Meets monthly on Wednesdays at 4:00 pm. A pre-registered program for children in grades 2 and 3 who are reading independently. Join us for a book discussion and fun activities. Register and pick up a copy of the book at the Children’s Room desk. For more information call 203-622-7940.
September 25: The Unicorn Rescue Society: The Creature of the Pines by Adam Gidwitz
October 16: Super Pancake by Megan Wagner Lloyd
This group meets on Monday afternoons every six weeks at 1:00pm. Discussion leader Dora Salm will guide participants through the exciting world of contemporary fiction.
September 23: Long Island: A Novel by Colm Tóibín
This group meets monthly on the third Tuesday from September – June at 7:00 pm. This is currently a hybrid program where patrons can register online or attend in-person. Facilitator John Dolan leads participants in a discussion of recent nonfiction titles related to foreign affairs and economics. 2024-25 Foreign Affairs Book Group Reading List
November 19: Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present by Fareed Zaharia
Sponsored by the Friends of Greenwich Library, this group meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 1:00 pm from September – May. Facilitator Susan Boyar leads participants through both classic and contemporary literature. Open to all.
The Great Books Discussion Group meets via Zoom on the first Thursday of each month from 9:30-11:30 am. The group is currently selections from Great Conversations 5, published by published by The Great Books Foundation. For more information, contact Jerry at gdsgreatbooks@gmail.com.
September 5: Philosophy and Knowledge by Bertrand Russell
October 3: Hell Screen by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
November 7: The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness by Reinhold Niebuhr
Meets monthly on the third Thursday at 4:00 pm. A pre-registered program for grades 4 to 6. Join us for a book discussion and activities. Register and pick up a copy of the book at the Children’s Room desk. For more information, please call 203-622-7940.
The Next Chapter Book Club offers people with developmental disabilities (DD) to read and learn together, talk about books, and make friends in a relaxed, community setting. The club meets for book discussions, as well as occasional field trips. We are currently looking for new members. Contact Emorrissey@greenwichlibrary.org with any questions or interest.
This group, for local senior Chinese residents, meets at 9:30am the first Friday of the month, online on WeChat.
September 6, October 4, October 25, November 1, December 6
Byram Shubert Library Book Groups
This group meets every Monday at 4pm and each month focuses on a different Battle of the Books selection. For children in grades 4 – 5.
September – June, meets on the second Monday at 3:00pm to discuss contemporary titles.
September 9: The Secret Book of Flora Lee by Patti Callahan Henry
Meets every third Tuesday at 5:00 pm online on Zoom. The International Book Club is in association with Alliance Française of Greenwich.
September 17: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
September – January, meets every second Thursday at 5:00 pm. The Proust Group is co-sponsored by Alliance Francaise. If you have vowed to read the entirety of Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past, this group is for you. This is clearly a book that requires time. Page by page, chapter by chapter, book by book, the group will deepen their understanding. Led by Proust expert Fereshteh Priou.
Cos Cob Library Book Groups
Please note that due to Cos Cob Library’s renovations, beginning in Fall 2024, some book groups have been moved to different locations temporarily.
Book Explorers is a book club for 2-3 graders and the first Tuesday of each month from 4:00-4:45pm. Join us for a great discussion, fun activity, and snack. Registration required.
September 24: Wind Riders: Rescue on Turtle Beach by Jen Marlin
Book Wizards is a book club for 4-6 graders and meets one Monday each month from 4:30-5:15pm, pizza included! Registration required.
Meets the third Wednesday of each month at 12:00 pm, except July, August, and December and is currently meeting online. Join us at our longest-running book club. Each month we read books that warrant special merit and discussion. Facilitator: Susan Boyar.
September 18: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Typically meets on the second Saturday of each month at 1:00pm year-round, and is currently meeting at Byram Shubert Library. The Cloak and Dagger group reads enticing and mysterious titles. Facilitators: Claudia Compagnoni Gibb and Sandra Walker.
September 14: The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen – meeting online
On the second Tuesday of the month at 5pm, The Friends of Cos Cob Library welcomes Susan Boyar, a long-time facilitator at both the Cos Cob and Greenwich Libraries, to guide us through a current New Yorker short story. This group meets online.
This group typically meets the first Thursday of each month at 7:30pm year-round, and they are currently meeting at Greenwich Library. The group discusses popular fiction and nonfiction. Facilitator: Judy Berg.
September 5: The Secret Life of Sunflowers by Marta Molnar
October 10: James by Percival Everett