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

(Y’A)LL STARS
Where: Where: Brookline Village Library Conference RoomWhen: One Monday a month, 7 pm
Led by: Tori
(Y’A)LL STARS is a book club for adults who love to read and have opinions about YA novels. Perfect for parents, educators, or just anyone who loves YA and wants to talk about it with other adults!
PLEASE NOTE: This book club is for adults only. If you are looking for a book club for the teen in your life, please see the paired book club here.
Book club titles can be acquired in any way and format you prefer, but reserved copies will be kept at the desk in the Brookline Village Children’s Room for easy pickup.
The Fall of Whit Rivera
Crystal Maldonado
Could you plan the Fall Formal with your (hot) nemesis? Whit Rivera is about to find out. A Massachusetts Book Award Winner Frenemies Whit and Zay have been at odds for years (ever since he broke up with her in, like, the most embarrassing way imagin
Read More View in CatalogNeedy Little Things
Channelle Desamours
In this debut speculative YA mystery, a Black teen with premonition-like powers must solve her friend's disappearance before she finds herself in the same danger, perfect for fans of Ace of Spades. Sariyah Lee Bryant can hear what people need—
Read More View in CatalogThis Day Changes Everything
Edward Underhill
Dash & Lily meets Ferris Bueller's Day Off in Edward Underhill's new whirlwind rom-com about two queer teens who spend one life-changing day together in New York City. Abby Akerman believes in the Universe. After all, her Midwest high s
Read More View in CatalogThe Lightning Circle
Vikki VanSickle
An intimate coming-of age novel for teens, told in verse with delicate line art, chronicling the beauty, magic and transformative power of summer camp, for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Judy Blume. After having her heart broken, seventeen-year-old No
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A Taste of Poetry
Where: Where: Brookline Village Library, meeting virtually -- register for the A Taste of Poetry Zoom MeetingWhen: First Thursday of the month, 11 AM
Led by: Jackson
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 2: Hoa Nguyen
February 6: Sylvia Plath
March 6: Rainer Maria Rilke
May 1: Paul Laurence Dunbar
June 5: Sandra Cisneros
July 3: Delmore Schwartz
August 7: C.P. Cavafy
September 4: Robert Frost
October 9: Donika Kelly
November 6: Robert Pinsky
December 5: Elizabeth Bishop

Brookline Ukulele Club
Where: Where: Brookline Village LibraryWhen: Second Tuesday of the Month, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Led by: Strummerville Ukulele Club
Join us for our monthly ukulele jam session, hosted by the Strummerville Ukuele Club! Grab your uke and join us as we sing and strum the hits!
All experience levels welcome, some ukuleles will be provided.
Songbook A:
All My Loving – The Beatles | Karma Chameleon – Culture Club |
Aloha Oe – Queen Liluokalani | L O V E – Nat King Cole |
April Showers – B.G DeSylva & Louis Silvers | Leaving On a Jet Plane – Peter Paul and Mary |
Are You Lonesome Tonight – Elvis Presley | Let It Be – The Beatles |
Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival | Little Red Riding Hood – Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs |
Blowing in the Wind – Bob Dylan | Love Love Me Do – The Beatles |
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison | Love Potion Number 9 – The Searchers |
Bye Bye Love – The Everly Brothers | Mellow Yellow – Donovan |
Chapel of Love – The Dixie Cups | Mr. Sandman – Pat Ballard |
Day-O (Banana Boat Song) – Harry Belafonte | Norwegian Wood – The Beatles |
Don’t Worry Be Happy – Bobby McFerrin | Octopus’s Garden – The Beatles |
Edelweiss – Rodgers & Hammerstein | Scarborough Fair – Traditional |
End of the Line – Traveling Wilburys | Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Arlen & Harburg |
Fire and Rain – James Taylor | Summertime – George Gershwin |
Five Foot Two – Bing Crosby | Surfin’ USA – The Beach Boys |
Friday I’m In Love – The Cure | Swing Low Sweet Chariot – Fats Waller |
Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen | Tennessee Waltz – Patti Page |
Have You Ever Seen the Rain – Creedence Clearwater Revival | The Lion Sleeps Tonight – The Tokens |
Home On the Range – Gene Autry | This Land Is Your Land – Woody Guthrie |
I’ll Fly Away – Alfred Brumley | Three Little Birds – Bob Marley |
I’m a Believer – The Monkees | Up On the Roof – The Drifters |
I Walk the Line – Johnny Cash | Walking After Midnight – Patsy Cline |
I Would Walk 500 Miles – The Proclaimers | Wayfaring Stranger – Traditional |
It’s Only a Paper Moon – Rose, Harburg, and Arlen | White Sandy Beach – Willie Dann |
Jambalaya – Hank Williams | With a Little Help From My Friends – The Beatles |
Songbook B:
9 to 5 – Dolly Parton | Lava – Pixar |
And I Love Her – The Beatles | Love Me Tender -Elvis Presley |
Anytime – Patsy Cline | MTA – The Kingston Trio |
Beautiful Kauai – Don Ho | Mustang Sally – Wilson Picket |
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – The Four Seasons | Nowhere Man – The Beatles |
Cecilia – Simon & Garfunkel | Paint It Black – The Rolling Stones |
Crazy – Patsy Cline | Rocket Man – Elton John |
Desperado – Eagles | Ruby Tuesday – The Rolling Stones |
Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles | Runaround Sue – Dion |
Every Breath You Take – The Police | Sea of Love – Phil Phillips |
Everything Is Free – Gillian Welch | Shake It Off – Taylor Swift |
Eye of the Tiger – Survivor | Sitting on the Dock of the Bay – Otis Reading |
Goodnight Irene – The Weavers | Stray Cat Strut – Stray Cats |
Happy Together – The Turtles | Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond |
Heart of Gold – Neil Young | Teenager in Love – Dion and the Belmonts |
Heroes – David Bowie | Under The Boardwalk – The Drifters |
Hotel California – Eagles | Wagon Wheel – Old Crow Medicine Show |
House of the Rising Sun – Traditional | When I’m 64 – The Beatles |
I’m Looking Through You – The Beatles | Wild World – Cat Stevens |
I Can See Clearly – Johnny Nash | Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow – The Shirelles |
I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor | With or Without You -U2 |
Imagine – John Lennon | Wonderful World – Sam Cooke |
In My Life – Beatles | Yellow Submarine – The Beatles |
Jolene -Dolly Parton | You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away – The Beatles |
Killing Me Softly – Roberta Flack | You and I – Ingrid Michaelson |
Songbook C:
A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles | Maneater – Hall & Oates |
American Girl – Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers | Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffett |
At the Hop – Danny & the Juniors | Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard – Paul Simon |
Baby Love -The Supremes | Modern Love – David Bowie |
Baby, I Love Your Way – Peter Frampton | Mrs. Robinson – Simon & Garfunkel |
Band on the Run – Wings | Old Time Rock and Roll – Bob Seger |
Blitzkrieg Bop -The Ramones | On the Road Again – Willie Nelson |
Come Sail Away – Styx | Proud Mary – Creedence Clearwater Revival |
Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen | Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash |
Dancing Queen – ABBA | Secret Agent Man – Johnny Rivers |
Delilah – Tom Jones | Shake Your Booty – K.C. and the Sunshine Band |
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John | Something – The Beatles |
Drift Away -Dobie Gray | Stuck in the Middle with You – Stealers Wheel |
Eight Days a Week – The Beatles | Take Me Home, Country Roads – John Denver |
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) – Rupert Holmes | The First Cut is the Deepest – Sheryl Crow |
Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Tears for Fears | The Man Who Sold the World – David Bowie |
Everyday – Buddy Holly | What’s Up – 4 Non Blondes |
Home – Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros | Where Did Our Love Go – The Supremes |
Hooked on a Feeling – Blue Swede | Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton |
I Can’t Help Myself – The Four Tops | Wouldn’t It Be Nice – The Beach Boys |
I Should Have Known Better – The Beatles | Yakety Yak – The Coasters |
I’m into Something Good – Herman’s Hermits | YMCA – Village People |
Kokomo – The Beach Boys | You Make My Dreams – Hall & Oates |
Lola – The Kinks | You’re So Vain – Carly Simon |
Maggie May – Rod Stewart | You’re the One That I Want – John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John |
Songbook D:
25 or 6 to 4 – Chicago | Jackson – Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash |
Ain’t That A Shame – Fats Domino | Lookin’ Out My Back Door – Creedence Clearwater Revival |
All Shook Up – Elvis Presley | Losing My Religion – R.E.M. |
Amie – Pure Prairie | Love Shack – The B-52’s |
Another Saturday Night – Sam Cooke | Love Will Keep Us Together – Captain & Tennille |
Bang the Drum All Day – Todd Rundgren | Mama Don’t Allow – Gene Autry |
Barbara Ann – The Beach Boys | Mamma Mia – ABBA |
Be My Baby – The Ronettes | Move It On Over – Hank Williams |
Bread and Butter – The Newbeats | Our Lips Are Sealed – The Go Go’s |
Closing Time – Semisonic | Psycho Killer – Talking Heads |
Count On Me – Bruno Mars | Right Back Where We Started From – Maxine Nightingale |
Cups (When I’m Gone) – Anna Kendrick | Riptide – Vance Joy |
Da Do Ron Ron – The Crystals | Rock ‘N’ Roll High School – The Ramones |
Dancing in the Dark – Bruce Springsteen | She Drives Me Crazy – Fine Young Cannibals |
Do You Love Me – The Contours | Should I Stay or Should I Go – The Clash |
Dreamin’ – Blondie | Spirit in the Sky – Norman Greenbaum |
Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash | Sunshine (Go Away Today) – Jonathan Edwards |
Going Up the Country – Canned Heat | Sweet Pea – Amos Lee |
Good Riddance – Green Day | Take On Me – Aha |
Hey Jude – The Beatles | Tubthumping – Chumbawumba |
Hey There Delilah – Plain White T’s | Tutti Frutti – Little Richard |
I Am a Cider Drinker – the Wurzels | Walking On Sunshine – Katrina and the Waves |
I Think We’re Alone Now – Tommy James & the Shondells | We Are Family – Sister Sledge |
I Went to the Library – The Wiggles | We’re Going to Be Friends – The White Stripes |
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) – They Might Be Giants | (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding – Nick Lowe |

Queer Reading Group
Where: Where: Brookline Village Library, meeting virtually -- register for the Queer Reading Group Zoom MeetingWhen: 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.
Pride 2025 – QRG Recommendation List
Pride (2014)
U.K. gay activists work to assist miners during their extended strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.
View in CatalogThe Sweetness Between Us
Sarah Winifred Searle
From the creator of The Greatest Thing, a new YA graphic novel about a boy with a chronic illness and a newly turned vampire finding what they need in one another, perfect for fans of Vampire Academy. Perley and Amandine are both starting their Junio
Read More View in CatalogThe Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
WINNER OF THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2012 Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. Despite their differences, Achilles befriends the shamed prince, an
Read More View in CatalogMonstrous Regiment
Terry Pratchett
War has come to Discworld . . . again. And, to no one's great surprise, the conflict centers on the small, insufferably arrogant, strictly fundamentalist duchy of Borogravia, which has long prided itself on it's ability to beat up on its ne
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Stuck in the Middle (Grade)
Where: Where: Brookline Village Library Conference RoomWhen: The last Tuesday of the month, 7 PM
Led by: Abbey
Stuck in the Middle (Grade) is a book club for adults who love to read and have opinions about middle grade novels. Perfect for parents, educators, or just anyone who loves middle grade and wants to talk about it with other adults!
PLEASE NOTE: This book club is for adults only. If you are looking for a book club for the tween in your life, please see the paired book club here.
Book club titles can be acquired in any way and format you prefer, but reserved copies will be kept at the desk in the Brookline Village Children’s Room for easy pickup.
The Flicker
H.E. Edgmon
Perfect for fans of The Marrow Thieves, Hatchet and The City of Ember, H.E. Edgmon's middle grade debut offers a bittersweet tale of hope and survival, a modern classic for the climate change generation. One year ago, a solar flare scorched the
Read More View in CatalogRead at Your Own Risk
Remy Lai
Read at Your Own Risk is the spine-chilling illustrated sketch diary of a kid who is being haunted after a game goes terribly wrong and an evil spirit starts conversing with her on the page. "The journal format of The Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets
Read More View in CatalogPlease Pay Attention
Jamie Sumner
After surviving a school shooting that left her feeling helpless in her wheelchair, Bea finds healing and empowerment through horseback riding therapy and begins to advocate for change.
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The Millennial Book Group
Where: Where: Brookline Village LibraryWhen: Third Wednesday of the month, 7 PM
Led by: Kenny
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.
Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh
Selected by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the century and called "Evelyn Waugh's finest achievement" by the New York Times, Brideshead Revisited is a stunning exploration of desire, duty, and memory. The wellsprings o
Read More View in CatalogBite
Bill Schutt
From three-inch fang blennies to thirty-foot prehistoric crocodiles, from gaboon vipers to Neanderthals, Bite is a fascinating journey through the natural, scientific, and cultural history of something right in front of—or in—our faces: teeth. In
Read More View in CatalogLogicomix
Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos Papadimitriou
This exceptional graphic novel recounts the spiritual odyssey of philosopher Bertrand Russell. In his agonized search for absolute truth, Russell crosses paths with legendary thinkers like Gottlob Frege, David Hilbert, and Kurt Gödel, and finds a pa
Read More View in CatalogMonstrilio
Gerardo Sámano Córdova
A "genuinely scary" horror debut written in "prose so beautiful you won't want to rush" about a boy who transforms into a monster, a monster who tries to be a man, and the people who love him in every form he takes (Ana Reyes
Read More View in CatalogThe Half Known Life
Pico Iyer
NATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2023 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, TIME MAGAZINE & MORE “Masterful . . . A book of inner journeys told through extraordinary exteriors . . . One of his very best.” —Washington Post “D
Read More View in CatalogEuphoria
Lily King
New York Times Bestseller: An “enthralling,” prize-winning novel of a love triangle among three young archaeologists in 1930s New Guinea (Vogue). Winner of the Kirkus Prize Winner of the New England Book Award for Fiction Finalist for the Nationa
Read More View in CatalogAmerican Born Chinese
Gene Luen Yang
Now a hit TV show on Disney + starring Michelle Yeoh! A tour-de-force by New York Times bestselling Gene Yang, American Born Chinese is a pitch perfect YA graphic novel about race, friendship and the American Dream. American Born Chinese tells the st
Read More View in CatalogCoolidge Corner Library

Afternoon Book Group
Where: Coolidge Corner Library, meeting virtually -- register for the Afternoon Book Group Zoom MeetingWhen: Third OR Fourth Monday of each month, 3 PM; check events calendar for the latest schedule.
Led by: Jessica
This group reads a variety of fiction and nonfiction. Books chosen are usually 350 pages or less and released within the last 5 years.
Tom Lake
Ann Patchett
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America’s finest writers. “Patchett leads us to a truth that feels li
Read More View in CatalogGiovanni's Room
James Baldwin
"The groundbreaking novel by one of the most important twentieth-century American writers--now in an Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics hardcover edition. Giovanni's Room is set in the Paris of the 1950s, where a young American e
Read More View in CatalogThe House of Broken Angels
Luis Alberto Urrea
In this "raucous, moving, and necessary" story by a Pulitzer Prize finalist (San Francisco Chronicle), the De La Cruzes, a family on the Mexican-American border, celebrate two of their most beloved relatives during a joyous and bittersweet
Read More View in CatalogProbably Ruby
Lisa Bird-Wilson
An Indigenous woman adopted by white parents goes in search of her identity in this unforgettable debut novel about family, race, and history. Finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award • “Engaging . . . Ruby never disappoints with h
Read More View in CatalogThe Matzah Ball
Jean Meltzer
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK SELECTED BY * POPSUGAR * BUSTLE * BUZZFEED * BOOKPAGE * GOODREADS MEMBERS "The Matzah Ball had me laughing out loud...an all-around terrific read."—Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author Oy! to the w
Read More View in CatalogThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Other Novels
Mark Twain
Famous during his lifetime as a humorist and for his incandescent social satires, Mark Twain is most often thought of today as a novelist whose precise language and vividly drawn characters introduce readers to tales steeped in concern with personal
Read More View in CatalogJames
Percival Everett
A brilliant reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn—both harrowing and satirical—told from the enslaved Jim's point of view
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Midday Monday Mystery
Where: Coolidge Corner Library, meeting virtually -- register for the Midday Monday Mystery Zoom MeetingWhen: Second Monday of the month, 12:30 PM
Led by: Chloe
A mystery book group at the Coolidge Corner Library.
Christmas Presents
Lisa Unger
Instead of presents this Christmas, a true crime podcaster is opening up a cold case... Madeline Martin has built a life for herself as the young owner of a thriving business, The Next Chapter Bookshop, despite her tragic childhood and now needing to
Read More View in CatalogPardonable Lies
Jacqueline Winspear
Psychologist-sleuth Maisie Dobbs is called in by Sir Cecil Lawton to investigate the mystery behind the death of his wife's aviator son during World War I, a mission that brings her face to face with a college friend with ties to the missing pil
Read More View in CatalogRough Justice
Lisa Scottoline
The third electrifying book in #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline’s Rosato & Associates series has criminal lawyer Marta Richter in a race to prove one man’s innocence. “Lisa Scottoline writes riveting thrillers that keep me up all night
Read More View in CatalogThe Marlow Murder Club (The Marlow Murder Club Mysteries, Book 1)
Robert Thorogood
Judith Potts is seventy-seven years old and blissfully happy. She lives on her own in a faded mansion just outside Marlow, there’s no man in her life to tell her what to do or how much whisky to drink, and to keep herself busy she sets crosswords f
Read More View in CatalogKilling Orders
Sara Paretsky
V.I.'s battleaxe Aunt Rosa is under investigation by the FBI and SEC after counterfeit stock certificates were found at St. Albert's Priory, where she serves as treasurer. As malicious as her aunt is, V.I. knows she's not dishonest, so
Read More View in CatalogThe Big Dig
Linda Barnes
Six-foot-tall, redheaded ex-cop and Boston-based private eye Carlotta Carlyle is “the genuine article: a straightforward, funny, thoroughly American mystery heroine” (New York Post). Boston’s largest urban renewal undertaking in modern history
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Movie Matinee
Where: Coolidge Corner Library Meeting RoomWhen: 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 Brutalist
When a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern United States, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious, wealthy client.
View in CatalogThe Brutalist
When a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern United States, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious, wealthy client.
View in CatalogThe Friend
Starring Oscar nominees Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, alongside Bing the Great Dane, THE FRIEND is an unexpected and heartwarming journey through love, friendship, grief, and healing.
View in CatalogThe Wedding Banquet
Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in exchange for her partner Lee's expensive IVF. Elopement plans are upended, however, when Min
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Silent Book Group
Where: Coolidge Corner Library Conference RoomWhen: Every first Thursday and 7pm
Led by: Babu
Introverts Unite! Quietly of course. This group starts with a half hour of unstructured social time and light refreshments followed by an hour of uninterrupted silent reading. Bring your own book, and take some time to tackle that TBR pile. While all ages are welcome at this book club, participants should be able to read quietly without disrupting others.
Putterham Library

Council on Aging Book Group
Where: Putterham Library, meeting virtually -- register for the Council on Aging Book Group Zoom MeetingWhen: Monthly on the third or fourth Monday, 2 PM
Led by: Ginger
A book group for seniors to read together!
Attend either in person or virtually over Zoom.
How to Age Disgracefully
Clare Pooley
A senior citizens’ center and a daycare collide with hilarious results in the new ensemble comedy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Authenticity Project When Lydia takes a job running a Senior Citizen’s Social Club three afternoon
Read More View in CatalogShakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
Judi Dench, Brendan O'Hea
Taking a curtain call with a live snake in her wig... Cavorting naked through the Warwickshire countryside painted green... Acting opposite a child with a pumpkin on his head... These are just a few of the things Dame Judi Dench has done in the name
Read More View in CatalogThe Crescent Moon Tearoom
Stacy Sivinski
'A delightfully sweet and cozy novel that's as comforting as a warm cup of tea' - Kirkus Reviews, Starred Following the untimely death of their parents, Anne, Beatrix, and Violet Quigley have made a business of threading together the s
Read More View in CatalogWeaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light
Joy Harjo
A magnificent selection of fifty poems to celebrate three-term US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s fifty years as a poet. Over a long, influential career in poetry, Joy Harjo has been praised for her “warm, oracular voice” (John Freeman, Boston Globe)
Read More View in CatalogA Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman
Now a major motion picture A Man Called Otto starring Tom Hanks! #1 New York Times bestseller—more than 3 million copies sold! Meet Ove. He’s a curmudgeon—the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside
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Gentle Chair Yoga
Where: Putterham Library, meeting virtually -- register for the Gentle Chair Yoga Zoom MeetingWhen: Weekly on Fridays, 10:30 AM
Led by: Keith
Gentle Chair Yoga is designed for those seeking improved strength, flexibility, and balance with gentle movements and gently performed yoga postures! Attendees remain seated in chairs for the duration of the program with some optional standing.
Attend either in person or virtually over Zoom.

Learn Origami
Where: Putterham LibraryWhen: Monthly on a Saturday (see calendar), 2 PM
Led by: Jingting
Join librarian and origami expert Jingting for this fun introduction to the art of paper folding. You’ll make something new to take home each session — let’s get crafting!

Puzzle Club
Where: Putterham Library Meeting RoomWhen: Monthly on the first Wednesday, 11 AM
Led by: Ginger
Exercise your brain and socialize with fellow library patrons as we put together a different jigsaw puzzle each month. This drop-in program runs from 11 AM to 1 PM, so come on in and join at any time — no registration required!
September 3
No session in October
November 5
December 3

Tech Tuesday
Where: Putterham Library Meeting RoomWhen: Biweekly on every other Tuesday, 11 AM
Led by: Ginger
Want to get started with Libby or Hoopla for ebooks/audiobooks? Have a basic tech question like how to send an email or call an Uber? Bring your own device and a local librarian will guide you through it!
September 2
September 16
September 30
October 14
October 28
No session November 11
November 25
December 9
No session December 23

Wisdom Cafe
Where: Putterham Library Meeting RoomWhen: Monthly on the first Thursday, 11 AM
Led by: Ginger
Join us at the Putterham Library for Wisdom Cafe: a social hour that features guest speakers from the local community sharing their knowledge across a diverse range of topics.
Wisdom Cafe takes place on the first Thursday of the month at 11 AM. Coffee and pastries provided!
September 4:
Local pollinators with Pollinator Pathway
No session in October
November 6:
Craftivism with Welcome Blanket’s Hadassah Margolis
December 4:
Brookline Senior Center with Director Emily Williams
Brookline Village Library

(Y’A)LL STARS
Where: Brookline Village Library Conference RoomWhen: One Monday a month, 7 pm
Led by: Tori
(Y’A)LL STARS is a book club for adults who love to read and have opinions about YA novels. Perfect for parents, educators, or just anyone who loves YA and wants to talk about it with other adults!
PLEASE NOTE: This book club is for adults only. If you are looking for a book club for the teen in your life, please see the paired book club here.
Book club titles can be acquired in any way and format you prefer, but reserved copies will be kept at the desk in the Brookline Village Children’s Room for easy pickup.
The Fall of Whit Rivera
Crystal Maldonado
Could you plan the Fall Formal with your (hot) nemesis? Whit Rivera is about to find out. A Massachusetts Book Award Winner Frenemies Whit and Zay have been at odds for years (ever since he broke up with her in, like, the most embarrassing way imagin
Read More View in CatalogNeedy Little Things
Channelle Desamours
In this debut speculative YA mystery, a Black teen with premonition-like powers must solve her friend's disappearance before she finds herself in the same danger, perfect for fans of Ace of Spades. Sariyah Lee Bryant can hear what people need—
Read More View in CatalogThis Day Changes Everything
Edward Underhill
Dash & Lily meets Ferris Bueller's Day Off in Edward Underhill's new whirlwind rom-com about two queer teens who spend one life-changing day together in New York City. Abby Akerman believes in the Universe. After all, her Midwest high s
Read More View in CatalogThe Lightning Circle
Vikki VanSickle
An intimate coming-of age novel for teens, told in verse with delicate line art, chronicling the beauty, magic and transformative power of summer camp, for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Judy Blume. After having her heart broken, seventeen-year-old No
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A Taste of Poetry
Where: Brookline Village Library, meeting virtually -- register for the A Taste of Poetry Zoom MeetingWhen: First Thursday of the month, 11 AM
Led by: Jackson
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 2: Hoa Nguyen
February 6: Sylvia Plath
March 6: Rainer Maria Rilke
May 1: Paul Laurence Dunbar
June 5: Sandra Cisneros
July 3: Delmore Schwartz
August 7: C.P. Cavafy
September 4: Robert Frost
October 9: Donika Kelly
November 6: Robert Pinsky
December 5: Elizabeth Bishop

Brookline Ukulele Club
Where: Brookline Village LibraryWhen: Second Tuesday of the Month, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Led by: Strummerville Ukulele Club
Join us for our monthly ukulele jam session, hosted by the Strummerville Ukuele Club! Grab your uke and join us as we sing and strum the hits!
All experience levels welcome, some ukuleles will be provided.
Songbook A:
All My Loving – The Beatles | Karma Chameleon – Culture Club |
Aloha Oe – Queen Liluokalani | L O V E – Nat King Cole |
April Showers – B.G DeSylva & Louis Silvers | Leaving On a Jet Plane – Peter Paul and Mary |
Are You Lonesome Tonight – Elvis Presley | Let It Be – The Beatles |
Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival | Little Red Riding Hood – Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs |
Blowing in the Wind – Bob Dylan | Love Love Me Do – The Beatles |
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison | Love Potion Number 9 – The Searchers |
Bye Bye Love – The Everly Brothers | Mellow Yellow – Donovan |
Chapel of Love – The Dixie Cups | Mr. Sandman – Pat Ballard |
Day-O (Banana Boat Song) – Harry Belafonte | Norwegian Wood – The Beatles |
Don’t Worry Be Happy – Bobby McFerrin | Octopus’s Garden – The Beatles |
Edelweiss – Rodgers & Hammerstein | Scarborough Fair – Traditional |
End of the Line – Traveling Wilburys | Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Arlen & Harburg |
Fire and Rain – James Taylor | Summertime – George Gershwin |
Five Foot Two – Bing Crosby | Surfin’ USA – The Beach Boys |
Friday I’m In Love – The Cure | Swing Low Sweet Chariot – Fats Waller |
Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen | Tennessee Waltz – Patti Page |
Have You Ever Seen the Rain – Creedence Clearwater Revival | The Lion Sleeps Tonight – The Tokens |
Home On the Range – Gene Autry | This Land Is Your Land – Woody Guthrie |
I’ll Fly Away – Alfred Brumley | Three Little Birds – Bob Marley |
I’m a Believer – The Monkees | Up On the Roof – The Drifters |
I Walk the Line – Johnny Cash | Walking After Midnight – Patsy Cline |
I Would Walk 500 Miles – The Proclaimers | Wayfaring Stranger – Traditional |
It’s Only a Paper Moon – Rose, Harburg, and Arlen | White Sandy Beach – Willie Dann |
Jambalaya – Hank Williams | With a Little Help From My Friends – The Beatles |
Songbook B:
9 to 5 – Dolly Parton | Lava – Pixar |
And I Love Her – The Beatles | Love Me Tender -Elvis Presley |
Anytime – Patsy Cline | MTA – The Kingston Trio |
Beautiful Kauai – Don Ho | Mustang Sally – Wilson Picket |
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – The Four Seasons | Nowhere Man – The Beatles |
Cecilia – Simon & Garfunkel | Paint It Black – The Rolling Stones |
Crazy – Patsy Cline | Rocket Man – Elton John |
Desperado – Eagles | Ruby Tuesday – The Rolling Stones |
Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles | Runaround Sue – Dion |
Every Breath You Take – The Police | Sea of Love – Phil Phillips |
Everything Is Free – Gillian Welch | Shake It Off – Taylor Swift |
Eye of the Tiger – Survivor | Sitting on the Dock of the Bay – Otis Reading |
Goodnight Irene – The Weavers | Stray Cat Strut – Stray Cats |
Happy Together – The Turtles | Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond |
Heart of Gold – Neil Young | Teenager in Love – Dion and the Belmonts |
Heroes – David Bowie | Under The Boardwalk – The Drifters |
Hotel California – Eagles | Wagon Wheel – Old Crow Medicine Show |
House of the Rising Sun – Traditional | When I’m 64 – The Beatles |
I’m Looking Through You – The Beatles | Wild World – Cat Stevens |
I Can See Clearly – Johnny Nash | Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow – The Shirelles |
I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor | With or Without You -U2 |
Imagine – John Lennon | Wonderful World – Sam Cooke |
In My Life – Beatles | Yellow Submarine – The Beatles |
Jolene -Dolly Parton | You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away – The Beatles |
Killing Me Softly – Roberta Flack | You and I – Ingrid Michaelson |
Songbook C:
A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles | Maneater – Hall & Oates |
American Girl – Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers | Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffett |
At the Hop – Danny & the Juniors | Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard – Paul Simon |
Baby Love -The Supremes | Modern Love – David Bowie |
Baby, I Love Your Way – Peter Frampton | Mrs. Robinson – Simon & Garfunkel |
Band on the Run – Wings | Old Time Rock and Roll – Bob Seger |
Blitzkrieg Bop -The Ramones | On the Road Again – Willie Nelson |
Come Sail Away – Styx | Proud Mary – Creedence Clearwater Revival |
Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen | Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash |
Dancing Queen – ABBA | Secret Agent Man – Johnny Rivers |
Delilah – Tom Jones | Shake Your Booty – K.C. and the Sunshine Band |
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John | Something – The Beatles |
Drift Away -Dobie Gray | Stuck in the Middle with You – Stealers Wheel |
Eight Days a Week – The Beatles | Take Me Home, Country Roads – John Denver |
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) – Rupert Holmes | The First Cut is the Deepest – Sheryl Crow |
Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Tears for Fears | The Man Who Sold the World – David Bowie |
Everyday – Buddy Holly | What’s Up – 4 Non Blondes |
Home – Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros | Where Did Our Love Go – The Supremes |
Hooked on a Feeling – Blue Swede | Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton |
I Can’t Help Myself – The Four Tops | Wouldn’t It Be Nice – The Beach Boys |
I Should Have Known Better – The Beatles | Yakety Yak – The Coasters |
I’m into Something Good – Herman’s Hermits | YMCA – Village People |
Kokomo – The Beach Boys | You Make My Dreams – Hall & Oates |
Lola – The Kinks | You’re So Vain – Carly Simon |
Maggie May – Rod Stewart | You’re the One That I Want – John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John |
Songbook D:
25 or 6 to 4 – Chicago | Jackson – Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash |
Ain’t That A Shame – Fats Domino | Lookin’ Out My Back Door – Creedence Clearwater Revival |
All Shook Up – Elvis Presley | Losing My Religion – R.E.M. |
Amie – Pure Prairie | Love Shack – The B-52’s |
Another Saturday Night – Sam Cooke | Love Will Keep Us Together – Captain & Tennille |
Bang the Drum All Day – Todd Rundgren | Mama Don’t Allow – Gene Autry |
Barbara Ann – The Beach Boys | Mamma Mia – ABBA |
Be My Baby – The Ronettes | Move It On Over – Hank Williams |
Bread and Butter – The Newbeats | Our Lips Are Sealed – The Go Go’s |
Closing Time – Semisonic | Psycho Killer – Talking Heads |
Count On Me – Bruno Mars | Right Back Where We Started From – Maxine Nightingale |
Cups (When I’m Gone) – Anna Kendrick | Riptide – Vance Joy |
Da Do Ron Ron – The Crystals | Rock ‘N’ Roll High School – The Ramones |
Dancing in the Dark – Bruce Springsteen | She Drives Me Crazy – Fine Young Cannibals |
Do You Love Me – The Contours | Should I Stay or Should I Go – The Clash |
Dreamin’ – Blondie | Spirit in the Sky – Norman Greenbaum |
Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash | Sunshine (Go Away Today) – Jonathan Edwards |
Going Up the Country – Canned Heat | Sweet Pea – Amos Lee |
Good Riddance – Green Day | Take On Me – Aha |
Hey Jude – The Beatles | Tubthumping – Chumbawumba |
Hey There Delilah – Plain White T’s | Tutti Frutti – Little Richard |
I Am a Cider Drinker – the Wurzels | Walking On Sunshine – Katrina and the Waves |
I Think We’re Alone Now – Tommy James & the Shondells | We Are Family – Sister Sledge |
I Went to the Library – The Wiggles | We’re Going to Be Friends – The White Stripes |
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) – They Might Be Giants | (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding – Nick Lowe |

Queer Reading Group
Where: Brookline Village Library, meeting virtually -- register for the Queer Reading Group Zoom MeetingWhen: 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.
Pride 2025 – QRG Recommendation List
Pride (2014)
U.K. gay activists work to assist miners during their extended strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.
View in CatalogThe Sweetness Between Us
Sarah Winifred Searle
From the creator of The Greatest Thing, a new YA graphic novel about a boy with a chronic illness and a newly turned vampire finding what they need in one another, perfect for fans of Vampire Academy. Perley and Amandine are both starting their Junio
Read More View in CatalogThe Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
WINNER OF THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2012 Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. Despite their differences, Achilles befriends the shamed prince, an
Read More View in CatalogMonstrous Regiment
Terry Pratchett
War has come to Discworld . . . again. And, to no one's great surprise, the conflict centers on the small, insufferably arrogant, strictly fundamentalist duchy of Borogravia, which has long prided itself on it's ability to beat up on its ne
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Stuck in the Middle (Grade)
Where: Brookline Village Library Conference RoomWhen: The last Tuesday of the month, 7 PM
Led by: Abbey
Stuck in the Middle (Grade) is a book club for adults who love to read and have opinions about middle grade novels. Perfect for parents, educators, or just anyone who loves middle grade and wants to talk about it with other adults!
PLEASE NOTE: This book club is for adults only. If you are looking for a book club for the tween in your life, please see the paired book club here.
Book club titles can be acquired in any way and format you prefer, but reserved copies will be kept at the desk in the Brookline Village Children’s Room for easy pickup.
The Flicker
H.E. Edgmon
Perfect for fans of The Marrow Thieves, Hatchet and The City of Ember, H.E. Edgmon's middle grade debut offers a bittersweet tale of hope and survival, a modern classic for the climate change generation. One year ago, a solar flare scorched the
Read More View in CatalogRead at Your Own Risk
Remy Lai
Read at Your Own Risk is the spine-chilling illustrated sketch diary of a kid who is being haunted after a game goes terribly wrong and an evil spirit starts conversing with her on the page. "The journal format of The Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets
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Jamie Sumner
After surviving a school shooting that left her feeling helpless in her wheelchair, Bea finds healing and empowerment through horseback riding therapy and begins to advocate for change.
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The Millennial Book Group
Where: Brookline Village LibraryWhen: Third Wednesday of the month, 7 PM
Led by: Kenny
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.
Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh
Selected by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the century and called "Evelyn Waugh's finest achievement" by the New York Times, Brideshead Revisited is a stunning exploration of desire, duty, and memory. The wellsprings o
Read More View in CatalogBite
Bill Schutt
From three-inch fang blennies to thirty-foot prehistoric crocodiles, from gaboon vipers to Neanderthals, Bite is a fascinating journey through the natural, scientific, and cultural history of something right in front of—or in—our faces: teeth. In
Read More View in CatalogLogicomix
Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos Papadimitriou
This exceptional graphic novel recounts the spiritual odyssey of philosopher Bertrand Russell. In his agonized search for absolute truth, Russell crosses paths with legendary thinkers like Gottlob Frege, David Hilbert, and Kurt Gödel, and finds a pa
Read More View in CatalogMonstrilio
Gerardo Sámano Córdova
A "genuinely scary" horror debut written in "prose so beautiful you won't want to rush" about a boy who transforms into a monster, a monster who tries to be a man, and the people who love him in every form he takes (Ana Reyes
Read More View in CatalogThe Half Known Life
Pico Iyer
NATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2023 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, TIME MAGAZINE & MORE “Masterful . . . A book of inner journeys told through extraordinary exteriors . . . One of his very best.” —Washington Post “D
Read More View in CatalogEuphoria
Lily King
New York Times Bestseller: An “enthralling,” prize-winning novel of a love triangle among three young archaeologists in 1930s New Guinea (Vogue). Winner of the Kirkus Prize Winner of the New England Book Award for Fiction Finalist for the Nationa
Read More View in CatalogAmerican Born Chinese
Gene Luen Yang
Now a hit TV show on Disney + starring Michelle Yeoh! A tour-de-force by New York Times bestselling Gene Yang, American Born Chinese is a pitch perfect YA graphic novel about race, friendship and the American Dream. American Born Chinese tells the st
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Afternoon Book Group
Where: Coolidge Corner Library, meeting virtually -- register for the Afternoon Book Group Zoom MeetingWhen: Third OR Fourth Monday of each month, 3 PM; check events calendar for the latest schedule.
Led by: Jessica
This group reads a variety of fiction and nonfiction. Books chosen are usually 350 pages or less and released within the last 5 years.
Tom Lake
Ann Patchett
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America’s finest writers. “Patchett leads us to a truth that feels li
Read More View in CatalogGiovanni's Room
James Baldwin
"The groundbreaking novel by one of the most important twentieth-century American writers--now in an Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics hardcover edition. Giovanni's Room is set in the Paris of the 1950s, where a young American e
Read More View in CatalogThe House of Broken Angels
Luis Alberto Urrea
In this "raucous, moving, and necessary" story by a Pulitzer Prize finalist (San Francisco Chronicle), the De La Cruzes, a family on the Mexican-American border, celebrate two of their most beloved relatives during a joyous and bittersweet
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Lisa Bird-Wilson
An Indigenous woman adopted by white parents goes in search of her identity in this unforgettable debut novel about family, race, and history. Finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award • “Engaging . . . Ruby never disappoints with h
Read More View in CatalogThe Matzah Ball
Jean Meltzer
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK SELECTED BY * POPSUGAR * BUSTLE * BUZZFEED * BOOKPAGE * GOODREADS MEMBERS "The Matzah Ball had me laughing out loud...an all-around terrific read."—Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author Oy! to the w
Read More View in CatalogThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Other Novels
Mark Twain
Famous during his lifetime as a humorist and for his incandescent social satires, Mark Twain is most often thought of today as a novelist whose precise language and vividly drawn characters introduce readers to tales steeped in concern with personal
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Percival Everett
A brilliant reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn—both harrowing and satirical—told from the enslaved Jim's point of view
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Midday Monday Mystery
Where: Coolidge Corner Library, meeting virtually -- register for the Midday Monday Mystery Zoom MeetingWhen: Second Monday of the month, 12:30 PM
Led by: Chloe
A mystery book group at the Coolidge Corner Library.
Christmas Presents
Lisa Unger
Instead of presents this Christmas, a true crime podcaster is opening up a cold case... Madeline Martin has built a life for herself as the young owner of a thriving business, The Next Chapter Bookshop, despite her tragic childhood and now needing to
Read More View in CatalogPardonable Lies
Jacqueline Winspear
Psychologist-sleuth Maisie Dobbs is called in by Sir Cecil Lawton to investigate the mystery behind the death of his wife's aviator son during World War I, a mission that brings her face to face with a college friend with ties to the missing pil
Read More View in CatalogRough Justice
Lisa Scottoline
The third electrifying book in #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline’s Rosato & Associates series has criminal lawyer Marta Richter in a race to prove one man’s innocence. “Lisa Scottoline writes riveting thrillers that keep me up all night
Read More View in CatalogThe Marlow Murder Club (The Marlow Murder Club Mysteries, Book 1)
Robert Thorogood
Judith Potts is seventy-seven years old and blissfully happy. She lives on her own in a faded mansion just outside Marlow, there’s no man in her life to tell her what to do or how much whisky to drink, and to keep herself busy she sets crosswords f
Read More View in CatalogKilling Orders
Sara Paretsky
V.I.'s battleaxe Aunt Rosa is under investigation by the FBI and SEC after counterfeit stock certificates were found at St. Albert's Priory, where she serves as treasurer. As malicious as her aunt is, V.I. knows she's not dishonest, so
Read More View in CatalogThe Big Dig
Linda Barnes
Six-foot-tall, redheaded ex-cop and Boston-based private eye Carlotta Carlyle is “the genuine article: a straightforward, funny, thoroughly American mystery heroine” (New York Post). Boston’s largest urban renewal undertaking in modern history
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Movie Matinee
Where: Coolidge Corner Library Meeting RoomWhen: 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 Brutalist
When a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern United States, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious, wealthy client.
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When a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern United States, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious, wealthy client.
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Starring Oscar nominees Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, alongside Bing the Great Dane, THE FRIEND is an unexpected and heartwarming journey through love, friendship, grief, and healing.
View in CatalogThe Wedding Banquet
Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in exchange for her partner Lee's expensive IVF. Elopement plans are upended, however, when Min
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Silent Book Group
Where: Coolidge Corner Library Conference RoomWhen: Every first Thursday and 7pm
Led by: Babu
Introverts Unite! Quietly of course. This group starts with a half hour of unstructured social time and light refreshments followed by an hour of uninterrupted silent reading. Bring your own book, and take some time to tackle that TBR pile. While all ages are welcome at this book club, participants should be able to read quietly without disrupting others.
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Council on Aging Book Group
Where: Putterham Library, meeting virtually -- register for the Council on Aging Book Group Zoom MeetingWhen: Monthly on the third or fourth Monday, 2 PM
Led by: Ginger
A book group for seniors to read together!
Attend either in person or virtually over Zoom.
How to Age Disgracefully
Clare Pooley
A senior citizens’ center and a daycare collide with hilarious results in the new ensemble comedy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Authenticity Project When Lydia takes a job running a Senior Citizen’s Social Club three afternoon
Read More View in CatalogShakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
Judi Dench, Brendan O'Hea
Taking a curtain call with a live snake in her wig... Cavorting naked through the Warwickshire countryside painted green... Acting opposite a child with a pumpkin on his head... These are just a few of the things Dame Judi Dench has done in the name
Read More View in CatalogThe Crescent Moon Tearoom
Stacy Sivinski
'A delightfully sweet and cozy novel that's as comforting as a warm cup of tea' - Kirkus Reviews, Starred Following the untimely death of their parents, Anne, Beatrix, and Violet Quigley have made a business of threading together the s
Read More View in CatalogWeaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light
Joy Harjo
A magnificent selection of fifty poems to celebrate three-term US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s fifty years as a poet. Over a long, influential career in poetry, Joy Harjo has been praised for her “warm, oracular voice” (John Freeman, Boston Globe)
Read More View in CatalogA Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman
Now a major motion picture A Man Called Otto starring Tom Hanks! #1 New York Times bestseller—more than 3 million copies sold! Meet Ove. He’s a curmudgeon—the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside
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Gentle Chair Yoga
Where: Putterham Library, meeting virtually -- register for the Gentle Chair Yoga Zoom MeetingWhen: Weekly on Fridays, 10:30 AM
Led by: Keith
Gentle Chair Yoga is designed for those seeking improved strength, flexibility, and balance with gentle movements and gently performed yoga postures! Attendees remain seated in chairs for the duration of the program with some optional standing.
Attend either in person or virtually over Zoom.

Learn Origami
Where: Putterham LibraryWhen: Monthly on a Saturday (see calendar), 2 PM
Led by: Jingting
Join librarian and origami expert Jingting for this fun introduction to the art of paper folding. You’ll make something new to take home each session — let’s get crafting!

Puzzle Club
Where: Putterham Library Meeting RoomWhen: Monthly on the first Wednesday, 11 AM
Led by: Ginger
Exercise your brain and socialize with fellow library patrons as we put together a different jigsaw puzzle each month. This drop-in program runs from 11 AM to 1 PM, so come on in and join at any time — no registration required!
September 3
No session in October
November 5
December 3

Tech Tuesday
Where: Putterham Library Meeting RoomWhen: Biweekly on every other Tuesday, 11 AM
Led by: Ginger
Want to get started with Libby or Hoopla for ebooks/audiobooks? Have a basic tech question like how to send an email or call an Uber? Bring your own device and a local librarian will guide you through it!
September 2
September 16
September 30
October 14
October 28
No session November 11
November 25
December 9
No session December 23

Wisdom Cafe
Where: Putterham Library Meeting RoomWhen: Monthly on the first Thursday, 11 AM
Led by: Ginger
Join us at the Putterham Library for Wisdom Cafe: a social hour that features guest speakers from the local community sharing their knowledge across a diverse range of topics.
Wisdom Cafe takes place on the first Thursday of the month at 11 AM. Coffee and pastries provided!
September 4:
Local pollinators with Pollinator Pathway
No session in October
November 6:
Craftivism with Welcome Blanket’s Hadassah Margolis
December 4:
Brookline Senior Center with Director Emily Williams