Happy New Year Book: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
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We are reading The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (the sequel to the book, The Midnight Train, will be out in May 2026).
For January, please bring a favorite poem or book passage/ quote to share!
Between life and death there is a library.
When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change.
The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren't always what she imagined they'd be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger.
Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live?
Here are some book idess we came up with…
Midnight library (midnight train sequel out May 26, 2026) ~ author of The Life Impossible and How to Stop Time
Lion women of Tehran by Marjam Kamali
The Humans by Matt Haig
Sci~Fi Classic: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Sci~Fi Classic: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick (basis for the film, Blade Runner)
Kafka on the Shore, The City and its uncertain walls ~ both by Haruki Murakami
Blue Skies by TC Boyle
The island of missing trees by elif shafak
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy
The Dream Hotel by Laila lalami
Historical Fiction:
Sarah’s key
Diamond Eye
The Paris Library
The Guernsey literary and potato peel pie society
Suspense/ Mystery:
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
The Doorman by Chris Pavone
Non Fiction ideas:
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
by Ed Yong
A day in the life of abed salama ~ Nathan thrall
Local author alert:
La conchita: a different side of paradise by
Bonnie g Kelm
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Soul of an octopus by Sy Montgomery
The botany of desire by Michael Pollan
When the earth was green by Riley black
World of wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean
By Susan Casey
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
By Steve Brusatte
Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship
By Jon Meacham
Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs
By Juli Berwald
AI summary
By Meetup
In-person local book club meetup for January discussing The Midnight Library by Matt Haig; attendees share favorite poems or passages and decide February's selection.
AI summary
By Meetup
In-person local book club meetup for January discussing The Midnight Library by Matt Haig; attendees share favorite poems or passages and decide February's selection.