FANTOS is our 2025 relaunch of the Speculative Fiction Book Club, meeting on the second Tuesday of each month.  Speculative Fiction is an umbrella term for stories in the broadly fantastic realms of Alternate History, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Magical Realism, etc.  Titles are chosen through a mediated nomination and voting process.  Meetings will be in the Phoenix Room unless we are just so cool that we need more space.  Contact Head of Reference Sarah Lauderdale (slauderdale@hwlibrary.org, 978-468-5577 x619) with any questions.

Tues. April 8: Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson (384 pages; orig. pub. 2023)

Tues. May 13: Station Eleven by Emily St. John (333 pages; orig. pub. 2014)

Tues. June 10: The Mars House by Natasha Pulley (469 pages; orig. pub. 2024)

Tues. Sept. 9: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (194 pages; orig. pub. 1953) *This session has been moved to the Medium Study Room (2nd floor).
*This session has been moved to the Medium Study Room (2nd floor) due to another program in the Phoenix Room.  Ask Reference Desk if you aren't sure where to go.
*FYI, there is also a graphic novel adaptation of this book.

Tues. Oct. 14: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (303 pages; orig. pub. 2021)

Thurs. Nov. 13: The Road by Cormac McCarthy (287 pages; orig. pub. 2006)
*The library is closed Tues. Nov. 11 for Veterans Day; we will meet on Thursday instead.
*FYI, there is also a graphic novel adaptation of this book.

Tues. Dec. 9: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (288 pages; orig. pub. 2020)