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Book discussions are held at 10:00 am in the Wisner Center at the  Cascade Library. They are held on the third Wednesday of the month (except September this year) from September through May. If you would like to join the  book discussions, you can simply show up at the next scheduled discussion. No registration is required.

We encourage attendees to read ahead of the schedule, if possible, since some titles may be in short supply near the discussion date. 

These are the titles that have been selected by book club members for the upcoming season. 

September 23, 2026      The Correspondent (Virginia Evans)

A bestselling epistolary novel that explores the life of Sybil Van Antwerp, a retired lawyer in her early seventies who is losing her sight. Through letters and emails written over a decade, she navigates grief, aging, estranged family relationships, and unexpected late-life romance.

October 21, 2026             Bog Queen (Anna North)

A dual-timeline story that alternates between a modern forensic anthropologist in England and a young druid leader in Iron Age Europe. It explores themes of land exploitation, climate crisis, and the connection between women and the earth across millennia. It weaves together three distinct narrative perspectives.

November 18, 2026        The God of the Woods (Liz Moore)

A gripping mystery and family drama set in the 1970s Adirondacks. When 13-year-old Barbara Van Laar vanishes from her family-owned summer camp, it triggers a massive manhunt. The disappearance mirrors a haunting local tragedy: Barbara’s older brother, Bear, mysteriously vanished from the exact same region fourteen years prior.  The story unfolds across multiple timelines and perspectives, exposing deep secrets, corruption, and the intense class divide between the wealthy Van Laar family and the impoverished local community that serves them. 

December 16, 2026         Hamnet (Maggie O’Farrell)

A deeply emotional historical fiction story available as an acclaimed 2020 novel by Maggie O'Farrell and a recent 2025 film directed by Chloé Zhao. It imagines the private family life of William Shakespeare, centering on his wife, Agnes, and their tragic loss of 11-year-old twin son, Hamnet, which later inspires the creation of his masterpiece play, Hamlet.

January 20, 2027             The Gales of November (John U. Bacon)

A definitive account of the tragic 1975 sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior, which killed all 29 men aboard. The book chronicles the ship's origins, the perilous nature of Great Lakes shipping, the storm, and the emotional aftermath for the victims' families.

February 17, 2027             The Ending Writes Itself (Evelyn Clarke)

A locked-room mystery by Evelyn Clarke, the pseudonym for V.E. Schwab and Cat Clarke, follows six struggling authors summoned to a private Scottish island by a deceased, world-famous writer's estate. They have 72 hours to finish his unfinished novel for a $1 million prize, but the contest turns deadly as the writers begin to die.

March 17, 2027                   Title and author to be determined

This is the 2027 KDL-wide “On the Same Page” event.

April 21, 2027                      Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir)

Ryland Grace, an amnesiac middle-school teacher, wakes up alone on a spaceship millions of miles from Earth. He gradually pieces together that he is the sole survivor of a desperate mission to stop Astrophage, an alien microbe that is rapidly draining the sun's energy.

May 19, 2027                      Buckeye (Patrick Ryan)

A historical fiction that follows two couples from the fictional town of Bonhomie, Ohio from World War II to the end of the 20th century and the secrets which develop between them. It is Ryan's first full length novel for adults and received favorable reviews from critics.