While the library is closed, the Adult Book Club is meeting via Zoom. If interested in joining, email julia.nock@closter.bccls.org.

This lively group of  avid readers enjoys in-depth discussions of popular and classic literary works. New members are always welcome, including non-residents. Copies of the next month’s book to be read are available at the upstairs circulation desk.

The book club meets the second Thursday of the month at 7:30pm, excepted when noted otherwise.

Book List

*This list is subject to change

January 9, 2020 – The Overstory by Richard Powers

February 13, 2020 – How to Grow Old: Ancient Wisdom for the Second Half of Life by Marcus Tullius Cicero, translated by Philip Freeman

March 12, 2020 – Say Nothing: A Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

April 16, 2020 – Fun Home: A Family a Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (available on hoopla!)

May 21, 2020 – A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (available on hoopla as an eBook or audiobook or on Libby!)

June 11, 2020 – Afterlife by Julia Alvarez (available on hoopla or Libby!)

July 9, 2020 – The Darwin Affair by Timothy Mason (available on hoopla as an eBook or audiobook!)

No meeting in August.

September 15, 2020 – the book club is doing a James Baldwin project. Read any book by James Baldwin and/or Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own by Eddie S. Glaude.

October 13, 2020 – The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante (available on hoopla!).

November 10, 2020 – The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. This meeting will be held via Zoom at 7:30pm. Email julia.nock@closter.bccls.org if interested in attending.

Future book club reads have not yet been selected. Check back for updates or sign up for the Adult Events email list.