The Montauk Project: Stranger Than Fiction with Dustin Pari

Tuesday, Nov. 3rd at 7 p.m.

This engaging new program explores the enduring legend of the Montauk Project—an alleged series of secret Cold War–era experiments said to involve mind control, psychic research, and interdimensional phenomena—and examines how these claims influenced popular culture. Attendees will learn how the original concept for the hit television series Stranger Things was rooted in the so-called “Montauk Project,” before the story was relocated to the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana.

Tea Club

Wednesday, Nov. 4th All Day

Do you love drinking tea and want to try some new flavors? Then join Boyden Library's Tea Club!

Each month we will feature a different loose leaf tea for participants to take and try at home. Each kit contains a sample of the loose leaf tea and information on the brand and flavor.

November's Tea: Justea Pumpkin Spice

Registration is required. Limit one packet per family.

Adult Take and Make: Paperwhite Bulb for Forcing

Monday, Nov. 9th All Day

Bring some fragrant outdoor cheer inside for the holidays! Force a Paperwhite bulb using water, rocks/soil and a glass vessel. Keep for yourself or give as a gift.

Kit Includes:

~Paperwhite Bulb(s)

~Directions/Suggestions/Tips

Not included: rocks/soil and a glass vessel.
This program is an extension of the Seed Library at Boyden and sponsored by the Friends of Boyden Library.

Building Brain-Healthy Habits

Thursday, November 12th at
6:30 p.m.

Learn simple, research-backed ways to support your brain health at every age. Presented by Tara Tang, Alzheimer’s Association® volunteer, this engaging program explores the 10 Healthy Habits for Your Brain, including healthy eating, physical activity, quality sleep, and more. Participants will leave with practical tips and an action plan to help turn small, achievable steps into lasting habits, while learning about the latest brain health research, including findings from the U.S. POINTER study.

Registration is encouraged, but not required.

Boyden Library Concert Series presents: Kaufman Stone Entertainment

Sunday, November 15th
at 2 p.m.

Kaufman Stone Entertainment features Brad Kaufman on the Keyboards and Jonathan Stone on the Guitar and Mandolin. Our musical roots are in the 60's and 70's, influenced by Folk, Blue Grass, Rock, and Jazz Blues with some Big Band snuck in. Our paths had crossed a number of years ago and re-crossed recently to merge the different influences to where we are today.

This program is sponsored by the Friends of Boyden Library.

The Duke: Weekly Conversations with the Last Honest Politician - Author Talk with Scott Kerman

Monday, November 16th
at 7 p.m.

Join us for a exciting talk with author Scott Kerman as he discusses his recent book The Duke: Weekly Conversations with the Last Honest Politician.
The book is based on a series of candid, personal, and often humorous conversations with former Massachusetts Governor and 1988 Democratic Presidential nominee Michael Dukakis, offering readers a unique, behind-the-scenes look that feels like sitting at the kitchen table with the Governor himself.
This program is sponsored by the Friends of Boyden Library.

Let's Talk Intersectionality

Thursday, November 19th at
6:30 p.m.

Join us at the Boyden Library for an open, respectful, and courageous conversation about intersectionality.

This program invites community members to come together to engage in meaningful dialogue within a safe and inclusive space.

This program is in partnership with and will be co-facilitated by Be Inclusive.

The concept for this program was inspired by Richland Library in Columbia, SC. For more information, please visit: https://www.ltrguide.com/

*Parents/guardians - please consider coming to our Let's Talk Race program and having your child (ages 4+) attend a crafting program in the meeting room next door! *

Friends of Boyden Library
Fall Book Sale

Thursday, Nov. 5th - 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 6th - 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 7th - 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

$10 Fill-A-Bag Saturday Nov. 7th

All proceeds benefit Library Programming

Boyden Library Book Club

Tuesday, November 24th at 11 a.m.

The Boyden Library hosts a book club that meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month. All are welcome.

For the month of November we will discuss Good People by Patmeena Sabit.

Copies can be picked up at the Adult Circulation Desk.

Patrons can now enjoy a range of talks from bestselling authors and thought leaders. Boyden Library has joined Library Speakers Consortium.

“The Consortium creates 3-4 online bestselling-author events per month which are streamed to patrons of every member library. These are live events with interactive Q&A sessions where participants can ask questions directly to the author.”

boydenlibrary to register for this online event.

November 2026 Fiction

Callista Moran has spent a lifetime putting her own plans aside to care for other people. Once she and Darren Knight announce their engagement, she thinks her future is finally set. But when a routine sailing trip goes tragically wrong, a cyclone blows those carefully made plans away.
Stranded on an island for the next eighteen months alongside the crew and her fiancé’s cousin, Callista discovers a strength she never knew she had. And begins to question the life she always thought she wanted. With Dominic, an ex–army medic, she finds true peace―and a version of herself that she doesn’t need to explain. They resist their connection at first, but as months wear on, and the hope of rescue fades, something real starts taking shape, built on who they are when everything else is stripped away.

Expanse, Colorado. Population 313. A town so remote it barely exists on a map―the perfect hiding place for Annie Wolfe and her daughter, Coral. Their cabin is nearly off the grid, and Annie has done everything to keep them safe. Everything. But she knows the people hunting her don't forget. And they don't forgive.

Riven knows about survival. She and her family have lived off the land for years, moving like shadows through the wilderness. Now her father has led them to this forgotten town, tracking the man he swears destroyed their lives. The plan is simple: strike fast, take revenge, and disappear.

From the USA Today bestselling author of The Hunting Wives (now a hit Netflix series) comes a deliciously wicked stand-alone sequel to All the Little Houses, as the fallout from an utterly unexpected death reverberates over every margarita and through every pine-lined street down in Texas.

Longview is a place quite familiar with social scandal and unsolved crimes, but now that the queen has fallen from her throne, there's more at stake than just pinning a murder on someone. For those who would relish their own empire, like a certain trad wife or a deviously ambitious daughter, the town crown is there for the taking―if you're not taken to jail first.

HUMPTY-DUMPTY SAT ON A WALL . . .

Darius Rodgers is the king of Steubenville, Ohio. Invincible, untouchable: a god among men. He’s the quarterback about to lead his team to their first State Championship in twenty years. And now his mom and his twin sister, Beatriz and Anna, are back from exile in Rio, trying to sew the estranged family back together. Nothing can spoil his glory: Not love. Not loyalty. Nothing. Until he ushers in his own doom.

Since they first met at university twenty years ago, Maggie and Will have spent the last two weeks of every summer in France with their close friends, Lydia and Roland. Both families always look forward to this annual ritual—but this summer things are different.

Will has been hiding something from his wife, and is struggling to keep his deceit from seeping into the cracks in their marriage. Maggie is worried about their withdrawn teenage son. Roland is grappling with how to grieve the death of his first wife. Lydia is trying to ignore past chemistry with an old friend while learning to play second fiddle to a ghost.

New York Times bestselling novelist Jeff Shaara, renowned for his body of work exploring the conflicts and personalities surrounding key moments in American history, turns his attention to one of the most consequential figures during one of the most critical points in history: Abraham Lincoln. As only the finest of historical novelists can do, Shaara brings to life the travails and conflicts, victories and tragic defeats, the legends and the history, both personal and private of Lincoln during the country's most pivotal years.