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
BPL Book Prize Book Club: Thick and Other Essays
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.
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Book Club Discussion: In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
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
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
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…
Gerritsen Beach Talks Books: The History Of Sound
Do you love talking about books? Join us at the Mill Basin Library as we discuss:
The History of Sound by Ben ShattuckMonday, Jul 28, at 2PM
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Diana Wynne Jones Adult Book Discussion Group- "Conrad's Fate" by Diana Wynne Jones
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:
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Marcy Library Book Club: Swamp Story
Marcy Library Book Club lives on! This month's book is Dave Barry's 2023 novel, Swamp Story. A comical read set in the Florida Everglades, it tells the interwoven stories of a woman who stumbles upon long-lost treasure, and a man who invents a local legend to lure tourists to his failing bait…
Book Discussion: Another Country
Set in 1950s New York, Another Country explores love, race, and identity through the lives of friends grappling with grief, desire, and the pressures of societal expectations. Baldwin’s bold novel delves into interracial and same-sex relationships, offering a powerful look at human connection in…
