On Thursday, Aug. 2, the Cleveland Park Mystery Book Club will discuss William Ryan's The Holy Thief.
Book Clubs
The DC Public Library offers a variety of book clubs for residents to gather and discuss their love of books. Below is a list of just some of the clubs offered. Please note that sometimes book club events are canceled or rescheduled due to unforeseen circumstances. Please check the calendar to make sure an event is scheduled on the date you wish to attend. You can also call the library where the event is scheduled.
Cleveland Park Library Mystery Book Club
This club meets the first Thursday of each month on the 2nd floor at Barnes & Noble, 12th and E streets N.W. The group chooses the books each month, two to three months in advance. All types of crime writing are considered, from cozies to noir. Monthly notice is sent by e-mail. You don't have to join the group to receive the e-mail. For more information, contact Barbara Gauntt at the Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library. Call 202-282-3072 for more information.
Francis Gregory Adult Book Club
This club for adults only meets every fourth Wednesday at Francis Gregory Neighborhood Library. Selections include fiction (mystery, romance, history, short stories, classics, etc.) and nonfiction (biography, travel, finance, etc.). The facilitator invites suggestions from customers, book club members and staff. Past selections include The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers, The Wake of the Wind by California Cooper and The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama. Call 202-645-4297 for more information.
Georgetown Book Club
We meet on the third Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Georgetown Branch of DC Public Library. All books we read are available through the library system, so there is no need to purchase titles. Anyone who likes to read literary fiction and the occasional nonfiction title is welcome, as are suggestions for upcoming titles. For more information, visit our meetup page or e-mail Maria.Rosensweig@dc.gov.
Graphic Novel Book Club
The graphic novel book club meets monthly at the Georgetown Neighborhood Library on the first Thursday at 7 p.m. All are welcome! We read all types of graphic novels, from adult to children's content. We also read comics from DC and Marvel, as well as lesser-known graphic novel titles. For more information, please visit our meetup page, or call 202-727-0232.
Palisades Library Book Club
This club meets once a month on the third Tuesday at the Palisades Neighborhood Library. The club reads a wide variety of fiction and nonfiction with occasional forays into poetry and plays. Everyone makes suggestions, and the club chooses the selection by group consensus. For more information, contact the library at 202-282-3139.
Watha T. Daniel/Shaw History Book Club
The American History Book Club meets on the first and fourth Mondays of each month at Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Interim Library. We cover Presidents and Reformers through recent biographies. We discuss the new understanding of well known figures that emerage in the biographies. Each month we consider a new figure using these biographies. For more information, contact the library at 202-671-0265.
West End Book Club
This club meets at the West End Neighborhood Library the third Tuesday of every month. Call 202-724-8707 for more information.
Published on Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Published on Friday, July 13, 2012
Dr. Daniel Kahneman’s research is based on a statistical analysis of judgment and decision-making in psychology. He believes that the mind works in one of two ways:
Join the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book Club
Published on Wednesday, July 11, 2012
The fi
rst meeting of The Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book Club will be held on Saturday, Aug. 4 at 12:30 p.m.
Read and discuss the funny antics of wimps and their friends and find out who you callin' a wimp.
Come and check out the first book in the Diary of the Wimpy Kid series. Light refreshments will be provided.
Call 202-698-1959 for more information.
Published on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Did you love the HBO Mildred Pierce miniseries? Join us in August to discuss the original book by James M. Cain.
The group will meet on Monday, August 6 7 p.m.
Hope to see you there!
Published on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
The July selection of the Chevy Chase Library Mystery Book Club is The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. Masterpiece Theatre meets James Bond in The Eyre Affair, the first novel in Jasper Fforde’s cheeky sleuth series featuring a book-loving, gun-toting, wit-slinging heroine named Thursday Next.
Published on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
The July selection of the CCH History Book Club is Cicero by Anthony Everitt.
He squared off against Ceasar and was friends with young Brutus. He advised the legendary Pompey on his somewhat botched transition from military hero to politician. He lambasted Mark Antony and was master of the smear campaign, as feared for his wit as he was for exposing his opponents’ sexual peccadilloes. Brilliant, voluble, cranky, a genius of political manipulation but also a true patriot and idealist, Cicero was Rome’s most feared politician, one of the greatest lawyers and statesmen of all time.
Published on Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Have you ever seen the picture book Owl Babies by Martin Waddell?
Have you ever wondered why Sarah, Percy and Bill are all different sizes in the same nest with the mother owl? There is a wonderful explanation for this in Farley Mowat's book Owls in the Family. Horned owls lay eggs several days apart and the eggs are hatched several days apart.
Published on Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The Black Voices Book Club will be meeting on Monday, May 21 at 7 p.m. to discuss Edwidge Danticat's novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory.
The club focuses on fiction titles written by African-American, Caribbean and African authors. Books selected are always available from DC Public Library and copies are placed on hold for club members to pick up from the Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library check-out desk.
"A Natural History of the Senses" by Diane Ackerman
Published on Saturday, March 10, 2012
Please join the Southwest Library's monthly Kitchen Table Book Discussion, held the last Saturday of the month from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
This month's discussion, scheduled for Sat., March 31, will focus on Diane Ackerman's A Natural History of the Senses.
Published on Thursday, January 19, 2012
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n Thursday, February 2, the Mystery Book Club will discuss Barry Maitland's Dark Mirror, the 10th in the series featuring New Scotland Yard DCI David Brock and DI Kathy Kolla. Maitland's police procedurals have been described as "whydunits," concerned with the histories and motivations of the characters. Known for their atmospheric settings, each book in the series takes place in a different part of London, in this case, the London Library. This series appeals to readers of hard boiled and clue/puzzle fiction.
