Book Clubs for Adults
Select book club titles are available to be picked up from the Main Library’s first floor help desk up to a month in advance. Check out our Online Library to borrow a digital copy using the Libby or Hoopla app.
For the most up-to-date information, including locations and times, please visit our Events Calendar.
Banned Books Club
A banned book is one that’s removed from classrooms, school curriculum, libraries, or bookstores in effect restricting access to that material. Every other month, join us for a discussion of a different banned book where we investigate the reasons for the book’s challenges or bans and discuss the book as a whole.
Meets: Bi-monthly; Tuesday evenings
Where: Main Library
Blue Hills Book & Hiking Club
Looking for a new way to enjoy the outdoors and connect with fellow readers? During warmer months, we meet at and hike a different section of the beautiful Blue Hills Reservation and pause along the way to chat about the book we’re reading together.
Meets: Seasonally; Tuesday evenings
Where: Blue Hills Reservation
Chinese Book Club
We connect through books and enjoy conversations about the joy of reading. Each month, we focus on an interesting topic and share our experiences, all while enjoying a relaxed atmosphere for open discussion. This program is in Chinese.
Meets: Monthly; Saturday afternoons
Where: Main Library
Global Voices
Do you want to read more broadly about diverse experiences in the United States, and around the world? Do you want to try reading books in translation? If you answered yes to either, this book club is for you! Discuss each month’s selection with others interested in exploring the world through literature.
Meets: Monthly; Monday evenings
Where: Main Library
Horror Book Club
Calling all horror lovers! Whether you devour horror books on the regular, love horror movies, or just want to try horror books and don’t know where to start, join us for this club where we read and discuss all things spooky.
Meets: Bi-monthly; Thursday evenings
Where: Main Library
Rainbow Book Club
LGBTQIA+ folks and allies are welcome to join us as we read and discuss books by queer authors. Each meeting will center on a broader theme, such as fashion or immigration. Participants will have the option of choosing from two books that tie into the theme while centering the LGBTQIA+ experience.
Meets: Bi-monthly; Wednesday evenings
Where: Main Library
Rush Hour Reading
Transportation nerds and novices alike, this book club is for you. Join us in this partnership with Quincycles to discuss books that explore transportation equity, multimodal access, and how our built environment keeps us safe and connects us (or not) and explore what we can change about our transportation systems.
Meets: Bi-monthly; Tuesday evenings
Where: Main Library