Book Discussion Groups in the Branch Libraries
2008 - 2009

Baychester | Bloomingdale | Columbus | Countee Cullen |Donnell | Epiphany | Fifty-Eighth Street | George Bruce | Hamilton Grange | Harlem | Hudson Park | Hunt's Point | Inwood | Jefferson Market | Kingsbridge | Kips Bay | Mid-Manhattan | Morningside Heights | Muhlenberg | Mulberry Street |  New Amsterdam |  New Dorp |Ninety-Sixth Street | Ottendorfer | Port Richmond | Riverdale | Riverside | Roosevelt Island | St. Agnes | Science, Industry, and Business | Sixty-Seventh Street | South Beach | Spuyten Duyvil | Throg's Neck | Todt Hill-Westerleigh | Tottenville | Tremont | Van Nest | West New Brighton | 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. Send comments or corrections to the Office of Adult Services at oas@nypl.org .

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.

2008
Sept. 11 Shadows on the Hudson by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Oct. 16 Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Nov. 13 The Gathering by Anne Enright
Dec. 11 Leaving Cecil Street by Diane MCKinney-Whetstone

2009
Jan. 8 The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
Feb.12 Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson    
Mar. 12 Martha Quest by Doris May Lessing
Apr. 16 The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit by Lucette Lagnado
May 14 Jump at the Sun by Kim McLarin
Jun. 11 My Father’s Secret War by Lucinda Franks
Jul. 9 Epileptic by David B.
Aug. 13 The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer

Bloomingdale
150 West 100th Street (between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues)
New York, NY 10025
212.222.8030

Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m.

2008   
Sept. 23 The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer
Oct. 28 Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Nov. 25 Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
Dec. 23 To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

2009
Jan. 27 Kaaterskill Falls by Allegra Goodman
Feb. 24 Man Gone Down by Michael Thomas
Mar. 24 The Door: Poems by Margaret Atwood
Apr. 28 The New York Stories of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton
May 26 The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Jun. 23 The Gathering by Anne Enright

Columbus
742 10th Avenue (between 50th and 51st Sts.)
New York, NY 10019
212.586.5098

Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.

2008
Sept. 10 The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton
Oct. 15 The Lost German Slave Girl by John Bailey
Nov. 12 The Gathering by Anne Enright
Dec. 10 On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan

2009
Jan. 14 Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler
Feb. 11 Summer by Edith Wharton
Mar. 11 Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
Apr. 15 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
May 13 The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
Jun. 10 Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle

Countee Cullen
104 W. 136th St. (near Lenox Ave.)
New York, NY 10030
212.491.2070

Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m.

2008
Sept. 17 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Oct. 15 What is the What by Dave Eggers
Nov. 19 Red River by Lalita Tademy
Dec. 17 The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra

2009
Jan. 21 Jump at the Sun by Kim McLarin
Feb.18 The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer
Mar. 18 Seven Guitars by August Wilson
Apr. 15 Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
May 20 Man Gone Down by Michael Thomas
Jun. 17 Leaving Cecil Street by Diane McKinney Whetstone
Jul. 15 The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan
Aug. 19 Sweet and Low by Rich Cohen

Donnell Library Center
20 West 53rd Street (between 5th Avenue and Avenue of the Americas)
New York, NY 10019
212.621.0618

Due to renovations, meetings will be held at the 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.

2008
Sept. 30 The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
Oct. 28 The New York Stories of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton
Nov. 25 Three Plays by Eugene O’Neill
Dec. 23 Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky

2009
Jan. 27  White Noise by Don Delillo
Feb. 24 Infidel by Hirsi Ali
Mar. 31 Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
Apr. 28 Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
May 26 In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
Jun. 30 The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander
Jul. 28 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Aug. 25 Leaving Cecil Street by Diane McKinney Whetstone

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.

2008
Sept. 10 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Oct. 8 Leaving Cecil Street by Diane McKinney-Whetstone
Nov. 12 Like Trees, Walking by Ravi Howard
Dec. 10 Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
 

2009
Jan. 14 The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton
Feb. 11 Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Mar. 11 Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Apr. 8 Peony in Love by Lisa See
May 13 The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer
Jun. 10 Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida
Jul. 8 The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander
Aug. 12 Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle

George Bruce
518 West 125th Street (at Amsterdam Ave.)
New York, NY 10027
212.662.9727

Mondays at 6:00 p.m.
Except for Wednesday Sep. 24, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.

2008
Sep. 24 The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Oct.20 Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
Nov. 17 A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown
Dec. 15 What is the What by Dave Eggers

2009
Jan. 12 Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Feb. 23 The Known World by Edward P. Jones
Mar. 23 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Apr. 20 The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier
May 18 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Jun. 15 Love and Other Impossible Pursuits by Ayelet Waldman
Jul. 20 Man Gone Down by Michael Thomas

Hamilton Grange
503 West 145th Street
New York, NY 10031
212.926.2147

Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.

2008
Sep. 24 A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown
Oct. 29 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
Nov.  No Meeting
Dec. 10 Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
 

2009
Jan. 28 Girlbomb: A Halfway Homeless Memoir by Janice Erlbaum
Feb. 25 An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
Mar. 25  47 by Walter Mosley
Apr. 29 Break Any Woman Down by Dana Johnson
May 27 Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Jun. 24 The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man

Harlem
9 West 124th Street
New York, NY 10027
212.348.5620

Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.

2008
Sept. 16 Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Oct. 21 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button apt. 3W by Gabriel Brownstein
Nov. 18 Fortunate Son by Walter Mosley
Dec. 16 Dreams from my Father by Barack Obama

2009
Jan. 20 A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown
Feb.17 Love by Toni Morrison
Mar. 17 Disgrace by J.M. Coetze
Apr. 21 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
May 19 Them by Nathan McCall
Jun. 16 Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Jul. 21 Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
Aug. 18 Blood Done Sign My Name by Timothy Tyson

Hudson Park
66 Leroy Street (at 7th Avenue South)
New York, NY 10014
212.243.6876

Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.

2008
Sept. 13 In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Oct. 4 An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
Nov. 8 The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton
Dec. 13 The Professor’s House by Willa Cather

2009
Jan. 10 The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier
Feb. 14 Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Mar. 14 On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
Apr. 11 The March by E.L. Doctorow
May  9 Four Major Plays by Anton Chekhov
Jun. 13 Hard Times by Charles Dickens
Jul. 11 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Hunt's Point
877 Southern Boulevard at (Tiffany St.)
Bronx, NY 10459
718.617.0338



Mondays at 6:30 p.m.

2008
Sep. 15 Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Oct. 20 A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown
Nov. 24 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Dec. 8 Lipstick Jihad by Azadeh Moaveni

 

 

Inwood
4790 Broadway (near Dyckman St.)
New York, NY 10034
212.942.2445

Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m.

2008
Sept. 3 The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan didion
Oct. 1  The Arc of Justice by Kevin Boyle
Nov. 5 For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Dec. 3 The Dubliners by James Joyce

2009
Jan. 7 Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Feb. 4 Heir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick
Mar. 4 Seven Guitars by August Wilson
Apr.1 The Fisher King by Paule Marshall
May 6 Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado
Jun. 3 Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
Jul. 1 The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

Jefferson Market
425 Avenue of the Americas (at 10th Street)
New York, NY 10011
212.243.4334

Thursdays at 4:30 p.m.

2008
Sept. 25 The New York Stories by Edith Wharton
Oct. 30 The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
Nov. 20 Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Dec. 18 Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

2009
Jan. 29 Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
Feb. 26 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Mar. 26 The Gathering by Anne Enright
Apr. 30 Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
May 27 Martha Quest by Doris Lessing
Jun. 24 Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida

Kingsbridge
280 W. 231st St. (at Corlear Ave.)
Bronx, NY 10463
718.548.5656

Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m

2008
Sept. 10 Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Oct. 1 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Oct. 29 The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Nov. 12 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Dec. 3 My Father’s Secret War by Lucinda Franks

2009
Mar. 4 Peony in Love by Lisa See
Mar. 25 Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Apr. 8 Fun Home: a Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Apr. 22 Atonement by Ian McEwan
May 13 The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton

Kips Bay
446 Third Ave. (at E. 31st St.)
New York, NY 10016
212.683.2520

Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.

2008
Oct. 18 Four Major Plays by Anton Chekov
Nov. 15 Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
Dec. 13 The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton

2009
Feb. 16 The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit by Lucette Lagnado
Apr. 12 The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
Jun. 14 The Warden by Anthony Trollope

Mid-Manhattan
455 Fifth Avenue at 40th Street
New York, NY 10016
212.340.0873

Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.

2008
Sept.16 White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Oct. 21 The Human Stain by Philip Roth
Nov. No Meeting in November
Dec. 23 Small Island by Andrea Levy

2009
Jan. 20 Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Feb. 17 Collected Novellas by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Mar. 17 Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado
Apr. 21 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Foer
May 19 The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra
Jun. 23 Aloft by Chang-Rae Lee

   
Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.

2008
Sept.10 Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
Oct. 15 The New York stories of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton
Nov.12 The Gathering by Anne Enright
Dec. 10 the Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander

2009
Jan. 14 Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Feb. 11 The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer
Mar.11 The Inheritance of Loss by Anita Desai
Apr. 8 Man Gone Down by Michael Thomas
May 13 My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk
Jun. 10 March by Geraldine Brooks

Morningside Heights
2900 Broadway (at 113th St.)
New York, NY 10025
212.864.2530

Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.

2008
Sept. 11 To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Oct. 9 Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande
Nov.13 Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dec.11 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

2009
Jan. 8 The Queen of Harlem by Brian Keith Jackson
Feb.12 Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin
Mar.12 Fortunate Son by Walter Mosley
Apr. 9 Shadows on the Hudson by Isaac Bashevis Singer
May 7 The Poet of Tolstoy Park by Sonny Brewer
Jun.11 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Apt. 3W by Gabriel Brownstein

Mondays at 6:00 p.m. (St. Agnes Book Discussion Group)

2008
Sept. 29 The Warden by Anthony Trollope
Oct. 27 Shadows on the Hudson by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Nov. 24 Pale fire by Vladimir Nabokov
Dec. 29 Collected Novellas by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

2009
Jan. 26 Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Feb. 23 Miss Lonelyhearts and Day of the Locust
Mar. 30 Peony in Love by Lisa See
Apr. 27 The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Jun. 1 The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton
Jun. 29 My Father’s Secret War by Lucinda Franks
Jul. 27 Man Gone Down by Michael Thomas
Aug. 31 Heir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Oz

Mulberry Street
10 Jersey Street (between Lafayette & Mulberry Streets)
New York, NY 10012
212.966.3424

Mondays at 6:30 p.m.

2008
Sep. 29 The Camel Bookmobile- Masha Hamilton
Oct. 27 Book of Illusions- Paul Auster
Nov. 24 Sweet and Low: a family story- Rich Cohen

2009
Jan. 26 Gabriela, Clove, and Cinnamon- Jorge Amado
Feb. 23 The Warden- Anthony Trollope
Mar. 30 Infidel- Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Apr. 27 The Door- Margaret Atwood
Jun. 29 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao- Junot Diaz
Jul. 27 In Cold Blood- Truman Capote
Aug. 31 Eat, Pray, Love- Elizabeth Gilbert

Muhlenberg
209 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10011-2379
212.924.1585

Thursdays at 6:15 p.m.

2008
Sept. 4 Summer by Edith Wharton
Oct. 16 The Gathering by Anne Enright
Nov. 6 Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
Dec.4 Loving Frank by Nancy Horan

2009
Jan. 8 The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer
Feb. 12 Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Mar. 5 The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
Apr. 2 The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit by Lucette Lagnado
May 8 In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
Jun. 4 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

New Amsterdam
9 Murray Street (between Broadway & Church Street)
New York, NY 10007
212.732.8186

2008
Sept. 15 The Time Traveler’s Wife
Oct. 20 March by Geraldine Brooks
Nov. 17 Fortunate Son by Walter Mosley
Dec. 15 What Is the What by Dave Eggers

2009
Jan. 19 The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander
Feb. 16 The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Mar.16 The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
Apr. 20 Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
May 18 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon
Jun. 15 Them by Nathan McCall
Jul. 20 Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Aug.17 Evening by Susan Minot

New Dorp
309 New Dorp Lane
Staten Island, NY 10306
718.351.2977

Fridays at 2:30 p.m.

2008
Sept. 19 The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
Oct. 17 The Door by Margaret Atwood
Nov. 21 Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Dec. 19 Seven Guitars by August Wilson

2009
Jan. 23 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Feb. 20 Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Mar. 20 The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier
Apr. 24 The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer
May 22 Jump at the Sun by Kim McLarin
Jun. 19 Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado
 

Ninety-Sixth Street
112 E. 96th St. (near Lexington Ave.)
New York, NY 10128
212.289.0908

Thursdays at 6:30 PM

2008
Sept. 4 The New York Stories of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton
Oct. 2 March by Geraldine Brooks
Nov. 6 Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
Dec. 4 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams

2009
Jan. 8 Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Feb. 5 The Castle by Franz Kafka
Mar. 5 Martha Quest by Doris Lessing
Apr. 2 Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler
May 7 Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
Jun. 4 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Ottendorfer
135 Second Ave. (Near E. 8th St. - St. Marks Place)
New York, NY 10003
212.674.0947

Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.

2008
Sept. 9 On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
Oct. 14 A Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
Nov. 18 Complications by Atul Gawande
Dec. 9 The Road by Cormac McCarthy

2009
Jan. 13 Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson  
Feb. 10 Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
Mar. 10 What is the What by Dave Eggers
Apr. 14 Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
May 12 For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Jun. 9 The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Jul. 14 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Aug. 11 To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

Port Richmond
75 Bennett Street (at Heberton Ave.)
Staten Island, NY 10302
718. 442.0158

Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m.

2008
Sept. 24 The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit by Lucette Lagnado
Oct. 29 The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Dec. 10 The Rules of Engagement by Anita Brookner

2009
Jan. 28 The Places in Between by Rory Stewart
Mar. 11 Heir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick
Apr. 15 Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson  
May 20 A Death in the Family by James Agee

Riverdale
5540 Mosholu Avenue (East of Riverdale Ave at West 256th Street)
Bronx, NY 10471
718.549.1212

Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m.

2008
Sept. 17 Hard Times by Charles Dickens
Oct. 15 On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
Nov. 19 A Death in the Family by James Agee
Dec. 17 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

2009
Jan. 21 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Feb. 18 The Tortilla Curtain by T.C Boyle
Mar. 18 Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
Apr. 15 In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
May 20 Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Jun. 17 Summer by Edith Wharton

Riverside
127 Amsterdam Avenue (at West 65th Street)
New York, NY 10023
212.870.1810

Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m.

2008
Sept. 3 Daughter of Fortune by Isabelle Allende
Oct.1 Striver’s Row by Kevin Baker
Nov. 5 What is the What by Dave Eggers
Dec. 3 The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer

2009
Jan. 7 Atonement by Ian McEwan
Feb. 4 A Death in Venice by Thomas Mann
Mar. 4 Evening by Susan Minot
Apr. 1 My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk
May  6 Rules for Old Men Waiting by Peter Pouncey
Jun. 3 Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Jul. 1 An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
Aug. 5 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams

Roosevelt Island
524 Main St.
New York, NY 10044
212.308.6243

Thursdays at 6:30 PM

2008
Sept 18 Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Oct. 16 Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
Nov. 20 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
Dec. 18 The Castle by Franz Kafka

2009
Jan. 15 Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Feb. 19 The March by E.L. Doctorow
Mar. 19 The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle
Apr. 16 The Road by Cormac Mc Carthy
May 21 Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
Jun. 18 In Cold Blood By Truman Capote
Jul. 16 The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Aug. 20 Seven Guitars by August Wilson

Science, Industry, and Business Library
188 Madison Avenue 34th Street
New York, NY 10016
212.592.7000

Mondays at 1:00 p.m.

2008
Sept.22 Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer
Oct. 20 Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Nov. 17 Martha Quest by Doris Lessing

2009
Jan. 26 Jump at the Sun by Kim McLarin
Feb. 23 On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
Mar. 23 My Father’s Secret War by Lucinda Franks
Apr. 20 Inheritance of Loss by Anita Desai
May 18 Man in the White Sharkskin Suit by Lucette Lagnado
Jun. 15 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

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.

Sixty-Seventh Street
328 E. 67th St. (near First Ave.)
New York, NY 10021
212.734.1717

Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m

2008
Sept. 16 The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle
Oct. 21 For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Nov. 18 Heir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick
Dec. 16 The Gathering by Anne Enright

2009
Jan. 20 The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Feb. 17 Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
Mar. 17 Rules for Old Men Waiting by Peter Pouncey
Apr. 21 The Door by Margaret Atwood
May 19 The Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Jun. 16 On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan

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.

2008
Oct. 22 Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Dec.17 Atonement by Ian McEwan

2009
Feb. 18 Running With Scissors:  A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
Apr. 22 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon
Jun. 17 The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
Aug. 19 The Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Spuyten Duyvil
650 West 235th St. (at Independence Ave.)
Bronx, NY 10463
718.796.1202

Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m.

2008
Oct. 14 Peony in Love by Lisa See
Nov.18 Swimming to Antarctica by Lynne Cox
Dec. 9 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

2009
Mar. 3 Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Piccoult
Apr. 7 Them by Nathan McCall
May 12 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Jun. 9 On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan

Throg's Neck
3025 Cross Bronx Expressway Extension (at E. Tremont Ave.)
Bronx, NY 10473
718.589.0880

Thursdays at 1:30 p.m.

2008   
Sept. 11 The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton
Oct. 9 The Noise of Infinite Longing by Luisita Lopez Torregrosa
Nov.13 Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan
Dec. 11 The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

2009
Jan. 8 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Feb.12 Jump at the Sun by Kim McLarin
Mar. 12 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Apr. 9 The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer
May 7 The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
Jun. 11 Four Tragedies by Shakespeare

Todt Hill-Westerleigh
2550 Victory Boulevard (near Willowbrook)
Staten Island, NY 10314
718.494.1642

Thursdays at  2:30 p.m.

2008
Oct. 23 The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
Nov. 20 Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Dec. 18 Peony in Love by Lisa See

2009
Jan. 29 The Rules of Engagement by Anita Brookner
Feb. 26 The Poet of Tolstoy Park by Sonny Brewer
Mar. 26 The Gathering by Anne Enright
Apr. 30 Aloft by Chang Rae Lee
May. 28 Grief by Andrew Holleran
Jun. 25 The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

Tottenville
7430 Amboy Road
Staten Island, NY 10307
718.984.0945

Mondays at 7:00 p.m.

2008
Sept. 22 Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Oct. 20 The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
Nov.17 Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Dec. 15 The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

2009
Jan. 12 All My Sons by Arthur Miller
Feb. 9 Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Mar. 9 The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Apr. 6 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
May 11 Sweet and Low by Rich Cohen
Jun. 8 A Death in the Family by James Agee

Tremont Branch Library
1866 Washington Avenue [at E. 176th St.],
Bronx, NY 10457
718.299.5177

Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m.

2008
Sept. 9  Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Oct. 14 Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario
Nov. 11 The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer
Dec. 9 The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan

2009
Jan. 13 My Antonia by Willa Cather
Feb. 10 A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown
Mar. 10 The New York Stories of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton
Apr. 14 Fortunate Son by Walter Mosley
May 12 Them by Nathan McCall
Jun. 9 Red River by Lalita Tademy

Van Nest
2147 Barnes Avenue (Near Pehlam Parkway South)
Bronx, NY 10462
718.829.5864

Thursdays at 1:30 p.m.

2008
Oct. 30 The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander
Nov. 20 Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Dec. 18 The Poet of Tolstoy Park by Sonny Brewer

2009
Jan. 29 Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Feb. 26 The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Mar. 26 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Apr. 30 Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
May 21 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Apt. 3W by Gabriel Brownstein
Jun. 25 March by Geraldine Brooks

West New Brighton
976 Castleton Ave. (at N. Burgher Ave.)
Staten Island, NY 10310
718.442.1416

Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.

2008
Sept. 11 The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Oct. 9 Peony in Love by Lisa See
Nov. 13 The Inheritance of Loss by Anita Desai

2009
Feb. 12 The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer
Mar. 12 The Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Apr. 9 The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

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.

2008
Sept. 9 Swimming to Antarctica by Lynne Cox
Oct. 14 Last Tales by Isak Dinesen
Nov. 11 The Places in Between by Rory Stewart
Dec. 9 In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar

2009
Jan. 13 The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra
Feb. 10 Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Mar. 10 Like Trees, Walking by Ravi Howard
Apr. 14 White Ghost Girls by Alice Greenway
May 12 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon
Jun. 9 The Problem With Murmur Lee by Connie May Fowler
Jul. 14 Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

 

4th Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. (Classics group)

2008
Sept. 23 Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
Nov. 25 Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad

2009
Mar. 24 Hard Times by Charles Dickens
May 26 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Yorkville
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New York, NY 10021
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Mondays at 1:30 p.m and 6:30 p.m.

2008
Sept.15 The Bluest Eyb by Toni Morrison
Oct. 20 Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Nov. 12 Heir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick
Dec. 15 The March by E.L. Doctorow

2009
Jan. 23 Daughter of Fortune by Isabelle Allende
Feb. 23 Fortunate Son by Walter Mosley
Mar. 12 The Rules of Engagement by Anita Brookner
Apr. 20 Four Great Plays by Henrik Ibsen
May 18 Sweet and Low by Rich Cohen
Jun. 15 My Father’s Secret War by Lucinda Franks
Jul.20 Eat, Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Aug. 17 The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar

Updated: 08/08