West Hartford Reads!
Thursday, November 5, 2026 • 6:30 p.m.
Sedgwick Middle School, 128 Sedgwick Rd
Who will be our 2026 author?
We will announce this year’s pick on Tuesday, September 1 at 7:00 p.m. Until then, stay tuned for clues. Send your best guess to pp@westhartfordct.gov for a chance to win a gift card to River Bend Bookshop!
- Clue #1: Coming soon!
Until Announcement
West Hartford Reads! is an annual library celebration encouraging everyone to read the works of one notable author, culminating each year with the author visiting us here in West Hartford.
Past Authors
Liz Moore (2025)
Jacqueline Woodson (2024)
Nick Hornby (2023)
Gish Jen (2022)
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2019) (watch here)
Billy Collins (2018)
Anna Quindlen (2017)
Richard Russo (2017)
Luis Alberto Urrea (2016)
Amy Bloom (2002/2007/2015)
Wally Lamb (2014)
Sue Miller (2013)
Adriana Trigiani (2012)
Frank Deford (2011)
David Rhodes (2010)
Elizabeth McCracken (2009)
Ralph Nader (2009)
Anne Fadiman (2008)
Alice Mattison (2001/2008)
Mary-Ann Tirone Smith (2008)
Galway Kinnell (2007)
Stewart O’Nan (2007)
Jonathan Franzen (2005)
Anita Shreve (2004)
Elizabeth Berg (2003)
Jennifer Weiner (2002)
Thomas Cahill (2002)
Jill Ker Conway (2001)
Simon Winchester (2001)
Dominick Dunne (2001)
Bill Bryson (2000)
Read Past Authors
Skip to End of CarouselWest Hartford Public Library is able to offer this free event to the public each year through grant funding from the Thomas F. Kilfoil Bequest, West Hartford Public Library Foundation, and from library lovers like you! To donate to the Foundation, click below: