Book Discussion Groups in the Branch Libraries
2007 - 2008
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
Dorp | Ninety-Sixth Street | 115th
Street Branch | Ottendorfer | Port
Richmond | Riverdale | Riverside | Roosevelt Island | St. Agnes | Sixty-Seventh
Street | Soundview | South
Beach | Spuyten
Duyvil | Stapleton | Throg's
Neck | Todt
Hill-Westerleigh | Tottenville | Tremont | Van
Nest | Webster | 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.
2007
Sept. 6 The Problem with Murmur Lee by Connie May Fowler
Oct. 11 House of Splendid Isolation by Edna O'Brien
Nov. 8 Bodega Dreams by Ernesto Quinonez
Dec. 13 The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
2008
Jan. 10 The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
Feb. 14 Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama
Mar. 13 Fortunate Son by Walter Mosley
Apr. 10 Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
May 8 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Jun. 12 The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier
Jul. 10 Aloft by Chang-Rae Lee
Aug. 14 The Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif
Bloomingdale
150 West 100th Street (between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues)
New York, NY
10025
212.222.8030
Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m.
2007
Sept. 25 Rules for Old Men Waiting by Peter Pouncey
Oct. 30 Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Nov. 27 The Warden by Anthony Trollope
Dec. 18 The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
2008
Jan. 29 Girlbomb by Janice Erlbaum
Feb. 26 The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier
Mar. 25 My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
Apr. 29 Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
May 27 The Places in Between by Rory Stewart
Jun. 24 Sweet and Low by Rich Cohen
Columbus
742 10th Avenue (between 50th and 51st Sts.)
New York, NY 10019
212.586.5098
Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.
2007
Sept. 12 The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
Oct. 10 The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Nov. 14 Sweet and Low by Rich Cohen
Dec. 12 The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
2008
Jan. 9 Girlbomb by Janice Erlbaum
Feb. 13 I'm Not Scared by Niccolò Ammaniti
Mar. 12 The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer
Apr. 9 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
May 14 Heir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick
Jun. 11 The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
Countee Cullen
104 W. 136th St. (near Lenox Ave.)
New York, NY 10030
212.491.2070
Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m.
2007
Sept. 19 Prospero's Daughter by Elizabeth Nunez
Oct. 17 Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala
Nov. 21 Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado
Dec. 19 The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
2008
Jan. 16 The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Feb. 20 Arc of Justice by Kevin Boyle
Mar. 19 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Apr. 16 Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario
May 21 Strivers Row by Kevin Baker
Jun. 18 Fortunate Son by Walter Mosley
Jul. 16 The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier
Aug. 20 Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Donnell Library Center
20 West 53rd Street (between 5th Avenue and Avenue of the Americas)
New York,
NY 10019
212.621.0618
Mondays at 1:00 p.m.
2007
Sept. 24 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Oct. 22 Summer by Edith Wharton
Nov. 26 My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
2008
Jan. 28 Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Feb. 25 Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
Mar. 24 The March by E. L. Doctorow
Apr. 28 The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
May 19 The Warden by Anthony Trollope
Jun. 23 Heir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick
Epiphany
228 E. 23rd St. (near Second Ave.)
New York, N.Y. 10010
212.679.2645
Tuesdays at 3:00 p.m.
2007
Oct. 30 Arthur and George by Julian Barnes:meeting to be held at Kips Bay Library at 3:00 p.m.
Nov. 27 Othello by William Shakespeare
Dec. 18 Heir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick
2008
Jan. 29 Collected Novellas by Gabriel García Márquez
Feb. 26 Girlbomb by Janice Erlbaum
Mar. 25 My Antonia by Willa Cather
Apr. 29 The Human Stain by Philip Roth
May 27 The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
Jun. 24 The Castle by Franz Kafka
Jul. 29 The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Aug. 26 The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
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.
Jan. 9 My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
Feb. 13 Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado
Mar. 12 Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Apr. 9 The Lost German Slave Girl by John Bailey
May 14 The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa
Jun. 11 Shadows on the Hudson by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Jul. 9 Miss Lonelyhearts & Day of the Locust by Nathanael West
Aug. 13 The Queen of Harlem by Brian Keith Jackson
George Bruce
518 West 125th Street (at Amsterdam Ave.)
New York, NY 10027
212.662.9727
Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m.
Mar. 26 Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama
Apr. 23 Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
May 21 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Jun. 25 Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Jul. 23 Fortunate Son by Walter Mosley
Aug. 27 Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee
Hamilton Grange
503 West 145th Street
New York, NY 10031
212.926.2147
Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 23 Fortunate Son by Walter Mosley
Feb. 27 The Noise of Infinite Longing by Luisita Lopez Torregrosa
Mar. 26 The Amen Corner by James Baldwin
Apr. 30 Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama
May 28 Passing by Nella Larsen
Jun. 25 Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Harlem
9 West 124th Street
New York, NY 10027
212.348.5620
Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.
2007
Sept. 18 Strivers Row by Kevin Baker
Oct. 16 Arc of Justice by Kevin Boyle
Nov. 20 Bombingham by Anthony Grooms
Dec. 18 The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier
2008
Jan. 15 Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala
Feb. 19 Break Any Woman Down by Dana Johnson
Mar. 18 The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson
Apr. 15 The Fisher King by Paule Marshall
May 20 Random Family by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
Jun. 17 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Jul. 15 Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by Z. Z. Packer
Aug. 19 The Known World by Edward P. Jones
Hudson Park
66 Leroy Street (at 7th Avenue South)
New York, NY 10014
212.243.6876
Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.
2007
Sept. 8 Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Oct. 13 Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
Nov. 10 A Death in the Family by James Agee
Dec. 8 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
2008
Jan. 12 The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov
Feb. 9 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Mar. 8 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Apr. 12 My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
May 10 The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
Jun. 14 Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
Jul. 12 Complications by Atul Gawande
Hunt's Point
877 Southern Boulevard at (Tiffany St.)
Bronx, NY 10459
718.617.0338
Mondays at 6:30 p.m.
Mar. 24 The Places in Between by Rory Stewart
Apr. 28 Strivers Row by Kevin Baker
May 12 Random Family by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
Inwood
4790 Broadway (near Dyckman St.)
New York, NY 10034
212.942.2445
Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m.
2007
Sept. 5 Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Oct. 3 The Castle by Franz Kafka
Nov. 7 Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
Dec. 12 Blessings by Anna Quindlen
2008
Jan. 9 Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
Feb. 6 Blood Done Sign My Name by Timothy B. Tyson
Mar. 5 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Apr. 2 My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
May 7 Shadows on the Hudson by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Jun. 4 Love by Toni Morrison
Jul. 2 Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Jefferson Market
425 Avenue of the Americas (at 10th Street)
New York, NY 10011
212.243.4334
Thursdays at 4:30 p.m.
2007
Sept. 27 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Oct. 25 The Lost German Slave Girl by John Bailey
Nov. 29 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Dec. 27 The Warden by Anthony Trollope
2008
Jan. 31 Grief by Andrew Holleran
Feb. 28 The Dive from Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer
Mar. 27 Prospero's Daughter by Elizabeth Nunez
Apr. 24 The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
May 29 Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
Jun. 26 Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Kingsbridge
280 W. 231st St. (at Corlear Ave.)
Bronx, NY 10463
718.548.5656
Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m
2007
Sept. 5 Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
Oct. 3 Rules for Old Men Waiting by Peter Pouncey
Oct. 24 The March by E. L. Doctorow
Nov. 14 The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Dec. 12 The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
2008
Mar. 5 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Mar. 26 Grief by Andrew Holleran
Apr. 16 Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado
May 7 March by Geraldine Brooks
May 28 Girlbomb by Janice Erlbaum
Kips Bay
446 Third Ave. (at E. 31st St.)
New York, NY 10016
212.683.2520
Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.
2007
Sept. 8 The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
Nov. 10 A Death in the Family by James Agee
2008
Jan. 12 Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
Mar. 8 Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
May 10 Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
Mid-Manhattan
455 Fifth Avenue at 40th Street
New York, NY 10016
212.340.0873
Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.
2007
Sept. 18 The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
Oct. 16 Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Nov. 20 Love by Toni Morrison
Dec. 18 The Fisher King by Paule Marshall
2008
Jan. 15 The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
Feb. 19 The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich
Mar. 18 The Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif
Apr. 15 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
May 20 Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee
Jun. 17 The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer
Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.
2007
Sept. 26 The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Oct. 10 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Nov. 14 The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton
Dec. 12 Hard Times by Charles Dickens
2008
Jan. 9 Love by Toni Morrison
Feb. 13 The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa
Mar. 12 White Noise by Don DeLillo
Apr. 9 Pere Goriot by Honoré de Balzac
May 14 Aloft by Chang-Rae Lee
Jun. 11 Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Morningside Heights
2900 Broadway (at 113th St.)
New York, NY 10025
212.864.2530
Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.
2007
Sept. 13 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Oct. 11 Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
Nov. 8 White Noise by Don DeLillo
Dec. 13 The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
2008
Jan. 10 Passing by Nella Larsen
Feb. 14 The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Mar. 13 Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Apr. 10 Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
May 8 Heir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick
Jun. 12 Blessings by Anna Quindlen
Mondays at 6:00 p.m. (St. Agnes Book Discussion Group)
2007
Oct. 29 My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
Nov. 26 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Dec. 17 Retreat from Love by Colette
2008
Jan. 28 Four Great Plays by Henrik Ibsen
Feb. 25 Hard Times by Charles Dickens
Mar. 31 The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Apr. 28 The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
May 26 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Jun. 30 Love by Toni Morrison
Jul. 28 Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
Aug. 25 Love and Other Impossible Pursuits by Ayelet Waldman
Mulberry Street
10 Jersey Street (between Lafayette & Mulberry Streets)
New York, NY 10012
212.966.3424
Mondays at 6:30 p.m.
2007
Nov. 26 I'm Not Scared by Niccolò Ammaniti
2008
Jan. 28 Natasha: And Other Stories by David Bezmozgis
Feb. 25 The Poet of Tolstoy Park by Sonny Brewer
Mar. 31 Star of the Sea by Joseph O'Connor
Apr. 28 The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat
Jun. 30 Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Jul. 28 The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
Aug. 25 The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Muhlenberg
209 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10011-2379
212.924.1585
Thursdays at 6:15 p.m.
2007
Sept. 6 The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Oct. 4 The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton
Nov. 1 Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Dec. 6 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
2008
Feb. 7 White Ghost Girls by Alice Greenway
Mar. 6 Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama
Apr. 3 Blue Diary by Alice Hoffman
May 1 Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Jun. 5 The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
New Dorp
309 New Dorp Lane
Staten Island, NY 10306
718.351.2977
Fridays at 2:30 p.m.
Jan. 11 The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Feb. 8 Sweet and Low by Rich Cohen
Mar. 7 The March by E. L. Doctorow
Apr. 4 Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai
May 9 The Known World by Edward P. Jones
Jun. 6 The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton
Ninety-Sixth Street
112 E. 96th St. (near Lexington Ave.)
New York, NY 10128
212.289.0908
Thursdays at 6:30 PM
2007
Sept. 6 The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Oct. 4 The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier
Nov. 1 Pere Goriot by Honoré de Balzac
Dec. 6 Fortunate Son by Walter Mosley
2008
Jan. 3 White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Feb. 7 Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
Mar. 6 The Human Stain by Philip Roth
Apr. 3 The Places in Between by Rory Stewart
May 1 To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Jun. 5 The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
115th Street
203 West 115th Street
New York, NY 10026
212.666.9393
Mondays at 6:30 P.M.
Jan. 28 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Feb. 25 Dominion by Calvin Baker
Mar. 31 The Known World by Edward P. Jones
Apr. 28 The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat
May 26 Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee
Jun. 30 The Queen of Harlem by Brian Keith Jackson
Ottendorfer
135 Second Ave. (Near E. 8th St. - St. Marks Place)
New York, NY 10003
212.674.0947
Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.
2007
Sept. 11 My Antonia by Willa Cather
Oct. 9 The Known World by Edward P. Jones
Nov. 13 Atonement by Ian McEwan
Dec. 11 The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
2008
Jan. 8 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Feb. 12 The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
Mar. 11 Bodega Dreams by Ernesto Quinonez
Apr. 8 March by Geraldine Brooks
May 13 Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Jun. 10 The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Jul. 8 Sweet and Low by Rich Cohen
Aug. 12 Swimming to Antarctica by Lynne Cox
Port Richmond
75 Bennett Street (at Heberton Ave.)
Staten Island, NY 10302
718. 442.0158
Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m.
2007
Sept. 19 Strivers Row by Kevin Baker
Oct. 24 Aloft by Chang-Rae Lee
Dec. 12 Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
2008
Jan. 23 Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee
Mar. 5 Rules for Old Men Waiting by Peter Pouncey
Apr. 16 Grief by Andrew Holleran
May 21 Fortunate Son by Walter Mosley
Riverdale
5540 Mosholu Avenue (East of Riverdale Ave at West 256th Street)
Bronx, NY
10471
718.549.1212
Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m.
2007
Sept. 26 Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Oct. 31 The March by E. L. Doctorow
Nov. 28 Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
2008
Mar. 5 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Apr. 16 The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
May 7 Heir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick
Riverside
127 Amsterdam Avenue (at West 65th Street)
New York, NY 10023
212.870.1810
Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m.
2007
Sept. 5 The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Oct. 3 City of God by E. L. Doctorow
Nov. 7 Kaaterskill Falls by Allegra Goodman
Dec. 5 The Poet of Tolstoy Park by Sonny Brewer
2008
Jan. 2 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Feb. 6 Lipstick Jihad by Azadeh Moaveni
Mar. 5 Heir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick
Apr. 2 Prospero's Daughter by Elizabeth Nunez
May 7 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Jun. 4 White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Jul. 2 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Aug. 6 The Noise of Infinite Longing by Luisita Lopez Torregrosa
Roosevelt Island
524 Main St.
New York, NY 10044
212.308.6243
Thursdays at 6:30 PM
2007
Oct. 18 Sweet and Low by Rich Cohen
Nov. 15 Pere Goriot by Honoré de Balzac
Dec. 20 Kaaterskill Falls by Allegra Goodman
2008
Jan. 17 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Feb. 21 The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich
Mar. 20 Dubliners by James Joyce
Apr. 17 Life of Pi by Yann Martel
May 15 Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Jun. 19 White Noise by Don DeLillo
Jul. 17 The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Aug. 21 The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
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
2007
Sept. 18 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Apt. 3W by Gabriel Brownstein
Oct. 16 The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
Nov. 20 Sweet and Low by Rich Cohen
Dec. 18 To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
2008
Jan. 15 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Feb. 19 Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai
Mar. 18 My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
Apr. 15 The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
May 20 Who's Irish? by Gish Jen
Jun. 17 Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
Soundview
660 Soundview Avenue (at Seward Ave.)
Bronx, NY 10473
718.589.0880
Saturdays at 1:00 p.m
Feb. 9 Bodega Dreams by Ernesto Quinonez
Mar. 8 Passing by Nella Larsen
Apr. 12 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
May 10 The Queen of Harlem by Brian Keith Jackson
Jun. 14 The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
South Beach
21-25 Robin Rd. (at Ocean Ave. and Father Capodanno Blvd.)
Staten Island, NY
10305
718.816.5834
Thursdays at 11:00 a.m.
2007
Aug. 16 The Human Stain by Phillip Roth
Oct. 18 Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Dec. 13 Blessings by Anna Quindlen
2008
Feb. 21 Complications by Atul Gawande
Apr. 17 The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
Jun. 19 City of God by E. L. Doctorow
Spuyten Duyvil
650 West 235th St. (at Independence Ave.)
Bronx, NY 10463
718.796.1202
Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m.
2007
Oct. 9 Small Island by Andrea Levy
Nov. 13 March by Geraldine Brooks
Dec. 11 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
2008
Mar. 11 The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Apr. 15 Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
May 13 Three Plays by Eugene O'Neill
Jun. 10 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Stapleton
132 Canal St. (at Wright St.)
Staten Island, NY 10304
718.727.0427
Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m.
2007
Sept. 19 Four Great Plays by Henrik Ibsen
Nov. 14 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
2008
Jan. 16 Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Mar. 19 Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
May 21 The Rules of Engagement by Anita Brookner
Jul. 23 Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Throg's Neck
3025 Cross Bronx Expressway Extension (at E. Tremont Ave.)
Bronx, NY 10473
718.589.0880
Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m.
2007
Sept. 11 My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
Oct. 9 Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado
Nov. 13 The Places in Between by Rory Stewart
Dec. 11 Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario
2008
Jan. 8 A Gesture Life by Chang-Rae Lee
Feb. 12 The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier
Mar. 11 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Apr. 8 The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
May 13 The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
Jun. 17 Four Plays by Aristophanes
Todt Hill-Westerleigh
2550 Victory Boulevard (near Willowbrook)
Staten Island, NY 10314
718.494.1642
Tuesdays at 2:30 p.m.
2007
Oct. 23 A Gesture Life by Chang-Rae Lee
Nov. 27 Atonement by Ian McEwan
2008
Jan. 22 City of God by E. L. Doctorow
Feb. 26 Star of the Sea by Joseph O'Connor
Mar. 25 Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Apr. 28 The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
May. 27 The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Jun. 24 Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler
Jul. 22 The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Tottenville
7430 Amboy Road
Staten Island, NY 10307
718.984.0945
Mondays at 7:00 p.m.
2007
Sept. 24 The Rules of Engagement by Anita Brookner
Oct. 22 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Nov. 19 Lipstick Jihad by Azadeh Moaveni
Dec. 17 The March by E. L. Doctorow
2008
Jan. 14 Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
Feb. 11 The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Mar. 10 The Full Matilda by David Haynes
Apr. 7 The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
May 5 The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Jun. 2 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Tremont Branch Library
1866 Washington Avenue [at E. 176th St.],
Bronx, NY 10457
718.299.5177
Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m.
2007
Sept. 11 Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Oct. 9 The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Nov. 13 Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
Dec. 11 Who's Irish? by Gish Jen
2008
Jan. 8 The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Feb. 12 Passing by Nella Larsen
Mar. 11 For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Apr. 8 The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat
May 13 Summer by Edith Wharton
Jun. 10 The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Van Nest
2147 Barnes Avenue (Near Pehlam Parkway South)
Bronx, NY 10462
718.829.5864
Thursdays at 1:30 p.m.
2008
Jan. 31 I'm Not Scared by Niccolò Ammaniti
Feb. 28 Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Mar. 27 The Rules of Engagement by Anita Brookner
May 1 The March by E. L. Doctorow
May 22 The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer
Jun. 26 The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra
Webster
1465 York Avenue (near E. 78th St.)
New York, N.Y. 10021
212.288.5049
Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.
2007
Sept. 20 The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Oct. 18 Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai
Nov. 15 Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Dec. 20 Heir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick
2008
Jan. 17 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Feb. 21 Heir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick
Mar. 20 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Apr. 17 The Warden by Anthony Trollope
May 15 The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
Jun. 19 Summer by Edith Wharton
West New Brighton
976 Castleton Ave. (at N. Burgher Ave.)
Staten Island, NY 10310
718.442.1416
Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.
2007
Sept. 13 The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Oct. 11 The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Nov. 8 Atonement by Ian McEwan
2008
Feb. 7 The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich
Mar. 13 The Human Stain by Philip Roth
Apr. 10 The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
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.
2007
Sept. 11 Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
Oct. 9 Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Nov. 13 Prospero's Daughter by Elizabeth Nunez
Dec. 12 Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado
2008
Jan. 8 The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Feb. 12 Strivers Row by Kevin Baker
Mar. 11 The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
Apr. 8 The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
May 13 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Jun. 10 Rules for Old Men Waiting by Peter Pouncey
Jul. 8 Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
4th Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. (Classics group)
2007
Sept. 25 Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
Nov. 27 The Warden by Anthony Trollope
2008
Feb. 26 Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Apr. 22 Washington Square by Henry James
Jun. 24 To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
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.
2007
Sept. 17 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Oct. 15 Bodega Dreams by Ernesto Quinonez
Nov. 19 The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Dec. 17 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
2008
Jan. 28 Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai
Feb. 25 The Queen of Harlem by Brian Keith Jackson
Mar. 17 Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
Apr. 21 All My Sons by Arthur Miller
May 19 The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Jun. 16 The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier
Jul. 21 Collected Novellas by Gabriel García Márquez
Aug. 18 To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Updated: 08/07
