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Book & Social Groups

Library staff members lead a variety of book discussion and social groups — we are always excited to welcome new participants. Explore the descriptions below to find out more about each group. Have a question for a book group leader? Send us a message!

For book groups, copies of the books are available for pickup starting approximately one month in advance of the meeting and may be picked up at the circulation desk at the library hosting the group.

Click on “Show Book List” to see upcoming books and their meeting dates. Click View in Catalog to see further details.

If you plan to attend one of our book groups, please check the next meeting date on our events calendar in case of changes of time or venue.

Brookline Village Library


A Taste of Poetry

Where: Where: Brookline Village Library, meeting virtually -- register for the A Taste of Poetry Zoom Meeting
When: First Thursday of the month, 11 AM
Led by: Lily

Bring your lunch and an appetite for poetry. Each month we look at half a dozen poems by a well-known poet. We provide copies of the poems – no need to read anything in advance – and lead a discussion after reading them. Request a copy of this month’s poems through our contact form.

January 4: Seamus Heaney 

February 1: Sonia Sanchez

March 7: Louise Glück

April 4: Poetry month medley

May 2: Rabindranath Tagore 

June 6: Federico García Lorca

July 11: Hoa Nguyen

August 1: Mark Strand 

September 5: John Keats

October 3: Emily Pauline Johnson

November 7: Dunya Mikhail

December 5: Emily Dickinson


Brookline Village Book Group

Where: Where: Brookline Village Library, meeting virtually -- register for the Brookline Village Book Group Zoom Meeting
When: First Monday of the month, 7 PM
Led by: Bryan

This book group is currently on hiatus.

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Graphic Novel Group

Where: Where: Brookline Village Library Conference Room
When: Fourth Thursday of the Month, 7 pm
Led by: Jared

Read and discuss graphic novels with like-minded readers. We read a wide range of books, from big titles everyone has heard of to the newest micropress anthology that might just become you’re new favorite, and are always willing to try something new that the group is interested in reading.

The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite Gerard Way, Gabriel Bá, Dave Stewart Cover
April 25

The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite

Gerard Way, Gabriel Bá, Dave Stewart

In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-seven extraordinary children were spontaneously born by women who'd previously shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven of the children; when asked why, his onl

Read More View in Catalog
Parker: The Hunter Donald E. Westlake, Darwyn Cooke Cover
May 30

Parker: The Hunter

Donald E. Westlake, Darwyn Cooke

Darwyn Cooke, Eisner-Award-winning writer/artist, sets his artistic sights on bringing to life one of the true classics of crime fiction: Richard Stark's Parker. Stark was a pseudonym used by the revered and multi-award-winning author, Donald We

Read More View in Catalog
Kim & Kim Vol. 1: This Glamorous, High-Flying Rock Star Life Magdalene Visaggio & Eva Cabrera Cover
June 27

Kim & Kim Vol. 1: This Glamorous, High-Flying Rock Star Life

Magdalene Visaggio & Eva Cabrera

"The summer's funnest comic!" - The Mary Sue "Get this most excellent book!" - Gail Simone (Batgirl, Secret Six) "This outer space comic book series with a decidedly queer- and female-centric tale is what our modern cult

Read More View in Catalog
Look Back Tatsuki Fujimoto Cover
July 25

Look Back

Tatsuki Fujimoto

Seit frühester Kindheit verbringt Fujino ihre Zeit am liebsten mit Zeichnen. Für ihre Comicstrips in der Schülerzeitung wird sie von ihren Mitschüler:innen gefeiert. Eines Tages erfährt Fujino, dass auch die talentierte Kyomoto, eine Schülerin,

Read More View in Catalog
Giant Days Vol. 1 John Allison & Lissa Treiman Cover
August 29

Giant Days Vol. 1

John Allison & Lissa Treiman

"Susan, Esther, and Daisy started at university three weeks ago and became fast friends. Now, away from home for the first time, all three want to reinvent themselves. But in the face of hand-wringing boys, "personal experimentation,"

Read More View in Catalog
Do a Powerbomb Daniel Warren Johnson Cover
September 26

Do a Powerbomb

Daniel Warren Johnson

From the creator of MURDER-FALCON and WONDER WOMAN: DEAD EARTH comes the wrestling adventure of the decade! Lona Steelrose wants to be a pro-wrestler, but she's living under the shadow of her mother, the best to ever do it. Everything changes wh

Read More View in Catalog

Queer Reading Group

Where: Where: Brookline Village Library, meeting virtually -- register for the Queer Reading Group Zoom Meeting
When: Second Thursday of the Month, 7 pm
Led by: Percival

Read and discuss books by queer authors in a variety of genres. This group has a stress-free structure, where the conversation we develop about identity, gender, race, and all intersections that these generate is just as important as reading the book. We make space to feel seen, safe, ask questions, and learn.

Loveless Alice Oseman Cover
April 11

Loveless

Alice Oseman

For fans of Love, Simon and I Wish You All the Best, a funny, honest, messy, completely relatable story of a girl who realizes that love can be found in many ways that don't involve sex or romance. From the marvelous author of Heartstopper comes

Read More View in Catalog
Record of a Spaceborn Few Becky Chambers Cover
May 9

Record of a Spaceborn Few

Becky Chambers

National Bestseller! Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Series! Brimming with Chambers' signature blend of heart-warming character relationships and dazzling adventure, Record of a Spaceborn few is the third standalone installment of the Wayfarer

Read More View in Catalog
Gender Queer: A Memoir Maia Kobabe Cover
June 13

Gender Queer: A Memoir

Maia Kobabe

"It’s also a great resource for those who identify as nonbinary or asexual as well as for those who know someone who identifies that way and wish to better understand." — School Library Journal (starred review) In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who

Read More View in Catalog
This Is How You Lose the Time War Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone Cover
July 11

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone

* HUGO AWARD WINNER: BEST NOVELLA * NEBULA AND LOCUS AWARDS WINNER: BEST NOVELLA * “[An] exquisitely crafted tale...Part epistolary romance, part mind-blowing science fiction adventure, this dazzling story unfolds bit by bit, revealing layers of me

Read More View in Catalog

Coolidge Corner Library


Afternoon Book Group

Where: Coolidge Corner Library, meeting virtually -- register for the Afternoon Book Group Zoom Meeting
When: Third OR Fourth Monday of each month, 3 PM; check events calendar for the latest schedule.
Led by: Guy

This group reads a variety of fiction and nonfiction. Books chosen are usually 350 pages or less and released within the last 5 years.

The Bandit Queens Parini Shroff Cover
February 26, 2024

The Bandit Queens

Parini Shroff

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK • A young Indian woman finds the false rumors that she killed her husband surprisingly useful—until other women in the village start asking for her help getting rid of their own husbands—in this razor-sharp debut.

Read More View in Catalog
Spill Simmer Falter Wither Sara Baume Cover
March 25

Spill Simmer Falter Wither

Sara Baume

A debut novel already praised as "unbearably poignant and beautifully told" (Eimear McBride) this captivating story follows -- over the course of four seasons -- a misfit man who adopts a misfit dog. It is springtime, and two outcasts -- a

Read More View in Catalog
There is Nothing for You Here Fiona Hill Cover
April 22

There is Nothing for You Here

Fiona Hill

"Foreign policy expert and key impeachment witness Fiona Hill reveals how declining opportunity has set America on the grim path of modern Russia--and shows how we can return hope to our forgotten places. In this deeply personal account, she sha

Read More View in Catalog
Scorched Grace Margot Douaihy Cover
May 20

Scorched Grace

Margot Douaihy

Sister Holiday, a chain-smoking, heavily tattooed, queer nun, puts her amateur sleuthing skills to the test in this "unique and confident" debut crime novel (Gillian Flynn). When Saint Sebastian's School becomes the target of a shockin

Read More View in Catalog

Midday Monday Mystery

Where: Coolidge Corner Library, virtual option available -- register for the Midday Monday Mystery Zoom Meeting
When: Second Monday of the month, 12:30 PM
Led by: Brita

A mystery book group at the Coolidge Corner Library.

Miss Aldridge Regrets Louise Hare Cover
December 11, 2023

Miss Aldridge Regrets

Louise Hare

“Super cinematic and every bit as Agatha Christie-esque as its sounds... ifyou like murder mysteries, pick this one up!” -Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers Named A Most Anticipated Mystery of Summer by Betches, Esse

Read More View in Catalog
A Share in Death Deborah Crombie Cover
January 8, 2024

A Share in Death

Deborah Crombie

A week's holiday in a luxurious Yorkshire time-share is just what Scotland Yard's Superintendent Duncan Kincaid needs. But the discovery of a body floating in the whirlpool bath ends Kincaid's vacation before it's begun. One of hi

Read More View in Catalog
The Dutch Shoe Mystery Ellery Queen Cover
February 12, 2024

The Dutch Shoe Mystery

Ellery Queen

Queen visits an operating theater to witness a surgery, but finds a murder instead The son of a police detective, Ellery Queen grew up in a bloody atmosphere. Since he started lending his deductive powers to the New York City homicide squad, he has s

Read More View in Catalog
Takes One to Know One Susan Isaacs Cover
March 11, 2024

Takes One to Know One

Susan Isaacs

An ex-FBI agent in suburbia feels driven to investigate her neighbor in the “delicious” new novel from the New York Times–bestselling author (Newsday). Just a few years ago, Corie Geller was busting terrorists as an agent for the FBI. But at th

Read More View in Catalog

Movie Matinee

Where: Coolidge Corner Library Meeting Room
When: Wednesdays at 1:30 PM
Led by: Jeanne

Join the Coolidge Corner Library every week for free screenings of recent favorite films! Doors open at 1:15 PM.

The Color Purple  Cover
April 3

The Color Purple

A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.

View in Catalog
Priscilla  Cover
April 10

Priscilla

When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.

View in Catalog
My Sailor My Love  Cover
April 17

My Sailor My Love

The thorny relationship between a woman and her retired father worsens after he becomes romantically involved with the housekeeper she hires for him.

View in Catalog
Waitress: The Musical  Cover
April 24

Waitress: The Musical

A waitress and expert pie-maker dreams of a way out of her small town and rocky marriage.

View in Catalog

The Millennial Book Group

Where: Coolidge Corner Library
When: Third Thursday of the month, 7 PM
Led by: Jackie

A book club intended for busy millennials looking to make connections and read books they never thought to read before. Group members select a variety of books (such as fiction, non-fiction, memoir, short story, and even graphic novels) and discuss each month. After the discussion, we continue to a local eatery in Coolidge Corner to socialize.

The World and All That It Holds Aleksandar Hemon Cover
January 18

The World and All That It Holds

Aleksandar Hemon

"From literary powerhouse Aleksandar Hemon, author of The Lazarus Project, comes a big, brilliant, sweeping novel of love, memory, and history in the making. It tells of the relationship between Pinto and Osman, who cross the battlefields of the

Read More View in Catalog
“You Just Need to Lose Weight” Aubrey Gordon Cover
February 15

“You Just Need to Lose Weight”

Aubrey Gordon

The co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast and creator of Your Fat Friend equips you with the facts to debunk common anti-fat myths and with tools to take action for fat justice The pushback that shows up in conversations about fat justice takes ex

Read More View in Catalog
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century Kim Fu Cover
March 21

Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century

Kim Fu

"The strange and wonderful define Kim Fu’s story collection, where the line between fantasy and reality fades in and out, elusive and beckoning." —The New York Times Book Review A LitHub, ALTA, and PureWow Best Book of the Month A BuzzF

Read More View in Catalog
I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy Cover
April 18

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retoo

Read More View in Catalog
Woman, Eating Claire Kohda Cover
May 16

Woman, Eating

Claire Kohda

A young, mixed-race vampire must find a way to balance her deep-seated desire to live amongst humans with her incessant hunger in this stunning debut novel from a writer-to-watch. Lydia is hungry. She's always wanted to try Japanese food. Sashim

Read More View in Catalog
How to Think Like a Woman Regan Penaluna Cover
June 20

How to Think Like a Woman

Regan Penaluna

From a bold new voice in nonfiction, an exhilarating account of the lives and works of influential 17th and 18th century feminist philosophers Mary Wollstonecraft and her predecessors who have been written out of history, and a searing look at the au

Read More View in Catalog

Putterham Library


Council on Aging Book Group

Where: Putterham Library Meeting Room, meeting virtually -- register for the Council on Aging Book Group Zoom Meeting
When: Third or fourth Monday of the month, 2 PM
Led by: Ginger

A book group for seniors to read together.

Women Talking Miriam Toews Cover
March 18

Women Talking

Miriam Toews

The basis of the Oscar-winning film from writer/director Sarah Polley, starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, with Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand. INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “This amazing, sad, shocking, but touching novel, based on a r

Read More View in Catalog
Persepolis Marjane Satrapi Cover
April 22

Persepolis

Marjane Satrapi

Wise, often funny, sometimes heartbreaking, IPersepolis: The Story of a Childhood /Itells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the

Read More View in Catalog
Our Missing Hearts Celeste Ng Cover
May 20

Our Missing Hearts

Celeste Ng

An instant New York Times bestseller • A New York Times Notable Book of 2022 • Named a Best Book of 2022 by People, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, USA Today, NPR, Los Angeles Times, and Oprah Daily, and more • A Reese's Book Club Pick

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A Thousand Mornings Mary Oliver Cover
June 24

A Thousand Mornings

Mary Oliver

The New York Times-bestselling collection of poems from celebrated poet Mary Oliver In A Thousand Mornings, Mary Oliver returns to the imagery that has come to define her life’s work, transporting us to the marshland and coastline of her beloved ho

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Year of the Tiger Alice Wong Cover
July 15

Year of the Tiger

Alice Wong

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • ONE OF USA TODAY'S MUST-READ BOOKS • This groundbreaking memoir offers a glimpse into an activist's journey to finding and cultivating community and the continued fight for disability justice, from the founder and

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The Guncle Steven Rowley Cover
August 19

The Guncle

Steven Rowley

From the author of Lily and the Octopus comes a moving and deeply funny novel about a once-famous sitcom star who is left to care for his niece and nephew after an unexpected family tragedy. Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP for short), has always l

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Brookline Village Library


A Taste of Poetry

Where: Brookline Village Library, meeting virtually -- register for the A Taste of Poetry Zoom Meeting
When: First Thursday of the month, 11 AM
Led by: Lily

Bring your lunch and an appetite for poetry. Each month we look at half a dozen poems by a well-known poet. We provide copies of the poems – no need to read anything in advance – and lead a discussion after reading them. Request a copy of this month’s poems through our contact form.

January 4: Seamus Heaney 

February 1: Sonia Sanchez

March 7: Louise Glück

April 4: Poetry month medley

May 2: Rabindranath Tagore 

June 6: Federico García Lorca

July 11: Hoa Nguyen

August 1: Mark Strand 

September 5: John Keats

October 3: Emily Pauline Johnson

November 7: Dunya Mikhail

December 5: Emily Dickinson


Brookline Village Book Group

Where: Brookline Village Library, meeting virtually -- register for the Brookline Village Book Group Zoom Meeting
When: First Monday of the month, 7 PM
Led by: Bryan

This book group is currently on hiatus.

Oops! Looks like something went wrong...


Graphic Novel Group

Where: Brookline Village Library Conference Room
When: Fourth Thursday of the Month, 7 pm
Led by: Jared

Read and discuss graphic novels with like-minded readers. We read a wide range of books, from big titles everyone has heard of to the newest micropress anthology that might just become you’re new favorite, and are always willing to try something new that the group is interested in reading.

The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite Gerard Way, Gabriel Bá, Dave Stewart Cover
April 25

The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite

Gerard Way, Gabriel Bá, Dave Stewart

In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-seven extraordinary children were spontaneously born by women who'd previously shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven of the children; when asked why, his onl

Read More View in Catalog
Parker: The Hunter Donald E. Westlake, Darwyn Cooke Cover
May 30

Parker: The Hunter

Donald E. Westlake, Darwyn Cooke

Darwyn Cooke, Eisner-Award-winning writer/artist, sets his artistic sights on bringing to life one of the true classics of crime fiction: Richard Stark's Parker. Stark was a pseudonym used by the revered and multi-award-winning author, Donald We

Read More View in Catalog
Kim & Kim Vol. 1: This Glamorous, High-Flying Rock Star Life Magdalene Visaggio & Eva Cabrera Cover
June 27

Kim & Kim Vol. 1: This Glamorous, High-Flying Rock Star Life

Magdalene Visaggio & Eva Cabrera

"The summer's funnest comic!" - The Mary Sue "Get this most excellent book!" - Gail Simone (Batgirl, Secret Six) "This outer space comic book series with a decidedly queer- and female-centric tale is what our modern cult

Read More View in Catalog
Look Back Tatsuki Fujimoto Cover
July 25

Look Back

Tatsuki Fujimoto

Seit frühester Kindheit verbringt Fujino ihre Zeit am liebsten mit Zeichnen. Für ihre Comicstrips in der Schülerzeitung wird sie von ihren Mitschüler:innen gefeiert. Eines Tages erfährt Fujino, dass auch die talentierte Kyomoto, eine Schülerin,

Read More View in Catalog
Giant Days Vol. 1 John Allison & Lissa Treiman Cover
August 29

Giant Days Vol. 1

John Allison & Lissa Treiman

"Susan, Esther, and Daisy started at university three weeks ago and became fast friends. Now, away from home for the first time, all three want to reinvent themselves. But in the face of hand-wringing boys, "personal experimentation,"

Read More View in Catalog
Do a Powerbomb Daniel Warren Johnson Cover
September 26

Do a Powerbomb

Daniel Warren Johnson

From the creator of MURDER-FALCON and WONDER WOMAN: DEAD EARTH comes the wrestling adventure of the decade! Lona Steelrose wants to be a pro-wrestler, but she's living under the shadow of her mother, the best to ever do it. Everything changes wh

Read More View in Catalog

Queer Reading Group

Where: Brookline Village Library, meeting virtually -- register for the Queer Reading Group Zoom Meeting
When: Second Thursday of the Month, 7 pm
Led by: Percival

Read and discuss books by queer authors in a variety of genres. This group has a stress-free structure, where the conversation we develop about identity, gender, race, and all intersections that these generate is just as important as reading the book. We make space to feel seen, safe, ask questions, and learn.

Loveless Alice Oseman Cover
April 11

Loveless

Alice Oseman

For fans of Love, Simon and I Wish You All the Best, a funny, honest, messy, completely relatable story of a girl who realizes that love can be found in many ways that don't involve sex or romance. From the marvelous author of Heartstopper comes

Read More View in Catalog
Record of a Spaceborn Few Becky Chambers Cover
May 9

Record of a Spaceborn Few

Becky Chambers

National Bestseller! Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Series! Brimming with Chambers' signature blend of heart-warming character relationships and dazzling adventure, Record of a Spaceborn few is the third standalone installment of the Wayfarer

Read More View in Catalog
Gender Queer: A Memoir Maia Kobabe Cover
June 13

Gender Queer: A Memoir

Maia Kobabe

"It’s also a great resource for those who identify as nonbinary or asexual as well as for those who know someone who identifies that way and wish to better understand." — School Library Journal (starred review) In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who

Read More View in Catalog
This Is How You Lose the Time War Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone Cover
July 11

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone

* HUGO AWARD WINNER: BEST NOVELLA * NEBULA AND LOCUS AWARDS WINNER: BEST NOVELLA * “[An] exquisitely crafted tale...Part epistolary romance, part mind-blowing science fiction adventure, this dazzling story unfolds bit by bit, revealing layers of me

Read More View in Catalog

Coolidge Corner Library


Afternoon Book Group

Where: Coolidge Corner Library, meeting virtually -- register for the Afternoon Book Group Zoom Meeting
When: Third OR Fourth Monday of each month, 3 PM; check events calendar for the latest schedule.
Led by: Guy

This group reads a variety of fiction and nonfiction. Books chosen are usually 350 pages or less and released within the last 5 years.

The Bandit Queens Parini Shroff Cover
February 26, 2024

The Bandit Queens

Parini Shroff

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK • A young Indian woman finds the false rumors that she killed her husband surprisingly useful—until other women in the village start asking for her help getting rid of their own husbands—in this razor-sharp debut.

Read More View in Catalog
Spill Simmer Falter Wither Sara Baume Cover
March 25

Spill Simmer Falter Wither

Sara Baume

A debut novel already praised as "unbearably poignant and beautifully told" (Eimear McBride) this captivating story follows -- over the course of four seasons -- a misfit man who adopts a misfit dog. It is springtime, and two outcasts -- a

Read More View in Catalog
There is Nothing for You Here Fiona Hill Cover
April 22

There is Nothing for You Here

Fiona Hill

"Foreign policy expert and key impeachment witness Fiona Hill reveals how declining opportunity has set America on the grim path of modern Russia--and shows how we can return hope to our forgotten places. In this deeply personal account, she sha

Read More View in Catalog
Scorched Grace Margot Douaihy Cover
May 20

Scorched Grace

Margot Douaihy

Sister Holiday, a chain-smoking, heavily tattooed, queer nun, puts her amateur sleuthing skills to the test in this "unique and confident" debut crime novel (Gillian Flynn). When Saint Sebastian's School becomes the target of a shockin

Read More View in Catalog

Midday Monday Mystery

Where: Coolidge Corner Library, virtual option available -- register for the Midday Monday Mystery Zoom Meeting
When: Second Monday of the month, 12:30 PM
Led by: Brita

A mystery book group at the Coolidge Corner Library.

Miss Aldridge Regrets Louise Hare Cover
December 11, 2023

Miss Aldridge Regrets

Louise Hare

“Super cinematic and every bit as Agatha Christie-esque as its sounds... ifyou like murder mysteries, pick this one up!” -Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers Named A Most Anticipated Mystery of Summer by Betches, Esse

Read More View in Catalog
A Share in Death Deborah Crombie Cover
January 8, 2024

A Share in Death

Deborah Crombie

A week's holiday in a luxurious Yorkshire time-share is just what Scotland Yard's Superintendent Duncan Kincaid needs. But the discovery of a body floating in the whirlpool bath ends Kincaid's vacation before it's begun. One of hi

Read More View in Catalog
The Dutch Shoe Mystery Ellery Queen Cover
February 12, 2024

The Dutch Shoe Mystery

Ellery Queen

Queen visits an operating theater to witness a surgery, but finds a murder instead The son of a police detective, Ellery Queen grew up in a bloody atmosphere. Since he started lending his deductive powers to the New York City homicide squad, he has s

Read More View in Catalog
Takes One to Know One Susan Isaacs Cover
March 11, 2024

Takes One to Know One

Susan Isaacs

An ex-FBI agent in suburbia feels driven to investigate her neighbor in the “delicious” new novel from the New York Times–bestselling author (Newsday). Just a few years ago, Corie Geller was busting terrorists as an agent for the FBI. But at th

Read More View in Catalog

Movie Matinee

Where: Coolidge Corner Library Meeting Room
When: Wednesdays at 1:30 PM
Led by: Jeanne

Join the Coolidge Corner Library every week for free screenings of recent favorite films! Doors open at 1:15 PM.

The Color Purple  Cover
April 3

The Color Purple

A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.

View in Catalog
Priscilla  Cover
April 10

Priscilla

When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.

View in Catalog
My Sailor My Love  Cover
April 17

My Sailor My Love

The thorny relationship between a woman and her retired father worsens after he becomes romantically involved with the housekeeper she hires for him.

View in Catalog
Waitress: The Musical  Cover
April 24

Waitress: The Musical

A waitress and expert pie-maker dreams of a way out of her small town and rocky marriage.

View in Catalog

The Millennial Book Group

Where: Coolidge Corner Library
When: Third Thursday of the month, 7 PM
Led by: Jackie

A book club intended for busy millennials looking to make connections and read books they never thought to read before. Group members select a variety of books (such as fiction, non-fiction, memoir, short story, and even graphic novels) and discuss each month. After the discussion, we continue to a local eatery in Coolidge Corner to socialize.

The World and All That It Holds Aleksandar Hemon Cover
January 18

The World and All That It Holds

Aleksandar Hemon

"From literary powerhouse Aleksandar Hemon, author of The Lazarus Project, comes a big, brilliant, sweeping novel of love, memory, and history in the making. It tells of the relationship between Pinto and Osman, who cross the battlefields of the

Read More View in Catalog
“You Just Need to Lose Weight” Aubrey Gordon Cover
February 15

“You Just Need to Lose Weight”

Aubrey Gordon

The co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast and creator of Your Fat Friend equips you with the facts to debunk common anti-fat myths and with tools to take action for fat justice The pushback that shows up in conversations about fat justice takes ex

Read More View in Catalog
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century Kim Fu Cover
March 21

Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century

Kim Fu

"The strange and wonderful define Kim Fu’s story collection, where the line between fantasy and reality fades in and out, elusive and beckoning." —The New York Times Book Review A LitHub, ALTA, and PureWow Best Book of the Month A BuzzF

Read More View in Catalog
I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy Cover
April 18

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retoo

Read More View in Catalog
Woman, Eating Claire Kohda Cover
May 16

Woman, Eating

Claire Kohda

A young, mixed-race vampire must find a way to balance her deep-seated desire to live amongst humans with her incessant hunger in this stunning debut novel from a writer-to-watch. Lydia is hungry. She's always wanted to try Japanese food. Sashim

Read More View in Catalog
How to Think Like a Woman Regan Penaluna Cover
June 20

How to Think Like a Woman

Regan Penaluna

From a bold new voice in nonfiction, an exhilarating account of the lives and works of influential 17th and 18th century feminist philosophers Mary Wollstonecraft and her predecessors who have been written out of history, and a searing look at the au

Read More View in Catalog

Putterham Library


Council on Aging Book Group

Where: Putterham Library Meeting Room, meeting virtually -- register for the Council on Aging Book Group Zoom Meeting
When: Third or fourth Monday of the month, 2 PM
Led by: Ginger

A book group for seniors to read together.

Women Talking Miriam Toews Cover
March 18

Women Talking

Miriam Toews

The basis of the Oscar-winning film from writer/director Sarah Polley, starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, with Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand. INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “This amazing, sad, shocking, but touching novel, based on a r

Read More View in Catalog
Persepolis Marjane Satrapi Cover
April 22

Persepolis

Marjane Satrapi

Wise, often funny, sometimes heartbreaking, IPersepolis: The Story of a Childhood /Itells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the

Read More View in Catalog
Our Missing Hearts Celeste Ng Cover
May 20

Our Missing Hearts

Celeste Ng

An instant New York Times bestseller • A New York Times Notable Book of 2022 • Named a Best Book of 2022 by People, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, USA Today, NPR, Los Angeles Times, and Oprah Daily, and more • A Reese's Book Club Pick

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June 24

A Thousand Mornings

Mary Oliver

The New York Times-bestselling collection of poems from celebrated poet Mary Oliver In A Thousand Mornings, Mary Oliver returns to the imagery that has come to define her life’s work, transporting us to the marshland and coastline of her beloved ho

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July 15

Year of the Tiger

Alice Wong

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • ONE OF USA TODAY'S MUST-READ BOOKS • This groundbreaking memoir offers a glimpse into an activist's journey to finding and cultivating community and the continued fight for disability justice, from the founder and

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August 19

The Guncle

Steven Rowley

From the author of Lily and the Octopus comes a moving and deeply funny novel about a once-famous sitcom star who is left to care for his niece and nephew after an unexpected family tragedy. Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP for short), has always l

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