Tagged Book Clubs
Discover Queer-Friendly Reads Recommended by the Trans by Trans Book Club
Greetings from the Trans by Trans Book Club folks! Are you looking for recommendations based on our recent reads? Check out these book club read-a-likes. *Note - Not all titles are written by trans authors about trans people. …
Join the Trans By Trans Book Club
More books are written by and for trans and nonbinary people than ever before, and the Free Library wants YOU to read them with us! Join us on the third Tuesday of each month for a virtual citywide book club for trans and…
Join the Celebrity Memoir Book Club at Fumo Family Library!
Love memoirs? Love celebrity gossip? This new book club is for you! Join us at Fumo Family Library ! Every fourth Tuesday of the month we will discuss a different memoir authored by a celebrity. A limited number of books will be…
Short Story Book Club Coming to Parkway Central Library
Introducing a new book club at the Parkway Central Library — on the second Monday of each month, the Short Story Book Club will meet from 6:00–7:30 p.m. in Philbrick Hall to discuss collections of short-form…
Join Something New: The Intergenerational Teen Book Club at PCI Library
Reading and discussing books is powerful! The connections we make with stories, with ourselves, and with others can bring us closer together and help us understand more about those who experience the world differently…
The Philadelphia Comics Collection Debuts in the Art Department
Are you an avid reader of comics, and of the age 18+? The Art Department is stoked to announce an exciting new collection for you to explore: The Philadelphia Comics Collection (PCC) is a living, growing, cutting-edge catalog made up of…
The Adult Literacy Book Club's Fall Book Selection
With fall approaching, what better time than now to join the Adult Literacy Book Club , presented by the Free Library's Languages and Learning Center ! Improve your reading skills while reading and discussing interesting books as we…
Adult Literacy Book Club's Winter Book Selection
Join the Adult Literacy Book Club, presented by the Free Library's Languages and Learning Center and Beyond Literacy . Improve your reading skills while reading and discussing interesting books! Don't always have a lot of time…
The Adult Literacy Book Club's Fall Book Selection
Join the Adult Literacy Book Club, presented by the Free Library's Languages and Learning Center and Beyond Literacy . Improve your reading skills while reading and discussing interesting books! Don't always have a lot of time…
10 Great Reads from the Holmesburg Library Book Club
Since 2019, the Holmesburg Library's Book Club has met biweekly to discuss great modern literature, nineteenth-century classics, and historical nonfiction, to name just a few genres. Not even the pandemic could stop the book club…
The Adult Literacy Book Club's Latest Book Selection
Join the Adult Literacy Book Club, presented by the Free Library's Languages and Learning Center and Beyond Literacy . Improve your reading skills while reading and discussing interesting books! Don't always have a lot of time…
Falls Book Club
Join the Falls Book Club - one of the Free Library's longest running programs. The book selection for this month will be The House of Broken Bricks , by Anna Quindlan. The group is open to all and new members are welcome.…
Monthly Book Club
Join us to discuss books and life and eat snacks! This book club is ideal for fourth through sixth graders. Copies of each book will be available to check out at the reference desk.
Falls Book Club
Join the Falls Book Club - one of the Free Library's longest running programs. The book selection for this month will be After Annie , by Anna Quindlan. The group is open to all and new members are welcome. For more…
Monthly Book Club
Join us to discuss books and life and eat snacks! This book club is ideal for fourth through sixth graders. Copies of each book will be available to check out at the reference desk.
Falls Book Club
Join the Falls Book Club - one of the Free Library's longest running programs. The book selection for this month will be the 2025 One Book, One Philadelphia title. The group is open to all and new members are welcome. For…
Trans By Trans Book Club
Join us on the third Tuesday of the month for a virtual citywide book club for trans and nonbinary readers aged 25–45. Each month, we will be reading books written by trans and nonbinary authors and discussing trans imagination,…
Monthly Book Club
Join us to discuss books and life and eat snacks! This book club is ideal for fourth through sixth graders. Copies of each book will be available to check out at the reference desk.
Falls Book Club
Join the Falls Book Club - one of the Free Library's longest running programs. The book selection for this month will be Enemies: a Love Story, by Isaac Bashevis Singer. The group is open to all and new members are…
Trans By Trans Book Club
Join us on the third Tuesday of the month for a virtual citywide book club for trans and nonbinary readers aged 25–45. Each month, we will be reading books written by trans and nonbinary authors and discussing trans imagination,…
Holmesburg Library Book Club
Holmesburg Library Book Club The Holmesburg Library's Book Club meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 5:30PM. Join us for a lively discussion on some great books. For more information on how you can join and what book we are…
Monthly Book Club
Join us to discuss books and life and eat snacks! This book club is ideal for fourth through sixth graders. Copies of each book will be available to check out at the reference desk.
James Baldwin Reading Group
"The People of Philadelphia Read James Baldwin" is a citywide series of book clubs at several locations across Philadelphia. Facilitated by the Saturday Free School as part of their "Year of James Baldwin." Tuesdays…
Falls Book Club
Join the Falls Book Club - one of the Free Library's longest running programs. The book selection for this month will be The Wide Circumference of Love, by Marita Golden. The group is open to all and new members are…
Trans By Trans Book Club | Miss Major Speaks: conversations with a Black trans revolutionary by Toshio Meronek and Miss Major
Join us on the third Tuesday of the month for a virtual citywide book club for trans and nonbinary readers aged 25–45. Each month, we will be reading books written by trans and nonbinary authors and discussing trans imagination,…
Holmesburg Library Book Club
Holmesburg Library Book Club The Holmesburg Library's Book Club meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 5:30PM. Join us for a lively discussion on some great books. For more information on how you can join and what book we are…
James Baldwin Reading Group
"The People of Philadelphia Read James Baldwin" is a citywide series of book clubs at several locations across Philadelphia. Facilitated by the Saturday Free School as part of their "Year of James Baldwin." Tuesdays…
Art Book Club: February
We call it a "club" but this recurring event is simply an opportunity for anyone to stop by and page through rare and special items from the Art Department's vault, archival collections, closed…
Book Club: Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Kick off Bushrod's 75th year with a book from the era! This Black History Month, join us for a discussion of Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man". Published at the time this library opened, this novel grapples with the…
James Baldwin Reading Group
"The People of Philadelphia Read James Baldwin" is a citywide series of book clubs at several locations across Philadelphia. Facilitated by the Saturday Free School as part of their "Year of James Baldwin." Tuesdays…
Short Story Book Club
The Short Story Book Club meets on the second Monday of each month to discuss collections of short stories. February’s book will be Bloodchild and other stories by Octavia Butler.