Truro Library Book Group – “North Woods” by Daniel Mason

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Truro Library Book Group January selection is North Woods by Daniel Mason A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit it across the centuries—“a time-spanning,… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – “First Lie Wins” by Ashley Elston

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Truro Library Book Group January selection is First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston Evie Porter has everything a nice Southern girl could want: a doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence, a tight group of friends. The… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – “Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt

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Truro Library Book Group January selection is Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow’s unlikely… Read More

Virtual Mystery Book Club – “The Widows of Malabar Hill” by Sujata Massey

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Mystery Book Club on Zoom February selection is The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey 1920s India: Perveen Mistry, Bombay’s first female lawyer, is investigating a suspicious will on behalf of three Muslim widows living in full… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – “Canary Girls” by Jennifer Chiaverini

Truro Library Book Group December selection is Canary Girls by Jennifer Chiaverini Rosie the Riveter meets A League of Their Own in New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini’s lively and illuminating novel about the “munitionettes” who built… Read More

Virtual Mystery Book Club – “Murder Your Employer” by Rupert Holmes

Mystery Book Club on Zoom December selection is Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes Monday, December 2nd @ 6:00 p.m. on Zoom Who hasn’t wondered for a split second what the world would be like if a person… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – “Lessons in Chemistry ” by Bonnie Garmus

Truro Library Book Group November selection is Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Wednesday, December 4 @ 2:00 p.m. “In Garmus’s debut novel, a frustrated chemist finds herself at the helm of a cooking show that sparks a… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – “Beneath A Scarlet Sky” by Mark Sullivan

Truro Library Book Group October selection is Beneath A Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan Books will be available at the circulation desk a few weeks before the discussion. Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, Beneath… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – “The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel” by Douglas Brunt

Truro Library Book Group September selection is The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I by Douglas Brunt Books will be available at the circulation desk a few weeks before… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – “Council of Dolls” by Mona Susan Power

Truro Library Book Group August selection is Council of Dolls by Mona Susan Power Books will be available at the circulation desk a few weeks before the discussion. The long-awaited, profoundly moving, and unforgettable new novel from PEN… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – “The River We Remember” by William Kent Krueger

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Truro Library Book Group July selection is The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger Books will be available at the circulation desk a few weeks before the discussion. In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” by Isabel Wilkerson

Truro Library Book Group May selection is Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson Books will be available at the circulation desk a few weeks before the discussion. In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – “The Color of Water” by James McBride

Truro Library Book Group May selection is The Color of Water by James McBride Books will be available at the circulation desk a few weeks before the discussion. Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-declared “light-skinned” woman evasive… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley

Truro Library Book Group April selection is Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Books will be available at the circulation desk a few weeks before the discussion. Huxley’s profoundly important classic of world literature, Brave New World is… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – “Horse” by Geraldine Brooks

Truro Library Book Group March selection is Horse by Geraldine Brooks Books will be available at the circulation desk a few weeks before the discussion. A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – “Little Village of Book Lovers” by Nina George

Truro Library Book Group February selection is Little Village of Book Lovers by Nina George Books will be available at the circulation desk a few weeks before the discussion. “This spin-off of George’s beloved The Little Paris Bookshop—this… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – “The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder” by David Grann

Truro Library Book Group January selection is The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann Books will be available at the circulation desk a few weeks before the discussion. “An engrossing survival story…THE WAGER… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – “Looking for Jane”

Truro Library Book Group October selection is Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall Books will be available at the circulation desk a few weeks before the discussion. This “clever and satisfying” (Associated Press) #1 international bestseller for fans… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – “The Personal Librarian”

Truro Library Book Group October selection is The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray Books will be available at the circulation desk a few weeks before the discussion.  A remarkable novel about J. P. Morgan’s… Read More

Trollope Book Group

ANTHONY TROLLOPE READING GROUP Meet with a classics enthusiast and stroll the highways and byways of Anthony Trollope’s Barsetshire. The first and third Thursday of the month. If you are interested but are not available at that time,… Read More

Trollope Book Group

ANTHONY TROLLOPE READING GROUP ON ZOOM UNTIL JUNE 6 PLEASE EMAIL FOR MORE INFORMATION Meet with a classics enthusiast and stroll the highways and byways of Anthony Trollope’s Barsetshire. The first and third Thursday of the month. If… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Truro Library Book Group October selection is Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Books will be available at the circulation desk a few weeks before the discussion. As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – “The Reading List” by Sara Nisha Adams

Truro Library Book Group September selection is The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams Books will be available at the circulation desk a few weeks before the discussion. An unforgettable and heartwarming debut about how a chance encounter… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – “Bone Gap” by Laura Ruby

Truro Library Book Group August selection is Bone Gap by Laura Ruby “Ruby’s novel deserves to be read and reread. It is powerful, beautiful, extraordinary.”—School Library Journal Everyone knows Bone Gap is full of gaps. So when young,… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – “Freedom” by Sebastian Junger

Truro Library Book Group July selection is Freedom by Sebastian Junger. Books will be available at the circulation desk a few weeks before the discussion. The Book group is now meeting inside (or outside when possible) the Library…. Read More

Trollope Book Group

ANTHONY TROLLOPE READING GROUP Meet with a classics enthusiast and stroll the highways and byways of Anthony Trollope’s Barsetshire. The first and third Thursday of the month. If you are interested but are not available at that time,… Read More

Trollope Book Group

ANTHONY TROLLOPE READING GROUP ON ZOOM UNTIL JUNE 6, PLEASE EMAIL FOR MORE INFORMATION Meet with a classics enthusiast and stroll the highways and byways of Anthony Trollope’s Barsetshire. The first and third Thursday of the month. If… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid : The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change by Thor Hanson

Truro Library Book Group The June selection is Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change by Thor Hanson Books will be available at the circulation desk a few weeks before the discussion…. Read More

Truro Library Book Group – The World to Come by Dara Horn

Truro Library Book Group The May selection is The World to Come by Dara Horn Books will be available at the circulation desk a few weeks before the discussion. The Book group is now meeting inside (or outside… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

Truro Library Book Group The April selection is Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri Books will be available at the circulation desk a few weeks before the discussion. The Book group is now meeting inside (or outside when… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – The Shores of Bohemia: A Cape Cod Story, 1910-1960 by John Taylor Williams

Truro Library Book Group The March selection is The Shores of Bohemia : A Cape Cod Story, 1910-1960 by John Taylor Williams Books will be available at the circulation desk a few weeks before the discussion. The Book… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

Truro Library Book Group The February selection is Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles Books will be available at the circulation desk a few weeks before the discussion. The Book group is now meeting inside (or outside when possible)… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Truro Library Book Group The January selection is Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe Books will be available at the circulation desk a few weeks before the discussion. The Book group… Read More

Truro Library Book Group – The Huntress by Kate Quinn

Truro Library Book Group The December selection is The Huntress by Kate Quinn Books will be available at the circulation desk a few weeks before the discussion. The Book group is now meeting inside (or outside when possible) the… Read More

Mermaid Kenzie StoryWalk®

Welcome to The Truro Public Library August 2022 StoryWalk®! The goal of the STORYWALK® is to help build children’s interest in reading while encouraging healthy outdoor activity for both adults and children. STORYWALKS® have been installed in 45… Read More

THE DAY YOU BEGIN StoryWalk®

Welcome to the fifth and final StoryWalk® of our 2021 series! The goal of the STORYWALK® is to help build children’s interest in reading while encouraging healthy outdoor activity for both adults and children. STORYWALKS® have been installed… Read More

OCEAN! WAVES FOR ALL StoryWalk®

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Welcome to the fourth StoryWalk® of our 2021 series! The goal of the STORYWALK® is to help build children’s interest in reading while encouraging healthy outdoor activity for both adults and children. STORYWALKS® have been installed in 45… Read More

IN A JAR StoryWalk®

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Welcome to the third StoryWalk® of our 2021 series! The goal of the STORYWALK® is to help build children’s interest in reading while encouraging healthy outdoor activity for both adults and children. STORYWALKS® have been installed in 45… Read More

SEEDS MOVE! StoryWalk®

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Welcome to the second StoryWalk® of our 2021 series! The goal of the STORYWALK® is to help build children’s interest in reading while encouraging healthy outdoor activity for both adults and children. STORYWALKS® have been installed in 45… Read More

WE’RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT StoryWalk®

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Welcome to the first StoryWalk® of our 2021 series! The goal of the STORYWALK® is to help build children’s interest in reading while encouraging healthy outdoor activity for both adults and children. STORYWALKS® have been installed in 45… Read More