We offer a few separate book discussion groups each month.
New members are always welcome. Come once or as many times as you wish.
Discussion titles are available at the Checkout Desk. They may also be available on CD, or as an audiobook or eBook via OverDrive or hoopla. Search our catalog, or ask our Reference staff for assistance.
Main Library LGBTQ Book Group
Held on the third Monday of the month from
7-8:30 PM
Questions? Contact Ona Ridenour.
Interested in past LGBTQ book group titles? We’ve got a list of our picks.
November 18: Finna by Nino Cipri
December 16: A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
January 27: The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara
February 24: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
March 17: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
April 28: Dykette by Jenny Fran Davis
May 19: Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So
June 16: Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi
Main Library Tuesday Evening Book Group
Held on the third Tuesday of the month from 7:30-8:45 PM
Questions? Contact Matthew Martens.
November 19: The Exceptions by Kate Zernike
December 17: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
January 21: The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
February 18: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
March 18: Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
April 15: Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck
May 20: Albion’s Seed by David Hackett Fischer
June 17: Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
July 15: Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore by Elizabeth A. Rush
August 19: Moby Dick by Herman Melville
September 16: Patriot by Alexei Navalny
October 21: ‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
November 18: The Fall of the Ottomans by Eugene L. Rogan
December 16: Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Main Library Sci-fi & Fantasy Book Group
Held on the third Wednesday of the month from 7-8:30 PM
Questions? Contact Graham Goss.
November 20: Sabriel by Garth Nix
December 18: The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang
January 15: Foundation by Isaac Asimov
February 19: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
March 19: Babel by R. F. Kuang
April 16: Bloodchild and other stories by Octavia E. Butler
May 21: Witch King by Martha Wells
June 18: I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons by Peter S. Beagle
Books & Brews
Held on the fourth Wednesday of the month from 6:30-8 PM
Registration required. Must be 21+
Questions? Contact Kerri MacLaury.
November 20: I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
December 18: Being Henry by Henry Winkler
January 22: Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
February 26: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
March 26: Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
April 23: Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
May 28: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
June 25: The Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda Montell
July 23: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
August 27: James by Percival Everett
September 24: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
October 22: Never Whistle at Night edited by Shane Hawk
November 19: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
December 17: The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende
Main Library Business Lunch Book Club
Held quarterly on the second Thursday of the month at 1 PM
Registration required.
Questions? Contact Kerri MacLaury.
January 9: Radical Candor by Kim Malone Scott
April 9: Optimal by Daniel Golema & Cary Cherniss
July 9: Move Fast and Fix Things by Frances Frei & Anne Morriss
Farms Branch Evening Book Group
Held on the third Thursday of the month from 7-8:30 PM
Questions? Contact Dorothea Lam.
November 21: A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan
December 19: Oye by Melissa Mogollon
January 16: The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate
February 20: Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
March 20: The Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan
April 17: The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris
May 15: The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
Kids & Teens
We have a variety of book groups for Kids and Teens. Check our calendar.