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bookBook Discussion Group Information

Do you enjoy reading good books? Do you wish you had someone to discuss them with? If so, why not join the Andrew Heiskell Library's Adult Book Discussion Group? The group meets once a month on Saturday mornings at 11:00 a.m., in the library's first floor meeting room. 

To participate, please call the library at (212) 206-5400, or email us at ahlbph@nypl.org to register. Registration is required. Attendance is limited to 20 people, so call well in advance to sign up and tell us which format of the book you'd like.

For people unable to visit the library, the questions will be posted on one of our online Forums where you may discuss the books. You'll need to be registered for the Forums in order to respond, but you will not need to register for the onsite group. Meetings are held on Saturdays at 11:00 a.m. Most of the titles are available in standard print. Some are also available in large print.

The schedule for 2008, subject to change:

  • May 31 — La Casa en Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (RC 50975) will be discussed in Spanish.
  • June 21 — Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor (RC 5379) will be discussed in English.
  • July 12 — Como Agua para Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (RC 37694) will be discussed in Spanish. This book contains some descriptions of sex.
  • August 23 — My Invented Country by Isabel Allende (RC 58348) will be discussed in English.
  • September 20 — Ensayo Sobre la Ceguera by Jose Saramago (RC 61001) will be discussed in Spanish. This book contains some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language.
  • October 25 — Blindness by Jose Saramago (RC 46904) will be discussed in English. This book contains some strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex.
  • November 22 — Historias de Amor Bioy by Adolfo Casares (RC 50286) will be discussed in Spanish.
  • December 20 — All Aunt Hagar’s Children by Edward P. Jones (RC 63355) will be discussed in English. This book contains violence and strong language.

There are book discussion groups that meet in other branches of The New York Public Library; however, there is no guarantee that the books being discussed will be available in alternate formats. To find more discussion groups, check The New York Public Library's Book Discussion Groups Schedule on the Branch Libraries page.

Happy reading!

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