Book Groups

The Peabody Institute Library currently coordinates 6 Book Discussion Groups throughout the city. Each group meets on a monthly basis, unless otherwise noted. Book Group meetings are also listed on the calendar.

Find the right one for you in the list below! Books are available at the meeting location or at Main Library Public Service Desk.

Fiction Book Group

1st Thursday of the month, 2 PM
Meets at West Branch Library
Reading for March: “Good Dirt” by Charmaine Wilkerson
Reading for April: “The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau” by Kristen Harmel
Contact: Alex Pappas, apappas@noblenet.org

Nonfiction Book Group

Last Thursday of the month, 4PM
Meets at West Branch Library
Reading for June 25th: A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck” by Sophie Elmhirs
Contact: Alex Pappas, apappas@noblenet.org

Peabody Council on Aging Book Group

2nd Wednesday of the month, 10:30 AM
Meets at Torigian Center
Large Print Copies available and Audio-book copies on request
Reading for June: “The Good Left Undone” by Adriana Trigiani
Contact: Morgan Yeo, myeo@noblenet.org

The Readers

Third Tuesday of every month, 1:30PM
Meets at the South Branch Library
Reading for July 21st – “The Hours” by Michael Cunningham
Contact: Amy Titus, atitus@noblenet.org

Super Sleuths

Second Tuesday of every month, 1:30PM
Meets at the South Branch Library
Reading for June 9th – “The Guest List” by Lucy Foley
Reading for July 14th – “False Witness” by Karin Slaughter
Contact: Amy Titus, atitus@noblenet.org

Teen Book Club

LAST Wednesday of every month, 4PM
Meets in the Teen Room of the Main Library
Participants receive 1 hour of community service
Reading for June 24th: “This is Why They Hate Us” by Aaron H. Aceves
Reading for July 29th: “In the Dead of Summer” by Ryan LaSala
Reading for August 26th: “Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown”
Contact: Amory Thomas, athomas@Noblenet.org

Teen Graphic Novel Club

Meets one Saturday a month, 1PM
Meetins the Teen Room of the Main Library
Participants receive 1 hour of community service
Reading for June 20th: “Check Please!” by Ngozi Ukazu
Reading for July 20th: “Space Walking with You”
Reading for August 29th: “Komi Can’t Communicate”