This year John Jermain Memorial Library’s  premier fundraising event, One for the Books, takes place on Saturday, October 15^th and Saturday, October 22^nd. The Capital Campaign fundraiser offers 25 26 memorable book-themed dinner parties, each of which takes place in the home of a library supporter. Attendees  choose their party by book title only, and won’t find out the name of their hosts or the other guests until they arrive at the party.

The list of book titles chosen by this year’s hosts is as varied as the food that will be served. Speaking of food, as in past years there is a liberal sprinkling of cookbooks and other food-related volumes from which to choose. Other titles range from literary classics to just-published hot and trendy fare.

Without further ado, here’s the list of Books/Dinner Parties (each title links to more information about the book):

October 15^th

• The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
• Plenty: Vibrant Recipes from London’s Ottolenghi by Yotam Ottolenghi and Jonathan Lovekin
• Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman
• The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz
• Life by Keith Richards
• A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother by Janny Scott
• The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis
• Children and Fire: A Novel by Ursula Hegi
• The Paris Wife: A Novel by Paula McLain
• In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Erik Larson
• Spies of the Balkans by Alan Furst
• The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan

Late Addition (8/16/11) to the October 15^th Dinner parties:

• Franklin and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage by Hazel Rowley

October 22^th

• Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
• Just Kids by Patti Smith
• The Man Who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
• Hungry Hill: A Memoir by Carole O’Malley Gaunt
• Why Not Say What Happened?: A Memoir by Ivana Lowell
• The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling
• The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough
• State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
• Life is Meals: A Food Lover’s Book of Days by James Salter and Kay Salter
• Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
• Blood, Bones & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton
• Room by Emma Donoghue

Call the Library at (631) 725-0049 ext. 244, for additional information or to reserve your place at the dinner party of your choice, or order tickets at johnjermain.org.