There are multiple active groups and clubs at the Dedham Public Library. Below are schedules and book information for each group.
The Library orders a handful of the book being discussed; the requested books can be picked up at the meeting location about a month prior to the discussion date. Other formats (audiobooks, e-books, large print) can be requested through the Minuteman Library Network catalog.
Main Library Book Groups
The following book groups meet at the Main Library, 43 Church Street. Please reach out to the specific staff member for questions or more information.
The Millennial Book Group meets at the Main Library at 7 pm on the second Monday of the month.
Contact Kate McFadden for questions, 781-751-9284.
Upcoming books:
- April 13, 2026 - How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist who Outwitted Hitler by Peter Pomerantsev
- May 11, 2026 - Heartwood by Amity Gaige
- June 18, 2026 - It Rhymes with Takei by George Takei
Other books that have been read:
- Going Zero by Anthony McCarten
- The Favorites by Layne Fargo
- The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
- Nicked by M.T. Anderson
- The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
- Wordslut by Amanda Montell
- My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
- The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
- Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H.
- Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
- Monsters by Claire Dederer
- The Pull of the Stars: A Novel by Emma Donoghue
The LGBTQ+ Book Group meets at the Main Library at 7 pm on the third Thursday of the month.
Contact Ari Pappas for questions, 781-751-9284.
Upcoming books:
- April 16, 2026 - Another Appalachia: Coming up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place by Neema Avashia
- May 21, 2026 -Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
- June 18, 2026 - It Rhymes with Takei by George Takei
Other books that have been read:
- Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
- Untamed by Glennon Doyle
- Some Strange Music Draws Me In by Griffin Hansbury
- We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian
- One Day I'll Grow Up and be a Beautiful Woman by Abi Maxwell
- Hi Honey, I'm Homo! by Matt Baume
- Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White
- Coming Home by Brittney Griner
- Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian
- Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H
- My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen
- The Other Olympians by Michael Waters
Endicott Book Groups
The following book groups meet at the Endicott Branch Library, 257 Mount Vernon Street. Please reach out to the specific staff member for questions or more information.
The Endicott Book Group meets at the Endicott Branch at 6:30 pm on the first Tuesday of the month.
Contact Lisa Desmond for questions, 781-751-9178.
Upcoming books:
- March 3, 2026 - When the Emperor was Divine by Julia Otsuka
- April 7, 2026 - The Red Coat by Dolley Carlson
- May 5, 2026 - The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Other books that have been read:
- What You are Looking for is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
- The Measure by Nikki Erlick
- The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
- The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne
- The House of Doors by Tan Wan Eng
- Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me by Adrienne Brodeur
- Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
- Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
- Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
- The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston
- The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
The Afternoon Book Group meets at the Endicott Branch Library at 2 pm on the second Wednesday of the month.
Contact Kate McFadden for questions, 781-751-9284.
Upcoming books:
- March 11, 2026 - Jane Austen's Bookshelf
- April 8, 2026 - The Dictionary of Lost Words
- May 13, 2026 - Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed our Food, our Planet, and Ourselves by Nicola Twilley
Other books that have been read:
- The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
- Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks
- The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
- The Strange Case of Dr. Couney by Dawn Raffel
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
- Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me by Adrienne Brodeur
- Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
- The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood
- American Woman: The Transformation of the Modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden by Katie Rogers
Youth Book Groups
The Elementary Group meets at the Endicott Library at 3:30 pm on the second Wednesday of the month. For grades 2-5.
Contact Kate McFadden for more information, 781-751-9178.
Upcoming books:
- Wednesday, January 14, 2025 - I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 by Lauren Tarshis
- February 11, 2026 - Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- March 11, 2026 - Wrath of the Rain God by Karla Valenti
Other books that have been read:
- The Puzzling Fate of Millicent Graves by Dora M. Mitchell
- Bodega Cats: Picture Purrfectby Hilda Eunice Burgos
- Stitch: Reimagining Frankenstein by Pádraig Kenny
The Tween Graphic Novel Book Club meets at the Endicott Library at 3:30 pm on the first Monday of the month. For grades 4-8.
Contact Jonah Smiley for more information, 781-751-9178.
Upcoming books:
- January 5, 2026 - Timid by Jonathan Todd
- February 2, 2026 - How it All Ends by Emma Hunsinger
- March 2, 2026 - The Moth Keeper by Kay O'Neill
Other books that have been read:
- The Cartoonists Club by Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud
- I Witnessed: the Lizzie Borden story by Jeramy Kraatz
- Very Bad at Math by Hope Larson
- Summer Vamp by Violet Chan Karim
- Art Club by Rashad Doucet
- Knots by Colleen Frakes
- How it All Ends by Emma Hunsinger
- The Moth Keeper by Kay O'Neil
The Teen Book Club meets at the Endicott Library at 3:30 pm on the second Monday of the month. For grades 9-12.
Contact Jonah Smiley for more information, 781-751-9178.
Upcoming books:
- Monday, October 20, 2025 - Aisle Nine by Ian X. Cho
Other books that have been read:
- Shut Up, This is Serious by Carolina Ixta
