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 March: “Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present” by Fareed Zakaria
Reading for April: “A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them” by Timothy Egan
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 November: “The Crash” by Freida McFadden
Reading for December: “What We Can Know: A Novel” by Ian McEwan
Contact: Morgan Yeo, myeo@noblenet.org

The Readers

Third Wednesday of every month, 1:30PM
Meets at the South Branch Library
Reading for March 18th – “The Old Man and the Sea” by Ernest Hemingway
Reading for April 15th – “Nora Webster” by Colm Toibin
Contact: Amy Titus, atitus@noblenet.org

Super Sleuths

Second Tuesday of every month, 1:30PM
Meets at the South Branch Library
Reading for March 10th – “Down the River Unto the Sea” by Walter Mosley
Reading for April 14th – “Everyone Here is Lying” by Shari Lapena
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 and refreshments
Reading for June 25 – BYOB! Bring Your Own Book, and we’ll chat about what you like to read!
Contact: Amory Thomas, athomas@Noblenet.org