Tagged Book Clubs

Join the Trans By Trans Book Club

More books are written by and for trans and nonbinary people than ever before, and the Free Library wants YOU to read them with us! Join us on the third Tuesday of each month for a virtual citywide book club for trans and…

Join the Entrepreneur Book Club

Most CEOs read four to five books a month — join their ranks! Every Fourth Saturday of the month, the  Entrepreneur Book Club will discuss books focusing on starting, running, and enhancing business success,…

Discover Queer-Friendly Reads Recommended by the Trans by Trans Book Club

Greetings from the Trans by Trans Book Club folks! Are you looking for recommendations based on our recent reads? Check out these book club read-a-likes. *Note - Not all titles are written by trans authors about trans people.  …

Join the Celebrity Memoir Book Club at Fumo Family Library!

Love memoirs? Love celebrity gossip? This new book club is for you! Join us at Fumo Family Library ! Every fourth Tuesday of the month we will discuss a different memoir authored by a celebrity. A limited number of books will be…

Short Story Book Club Coming to Parkway Central Library

Introducing a new book club at the Parkway Central Library  — on the second Monday of each month, the Short Story Book Club will meet from 6:00–7:30 p.m. in Philbrick Hall  to discuss collections of short-form…

Join Something New: The Intergenerational Teen Book Club at PCI Library

Reading and discussing books is powerful! The connections we make with stories, with ourselves, and with others can bring us closer together and help us understand more about those who experience the world differently…

The Philadelphia Comics Collection Debuts in the Art Department

Are you an avid reader of comics, and of the age 18+? The Art Department is stoked to announce an exciting new collection for you to explore: The Philadelphia Comics Collection (PCC) is a living, growing, cutting-edge catalog made up of…

The Adult Literacy Book Club's Fall Book Selection

With fall approaching, what better time than now to join the Adult Literacy Book Club , presented by the Free Library's Languages and Learning Center ! Improve your reading skills while reading and discussing interesting books as we…

Adult Literacy Book Club's Winter Book Selection

Join the Adult Literacy Book Club, presented by the Free Library's Languages and Learning Center and Beyond Literacy . Improve your reading skills while reading and discussing interesting books! Don't always have a lot of time…

The Adult Literacy Book Club's Fall Book Selection

Join the Adult Literacy Book Club, presented by the Free Library's Languages and Learning Center and Beyond Literacy . Improve your reading skills while reading and discussing interesting books! Don't always have a lot of time…

10 Great Reads from the Holmesburg Library Book Club

Since 2019, the Holmesburg Library's Book Club has met biweekly to discuss great modern literature, nineteenth-century classics, and historical nonfiction, to name just a few genres. Not even the pandemic could stop the book club…

The Adult Literacy Book Club's Latest Book Selection

Join the Adult Literacy Book Club, presented by the Free Library's Languages and Learning Center and Beyond Literacy . Improve your reading skills while reading and discussing interesting books! Don't always have a lot of time…

Trans By Trans Book Club

Join us on the third Tuesday of the month for a virtual citywide book club for trans and nonbinary adult readers. Each month, we will be reading books written by trans and nonbinary authors and discussing trans imagination, writing…

Trans By Trans Book Club

Join us on the third Tuesday of the month for a virtual citywide book club for trans and nonbinary adult readers. Each month, we will be reading books written by trans and nonbinary authors and discussing trans imagination, writing…

Trans By Trans Book Club

Join us on the third Tuesday of the month for a virtual citywide book club for trans and nonbinary adult readers. Each month, we will be reading books written by trans and nonbinary authors and discussing trans imagination, writing…

Trans By Trans Book Club

Join us on the third Tuesday of the month for a virtual citywide book club for trans and nonbinary adult readers. Each month, we will be reading books written by trans and nonbinary authors and discussing trans imagination, writing…

Celebrity Memoir Book Club | "Uncommon Favor: Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Life Lessons I Learned from All Three" by Dawn Staley

Join us for a fun and casual book discussion held the fourth Tuesday of every month in the back room at the Fumo Family Library Branch. This month’s memoir is "Uncommon Favor: Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Life…

Trans By Trans Book Club

Join us on the third Tuesday of the month for a virtual citywide book club for trans and nonbinary adult readers. Each month, we will be reading books written by trans and nonbinary authors and discussing trans imagination, writing…

Celebrity Memoir Book Club | January 27: "Down the Drain," by Julia Fox

Join us for a fun and casual book discussion held the fourth Tuesday of every month in the back room at the Fumo Family Library Branch. This month’s memoir is "Down the Drain," by Julia Fox. Place a hold online or at any…

Trans By Trans Book Club

Join us on the third Tuesday of the month for a virtual citywide book club for trans and nonbinary adult readers. Each month, we will be reading books written by trans and nonbinary authors and discussing trans imagination, writing…

LEAP Teen and Tween Book Club!

A welcoming, low-stress book group for grades 4–8. Bring a snack, read at an easy pace, and enjoy time with friends. We’ll begin with Hoot by Carl Hiaasen and watch the movie after completing the book. Copies are available…

Trans By Trans Book Club

Join us on the third Tuesday of the month for a virtual citywide book club for trans and nonbinary adult readers. Each month, we will be reading books written by trans and nonbinary authors and discussing trans imagination, writing…

Horror Book Club

Looking for folks who share a passion for quality literature that give you the creeps? Richmond Library is happy to offer the Horror Book Club every third Monday of the month. 18+ only!

Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder...

If you love mysteries and thrillers, join us for our book club! As a genre, mysteries span countries, cultures, and historic periods, varying in tone, pace, and characterization.  From the hardboiled to the cozy, from the…

LEAP Teen and Tween Book Club!

A welcoming, low-stress book group for grades 4–8. Bring a snack, read at an easy pace, and enjoy time with friends. We’ll begin with Hoot by Carl Hiaasen and watch the movie after completing the book. Copies are available…

Bibliophiles Reading Group

The Oak Lane Bibliophiles is our adult book club that meets at the library to enjoy snacks and lively discussion. This month the Biblios will be discussing Lovely One: A Memoir, by United States Supreme Court Justice Ketanji…

Rainbow Parent Book Club: “The Call of the Wild and Free”

Rainbow Parent Book Club for October : “The Call of the Wild and Free”      “This program was made possible through support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Miriam Spector Endowment…

Rainbow Parent Book Club: Momma Cusses

Rescheduled from September: Momma Cusses There are lots of experts out there who will tell you they have the magic recipe to raising perfect humans. Gwenna Laithland is not one of them. She’s one of us. Frustrated, overwhelmed,…

Celebrity Memoir Book Club | "Love, Pamela" by Pamela Anderson

Join us for a fun and casual book discussion held the fourth Tuesday of every month in the back room at the Fumo Family Library Branch. This month’s memoir is "Love, Pamela" by Pamela Anderson. Place a hold online or at…

W.E.B. Du Bois Reading Group

W.E.B. Du Bois,  one of the leading intellectuals of his era was a revolutionary and a visionary who challenged his contemporaries and the status quo with his thoughts on race, racial inequality, empowerment, civil rights, and…

LEAP Teen and Tween Book Club!

A welcoming, low-stress book group for grades 4–8. Bring a snack, read at an easy pace, and enjoy time with friends. We’ll begin with Hoot by Carl Hiaasen and watch the movie after completing the book. Copies are available…

Chills, Thrills, and Unicorns! Book Club

Looking for a book club that’s a little spooky, a little swoony, and a lot of fun? Chills, Thrills, & Unicorns celebrates all the genres that keep us turning the pages: horror, thrillers, fantasy, and romance. Bring your love…