Book Clubs

BPL Loves Book Clubs!

Gathering people around the shared experience of a book is central to our mission. Reading as a social activity prompts a deeper relationship with the books we love. 

Community Book Clubs

If you're not part of a book club already, BPL regularly hosts book discussion programming for all ages. 

  • When selecting your next book club pick, make sure the library has what you need! While BPL cannot buy or reserve titles for specific community book clubs, you can use our catalog to help you select your next book club read by checking the availability of certain titles and formats. 
  • Look in the catalog record for the number of copies currently available for checkout. You can also sort materials by the highest number of copies, in combination with other catalog filters (audience, subject, language, publication date and more). 
  • Ask our experienced staff for help choosing your next book club read! Visit your local library or use our free BookMatch service.  
 

Upcoming Events

Borough Park RSK Ready Set Kindergarten

Sun, Jul 20 2:00pm
Borough Park Library

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BYOB "Bring Your Own Book" Quiet Reading Party

Tue, Jul 22 6:00pm
DeKalb Library

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Come read with us and stick around to chat books, tv, movies, art, and more! Bring your own book to quietly read for 45 minutes, and then have the option to engage in conversation for 45 minutes with other book lovers.

For more information or to view other parties in your area, visit the…

BPL Book Prize Book Club: Thick and Other Essays

Thu, Jul 24 6:00pm
Flatbush, Caribbean Literary & Cultural Center

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In honor of the 10-year anniversary of the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize, we are celebrating all year-long with book clubs featuring past winners. This meeting, we will be discussing 2019 nonfiction winner Thick and Other Essays Tressie McMillan Cottom.

Book Club Discussion: In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

Thu, Jul 24 6:00pm
Greenpoint Library

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Join our book discussion group on In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado! Share your thoughts on the book and get to know other readers in your community.

"In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold…

Romance Readers (not) Anonymous Book Club

Thu, Jul 24 6:30pm
Clinton Hill Library

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Whether you're a proud genre enthusiast, a secret fan, or just curious—this is the book club for you! Join a supportive group of readers to discuss the many facets of romance in a shame-free space.…

Book Discussion: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Fri, Jul 25 12:15pm
Dyker Library, Auditorium

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Join our book discussion group as we chat about Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt! Share your thoughts on the book and get to know other readers in your community.  

"A charming,witty,and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a…

Steamy Saturdays Book Club

Sat, Jul 26 1:00pm
Midwood Library

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Borough Park RSK Ready Set Kindergarten

Sun, Jul 27 2:00pm
Borough Park Library

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Gerritsen Beach Talks Books: The History Of Sound

Mon, Jul 28 2:00pm
Mill Basin Library

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Do you love talking about books? Join us at the Mill Basin Library as we discuss:

The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck

Monday, Jul 28, at 2PM

Diana Wynne Jones Adult Book Discussion Group- "Conrad's Fate" by Diana Wynne Jones

Mon, Jul 28 8:00pm
Clinton Hill Library

book club book discussion Virtual Programming

Join the Diana Wynne Jones Adult Book Discussion Group for the month when we discuss a book by DWJ. The July title will be "Conrad's Fate", the fifth book in the Chrestomanci series. Share your thoughts on the book and get to know other readers in your virtual community:

Join an existing BPL book discussion

Our expert staff regularly host virtual book dicussion events (check our events calendar).