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
Adams Street Library Book Club
Join us for a lively discussion of our April 2025 book club selection, Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi. Copies available for pickup at the Adams Street Library or check out Libby for e-book and audiobook versions.
From the Publisher:
"In Helen Oyeyemi’s joyous new novel, the…
BPL Book Prize Book Club: ¡Hola Papi!
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 2022 nonfiction winner ¡Hola Papi! : How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons.…
Book Club Discussion: A Day in the Life of Abed Salama
Join our book discussion group on Pulitzer Prize winning book, A Day in the Life of Abed Salama by Nathan Thrall! Share your thoughts on the book and get to know other readers in your community.
"Five-year-old Milad Salama is excited for the school trip to a theme park on the outskirts of…
Sunset Park Book Discussion: Hijab Butch Blues
Join us in April for a discussion of Hijab Butch Blues, an intimate memoir in essays that follows a young Queer Muslim's search for self-acceptance and community.
Fourteen years old and growing up in the Middle East, Lamya is an overachiever and a class clown, qualities that help her…
Science Fiction Book Club
Librarian Eric Horwitz hosts a Science Fiction book club every month. This month we are reading The Pastel City and A Storm of Wings by M John Harrison. Please call the branch for more details.
Gerritsen Beach Talks Books: Blue Sisters
Do you love talking about books? Join us at the Carmine Carro Community Center as we discuss:
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
Monday, April 28, at 2PM
@Carmine Carro Community Center
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Book Discussion Group (for Adults) Joan Aiken's "The Serial Garden"
Book Discussion Group: Join our virtual book discussion group on The Serial Garden by Joan Aiken! Share your thoughts on the book and get to know other readers in your community.
This is the first complete collection of Joan Aiken's beloved Armitage stories--and it includes four new…
Quiet Reading Bring Your Own Book Party
Book Discussion Group: Any book of your choice in any language or format!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 and…
Bay Ridge Book Club/Discussion: Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood
Come join us as we discuss "Amazing Grace Adams" by Fran Littlewood. You may pick up a copy of the book for the discussion at the Bay Ridge Library. For more information call 718-748-5709.
Book Synopsis:
A funny, touching, unforgettable story of an invisible everywoman…