Book Club Kits

Take your reading to the next level with Bklyn Book Club Kits! Each kit contains virtual resources that complement individual books, such as discussion questions, recipes, playlists and author content. The kits may be used in conjunction with a Brooklyn Public Library book club or on your own to help foster a deeper connection with authors, books and your community.


Upcoming Events

Mill Basin Hybrid Book Discussion: She's Not Sorry by Mary Kubica

Thu, Jul 16 11:00am
Mill Basin, Program Room

adult learning book discussion

This program is hybrid. Please meet in the Mill Basin meeting room, on Thursday, July 16, 2026, at 11:00 AM. Please register in order to receive the zoom link.

Single mother and full-time nurse Meghan Michaels, when it is revealed her patient with a traumatic brain injury didn't jump from…

Book Discussion: "Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America" by Beth Macy

Thu, Jul 16 3:00pm
Homecrest, Meeting Room

book club book discussion

                                          

My Ántonia - Book Discussion

Thu, Jul 16 6:00pm
Central Library, Business & Career Center, Classroom

America 250 book discussion summer reading

Please join us to discuss this classic of American Literature about pioneer life on the Nebraska prairie at the end of the 19th century. 

Find a copy of My Ántonia by Willa Cather through Brooklyn Public Library's catalog. eBook copies are unlimited and always available.

Sips & Scholars: The Architecture of Red Vienna with Isi Litke

Thu, Jul 16 6:30pm
The Urbane Arts Club

adult learning book discussion BPL Presents

Class is in session this summer! We’re partnering with the Brooklyn Institute of Social Research to offer the second annual Sips & Scholars series, free lectures set in bars, parks, cafes, and restaurants all over Brooklyn. This session, entitled "The Architecture of Red Vienna" will be led…

The Art of Classics (Greek Tragedy)

Thu, Jul 16 6:30pm
Central Library, Info Commons Lab

book discussion

Please join us for The Art of Classics (Greek Tragedy) program, on Thursday, July 16, from 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM, in the Info Commons Computer Lab. We will discuss Antigone by Sophocles. Complete online edition of the play can be accessed at the following link:
 

Online Text:

Silent Book Club NYC

Sat, Jul 18 12:30pm
Central Library, Info Commons Lab

book club

Are you trying to find some uninterrupted time to focus on your book? Would you like to meet fellow readers from across the five boroughs? Silent Book Club NYC hosts reading meetups across New York. Join us on a Saturday afternoon at the Brooklyn Public Library!

There's no assigned reading…

Pacific Library's "New Adult" Book Club: Girls, Girls, Girls by Shoshana von Blanckenseeith

Sat, Jul 18 2:30pm
Pacific Library

book club book discussion

This month's read is Girls, Girls, Girls by Shoshana von Blanckensee

About the book: "Emma Cline's THE GUEST meets Haley Jakobson's OLD ENOUGH in this vibrant and intoxicating queer Jewish coming-of-age debut, set in 1990s San Francisco, about a young woman who finds herself torn between…

The correspondent - Book Discussion

Mon, Jul 20 7:30pm
Temple Beth El-Manhattan Beach

book club book discussion

Join our Book Discussion Group - Meet new people in your community!

The book we will be reading is "The correspondent" by Virginia Evans.

The discussion will take place at Temple Beth El-Manhattan Beach on 111 West End Avenue.

 

You can borrow a copy of the book…

Book Discussion

Tue, Jul 21 2:00pm
Flatlands Library

book club book discussion

Please join us in discussing the book The Astral Library by Kate Quinn. 

Theater Workshop

Tue, Jul 21 3:00pm
Central Library, Info Commons Lab

America 250 book discussion performance

DRAMATIC LITERATURE

Acting is based on the idea that the human condition can be observed, analyzed, understood and depicted through dramatic literature and performance.

This weekly workshop explores classic and modern plays to stimulate discussion about culture and context.  By…

Join an existing book discussion

Our expert staff regularly host Book Discussion events throughout the borough (check our events calendar).