Book Clubs

Request your copy of the books online through CountyCat, call the library at (414) 321-9595, or stop at the Reference Desk.

Adult Book Discussion

Second Wednesday of the Month, 7:00-8:00 PM
February 11, March 11, April 8, May 13

Meet us at the library to talk about books, or join the discussion on Zoom! For the Zoom meeting link, contact Emily at emily.alford@greenfieldwi.gov or (414) 321-9595 ext. 4106.

March 11: How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

April 8: The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson

May 13: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

June 10: Buckeye by Patrick Ryan

July 8: The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett

History Book Club

Once a the Month, 7:00-8:00 PM

February 24, March 24, April 28, May 26

The History Book Club is a critical, yet social conversation for those who enjoy learning about and discussing history. All are welcome, even those who did not read but enjoy history! We will be meeting onsite, but you can participate virtually through Zoom if you prefer as well. Contact Phil at phil.spitzer@greenfieldwi.gov or 414-321-9595 ext. 4116 for more details and to register for the Zoom option.


March 24: Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea and the Shipwreck of the Titanic by Daniel Stone

April 28: Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt by Steven Johnson

May 26: The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip by Jeff Guinn

June 23: The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America by Kostya Kennedy

July 28: Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II by Vicki Constantine Croke

Afternoon Book Talks

Third Thursday of the Month, 2:00-3:00 PM
February 19, March 19, April 16, May 21

Join us for Afternoon Book Talks featuring some of the best and most popular novels of today! Same book club format that you love, different time slot and titles! Come prepared with questions and talking points, having read the novel before each meeting. Contact Gabriel for more information or to request a copy of the book at gabriel.scuglik@greenfieldwi.gov or (414) 321-9595 ext. 4101.

March 19: What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown

April 16: When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzen

May 21: We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter

June 18: The Rest of Our Lives by Benjamin Markovits

July 16: The Great Divide by Cristina Henríquez

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Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II

Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II
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July 28, 2026
The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America

The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America
by Kostya Kennedy

Paul Revere's legendary ride, newly told with fresh research into little-known aspects of the myth that every American learns in school On April 18, 1775, a Boston-based silversmith, engraver, and...

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June 23, 2026
The Great Divide

The Great Divide
by Cristina Henríquez

A novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, following the intersecting lives of the local families fighting to protect their homeland, the West Indian laborers recruited to dig the waterway, and the white Americans who gained profit and glory...

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July 16, 2026
The Rest of Our Lives

The Rest of Our Lives
by Benjamin Markovits

When Tom Layward's wife had an affair twelve years ago, he resolved to leave her as soon as his youngest child left the nest. Now, while driving his college-bound daughter to Pittsburgh, he remembers his promise to...

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June 18, 2026
The Road to Tender Hearts

The Road to Tender Hearts
by Annie Hartnett

At sixty-three years old, million-dollar lottery winner PJ Halliday would be the luckiest man in Pondville, Massachusetts, if it weren't for the tragedies of his life: the sudden death of his eldest daughter and the way his marriage fell apart after...

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July 8, 2026
Buckeye

Buckeye
by Patrick Ryan

In Bonhomie, Ohio, a stolen moment of passion, sparked in the exuberant aftermath of the Allied victory in Europe, binds Cal Jenkins, a man wounded not in war but by his inability to serve in it, to Margaret Salt, a woman trying to obscure her...

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June 10, 2026
The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip

The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip
by Jeff Guinn

A brilliant portrait of two American giants, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, and America entering the automobile age, told through the fascinating...

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May 26, 2026
Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt

Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt
by Steven Johnson

How did a single manhunt spark the modern era of multinational capitalism? Henry Avery was the seventeenth century's...

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April 28, 2026
Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea and the Shipwreck of the Titanic

Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea and the Shipwreck of the Titanic
by Daniel Stone

On a frigid April night in 1912, the world's largest-and soon most famous-ocean liner struck an iceberg and slipped beneath the waves....

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March 24, 2026
American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis

American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
by Adam Hochschild

A character-driven look at a pivotal period in American history, 1917-1920: the tumultuous...

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February 2026