Adult Services

Programming for adults happens regularly throughout the year. Past events have included:

• Local Author Visits
• Craft Nights
• History Presentations
• Computer Classes
• Income Tax Workshops
• Paint Nights
• Floral Arranging

And more! We are always looking for suggestions for adult programs. For suggestions or questions, please email sewickley@wlnonline.org.

Book Discussion Group

Do you like to discuss books you’ve read with friends? Do you enjoy reading a variety of styles and genres? If so, our book discussion group may be just the thing for you! We meet on the 1st Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Library. This is a very informal group and is meant to be relaxing and fun! We are always looking for new members! Books are provided. If interested stop by the Library, call (724) 446-9940 or email us at sewickley@wlnonline.org.

2021 Selections

• January 2021: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
• February: The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
• March: Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler
• April: Before & After by Lisa Wingate
• May: American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
• June: Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
• July: Daughters of Erietown by Connie Schultz
• August: Summer of ’69 by Elin Hilderbrand
• September: Dragonfly by Leila Meacham
• October: Anxious People by Fredrick Backman

2020 Selections

• February: The City of Falling Angels by John Berent
• March: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
• April: The Witches: Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem by Stacy Schiff
• May: The Fortune Hunter by Daisy Goodwin
• June: Something Beautiful Happened by Yvette Corporon
• July: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
• August: Playing St. Barbara by Marian Szczepanski
• September: The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
• October 2020: Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner
• November 2020: Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
• December 2020: The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg

2019 Selections

• August: If the Creek Don’t Rise by Leah Weiss
• June: One Summer, Americs 1926 by Bill Bryson
• May: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
• April: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
• March: Beneath the Mountain by Luca D’Andrea

2018 Selections

• December: The Space Barons by Christian Davenport
• November: America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray
• October: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
• September: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
• June: Sweet Salt Air by Barbara Delinsky
• May: Pale Rider by Laura Spinney
• April: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

2017 Selections

• November: The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
• October: Blue Shoes & Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith
• September: The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
• August: Arthur & Sherlock by Michael Sims
• June: Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
• May: The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
• April: Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

2016 Selections

• December: State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
• November: The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter & Sweet by Jamie Ford
• October: The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond
• September: Heat & Light by Jennifer Haigh
• August: The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
• June: Their Life’s Work by Gary M. Pmerantz
• May: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
• April: The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
• March: One of Us by Tawni O’Dell

2015 Selections

• December: Beethoven’s Hair by Russell Martin
• November: Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
• October: Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
• September: Empire Falls by Richard Russo
• August: The Women of Troy Hill by Claire Ansberry
• June: Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
• May: The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls
• April: Plainsong by Kent Haruf
• March: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
• February: Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
• January: Homefront by Kristin Hannah

2014 Selections

• December: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
• November: Manhunt: the 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson
• October: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
• September: Beach Music by Pat Conroy
• August: Silver Girl by Elin Hilderbrand
• March: Defending Jacob by William Landay
• April: The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
• May: The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty
• February: The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
• January: The Shoemaker’s Wife by Adriana Trigiani

2013 Selections

• December: A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg
• November: The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes
• October: Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
• September: The Civil War in Pennsylvania: a Photographic History by Michael Kraus, David Nevill & Kenneth Turner
• June: The Land of Painted Caves by Jean Auel
• May: Arctic Drift by Clive Cussler
• April: The Bridge by Karen Kingsbury
• March: Gold by Chris Cleave
• February: The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian

2012 Selections

• November: The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
• October: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
• June: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Jamie Ford
• May: South of Broad by Pat Conroy
• April: Mennonite in a Little Black Dress Rhoda Janzen
• March: The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

2011 Selections

• December : Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
• November: The Condition by Jennifer Haigh
• October: Day After Night by Anita Diamant
• June: House Rules by Jodi Picoult
• May: Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
• April: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
• March: Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
• February: The Help by Kathryn Stockett

2010 Selections

• November: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
• October: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
• May: The Valley of Decision by Marsha Davenport
• April: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• March: The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
• February: The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls

2009 Selections

• December: A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg
• November: Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts
• October: Dream When You’re Feeling Blue by Elizabeth Berg
• June: The Master Butcher’s Singing Club by Louise Erdrich
• May: Sullivan’s Island by Dorothea Benton Frank
• April: Fall on Your Knees by Ann MacDonald
• March: Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
• February: Mrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh