Book Discussion Groups in the Branch Libraries
2009 - 2010
Allerton | Baychester | Bloomingdale
| Columbus | Countee Cullen |Donnell | Epiphany
| Fifty-Eighth Street | Fort Washington | George Bruce | Grand Central
| Hamilton Grange | Hudson
Park| Inwood | Jefferson Market | Kingsbridge
| Kips Bay | Mid-Manhattan
| Morningside Heights | Mott Haven| Muhlenberg
| Mulberry Street | New
Amsterdam | New Dorp |Ninety-Sixth
Street | Ottendorfer | Parkchester
| Port Richmond | Riverdale
| Riverside | Roosevelt Island | St. Agnes | Science,
Industry, and Business | Seward Park| Sixty-Seventh Street
| South Beach |
Spuyten Duyvil | Throg's
Neck | Todt Hill-Westerleigh | Tottenville
| Tremont | Van Nest |
Webster
| Woodlawn Heights | Yorkville
Please note: Readings and/or dates are subject to change. Please
call the Branch to verify this information. Pre-registration is
required for most groups.
Allerton
2740 Barnes Avenue
Bronx, NY 10467
718-881-4240
Wednesdays at 11:00 AM
Winter 2009
Nov. 18 My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk
Dec. 16 Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
2010
Jan. 20 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Feb. 17 Prospero's Daughter by Elizabeth Nunez
Mar. 17 Fortunate Son by Walter Mosley
Apr. 21 Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
May. 19 The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
Jun. 16 Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
Baychester
2049 Asch Loop North (at Bartow Avenue entrance to Co-op City)
Bronx, NY 10475
718.379.6700
Thursdays at 1:30 p.m.
Fall 2009
Sept. 10 A Death in the Family by James Agee
Oct. 8 The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
Nov. 12 Onitsha by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio
Dec. 10 The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
2010
Jan. 14 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Feb. 11 The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Mar. 11 Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Apr. 8 Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner
May 13 Rules for Old Men Waiting by Peter Pouncey
Jun. 10 Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Jul. 8 My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Aug. 12 Netherland by Joseph O’Neill
Bloomingdale
150 West 100th Street (between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues)
New York, NY 10025
212.222.8030
Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m.
Fall 2009
Sept. 22 Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
Oct. 27 Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
Nov. 24 Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Dec. 22 Netherland by Joseph O’Neill
2010
Jan. 26 Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Feb. 23 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Mar. 23 Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Apr.27 Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida
May 25 Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Jun. 22 The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman
Columbus
742 10th Avenue (between 50th and 51st Sts.)
New York, NY 10019
212.586.5098
Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.
Fall 2009
Sept. 9 Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Oct. 14 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Nov 11- Closed for Veteran's Day
Nov. 18 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dec. 9 One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
2010
Jan. 13 My Antonia by Willa Cather
Feb. 10 A Death in the Family by James Agee
Mar. 10 The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Apr. 14 August, Osage County by Tracy Letts
May 12 The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
Jun. 9 Unfortunate Son by Walter Mosley
Countee Cullen
104 W. 136th St. (near Lenox Ave.)
New York, NY 10030
212.491.2070
Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m.
Aug. 19 Sweet and Low by Rich Cohen
Fall 2009
Sept.16 On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
Oct. 21 Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
Nov. 18 The Queen of Harlem by Brian Keith Jackson
Dec. 16 The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
2010
Jan. 20 Miracle at St Anna by James McBride
Feb. 17 Inheritance of Loss by Anita Desai
Mar. 17 Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Apr. 21 The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
May 19 The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman
Jun. 16 The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Jul. 21 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Aug. 18 Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Donnell Library Center
See
Science, Industry and Business Library.
Epiphany
228 E. 23rd St. (near Second Ave.)
New York, N.Y. 10010
212.679.2645
Tuesdays at 3:00 p.m.
Aug. 25 Leaving Cecil Street by Diane McKinney Whetstone
Fall 2009
Sept. 29 Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
Oct. 27 Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
Nov. 24 Miracle at St. Anna by James McBride
Dec. 29 A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev
2010
Jan. 26 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Feb. 23 People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Mar. 30 Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Apr. 27 The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer
May 25 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Jun. 29 The Professor’s House by Willa Cather
Jul. 27 August, Osage County by Tracy Letts
Aug. 31 The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
Fifty-Eighth Street
127 East 58th Street (bet. Park and Lexington Aves.)
New York, NY 10022
212.759.7358
Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m.
Aug. 12 Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle
Fall 2009
Sept. 9 Summer by Edith Wharton
Oct. 14 The Gathering by Anne Enright
Nov. 11 One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
Dec. 9 Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
2010
Jan. 13 Run by Ann Patchett
Feb. 10 Miracle at St. Anna by James McBride
Mar. 10 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Hosseini
Apr. 14 The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
May 12 Banker to the Poor by Mohammad Yunus
Jun. 9 Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Jul. 14 The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
Aug. 11 People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Fort Washington
535 West 179 th Street (bet. St. Nicholas and Audubon Aves.)
New York, NY 10033
212.927.3533
Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m.
Fall 2009
Nov. 17 Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy
Dec. 15 Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
2010
Jan. 19 Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
Feb. 16 Push by Sapphire
Mar. 16 Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Apr. 20 The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
May 18 Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Jun. 15 Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan
George Bruce
518 West 125th Street (at Amsterdam Ave.)
New York, NY 10027
212.662.9727
Wednesday at 6:00 p.m.
Fall 2009
Sept. 16 The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
Oct. 21 Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Nov. 18 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Dec. 16 The Gathering by Anne Enright
2010
Jan. 20 In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Feb. 17 Them by Nathan McCall
Mar. 17 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Apr. 21 On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
May 19 White Noise by Don Delillo
Jun. 16 Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Jul. 21 The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
Grand Central
135 East 46th Street
New York, NY 10017
212.621.0670
Tuesdays at 5-6:30 p.m.
Fall 2009
Sept. 15 The New York Stories of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton
Oct. 20 Heir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick
Nov. 17 Complications by Atul Gawande
Dec. 15 Run by Ann Patchett
Hamilton Grange
503 West 145th Street
New York, NY 10031
212.926.2147
Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.
Fall 2009
Sept. 23 Them by Nathan McCall
Oct. 21 A Piece of Mine by J. California Cooper
Nov. No Meeting
Dec. 9 The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
2010
Jan. 20 Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou
Feb. 24 Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin
Mar. 24 The Prisoner’s Wife by Asha Bandele
Apr. 21 Grief by Andrew Holleran
May 26 The Known World by Edward Jones
Jun. 23 The Queen of Harlem by Brian Keith Jackson
Hudson Park
66 Leroy Street (at 7th Avenue South)
New York, NY 10014
212.243.6876
Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.
Fall 2009
Sept. 12 The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Oct. 10 For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Nov. 14 The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
Dec. 12 In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
2010
Jan. 9 The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
Feb 13 Epileptic by David B.
Mar. 13 Netherland by Joseph O’Neill
Apr.10 Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
May 8 One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
Jun. 12 The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander
Jul. 10 People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Inwood
4790 Broadway (near Dyckman St.)
New York, NY 10034
212.942.2445
Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m.
Fall 2009
Sept. 9 Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Oct. 7 The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
Nov. 4 The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
Dec. 2 The People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
2010
Jan. 6 Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Feb. 3 Nevermore by Edgar Allan Poe
Mar. 3 The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
Apr. 7 The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
May 5 Striver’s Row by Kevin Baker
Jun. 2 The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
Jul. 7 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Jefferson Market
425 Avenue of the Americas (at 10th Street)
New York, NY 10011
212.243.4334
Thursdays at 4:30 p.m.
Fall 2009
Sept. 24 Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin
Oct. 29 Man Gone Down by Michael Thomas
Nov. 19 The Moneychangers by Upton Sinclair
Dec. 17 The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
2010
Jan. 28 The Star Machine by Jeanine Basinger
Feb. 25 Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Mar. 25 Netherland by Joseph O’Neill
Apr. 29 Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
May 27 American Widow by Alissa Torres
Jun. 24 The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
Kingsbridge
280 W. 231st St. (at Corlear Ave.)
Bronx, NY 10463
718.548.5656
Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m
Fall 2009
Sept. 9 Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi
Sept. 23 The Gathering by Anne Enright
Oct. 14 Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
Nov.4 The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman
Dec. 2 The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
2010
Jan. No Meeting
Feb. No Meeting
Mar. 3 Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Mar. 24 Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Apr. 14 My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
May 5 Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
May 26 Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Kips Bay
446 Third Ave. (at E. 31st St.)
New York, NY 10016
212.683.2520
Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.
Fall 2009
Sept. 19 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Oct. 24 Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Nov. No Meeting
Dec. 19 A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev
2010
Jan. 23 In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Feb.27 The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
Mar. No Meeting
Apr. 24 Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
May 22 American Widow by Alissa Torres
Mid-Manhattan
455 Fifth Avenue at 40th Street
New York, NY 10016
212.340.0873
Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.
Fall 2009
Sept. 15 Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer
Oct. 20 The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat
Nov. 17 Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
Dec. 15 The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
2010
Jan. 19 White Noise by Don Delillo
Feb. 16 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Mar. 16 Tortilla Curtain by T. C. Boyle
Apr. 20 The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan
May 18 Fortunate Son by Walter Mosley
Jun. 15 The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.
Fall 2009
Sept. 9 Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Oct.14 Love and Other Impossible Pursuits b Ayelet Waldman
Nov. 18 People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Dec. 9 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
2010
Jan. 13 Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Feb. 10 The Moneychangers by Upton Sinclair
Mar. 10 Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Apr. 14 Netherland by Joseph O’Neill
May 12 Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner
Morningside Heights
2900 Broadway (at 113th St.)
New York, NY 10025
212.864.2530
Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.
Fall 2009
Sept. 10 The Known World by Edward Jones
Oct. 8 My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Nov. 12 The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
Dec. 10 March by Geraldine Brooks
2010
Jan. 14 The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Feb.11 Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
Mar.11 Aloft by Chang Rae Lee
Apr. 8 Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
May 13 American Widow by Alissa Torres
Jun. 10 The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Mondays at 6:00 p.m. (St. Agnes Book Discussion Group)
Aug. 31 Heir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Oz
Fall 2009
Sept. 21 Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Oct. 26 The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander
Nov. 30 Netherland by Joseph O’Neill
Dec. 28 Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
2010
Jan. 25 Widow by Alissa Torres
Feb. 22 The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer
Mar. 29 The Moneychangers by Upton Sinclair
Apr. 26 The Door: Poems by Margaret Atwood
May 24 The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
Jun. 28 A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev
Jul. 26 Run by Ann Patchett
Aug. 30 Birth of a Nation by Aaron McGruder
Mott Haven
321 East 140th Street
Bronx, New York 10454
718.665.4878
Mondays at 4:30 p.m.
Fall 2009
Oct. 5 Maus by Art Spiegelman
Nov. 2 Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
Dec. 7 Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi
2010
Jan. 4 American Widow by Alissa Torres
Feb. 1 Push by Sapphire
Mar. 1 Birth of a Nation: A Comic Novel by Aaron McGruder
Apr. 5 Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan
May 3 Nevermore: A Graphic Adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe
Jun. 7 Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Jul. 5 Epileptic by David B.
Aug. 2 The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Mulberry Street
10 Jersey Street (between Lafayette & Mulberry Streets)
New York, NY 10012
212.966.3424
Mondays at 6:30 p.m.
Aug. 31 Eat, Pray, Love- Elizabeth Gilbert
Fall 2009
Sept. 28 Evening by Susan Minot
Oct. 26 The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
Nov. 30 Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Dec. No Meeting
2010
Jan. 25 Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Feb. 22 Complications by Atul Gawande
Mar. 29 The Gathering by Anne Enright
Apr. 26 Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
May. 24 Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Jun. 28 The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
Jul. 26 Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Aug. 30 The Inheritance of Loss by Anita Desai
Muhlenberg
209 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10011-2379
212.924.1585
Thursdays at 6:15 p.m.
Fall 2009
Sept. 10 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Oct. 8 Infidel by Aayan Hirsi Ali
Nov. 5 Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Dec. 3 The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
2010
Jan. 7 Netherland by Joseph O’Neill
Feb. No Meeting
Mar. 4 Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
Apr. 1 Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
May 6 A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev
Jun. 3 Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin
New Amsterdam
9 Murray Street (between Broadway & Church Street)
New York, NY 10007
212.732.8186
Mondays at 6 p.m.
Aug.17 Evening by Susan Minot
Fall 2009
Sept. 21 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Oct. 19 Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Nov. 16 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Dec. 14 The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
2010
Jan. 25 Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Feb. 22 The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier
Mar. 15 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Apr.19 Peony in Love by Lisa See
May 17 The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Jun. 21 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Jul. 19 Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Aug. 16 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
New Dorp
309 New Dorp Lane
Staten Island, NY 10306
718.351.2977
Fridays at 2:30 p.m.
Fall 2009
Sept. 18 Hard Times by Charles Dickens
Oct. 9 Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Nov. 13 One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
Dec. 11 All My Sons by Arthur Miller
2010
Jan. 29 Martha Quest by Doris Lessing
Feb. 26 August, Osage County by Tracy Letts
Mar. 19 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Apr. 23 The Book of Salt by Monique Truong
May 14 The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Jun 18 The Moneychangers by Upton Sinclair
Ninety-Sixth Street
112 E. 96th St. (near Lexington Ave.)
New York, NY 10128
212.289.0908
Thursdays at 6:30 PM
Fall 2009
Sept. 3 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Oct. 1 The Queen of Harlem by Brian Keith Jackson
Nov. 5 The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Dec. 3 Netherland by Joseph O’Neill
2010
Jan. 7 The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Feb. 4 Collected Novellas by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Mar. 4 Complications by Atul Gawandwe
Apr. 1 For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
May 6 Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Jun. 3 The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman
Ottendorfer
135 Second Ave. (Near E. 8th St. - St. Marks Place)
New York, NY 10003
212.674.0947
Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.
Aug.11 To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Fall 2009
Sept. 8 Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Oct. 13 White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Nov. 10 Lipstick Jihad by Azadeh Moaveni
Dec. 8 Onitsha by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio
2010
Jan. 12 My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk
Feb. 9 The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Mar. 9 The Four Major Plays by Anton Chekhov
Apr. 13 The Places In Between by Rory Stewart
May 11 The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
Jun. 8 Man Gone Down by Michael Thomas
Jul. 13 The Problem With Murmur Lee by Connie May Fowler
Aug. 10 The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman
Parkchester
1988 Westchester Avenue
New York, NY 10462
718.829.7830
Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m.
Fall 2009
Sept. 16 The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
Oct. 21 Daughter of Fortune by Isabelle Allende
Nov. 18 A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown
Dec. 16 Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
2010
Jan. 20 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Johathan Safran Foer
Feb. 17 The Queen of Harlem by Brian Keith Jackson
Mar. 17 The Gathering by Anne Enright
Apr. 21 Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
May 19 Heir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick
Jun. 16 The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
Jul. 21 My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Aug. 18 For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Port Richmond
75 Bennett Street (at Heberton Ave.)
Staten Island, NY 10302
718. 442.0158
Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m.
Fall 2009
Sept. 16 The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Oct. 21 Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Nov. No Meeting
Dec. 9 Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
2010
Jan. 27 Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
Feb. No Meeting
Mar. 10 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Apr. 14 The Poet of Tolstoy Park by Sonny Brewer
May 19 Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenidge
Riverdale
5540 Mosholu Avenue (East of Riverdale Ave at West 256th Street)
Bronx, NY 10471
718.549.1212
Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m.
Fall 2009
Sep. 16 The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra
Oct. 21 Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Nov. 18 Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Dec. 16 My Father’s Secret War by Lucinda Franks
2010
Jan. 20 The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Feb. 17 What is the What by Dave Eggers
Mar. 17 Poetry Speaks ed. by Elise Paschen
Apr. 21 The Pickup by Gordimer
May 19 Atonement by Ian Mc Ewan
Jun. 16 The Ministry of Special Cases
Jul. 21 Four Tragedies by Shakespeare
Aug. 18 The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Saturdays at 3:00 p.m.
Fall 2009
Sep. 19 The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra
Oct. 24 Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Nov. 21 Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Dec. 19 My Father’s Secret War by Lucinda Franks
Riverside
127 Amsterdam Avenue (at West 65th Street)
New York, NY 10023
212.870.1810
Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m.
Aug. 5 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
Fall 2009
Sept. 2 The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer
Oct. 7 Them by Nathan McCall
Nov. 4 the Swallows of Kabul
Dec. 2 March by Geraldine Brooks
2010
Jan. 6 Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi
Feb. 3 Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner
Mar. 3 The Space Between Us
Apr. 7 Onitsha by Jean-Marie Gustave LeClezio
May 5 White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Jun. 2 Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
Jul. 7 Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Aug 4 Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Roosevelt Island
524 Main St.
New York, NY 10044
212.308.6243
Thursdays at 6:30 PM
Aug. 20 Seven Guitars by August Wilson
Fall 2009
Sept. 17 Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Oct. 15 A Death in the Family by James Agee
Nov. 19 The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Dec. 17 Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado
2010
Jan. 21 The Door: Poems by Margaret Atwood
Feb.18 Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin
Mar. 18 March by Geraldine Brooks
Apr. 14 My Antonia by Willa Cather
May 20 Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Jun. 17 The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Jul. 15 August, Osage County by Tracy Letts
Aug. 19 The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Science, Industry, and Business Library
188 Madison Avenue (at 34th Street)
New York, NY 10016
212.592.7000
Mondays at 1:00 p.m. (former Donnell Group)
Fall 2009
Sept. 14 Sweet and Low by Rich Cohen
Oct. 19 The Book of Salt by Monique Truong
Nov. 16 A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev
Dec. No Meeting
2010
Jan. 25 People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Feb. 22 Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida
Mar. 22 Love and Other Impossible Pursuits by Ayelet Waldman
Apr. 19 The Moneychangers by Upton Sinclair
May 17 My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Jun. 14 Run by Ann Patchett
Jul. 12 The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
Aug. 9 One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
St. Agnes
444 Amsterdam Avenue (near West 81st Street )
New York, NY 10024
212.877.4380
Due to renovations, meetings will be held at the Morningside Heights
Branch Library.
Seward Park
192 East Broadway
New York, NY 10002
212.477.6770
Mondays at 6:00 p.m.
Fall 2009
Sept. 14 White Noise by Don DeLillo
Oct. 12 The Star Machine by Jeanine
Nov. 9 Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Dec. 14 The Places in Between by Rory Stewart
2010
Jan. 11 The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Feb. 8 Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Mar. 8 The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit
Apr. 12 The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
May 10 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Jun. 14 Girlbomb by Janice Erlbaum
Sixty-Seventh Street
328 E. 67th St. (near First Ave.)
New York, NY 10021
212.734.1717
Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m
Fall 2009
Sept. 15 The Book of Salt by Monique Truong
Oct. 20 Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Nov. 17 White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Dec. 15 Arc of Justice by Kevin Boyle
2010
Jan. 19 The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
Feb. 16 Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Mar. 16 Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner
Apr. 20 Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
May 18 I’m Not Scared by Nicolo Ammaniti
Jun. 15 August, Osage County by Tracy Letts
South Beach
21-25 Robin Rd. (at Ocean Ave. and Father Capodanno Blvd.)
Staten Island, NY 10305
718.816.5834
Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m.
Aug. 19 The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Fall 2009
Oct. 7 Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Nov. No Meeting
Dec. 16 Lipstick Jihad by Azadeh Moaveni
Jan. No Meeting
Feb. 17 Run by Ann Patchett
Mar. No Meeting
Apr. 21 The Warden by Anthony Trollope
May. No Meeting
Jun. 23 Banker to the Poor by Muhammad Yunus
Aug. 18 Sweet and Low by Rich Cohen
Spuyten Duyvil
650 West 235th St. (at Independence Ave.)
Bronx, NY 10463
718.796.1202
Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m.
Fall 2009
Oct. 13 Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Nov. 10 Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Dec. 15 The Gathering by Anne Enright
2010
Mar. 9 The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
Apr. 13 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
May 11 People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Jun. 8 The Dive From Clausen’s Pier by Ann Packer
Throg's Neck
3025 Cross Bronx Expressway Extension (at E. Tremont Ave.)
Bronx, NY 10473
718.589.0880
Thursdays at 1:30 p.m.
Fall 2009
Sept. 1 Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Oct. 8 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Nov. 12 The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
Dec. 10 The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander
2010
Jan. 14 White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Feb. 11 The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Mar. 11 Netherland by Joseph O’Neill
Apr. 15 The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle
May 13 The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
Jun. 10 An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
Todt Hill-Westerleigh
2550 Victory Boulevard (near Willowbrook)
Staten Island, NY 10314
718.494.1642
Thursdays at 2:30 p.m.
Fall 2009
Sept. 24 Heir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick
Oct. 29 Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Nov. 19 Collected Novellas by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Dec. 17 Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida
2010
Jan. 28 Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Feb. 25 The Book of Salt by Monique Truong
Mar. 25 The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra
Apr. 22 Run by Ann Patchett
May 27 Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Jun. 24 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Tottenville
7430 Amboy Road
Staten Island, NY 10307
718.984.0945
Mondays at 7:00 p.m.
Fall 2009
Sept. 21 Martha Quest by Doris Lessing
Oct. 19 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Nov. 16 Girlbomb by Janice Erlbaum
Dec. 14 The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton
2010
Jan. 11 White Noise by Don DeLillo
Feb. 8 Evening by Susan Minot
Mar. 8 The Gathering by Anne Enright
Apr. 5 Four Tragedies by William Shakespeare
May 3 Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Jun. 7 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Tremont Branch Library
1866 Washington Avenue [at E. 176th St.],
Bronx, NY 10457
718.299.5177
Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m.
Fall 2009
Sept. 15 Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier
Oct. 13 Jump at the Sun by Kim McLarin
Nov. 10 The Moneychangers by Upton Sinclair
Dec. 8 Leaving Cecil Street by Diane McKinney-Whetstone
2010
Jan. 12 Strivers Row by Kevin Baker
Feb. 9 Push by Sapphire
Mar. 9 Evening by Susan Minot
Apr. 13 Nevermore by Edgar Allen Poe
May 11 American Widow by Alissa Torres
Jun. 8 Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Van Nest
2147 Barnes Avenue (Near Pehlam Parkway South)
Bronx, NY 10462
718.829.5864
Thursdays at 1:30 p.m.
Fall 2009
Oct. 22 Martha Quest by Doris Lessing
Nov. 19 Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Dec. 17 Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
2010
Jan. 21 The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman
Feb. 25 Them by Nathan McCall
Mar. 18 On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
Apr. 22 The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit by Lucette Lagnado
May 27 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jun. 24 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Webster
1465 York Avenue (near E. 78th St.)
New York, N.Y. 10021
212.288.5049
Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.
Fall 2009
Sept. 10 Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Oct. 1 Aloft by Chang Rae Lee
Nov. 5 The New York Stories by Edith Wharton
Dec. 3 White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
2010
Jan. 7 The Moneychangers by Upton Sinclair
Feb. 4 Banker to the Poor by Muhammad Yunus
Mar. 4 Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
Apr. 1 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
May 6 The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit by Lucette Lagnado
Jun. 3 People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Woodlawn Heights
4355 Katonah Avenue (at E. 239th Street)
Bronx, NY 10470
718.519.9627
2nd Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m.
Fall 2009
Sept. 8 The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle
Oct. 13 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Nov. 10 The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Dec. 8 The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton
2010
Jan. 12 Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Feb. 9 The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Mar. 9 Peony in Love by Lisa See
Apr.13 Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner
May 11 My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Jun. 8 Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy
Jul. 13 Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Yorkville
222 E. 79th St. (bet. Second and Third Aves.)
New York, NY 10021
212.744.5824
Mondays at 1:30 p.m and 6:30 p.m.
Aug. 17 The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
Fall 2009
Sept. 21 The Human Stain by Phillip Roth
Oct. 19 Aloft by Chang Rae Lee
Nov. 16 The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
Dec. 21 In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
2010
Jan. 25 The New York Stories of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton
Feb. 22 Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy
Mar. 15 One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
Apr. 19 The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
May 17 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Jun. 21 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jul. 19 Run by Ann Patchett
Aug. 16 Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Updated: 08/13/09
