Never Too Old: A YA Book Club for Adults

Who We Are

Our reading list includes old classics, nearly forgotten favorites, and the best of the new YA offerings. We alternate new and old books as well as target ages for a good mix.

What We Read

Our reading list includes old classics, nearly forgotten favorites, and the best of the new YA offerings. Just about anything ever published as YA is game, as long as it’s a good read.

Past Selections

One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus, Airborn by Kenneth Oppel, Camp So-and-So by Mary McCoy, The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko by Scott Stambach, A Fierce and Subtle Poison by Samantha Mabry, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez, Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore, Nation by Terry Pratchett, Stolen by Lucy Christopher, Staying fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher, I Am Nunjood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nunjood Ali, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsberg, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, The Astonishing Life of Octaian Nothing by M.T. Anderson, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher, Magicians by Lev Grossman, Order of Odd-Fish by James Kennedy, Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell, Island of the Blude Dolphins by Scott O'Dell, Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein, Heart of a Shepherd by Rosanne Perry, The Princess Bride by William Goldman, Son by Lois Lowry, Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson, The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart, The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Diviners by Libba Bray, The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt, Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple, I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak, We Were Liars by E. Lockhart, Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol, Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Upcoming Selections:

December 2019 will be our Holiday Potluck and End of Year celebration! November 2019 selection is Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram October 2019 selection is There's Someone in Your House by Stephanie Perkins September 2019 selection is Hey, Dollface by Deborah Hautzig August 2019 selection is Sadie by Courtney Summers. THIS MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE AT 6pm OFFSITE AT EVERYBODY'S COFFEE July 2019 selection is our movie-tie in with To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han, and will be hosted offsite! June 2019 selection is We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson May 2019 selection is My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris April 2019 selection is The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater March 2019 selection is Max by Sarah Cohen-Scali February 2019 selection is Choose Your Own YA Books You Love to Re-Read and come prepared to share and discuss! January 2019 selection is Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli ________________________________________________________________________

When We Meet

Usually the last Wednesday of the month at 7:30 pm. Sometimes we shift because of other events, but not often. For the next meeting time and place please visit the group's website!