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 September: “Hello Beautiful” by Ann Napolitano
- Reading for October: “The Jackal’s Mistress” by Chris Bohjalian
- Contact: Alex Pappas, apappas@noblenet.org
Nonfiction Book Group
- Last Thursday of the month, 4PM
- Meets at West Branch Library
- Reading for Sept.24:“The Pirate’s Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd” by Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos
- 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 August 12th: “The View From Lake Como: A Novel” by Adriana Trigiani
- Reading for September 9th: “Atmosphere” by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Contact: Morgan Yeo, myeo@noblenet.org
The Readers
- Third Tuesday of every month, 1:30PM
- Meets at the South Branch Library
- Reading for August 18th – “The Stone Diaries” by Carol Shields
- Reading for September 15th – “Our Souls at Night” by Kent Haruf
- Contact: Amy Titus, atitus@noblenet.org
Super Sleuths
- Second Tuesday of every month, 1:30PM
- Meets at the South Branch Library
- Reading for August 11th – “And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie
- Reading for September 8th – “All the Devils Are Here” by Louise Penny
- 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”