Adult Book Group: In 2026, we’re going to take a variety of approaches to reading and discussing books, often with a partner organization. We encourage you to join us for one or more of the meetings, and let us know what way works for you. Copies of the books being discussed will be available to borrow ahead of time. See our events calendar for dates and times.

  • January: Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jessmyn Ward, cosponsored with DEI in the Lakes & Mountains
  • February: The Dogs of March by Ernest Hebert, meet for an in-person discussion on Friday, February 27 at 11:00 AM
  • March: The 1619 Project by Nicole Hannah-Jones, cosponsored with DEI in the Lakes & Mountains, choose to meet in person at the library or listen online, Thursday, March 26 at 6:30 PM. RSVP at https://www.lakesmountainsdei.org/rsvp-1619-project-book-group for planning purposes and to receive additional resources and the online link.
  • April: A virtual visit with Ana Hebra Flaster, author of Property of the Revolution: From a Cuban Barrio to a New Hampshire Mill Town, Wednesday, April 1, 6:00 PM on Zoom. Cosponsored by Cook Memorial, Freedom, and Madison Libraries. Register for the Zoom link at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/V6JUtD7RT6Sh82P4VwyzvA#/registration.
  • Check back for future reading group titles and dates

One Book One Valley: A collaboration between 12 area libraries and White Birch Books independent bookstore. Events and book discussions take place in the fall.

Kids’ Book Clubs are held several times a year. See our Reading Clubs for Kids page for a list of clubs, and our calendar for upcoming Reading Club meetings.

Getting books for your book group: If you belong to a book group and have a Tamworth library card, you can ask to borrow multiple copies of a title for your group. We will request copies from other New Hampshire libraries through our interlibrary loan system.  Note that new titles (less than six months from publication date) will not be available to borrow from other libraries.

Book group kits: New Hampshire Library Association has dozens of READS-to-Go kits, large tote bags that contain 15 copies of a discussable book, available for book groups to borrow. Learn more at https://readstogo.libcal.com/. Let us know if you’re interested in borrowing any of these kits.

Our library has multiple copies of the following titles, which may be borrowed as a set for your book group. Just let us know if you’d like to borrow any of these:

  • Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler
  • Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
  • Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad
  • Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
  • We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter by Celeste Headlee