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  • Fort Washington Library: Neighborhood Book Club ‘Lake Effect’ by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

    Fort Washington Library 535 West 179th Street (Between St. Nicholas & Audubon), New York, NY

    Reading keeps us connected. Join us for a neighborhood book club at the Fort Washington Branch! The New York Public Library and WNYC—two indispensable New York institutions—are partnering to host a book club that brings New Yorkers together and fosters community. This book club will take place IN PERSON. The April title is Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's 'Lake Effect' - a wry and tender portrait of two families forever changed by one lovestruck decision that will reverberate for decades.

  • Inwood Library: Diverse Books + Banter – “Recitatif” by Toni Morrison

    Inwood Library 4790 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

    Diverse Books + Banter: "Recitatif" by Toni Morrison Join the Inwood Library  to discuss:  "Recitatif" by Toni Morrison. This is an IN-PERSON event only -- register online to secure your seat.  You may reserve a physical copy of this book to pick up at a library branch. Open to Adults 18+

    FREE

  • Inwood Hill Park: Nature Book Club

    Inwood Hill Park Nature Center 218th St and Indian Rd. Entrance, walk north, New York, NY, United States

    Join the Urban Park Rangers for a monthly discussion of a nature-themed book at Inwood Hill Park's Nature Center. This month's book will be Inheritors of the Earth by Chris D. Thomas. Please have the book read before the meeting! Registration not required. Program will be at Nature Center.

    FREE

  • Fountain Bookshop Book Club Heights Whodunits: Heather

    Fountain Bookshop 803 West 187th Street (Between Pinehurst & Fort Washington), New York, NY, United States

    Join us at the Fountain Bookshop in Washington Heights for Heights Whodunits. For August we have chosen to read Heather by Caitlin Mullen. A small-town detective reopens an unsolved case, sending shock waves across generations of women in this gripping new mystery from the Edgar Award–winning author of Please See Us.

    FREE

  • Fountain Bookshop Book Club “Is It Worth The Hype?”: A Perfect Hand

    Fountain Bookshop 803 West 187th Street (Between Pinehurst & Fort Washington), New York, NY, United States

    Join us at the Fountain Bookshop for bookclub: "Is It Worth the Hype?"  This August, we will be reading A Perfect Hand by Ayelet Waldman. A deliciously funny, gorgeously detailed, utter enthralling novel, A Perfect Hand is a glorious novel of class, gender, and England on the cusp of enormous change.

    FREE with RSVP

  • Fort Washington Library: Get Lit! Book Club – Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

    Fort Washington Library 535 West 179th Street (Between St. Nicholas & Audubon), New York, NY

    Join Fort Washington Library for the Get Lit! Book Club, neighborhood edition! Each month, New Yorkers come together to read and discuss a popular title leading up to a live event with WNYC’s Alison Stewart and the author. This month’s book is George Saunders' Booker Prize winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo, a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, living and dead, historical and invented.

    FREE with registration