Book Clubs
The Westfield Athenaeum offers several opportunities every month for discussion with other book lovers.
Our Book Club finds literature of all shapes and sizes, from the popular to the obscure. Our Cook Book Book Club is all about finding excellent cookbooks – and putting them to the test. Try out some of the receipes, then at the monthly meeting tell us which you loved and which turned into emergency pizza nights! Occasionally, we hold special foodie events where we bring in samples of great recipes from the last year. Take a look at this year’s book selections and learn more about how to sign up in the boxes below.
The Book Club
Held the 2nd Thursday of the month at 1:00pm. Pick up your book at the Circulation Desk in the weeks before the meeting, or book further in advance online. Learn more and register on our events calendar.
2024 – 2025 Bookclub Picks
September: Helltown: the Untold Story of a Serial Killer on Cape Cod by Casey Sherman
October: The End of October by Lawrence Wright
November: An American Marriage: a novel by Tayari Jones
December: All the Broken Places by John Boyne
January: The Secret History by Donna Tartt
February: Shadows of Pecan Hollow: a novel by Caroline Frost
March: Absolution by Alice McDermott
April: Trail of the Lost by Andrea Lankford
May: The Berry Pickers: a novel by Amanda Peters
June: The Guncle: a novel by Steven Rowley
Cookbook Book Club
Held on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 1:00 PM.
The Club uses a cookbook for a month to try out cooking techniques and some different ingredients to add some variety to your kitchen life. Come meet a fun group of cooks as we swap tips and share our triumphs and failures in the kitchen. The cookbook is available at the Circulation desk the month before, please pick up a copy and start cooking!
Cookbook Bookclub Reading List 2024-2025
September: Good Eats 4: The Final Years by Alton Brown
October: Delish: Eat Like Every Day’s the Weekend by Joanna Saltz & Editors of Delish
November: Dinner for Everyone by Mark Bittman
December: One: Simple One-Pan Wonders by Jamie Oliver
January: Quick and Delicious by Gordon Ramsay
February The Modern Proper by Holly Erickson and Natalie Mortimer
March More is More by Molly Baz
April Veg-Table by Nik Sharma
May Let’s Eat by Dan Pelosi
June The Pioneer Woman Cooks DINNERTIME by Ree Drummond