Reader’s Den, Biblio File

We Know You Love to Talk About Books: Announcing the 2015 Reader's Den Online Book Discussion Schedule

Are you making your New Year's Resolutions? Is one of them to read more or to connect more with other readers? We would love to see you in the Reader's Den, NYPL's online book discussion, in 2015! 

In 2015 we'll be reading fiction and nonfiction, new titles and classics that explore antiheroes and superheroes from different perspectives. Join us to discuss classic antiheroes like Camus's Mersault and Robert E. Howard's Conan. Examine Amy in Gone Girl through the lens of Euripides's Medea. If you're interested in superheroes, we'll be selected a wide range of books, from The Secret History of Wonder Woman to  tales of superheroes in more modest guises, people who find their moment to be superheroes.

If you're inspired to read any of the titles on our list,  we hope you'll  join in the discussions and share your thoughts with us. You can find our past discussions on the Reader's Den schedule page, listed chronologically. 

Happy New Year and Happy Reading!

The Stranger

 

January

The Stranger by Albert Camus

Elizabeth is Missing

 

February

Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey

The Secret History of Wonder Woman

 

March

The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore

Poetry Month

April

Selected poems for National Poetry Month

Tigerman

 

May

Tigerman by Nick Harkaway

After Claude

 

June

After Claude by Iris Owens

Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy

 

July

Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy : Four Women Undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abbott

A Walk in the Woods

 

August

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson

The Human Body

 

September

The Human Body by Paolo Giordano

Just Call Me Superhero

 

October

Just  Call Me Superhero by Alina Bronsky

Gone Girl

 

Medea

November

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and Medea by Euripides

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian

 

December

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard