On Monday, May 18, we held a special meeting of the Waltham Public Library Virtual Book Club.  Everyone who participated shared titles of books that they’re reading as well as some shows and movies that they’ve been watching.  We had a wonderful conversation and all of us came away with some more titles for our “To Be Read” lists.  Below are the titles that attendees shared.
Join us on Monday, June 15 at 7:00 pm to share any titles that you’re reading!  E-mail Laura (lbernheim@minlib.net) for the meeting link.

Books

• Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.)
• In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.)
• Wives and Lovers by Richard Bausch
• The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
• The March Sisters by Kate Bolick, Jenny Zhang, Carmen Maria Machado, and Jane Smiley  (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.  Listen to it on Hoopla.)
• Barking to the Choir by Gregory Boyle (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.)
• Shirley by Charlotte Brontë (Read it on Overdrive.  Read or listen to it on Hoopla.)
• Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.)
• The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.)
• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.)
• Hard Knocks by Howie Carr
• Factory Girls by Leslie T. Chang (Read it on Overdrive.  Listen to it on Hoopla)
• American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.)
• In the Darkroom by Susan Faludi (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.  Listen to it on Hoopla.)
• The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.)
• America for Beginners by Leah Franqui (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.  Read or listen to it on Hoopla.)
• The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan (Read it on Overdrive.)
• Lady in Waiting by Anne Glenconner (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.)
• Cemetery Road by Greg Iles (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.)
• The Shining by Stephen King  (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.)
• The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston (Read it on Overdrive.)
• Autopsy of a Boring Wife by Marie-Renée Lavoie (Read or listen to it on Hoopla.)
• The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.)
• The Colors of the Cattle by Alexander McCall-Smith (Read it on Overdrive.)
• The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton (Read it on Overdrive.)
• Knife by Jo Nesbø (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.)
• Barack Obama: His Essential Wisdom by Barack Obama and Carol Kelly-Gangi
• Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.  Listen to it on Hoopla.)
• Weather by Jenny Offill  (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.)
• Dutch House by Ann Patchett (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.)
• The Moviegoer by Walker Percy (Read it on Overdrive.  Listen to it on Overdrive.)
• Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff  (Read it on Overdrive. Read it on Hoopla.)
• The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski  (Read or listen to the series on Overdrive.)
• The Tempest by William Shakespeare (Read it on Overdrive.  Read or listen to it on Hoopla.  Watch it on Kanopy.)
• Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof by Alisa Solomon 
• The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John-Mandel (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.)
• Station Eleven by Emily St. John-Mandel (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.)
• The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone (Listen to it on Overdrive.)
• Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.  Read it on Hoopla.)
• The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.)
• A Gentleman of Moscow by Amor Towles (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.)
• Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope (Read it on Overdrive.  Read or listen to it on Hoopla.)
• Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga (Read or listen to it on Overdrive. Read or listen to it on Hoopla.)
• The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.)
• Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson (Read or listen to it on Overdrive.)

Movies/TV Shows

• The Bodyguard (Netflix)
• Call the Midwife (Watch it on Hoopla.)
• Doc Martin (Watch it on Hoopla.)
• The Great British Baking Show (Watch it on Hoopla.)
• Homeland 
• The Last Dance (ESPN)
• The Last Black Man in San Francisco (Watch it on Kanopy.)
• My Brilliant Friend 
• Outlander 
• Zumbo’s Just Desserts (Netflix)