Brown Bag Book Club

About this event

PPL's Brown Bag Book Club meets monthly on the last Tuesday from 12 - 1 pm. Meetings will be held in our Trustees Room, 3rd Floor.

The member-chosen titles include classic and contemporary fiction and non-fiction.

Copies of each month's selection will be made available for check-out by club members at PPL's Info Services desk before the meeting.

For more information, please call Book Club Coordinator Bonnie Lilienthal at 401-455-8025 or email blilienthal@provlib.org.

September 29, 2026 The Outmost House - Henry Beston

A chronicle of a solitary year spent on a Cape Cod beach, The Outermost House has long been recognized as a classic of American nature writing. Henry Beston had originally planned to spend just two weeks in his seaside home, but was so possessed by the mysterious beauty of his surroundings that he found he "could not go."

October 27, 2026 North Woods - 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, genre-blurring work of storytelling magic" (The Washington Post) from the Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Piano Tuner and The Winter Soldier.

November 24, 2026 Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro

"What stays with you in ‘Klara and the Sun' is the haunting narrative voice-a genuinely innocent, egoless perspective on the strange behavior of humans obsessed and wounded by power, status and fear." -Booker Prize committee

December 15, 2026 Evensong - Stewart O'Nan

An intimate, moving novel that follows The Humpty Dumpty Club, a group of women of a certain age who band together to help one another and their circle of friends in Pittsburgh as they face the challenges of their golden years

January 26, 2027 An Unfinished Love Story: a personal history of the 1960's - Doris Kearns Goodwin

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America's most beloved historians, artfully weaves together biography, memoir, and history. She takes you along on the emotional journey she and her husband, Richard (Dick) Goodwin, embarked upon in the last years of his life.

February 23, 2027 Sacrament - Susan Straight

From National Book Award finalist Susan Straight, a captivating new novel about a group of nurses fighting through the first year of a pandemic and the beloved California community they will risk their lives to protect.

March 30, 2027 The Dutch House - Ann Patchett

Ann Patchett, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth, delivers her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. The Dutch House is the story of a paradise lost, a tour de force that digs deeply into questions of inheritance, love and forgiveness, of how we want to see ourselves and of who we really are.

April 27, 2027 The Midnight Train - Matt Haig

A magical, time-travelling love story, from the world of The Midnight Library. "Matt Haig returns with another life-affirming novel . . . If you enjoy the "Midnight" experience, climb aboard." -The New York Times Book Review

May 25, 2027 The Things We Never Say - Elizabeth Strout

In this "profound, resplendent novel"* from Pulitzer Prize-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout, a chance incident sparks a powerful realization in a beloved teacher's life.

June 29, 2027 The Correspondent - Virginia Evans

Discover the word-of-mouth hit hailed by Ann Patchett as "A cause for celebration"-an intimate novel about the transformative power of the written word and the beauty of slowing down to reconnect with the people we love.