blood at the Root: A racial cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips

April 1: Solito: A memoir by Javier Zamora

May 6: The Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy B. Tyson

June 3: James: A novel by Percival Everett

Discussions will take place in the Milford Room, and a Zoom link will be available for those that wish to join us virtually. Send a message to refdesk@wadleighlibrary.org; if you'd like to receive the link to the meeting. 

Copies are available at the Circulation Desk for pickup. 

Newcomers welcome.


Cookbook Club

2nd Wednesday at 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Next Meeting: Wednesday, January 8

Book: Dinner Tonight by Alex Snodgrass

Find and share a new recipe at our Cookbook Club! Bring a dish to share with others and let us know what recipe you used. Each club meeting will feature a selected cookbook that can be checked out at the front desk for you to try or a theme with a variety of cookbooks to choose from.

Discussions will take place in the Milford Room. 

Copies are available at the Circulation Desk for pickup. 

Newcomers welcome.


Morning Book Group

2nd Thursday at 10 - 11:15 a.m.

January 9: The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers

February 13: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

March 14: The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani

April 11: I Have Some Questions for you by Rebecca Makkai

May 9: Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

June 13: My Grandmother asked me to tell you she’s sorry by Fredrik Backman

Discussions will take place in the Milford Room. Copies are available at the Circulation Desk for pickup. 

Newcomers welcome.


History Book Club

3rd Wednesday at 6:00 - 7:15 p.m.

January 15: The Immortal Irishman by Timothy Egan

February 19: The Nazi Conspiracy: The secret plot to kill Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin by Brad Meltzer

March 19: Powers and Thrones: A new history of the Middle Ages by Dan Jones

April 16: Manhunt: The twelve day chase for Lincoln's killer by James Swanson

May 21: The Trials of Harry S. Truman: The extraordinary presidency of an ordinary man, 1945-1953 by Jeffrey Frank

June 18: Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose

Discussions will take place in the Milford Room, and a Zoom link will be available for those that wish to join us virtually. Send a message to refdesk@wadleighlibrary.org; if you'd like to receive the link to the meeting.  

Copies are available at the Circulation Desk for pickup. 

Newcomers welcome.


Evening Book Group

4th Tuesday at 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.

January 28: The Obituary Writer by Ann Hood

February 25: Pack Up the Moon by Kristan Higgins

March 25: The Woman in the Library by Sulari Genrill

April 22: Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

May 27: Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford

June 24: Playground: a novel by Richard Powers

Discussions will take place in the Milford Room. Copies are available at the Circulation Desk for pickup.

Newcomers welcome.