Want to make reading a social activity? Join one of the many book clubs at Greenwich Library, Byram Shubert, or Cos Cob! Our groups based on interest or age include:
Greenwich Library
- Friends of Greenwich Library Book Group: This group meets on the second Tuesday of each month in the Greenwich Library’s second floor meeting room, and all are welcome to attend. Susan Boyar, a member of the Friends and longtime moderator of the group, picks the reading selections and facilitates the discussions.
- The Book of Goose (2022) by Yiyun Li; Tuesday, March 12, 1-2:30 p.m. (More information here)
- The Fraud (2023) by Zadie Smith; Tuesday, April 9, 1-2:30 p.m. (More information here)
- Antarctica (2016) by Claire Keegan; Tuesday, Mary 14, 1-2:30 p.m. (More information here)
- Fiction Addiction Book Group: This group meets online every six weeks and focuses on contemporary fiction. All are invited!
- The Latecomer (2022) by Jen Hanff Korelitz; Monday, March 4, 6 p.m. (More information here)
- Foreign Affairs Book Discussion Group: This hybrid in-person/online group meets on the third Tuesday of each month. All are invited!
- In the Lion’s Den: Israel and the World (2022) by Danny Danon; Tuesday, February 20, 7-9 p.m. (More information here)
- Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century (2023) by Sergei Guriev; Tuesday, March 19, 7-9 p.m. (More information here)
- How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We’re Going (2022) by Vaclav Smil; Tuesday, April 16, 7-9 p.m. (More information here)
- Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History (2022) by Lea Ypi; Tuesday, May 14, 7-9 p.m. (More information here)
- Great Books Discussion Group: This group meets via Zoom on the first Thursday of each month. All are invited!
- “Nightingale,” “Grecian Urn,” and “Melancholy” by John Keats; Thursday, March 7, 9:30-11:30 a.m. (More information here)
- “Ethan Brand” by Nathaniel Hawthorne; Thursday, April 4, 9:30-11:30 a.m. (More information here)
- Senior Chinese Book Discussion Group: This monthly book discussion group is specifically for local senior Chinese residents who are interested in making new friends, discussing current events, and better understanding American culture. The group meets online via WeChat on the first Friday of the month from 9:30-11 a.m. Please contact Yang Wang at ywang@greenwichlibrary.org to join.
- Bookworms Book Club: This monthly book club is for children in grades 2-3 who are reading independently. It typically meets on the second Wednesday each month n the third floor Children’s Constellation Room.
- Anisa’s International Day (2022) by Faruqi Reem; Wednesday, March 13, 4 p.m. (More information here)
- Jr. Book Club: This monthly book club is for children in grades 4-6. It typically meets on the second Thursday of each month in the third floor Children’s Constellation Room.
- American as Paneer Pie (2022) by Supriya Kelkar; Thursday, March 14, 4 p.m. (More information here)
Byram Shubert
- Byram Book Club: This group meets monthly. All are invited!
- Lady Tan’s Circle of Women (2023) by Lisa See; Monday, March 11, 3-4:15 p.m. (More information here)
- International Book Club: In association with Alliance Française of Greenwich, this group meets via Zoom every third Tuesday of the month. All are invited!
- The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store (2023) by James McBride; Tuesday, February 20, 5 p.m. (More information here)
- Vengeance Is Mine (2023) by Maria NDiaye; Tuesday, March 19, 5 p.m. (More information here)
- Proust Group: Co-sponsored with Alliance Française of Greenwich and led by Proust expert Fereshteh Priou, this Zoom group is for those who have or intend to read Marcel Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past/In Search of Lost Time. It meets on the second Thursday of each month at 5 p.m.
- Proust Group; Thursday, February 8, 5 p.m. (More information here)
- Battle of the Book Club: This specialty book club meets twice a month and turns reading into an exciting competition! Open to 5th graders only.
Cos Cob Library
- Book Explorers Book Club: This monthly book club is for children in grades 2-3 who are reading independently. It meets on the last Tuesday of the month.
- Trouble at Table 5: The Candy Caper (2020) by Tom Watson; Tuesday, January 30, 4 p.m. (More information here)
- Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen (2022) by Debbi Michiko Florence; Tuesday, February 27, 4 p.m. (More information here)
- Tuesday, March 26, 4 p.m. (More information here)
- Book Wizards Book Club: This monthly book club is for students in grades 4-6. It meets on the last Monday of the month.
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) by Rick Riordian; Monday, January 29, 4:30-6:30 p.m. (More information here)
- The Crossover (2021) by Kwame Alexander; Monday, February 26, 4:30 p.m. (More information here)
- Monday, March 25, 4:30 p.m. (More information here)
- Early Readers Book Club: This new monthly book club is for children in grades K-1. It meets on the last Thursday of the month.
- Zack’s Alligator and the First Snow (2011) by Shirley Mozelle; Thursday, February 29, 3:45 – 4:30 p.m. (More information here)
- Thursday, March 28, 3:45 – 4:30 p.m. (More information here)
- Brown Bag Book Discussion Group: Cos Cob’s longest-running book club meets on the third Wednesday of each month. Susan Boyar, a longtime moderator of the group, picks the reading selections and facilitates the discussions. All are invited!
- Crook Manifesto (2023) by Colson Whitehead; Wednesday, February 21, 12 p.m. (More information here)
- Birnam Wood (2023) by Eleanor Catton; Wednesday, March 20, 12 p.m. (More information here)
- Cloak and Dagger Book Club: This book group meets on the second Saturday of each month. Claudia Compagnoni Gibb and Sandra Walker facilitate the choices and discussions. All fans of mystery and crime reads are invited!
- The Bandit Queens (2023) by Parini Shroff; Saturday, March 9, 1 p.m. (More information here)
- New Yorker Stories Discussion Group: This group meets online on the second Tuesday of each month to discuss a short story in the current issue of The New Yorker. Susan Boyar facilitates. All are invited!
- Tuesday, March 12, 5 p.m. (More information here)
- Thursday Evening Book Club: This book group, which is facilitated by Judy Berg, meets on a Thursday each month to discuss popular fiction and nonfiction releases. All are invited!
- Mrs. Dalloway (1925) by Virginia Woolf; Thursday, March 28, 7:30 p.m. (More information here)
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